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The unions are (finally) coming for big tech

After decades of taking a back seat, the rise of AI, layoffs, and industry-wide burnout has led to a call for more prominent tech unions.

2025-06-05T02:16:39-0700 LeadDev Kelli Korducki 1,000 words

Rated 2025-06-15T18:36:07-0700 - sethherr

Air-dried vs. Kiln-dried Wood

Are they different to saw, chisel and plane? Does it matter?

2025-06-08T03:00:53-0700 The American Peasant Christopher Schwarz, Kara Gebhart Uhl ($) 6,000 words

Rated 2025-06-12T07:47:50-0700 - sethherr

Don't Panic, but Douglas Adams Predicted All of This

How the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy foresaw AI chatbots, voice assistants, and irritating kitchen appliances decades before anyone else

2025-06-07T04:55:12-0700 My Blameless Life Kris St.Gabriel 3,000 words

Rated 2025-06-10T20:57:05-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | The Problems Democrats Don’t Like to See

The Democratic future isn’t going to look like the Democratic past. #Books #California #Chicago #Housing #Real Estate #Texas #US Politics

2025-06-08T03:00:12-0700 The New York Times Ezra Klein ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2025-06-10T20:18:44-0700 - sethherr

The Men Who Fix Manhattan's Symbolic Shabbat Boundaries

Every Thursday and Friday morning, Rabbi Moshe Tauber leaves his home in Rockland County, New York, at about 3:30 a.m. He arrives in Manhattan an hour later... #Border #Law #Religion

2017-10-16T15:07:00-0700 Atlas Obscura Michael Inscoe 2,000 words

Rated 2025-06-08T19:55:13-0700 - sethherr

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