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The Berkeley Software DistributionUNIX is always litigious 2024-2-4 6:32pm Abort Retry Fail Bradford Morgan White 7,000 words Rated 2024-5-14 8:44am
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lori's blog - Why I Lost Faith in KagiRated 2024-5-14 8:40am
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The Hidden-Pregnancy ExperimentJia Tolentino on an experiment in which she tried to hide her pregnancy from her phone and on how we are increasingly trading our privacy for a sense of security. #Parenthood #Pregnancy #Surveillance 2024-5-4 3:00am The New Yorker Jia Tolentino 2,000 words Rated 2024-5-14 8:38am
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Selling 'Ghost in the Shell'Plus: animation news. 2024-5-5 8:58pm Animation Obsessive Animation Obsessive Staff 4,000 words Rated 2024-5-14 8:36am
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Plea deal for driver accused of DUI crash that killed cyclist is unjustThe proposed one-year sentence for a driver accused of killing SF cyclist Ethan Boyes in a DUI crash is a shocking injustice, writes Gabriella Wong. #Vision zero 2024-3-15 11:36am SFGATE Gabriella Wong 1,000 words Rated 2024-5-14 8:33am
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Vancouver's new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably IndigenousIn B.C., Indigenous nations are reclaiming power and wealth for their own citizens—no matter what the neighbours think #Real Estate 2024-3-11 7:39am St. Joseph Media Jadine Ngan 2,000 words Rated 2024-5-14 8:33am
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The Universe of Discourse : It's an age of marvelsFrom the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus The Universe of Discourse 1,000 words Rated 2024-5-14 8:31am
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Scientists Like Me Knew There Was Something Amiss With Andrew Huberman’s Wildly Popular PodcastHe recommends supplements. He’s iffy on the flu shot. And more. #Health Care #Science 2024-3-27 12:53pm Slate Andrea Love 3,000 words Rated 2024-5-14 8:29am
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Artificial scarcity, artificial fatigueRated 2024-5-14 8:25am
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The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound - Audio Academy Audio LegendsWhile modern improvements in technologies have the benefit of being far more powerful and lightweight, the Wall of Sound remains unparalleled. 2019-2-1 4:11pm Audio Academy 1,000 words Rated 2024-5-7 8:41pm
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Stop Wasting Money on Biodegradable Dog Poop BagsIf you scoop your dog’s poop using an "eco-friendly" bag, stop. There are far better ways to deal with your dog's poo. 2023-5-17 5:08am Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words Rated 2024-5-7 8:24am
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Opinion | What Medical Stories Do We Trust?How vaccine injuries and long Covid test our partisan beliefs. 2024-5-4 4:00am The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-5-5 7:21pm
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Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t KnowThree terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator. #Congress #Joe Biden #US Politics 2024-5-4 4:00am The New York Times Gaby Del Valle ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-5-5 7:17pm
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Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices in ‘dark day for the media’Foreign Press Association decries move under new law based on claim network is a threat to national security 2024-5-5 9:53am The Guardian Jason Burke 1,000 words Rated 2024-5-5 7:03pm
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Israeli authorities raid Al Jazeera after shutdown orderBenjamin Netanyahu's cabinet shut down the network for as long as the war in Gaza continues, saying the network threatens national security. Al Jazeera called the accusation a "dangerous and ridiculous lie" that puts its journalists at risk. #Asia #War 2024-5-5 12:35pm Reuters ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-5-5 7:01pm
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MIT abandons use of DEI statementsDEI statements are affirmations made when you're applying for college admission, university jobs, or even science-society grants, recounting to the authorities your philosophy of "diversity, equity, and inclusion," your history of DEI activities, and how you will implement DEI initiatives if you get the admission/job/grant. I have posted quite a bit about them (see collection… 2024-5-4 9:45am Why Evolution Is True 2,000 words Rated 2024-5-5 6:46pm
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Bollards: Why & WhatNaming something we see and benefit from every day josh.works 1,000 words Rated 2024-5-5 6:46pm
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How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPTdanluu.com 20,000 words Rated 2024-4-24 1:03pm
