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What Happened to San Francisco, Really?

Nathan Heller on the fate of America’s most enterprising downtown and the debates over housing, homelessness, and public safety that have engulfed the city since the pandemic.

2023-10-16T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Nathan Heller 8,000 words

Rated 2023-10-18T22:05:43-0700 - sethherr

What Does ‘Buying American’ Even Mean?

In a globalized economy, the definition of “buying American” is becoming quite cloudy—and so are the consequences of policies designed to encourage it. #Buy American

2019-07-03T00:00:00-0700 The New York Times Tim Heffernan 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-11T10:03:39-0700 - Jaog

We’re going teetotal: It’s goodbye to The Daily Swig | The Daily Swig

portswigger.net

Rated 2023-03-19T09:19:13-0700 - &e

We need to tell people ChatGPT will lie to them, not debate linguistics

simonwillison.net

Rated 2023-04-07T20:31:37-0700 - sethherr

Venezuela’s Maduro clings to power. Opposition hopes this time it ends differently.

Venezuelan President Maduro has claimed – without evidence – that he won the presidential election. Despite high levels of repression, the opposition is leaning into their hope for change.

2024-08-05T13:26:53-0700 The Christian Science Monitor Mie Hoejris Dahl ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-08-05T15:20:22-0700 - sethherr

Vancouver's new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous

In B.C., Indigenous nations are reclaiming power and wealth for their own citizens—no matter what the neighbours think #Real Estate

2024-03-11T07:39:06-0700 St. Joseph Media Jadine Ngan 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:33:10-0700 - sethherr

Valencia St. appears to be doing better than businesses believe

Valencia St. near the center bike lane appears to be doing more business than anywhere else in the Mission District, according to new data.

2024-02-03T06:00:00-0800 Mission Local Craig Mautner 3,000 words

Rated 2024-12-01T17:05:13-0800 - sethherr

Vaclav Smil and the Value of Doubt

David 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

2024-02-20T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker David Owen 4,000 words

Rated 2024-03-19T22:44:49-0700 - sethherr

Using axis lines for good or evil

add them only if they mean something

2024-02-29T09:00:41-0800 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 1,000 words

Rated 2024-03-19T23:20:50-0700 - sethherr

US bid to cut China dependence by bringing jobs home and shifting supply chains ineffective: analysts

#Buy American

South China Morning Post

Rated 2023-06-10T06:34:29-0700 - &e

urbandirt

urbandirt.org

Rated 2023-03-11T16:48:32-0800 - sethherr

United States of America

This is Earth.Org's profile of the climate change vulnerabilities, updated emissions pledges and environmental policies by sector of the United States.

Earth.Org 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T06:22:29-0700 - cindy

Undoing bikeshare’s original sin

Bikeshare has been a godsend. Why not subsidize it?

2023-04-18T00:00:00-0700 Fast Company Aimee Rawlins 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T19:54:00-0700 - sethherr

UI Density

I speak and write about design, front-end code, leadership, and (occasionally) math.

matthewstrom.com 3,000 words

Rated 2024-06-14T17:17:49-0700 - sethherr

Twitter, Elon and the Indigo Blob

The line between expertise and politics has become increasingly blurry. The demise of "Old Twitter" could help to reverse that.

2023-07-31T07:51:48-0700 Silver Bulletin Nate Silver 3,000 words

Rated 2023-10-20T14:58:06-0700 - sethherr

Tucker Carlson and the Right

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-05-02T12:35:45-0700 - jmjmh

Analysis | Trump supporters are neither underrecognized nor half the country

Of all the excuses for airing Trump's unfiltered commentary on a news channel, the idea that his views are otherwise unheard is among the worst.

2023-05-12T07:40:43-0700 The Washington Post Philip Bump ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-13T08:25:04-0700 - cindy

Trump could run for president from prison like Eugene V. Debs did

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-04-01T08:40:25-0700 - Jaog

Trendy “raw water” source under bird’s nest sparks diarrheal outbreak

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-04-14T05:29:22-0700 - Jaog

Rated 2023-04-14T16:04:46-0700 - sethherr

Trellix automates tackling open source vulnerabilities at scale | The Daily Swig

portswigger.net

Rated 2023-03-19T09:27:45-0700 - &e

Rated 2023-03-19T11:12:04-0700 - sethherr

TinyLetter had a big moment

On February 29th, 2024, Mailchimp shuttered TinyLetter, a simple email service that attracted a number of personal and experimental writers in the mid-‘10s.

2024-02-29T06:00:00-0800 The Verge Kevin Nguyen 3,000 words

Rated 2024-03-19T22:27:14-0700 - sethherr

Tim Federle - Wikipedia

2009-05-19T01:04:49-0700 Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 3,000 words

Rated 2023-04-28T18:35:17-0700 - testerios

Thoughts on seed oil

Don't get distracted.

