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Bollards: Why & WhatNaming something we see and benefit from every day josh.works 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-05T18:46:23-0700
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Bloc Party's Kele Okereke On Being Gay and Black in the Dance and Rock WorldsRated 2023-07-06T18:09:33-0700
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Billionaire Daniel Ek Shuts Down Spotify Unwrapped CalculatorMulti-billionaire Daniel Ek has shut down the Spotify Unwrapped calculator that showcased how little the DSP pays to artists. 2024-12-23T16:45:10-0800 Digital Music News Ashley King 1,000 words Rated 2024-12-28T07:47:38-0800
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Bill Gates–1986As chief executive officer of Microsoft, William H. (Bill) Gates is considered one of the driving forces behind today's personal computing and office automation industry. Gates started his career in computer software at a young age. Both Gates and Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, worked as programming consultants while attending high school in Seattle, Washington. In… 2008-05-19T22:50:49-0700 Programmers At Work 10,000 words Rated 2024-01-06T23:01:14-0800
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Bikes in the Age of TariffsToday's post was going to be about a new product we're introducing—but we need to hold off while we recalculate our prices. You've probably seen the news: Virtually all imports into the United States will be subjected to additional, steep import taxes, also called tariffs. The… Rene Herse Cycles 4,000 words Rated 2025-04-03T14:52:12-0700
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Bike-mounted sensor could boost the mapping of safe cycling routesStudies have shown that many people don't commute by bike due mainly to a fear of being hit by cars. A new bike-mounted proximity sensor has been designed to help such folks, by objectively telling them which streets are the safest for cyclists. 2025-05-12T10:23:03-0700 New Atlas https://newatlas.com/author/ben-coxworth/ 1,000 words Rated 2025-05-17T19:29:23-0700
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Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns. 2025-10-01T22:02:25-0700 BBC News Tom Edwards 1,000 words Rated 2025-10-03T10:51:45-0700
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Big Tech Sees Like a StatePlus! Pirate’s Treasure, Redux; Takedowns; Antitrust and Laggy Beliefs; Money, The High-Order Bit; More... 2020-11-06T08:32:26-0800 The Diff Byrne Hobart 4,000 words Rated 2023-05-01T22:45:09-0700
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Big Banks Trust First Republic With Their MoneyRated 2023-03-21T06:57:24-0700
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Biden student loan plan: What’s fair for borrowers, taxpayers?Rated 2023-03-30T16:23:27-0700
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Bicycle – Bartosz CiechanowskiRated 2023-03-28T15:30:56-0700
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Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water RecyclingSan Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in an era of increasing water scarcity. Yale E360 3,000 words Rated 2023-06-20T07:12:37-0700
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Beyond Meat Fights for SurvivalBeyond Meat is likely headed for bankruptcy by 2027 due to its $1 billion owed in convertible bonds, but its stock has retained some value. 2025-03-05T05:00:07-0800 The Food Institute Anna Kinder 1,000 words Rated 2025-07-19T18:59:05-0700
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Berkeley's Upzoning Would Be Among Nation's LargestA proposal to end exclusionary zoning would allow for 100,000 more homes in Berkeley's neighborhoods. 2024-02-17T07:02:03-0800 The Discourse Lounge Darrell Owens 3,000 words Rated 2024-02-17T21:20:37-0800
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Berkeley's Evolution On HousingTo understand and appreciate Adena Ishii's victory, it's important to understand how Berkeley got to this point and what the election really means vs. the bombastic headlines. 2024-12-23T13:56:36-0800 The Discourse Lounge Darrell Owens 3,000 words Rated 2024-12-25T11:23:27-0800
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Benedict Evans - Benedict's Newsletter - NewsletterestRated 2023-03-16T22:40:39-0700
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Ben Gvir responds to Bennett: Fine, I'll take down Baruch Goldstein's pictureRated 2023-03-29T15:11:44-0700
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What really happened at BasecampBasecamp announced it would ban “societal and political discussions” at work. But the hardest conversations at work were about the company itself. Platformer’s Casey Newton spoke with half a dozen employees about the controversy. #Labor 2021-04-27T17:00:00-0700 The Verge Casey Newton ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-10-09T21:06:49-0700