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The Man Who Killed Google SearchThis is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, then the VP and General Manager of Ads at Google, and Shiv Venkataraman, then the VP of Engineering, Search and Ads on Google properties, had called a “code yellow” for search revenue due to, and I quote, “steady weakness in the daily numbers” and a likeliness that it would end the quarter significa 2024-4-23 9:24am Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At Edward Zitron 4,000 words Rated 2024-4-24 1:01pm
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Opinion | Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?Revisiting Michael Crichton’s prophecy of cultural stagnation. #1990s #Artificial Intelligence #China 2024-4-19 10:25am The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-4-23 12:00am
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Opinion | The ‘Blood Bath’ Battle and the Electric Car WarDoes President Biden expect to win on a Jan. 6 strategy alone? #Donald Trump #Joe Biden #US Politics 2024-3-23 4:00am The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-4-22 11:55pm
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Responses to Tyler Cowen on RationalityIn his recent podcast with Ezra Klein (recommended), Ezra asked Tyler his views on many things. One of them was the rationality community, and he put that response on Marginal Revolution as its own post. Here is the back and forth: Ezra Klein The rationality community. Tyler Cowen Well, tell me a little more what… 2017-4-4 4:40pm Don't Worry About the Vase 4,000 words Rated 2024-4-22 11:51pm
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Thoughts on seed oilDon't get distracted. 2024-4-18 9:01am Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 5,000 words Rated 2024-4-18 2:45pm
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Dragon In My Garage • Skeptical ScienceRated 2024-4-18 2:32pm
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(1) Patrick McKenzie on X: "It occurs to me that I have explicitly explained to my children that teachers respond well to guessing their password and that a rule of the game is you aren’t supposed to explicitly say that is what you are doing. “Remember this is just game, not all games have the same rules.”" / XX (formerly Twitter) 1,000 words Rated 2024-4-17 11:27pm
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This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten program. Test scores fell even furtherThis Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten. Test scores fell even further #LGBTQ+ #Maryland #San Francisco 2024-2-3 4:00am San Francisco Chronicle Jill Tucker 1,000 words Rated 2024-4-17 11:08pm
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(1) Prof. Ian Walker on X: "And this is where we saw the big win-win: there's a clear negative relationship between water pressure and consumption. More powerful showers used less water overall. A LOVELY TINGLY SHOWER MIGHT BE *BETTER* FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THAN A WEAK DRIBBLE. I know, right? https://t.co/dVCWHgb7JO" / XX (formerly Twitter) 500 words Rated 2024-4-17 7:31pm
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TBM 271: The Biggest Untapped OpportunityThe biggest source of waste is not low performers or having too many employees. The biggest source of waste is untapped skilled pragmatists. The number of skilled pragmatists in any given company is much larger than people realize and, therefore, represents a HUGE opportunity. But almost by definition, they are less visible. 2024-2-4 1:34pm The Beautiful Mess John Cutler 1,000 words Rated 2024-4-17 6:29pm
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12 Map Happenings that Rocked our World: Part 9The Map Happenings series on the hugely impactful events that forever changed our world. This week: the story of a little known company called 'Etak'. I think you'll find it a fascinating read... 2024-4-11 8:00am Map Happenings 4,000 words Rated 2024-4-16 9:02pm
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This is a teenagerRated 2024-4-16 9:01pm
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The Ex-N.Y.P.D. Offcial Trying to Tame New York’s TrashThe city has lived in filth for decades. Can the commissioner of the Department of Sanitation, a scion of one of the country’s richest families, finally clean up the streets? Eric Lach reports. 2024-4-8 3:00am The New Yorker Eric Lach 6,000 words Rated 2024-4-14 9:00am
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Stop being mean to slutty womenIt codes as low status and doesn't accomplish anything 2024-3-23 6:39am The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 6,000 words Rated 2024-4-8 6:44pm
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How the Alt Right wona Retrospective from Walt Bismarck 2024-1-26 4:54pm The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 15,000 words Rated 2024-4-8 5:59pm