2024-04-18T09:01:11-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 5,000 words

Rated 2024-04-18T14:45:50-0700 - sethherr

This ship was supposed to usher in an age of nuclear-powered travel

nationalgeographic.com

Rated 2023-04-09T07:23:23-0700 - Jaog

This is a teenager

pudding.cool

Rated 2024-04-16T21:01:53-0700 - sethherr

Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane

science.org 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-03T07:53:36-0700 - Jaog

They Fled San Francisco. The A.I. Boom Pulled Them Back.

Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can’t afford to miss out on the funding, hackathons and networking of the artificial intelligence frenzy. #Artificial Intelligence #San Francisco

2023-06-07T02:01:22-0700 The New York Times Erin Griffith ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-07T16:37:36-0700 - sethherr

When They Warn of Rare Disorders, These Prenatal Tests Are Usually Wrong (Published 2022)

The false positives aren’t mentioned in the brochures for these blood screenings, which are sold by some of the biggest labs in the country.

2022-01-01T10:14:05-0800 The New York Times Sarah Kliff, Aatish Bhatia ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-05-02T21:38:38-0700 - alexandradancing

Rated 2023-05-04T05:52:56-0700 - cindy

These maps show how parking lots "eat" U.S. cities

Big Think

Rated 2023-03-31T18:56:28-0700 - sethherr

The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your Land

Amid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency. #Detroit #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning

2023-11-12T00:00:52-0800 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-14T07:52:48-0800 - sethherr

The Wager That Betting Can Change the World

A coterie of tech insiders believe that “prediction markets” can fix social ills. Are they right? #Gambling

2023-10-08T02:01:11-0700 The New York Times Kevin Roose ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-10-08T19:32:38-0700 - sethherr

The Universe of Discourse : It's an age of marvels

From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus

The Universe of Discourse 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:31:01-0700 - sethherr

The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing

WIRED

Rated 2023-04-26T05:53:14-0700 - Jaog

The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”

ProPublica

Rated 2023-05-11T22:16:37-0700 - sethherr

The Trials and Tribulations of the Boymom

The New Yorker

Rated 2024-05-29T16:53:54-0700 - sethherr

The Tight-Knit World of Kamala Harris’s College Sorority

How are members of A.K.A.—which Harris joined at Howard University—responding to their most famous sister’s Presidential campaign against Donald Trump? Jazmine Hughes reports.

2024-10-21T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jazmine Hughes 6,000 words

Rated 2024-11-03T19:57:14-0800 - sethherr

The Talk: Accused of Plagiarism

In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Talk,” Darrin Bell illustrates a conversation with a professor at U.C. Berkeley who accused him, without evidence, of plagiarism. #College

2023-06-03T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Darrin Bell 200 words

Rated 2023-06-03T15:57:45-0700 - Jaog

Rated 2023-06-04T07:23:39-0700 - sethherr

The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigs

The justices just did something very unusual: They didn’t try to make themselves even more powerful. #Politics #Supreme Court

2023-05-11T10:55:00-0700 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-11T22:59:32-0700 - sethherr

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 2023-07-07T04:33:59-0700 - Jaog

The Solar Cell Discovery Machine

Robotic analysis of perovskites may speed development of solar cells with better than 30% efficiency

2023-08-01T09:30:04-0700 IEEE Spectrum Charles Q. Choi 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-02T09:58:33-0700 - sethherr

The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paıdeía of the American Tech Elite

I often draw a distinction between the political elites of Washington DC and the industrial elites of Silicon Valley with a joke: in San Francisco reading books, and talking about what you have read, is a matter of high prestige. Not so in Washington DC. In Washington people never read books—they just write them. To…

2024-08-21T13:51:14-0700 The Scholar's Stage 4,000 words

Rated 2024-08-26T21:43:54-0700 - sethherr

The Internet Is Just Investment Banking Now

The internet has always financialized our lives. Web3 just makes that explicit.

2022-02-04T08:19:58-0800 The Atlantic Ian Bogost ($) 6,000 words

Rated 2023-04-30T07:21:13-0700 - sethherr

The reality of the Danish fairytale

Denmark has long ranked high on the list of societies that American liberals dream about turning the United States into. And for many good reasons. Education is state-funded, and students are even paid a stipend to go to university. Health care is equally free of individual charge, and there’s generally a robust social safety net for u...

world.hey.com 2,000 words

Rated 2024-01-06T23:17:15-0800 - sethherr

The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams

Ello launched in 2014 with big dreams, but the artsy social network suddenly shut down last year, deleting nine years of posts without warning. What happened?

2024-01-18T08:23:10-0800 Waxy.org Andy Baio 6,000 words

Rated 2024-01-18T17:29:42-0800 - sethherr

The Protopia Lab

protopialab.org

Rated 2023-03-14T06:47:42-0700 - cindy

The Philosophical And Moral Incoherence of “How Dare You Walk Out Of My Speech”

“Cancel Culture” Has Victims, But You’re Probably Not One Of Them

2022-08-14T12:47:01-0700 The Popehat Report Ken White 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-20T20:40:47-0800 - sethherr