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Behind the complaints: Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.todaySome time ago, we were contacted by a group fighting against online CSAM, demanding that AdGuard DNS blocks the Archive.today website. This was only the beginning of a much larger story… 2025-11-13T00:43:34-0800 AdGuard Andrey Meshkov 1,000 words Rated 2025-11-15T20:41:43-0800
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Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's hauntedIn mid-2022 I bought a new domain name. 2024-10-24T17:00:00-0700 Bryan Braun - Frontend Developer 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-25T21:39:40-0700
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BatteriesI am a simple enthusiast attempting to convey my love and enjoyment of radio, electronics, and computing and perhaps to inspire YOU to build something too. hanssummers.com Hans Summers 4,000 words Rated 2024-12-27T19:22:51-0800
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Barre Seid Donated $1.6 Billion to Conservative Marble Freedom TrustRated 2023-04-11T02:41:44-0700
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Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair - @theUResearchers analyzed samples of Utahns' hair going back a century to document a 100-fold decrease in lead concentrations. attheu.utah.edu 1,000 words Rated 2026-02-02T19:34:10-0800
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Banking in very uncertain timesRated 2023-03-16T21:15:39-0700
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Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing TreatmentThe technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. #Babies 2025-05-15T10:00:14-0700 The New York Times Gina Kolata ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-05-16T07:14:49-0700
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Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone | SSOReadyTimezones are weird. But only finitely so. Here's the exact conceptual model you should have of them. ssoready.com 3,000 words Rated 2024-10-30T07:14:55-0700
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Audrey Tang on what we can learn from Taiwan’s experiments with how to do democracyIn 2014 Taiwan was rocked by mass protests against a proposed trade agreement with China that was about to be agreed without the usual Parliamentary hearings. Students invaded and took over the Parliament. But rather than chant slogans, instead they livestreamed their own parliamentary debate over the trade deal, allowing volunteers to speak both in favour and against. 2022-02-02T14:43:27-0800 80,000 Hours 25,000 words Rated 2023-05-03T14:57:52-0700
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At Penn, Tensions May Only Be Growing After Magill’s ResignationProfessors at the University of Pennsylvania have begun to organize, fearing what they view as a plan by the billionaire Marc Rowan to upend academic freedom. #College 2024-01-29T09:20:18-0800 The New York Times Stephanie Saul ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-01-29T19:12:22-0800
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At CPAC forum, Trump sets eyes on returning to White House | Donald Trump NewsRated 2023-03-12T07:16:33-0700
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Ask vs guess cultureWhen unreasonable requests are followed up with "but you could have just said no!" Exploring the clashes of ask culture and guess culture, at home and at work. 2023-08-12T13:17:44-0700 Tech and Tea Jean Hsu 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-20T01:29:30-0700
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Asdf Has Been Re-Written in Golang - Stratus3DOver the last year I’ve rewritten asdf in Go. I’m excited to announce that the rewrite was released last Wednesday as asdf version 0.16. … stratus3d.com Trevor Brown 1,000 words Rated 2025-02-13T07:37:20-0800
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Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec's alleged killer also worked in techRated 2023-04-13T08:52:35-0700
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Here to Pump You Up (Emotionally)“The more powerful you are,” says the action icon, author of a new self-help book, “the more power you have in giving back.” #2020 Election #Comedy #Donald Trump 2023-10-01T02:01:02-0700 The New York Times David Marchese ($) 5,000 words Rated 2023-10-01T19:36:20-0700
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Arlington's GuaranteeRated 2023-03-19T08:20:24-0700
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Archivists Work to Identify and Save the Thousands of Datasets Disappearing From Data.govMore than 2,000 datasets have disappeared from data.gov since Trump was inaugurated. But analyzing exactly what happened and where it went is going to take some time. 2025-01-30T11:36:15-0800 404 Media Jason Koebler 2,000 words Rated 2025-02-01T17:08:56-0800