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San Francisco mayor’s veto of housing bill gets overturnedThe Board of Supervisors overturned Mayor London Breed’s veto of Aaron Peskin’s housing density bill on Tuesday, marking the latest political flashpoint as the November election nears. 2024-3-26 2:42pm The San Francisco Standard Gabe Greschler 1,000 words Rated 2024-4-8 1:27pm
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The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated ItThe sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national experiment during a wrenching energy crisis: most of the US went to year-round daylight saving time beginning on January 6. "It was jet black" outside when 2022-3-15 12:20pm Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com/author/abeaujon/#author ... 1,000 words Rated 2024-4-8 1:15pm
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4 month sleep regression: Why it happens and what you can do about itWhat are the signs of 4 month sleep regression? Learn about developmental changes causing the 4 month sleep regression, and how you can improve your baby's sleep Huckleberry 3,000 words Rated 2024-4-6 5:40pm
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What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?Sam Knight on the Tory U.K. Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak, and issues including Brexit, the N.H.S., inflation, housing, and the economy. 2024-3-25 3:00am The New Yorker Sam Knight 8,000 words Rated 2024-4-6 7:06am
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Lableak truther loses $100,000 in his own debateThe false myth of a research-related accident being at the root of the COVID-19 pandemic has become endemic in society. Despite a large and detailed body of scientific evidence contradicting or… 2024-2-22 2:40am protagonist-science.medium.com Philipp Markolin 6,000 words Rated 2024-3-30 9:08pm
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Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak DebateI watched 15 hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to - but you should! 2024-3-28 4:24am astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 105,000 words Rated 2024-3-30 8:49pm
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Who Is Podcast Guest Turned Star Andrew Huberman, Really?Rated 2024-3-27 7:07pm
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The asbestos timesAsbestos was a miracle material, virtually impervious to fire. But as we fixed city fires in other ways, we came to learn about its horrific downsides. 2023-11-15 7:18am Works in Progress 3,000 words Rated 2024-3-21 8:01am
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Indonesia’s e-bike shops are building their own batteries - Rest of WorldRated 2024-3-20 8:01am
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How Israel turned homeowners into YIMBYsHomeowners are often the biggest opponents of building new homes. An Israeli reform reversed this by making homeowners the main beneficiaries of development. 2024-2-16 5:30am Works in Progress 6,000 words Rated 2024-3-20 7:50am
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Using axis lines for good or eviladd them only if they mean something 2024-2-29 9:00am Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 1,000 words Rated 2024-3-19 11:20pm
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Less Utilitarian Than Thou... 2024-2-27 9:03pm astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 65,000 words Rated 2024-3-19 11:08pm
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Vaclav Smil and the Value of DoubtDavid Owen interviews the author and scientist Vaclav Smil, whose books on environmental issues include “Size: How It Explains the World” and “How the World Really Works.” #Climate Change #Environmentalism #Renewable energy #Science 2024-2-20 3:00am The New Yorker David Owen 4,000 words Rated 2024-3-19 10:44pm
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TinyLetter had a big momentOn February 29th, 2024, Mailchimp shuttered TinyLetter, a simple email service that attracted a number of personal and experimental writers in the mid-‘10s. 2024-2-29 6:00am The Verge Kevin Nguyen 3,000 words Rated 2024-3-19 10:27pm
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Manometer Readings—AsteriskAmerica’s HVAC labor force is plagued by dishonesty and frequently incapable of meeting industry standards. Interventions in indoor air quality are the next frontier in pandemic prevention — but are they up to the task? asteriskmag.com 3,000 words Rated 2024-3-19 7:13am
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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. 2024-2-23 8:05am NeoNarrative Sotonye 6,000 words Rated 2024-3-18 11:35pm
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Driving at ridiculous speeds should be physically impossibleIntelligent Speed Assistance, a type of speed-limiting tech, is being tested in New York, DC, and Europe. But will it take off? 2024-3-1 4:00am Vox David Zipper 1,000 words Rated 2024-3-18 11:20pm
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