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In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words

Starting in Word and expanding to nearly every other word processor, and even things that aren't word processors.

2026-6-22 7:00am The Old New Thing Raymond Chen 1,000 words

Rated 2026-6-23 7:59pm

All brands

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The Brand Ledger 9,000 words

Rated 2026-7-28 1:28pm

DOT cranks up its campaign to strip bike lane references from federal websites

Transportation officials have removed a growing list of safety materials that mention bike lanes from federal websites. Safety advocates warn that's undermining proven measures for reducing crashes.

2026-7-23 2:00am NPR Joel Rose 2,000 words

Rated 2026-7-28 1:29pm

The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't

The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't #Germany #Internet #Switzerland

2026-4-3 1:30am Stefan Schüller 2,000 words

Rated 2026-7-28 1:29pm

How to survive boiling water

A probiotic paradox

2026-7-18 10:36pm TAXA Jane A. Cook 4,000 words

Rated 2026-7-28 1:33pm

The room the economy can't see - Wilsons Blog

wilsoniumite.com

Rated 2026-7-28 5:59pm

How I Stopped Running out of Tokens

A practical rundown of tools, settings, and habits that reduce token consumption when using Claude Code as your daily AI coding assistant.

danielabaron.me 3,000 words

Rated 2026-7-30 9:55am

Winding Down Artichoke Ruby

After six years of building a Ruby implementation in Rust, it’s time to archive Artichoke. This is a look back at why it started, what we built, and why I’m letting it rest.

hyperbola Ryan Lopopolo 1,000 words

Rated 2026-7-31 8:08am

Elevators

How elevators push your buttons

John.fun 1,000 words

Rated 2026-7-31 10:44pm

The most official water costs $120,000 a gallon

We all learned in science class that water freezes at 0 °C or 32 °F at atmospheric pressure. But what water, exactly? Even after you distill out all the dissolved salts and minerals to get pure H2O, not all H2O is created equal – and for the most precise temperature measurements, the differences really matter. Here’s…

2026-7-26 10:30am Signore Galilei 1,000 words

Rated 2026-8-1 7:25am

How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds

Learn how one of the biggest tech companies played a major role in the reason many people stopped using RSS feeds

2023-8-14 12:00am openrss.org 1,000 words

Rated 2026-8-1 7:22pm

Plug-in solar is coming. Plug-in batteries should follow.

Plug-in batteries could help millions more households access the bill-saving benefits of home energy storage. With plug-in solar now on the way, Regen argues that the government should make plug-in batteries next.

2026-5-13 7:23am Regen 2,000 words

Rated 2026-8-1 9:18pm

Has the New Cocaine Finally Arrived?

Clubgoers are using 3-MMC to dance all night, then taking more to lock in at the office.

2026-7-22 5:28am The Playboy Reader Playboy, Michelle Lhooq 1,000 words

Rated 2026-8-2 9:53am

Read the Novels and Forget Everything Else

Patrick O’Brian’s life may have been one of dissimulation but his Aubrey-Maturin novels still offer the nutmeg of consolation for thousands of readers.

2026-7-15 3:00pm THR Web Features https://hedgehogreview.com/contributors/tim-lake 2,000 words

Rated 2026-8-2 8:38pm

Rubenerd: The myth of Snow Leopard

It was a hot mess, but the myth is useful today. #Apple #History

2026-8-1 2:51pm Rubenerd Ruben Schade 500 words

Rated 2026-8-2 10:01pm

LLMs reward expertise

seangoedecke.com 1,000 words

Rated 2026-8-3 2:45pm

Nvidia’s Risky Business

Nvidia is finding new ways for its customers to raise money, and it’s expanding the risk of the AI buildout significantly.

2026-8-11 3:00am Stratechery by Ben Thompson 4,000 words

Rated 2026-8-12 1:54pm

Glacier mass balance | Climate Dashboard

Climate dashboard

climate.metoffice.cloud 2,000 words

Rated 2026-8-12 1:55pm

Everything is about to “go dark”

I'm coming down from spending a few days at Usenix Security, right here in my hometown of Baltimore. This means that my days have been taken up with two kinds of conversation: first, explaining to colleagues why Baltimore isn't actually like The Wire. And second, trying not to talk about AI. Here I'm going to…

2026-8-14 1:17pm A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering 2,000 words

Rated 2026-8-15 8:18am