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Apparently Magpies and Crows Are Using "Anti-Bird Spikes" to Make Their NestsBirds often incorporate human-made materials while nest building, but a new study shows European corvids are taking the idea to the extreme. 2023-07-12T07:49:44-0700 Audubon Lauren Leffer 200 words Rated 2025-03-20T21:23:02-0700
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How do you find the positive integer solutions to \frac{x}{y+z}+ \frac{y}{z+x}+\frac{z}{x+y} = 4?Answer by Alon Amit (אלון עמית), PhD in Mathematics; Mathcircler. Quora 4,000 words Rated 2025-05-20T10:11:21-0700
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Anchor Brewing Was San Francisco | DefectorAnchor Brewing was a cockroach. The San Francisco brewery survived the great earthquake of 1906, the subsequent fire that destroyed the city, its owner being run over by a cable car right after the fire, World War I, the Volstead Act, World War II, a series of midcentury closures and re-openings, and 127 years of ... 2023-07-12T13:11:23-0700 defector.com 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T22:44:59-0700
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Analysis | Do blue-state taxes really subsidize red-state benefits?In honor of our first anniversary, we turn our powers of analysis on you, the reader, to identify -- and answer! -- the question you are most eager to ask. 2023-07-07T02:54:43-0700 The Washington Post Andrew Van Dam, Linda Chong ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T19:15:32-0700
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An Unexpected Turn in the Evangelical Culture WarsA proposal to ban Southern Baptist women from serving as pastors failed a two-thirds-majority vote, signalling that the far right has not yet consolidated its control of the Church. #Christianity #Religion 2024-06-12T13:52:49-0700 The New Yorker Eliza Griswold 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T18:02:02-0700
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An Open Letter to David Simon, Who Tweeted NYC Is 'On the Make' Because He Got a $50 Speeding Ticket - Hell GateThe creator of "The Wire" tweeted his displeasure after receiving a $50 speeding ticket in NYC, citing it as evidence that the Big Apple is an "off-brand city." #Vision zero 2023-08-09T14:59:27-0700 hellgatenyc.com 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-11T08:06:19-0700
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An invitation to a secret societyOr: why you should be a lizard 2023-07-20T08:03:53-0700 Experimental History Adam Mastroianni 3,000 words Rated 2023-07-20T19:08:46-0700
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An Interview with Scott AlexanderDisambiguated AI, brain emulations, Scott’s writing schedule, figuring out life with newborn twins, and a whole lot more. 2024-02-23T08:05:43-0800 NeoNarrative Sotonye 6,000 words Rated 2024-03-18T23:35:34-0700
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An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhipThere is only one thing worse than being imitated 2025-04-03T10:50:14-0700 The AI Underwriter Otakar G. Hubschmann 1,000 words Rated 2025-04-03T19:03:44-0700
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An end to all this prostate trouble?yarchive.net 9,000 words Rated 2025-04-26T20:05:25-0700
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An Anxious Asia Arms for a War It Hopes to PreventRated 2023-03-28T12:28:40-0700
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America’s Trumpiest court just put itself in charge of nuclear safety, in Texas v. NRCThis decision is radioactive, even by the very low standards of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. #Politics #Supreme Court 2023-08-29T03:00:00-0700 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-30T22:45:11-0700
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America’s New Political War Pits Young Men Against Young Women - WSJRated 2024-07-29T12:58:32-0700
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America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No TomorrowUnchecked overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a data investigation by the New York Times revealed, threatening millions of people and America’s status as a food superpower. #Agriculture #Climate Change #Global Warming #Water 2023-08-28T14:19:48-0700 The New York Times Mira Rojanasakul, Christopher Flavelle, Blacki Migliozzi, ... ($) 5,000 words Rated 2023-09-26T07:16:33-0700
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Ambulance hits Oregon cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then sticks him with $1,800 bill, lawsuit saysRated 2024-11-07T19:26:46-0800
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