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Trump could run for president from prison like Eugene V. Debs didRated 2023-04-01T08:40:25-0700 - Jaog
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A Decade of Have I Been PwnedA decade ago to the day, I published a tweet launching what would surely become yet another pet project that scratched an itch, was kinda useful to a few people but other than that, would shortly fade away into the same obscurity as all the other ones I'd launched over the previous couple of decades: It's alive! "Have I been pwned?" by @troyhunt is now up and running. Search for your account across multiple breaches http://t.co/U0QyHZxP6k — Have I Been Pwned... 2023-12-03T23:05:48-0800 Troy Hunt 4,000 words Rated 2023-12-05T03:54:31-0800 - sethherr
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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. 2024-02-29T06:00:00-0800 The Verge Kevin Nguyen 3,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T22:27:14-0700 - sethherr
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Tim Federle - Wikipedia2009-05-19T01:04:49-0700 Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 3,000 words Rated 2023-04-28T18:35:17-0700 - testerios
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Tim Cook on Shaping the Future of AppleRated 2023-04-17T13:26:16-0700 - sethherr
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Thoughts on seed oilDon't get distracted. 2024-04-18T09:01:11-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 5,000 words Rated 2024-04-18T14:45:50-0700 - sethherr
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This whale may be the largest animal ever. We have no idea how it got that big.A newly discovered extinct whale called P. colossus is challenging the blue whale for the title of heaviest animal to ever exist. 2023-08-02T08:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Dino Grandoni ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-03T09:21:52-0700 - Jaog
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this week in security — march 5 editionRated 2023-03-11T08:59:45-0800 - sethherr
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This ship was supposed to usher in an age of nuclear-powered travelRated 2023-04-09T07:23:23-0700 - Jaog
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This is a teenagerRated 2024-04-16T21:01:53-0700 - sethherr
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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 $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten. Test scores fell even further #LGBTQ+ #Maryland #San Francisco 2024-02-03T04:00:00-0800 San Francisco Chronicle Jill Tucker 1,000 words Rated 2024-04-17T23:08:49-0700 - sethherr
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Third Time: a better way to work — LessWrongHOW CAN you be more productive? Instead of half-working all day, it’s better to work in focused stints, with breaks in between to recover. … 2022-01-07T13:15:57-0800 lesswrong.com bfinn 7,000 words Rated 2024-05-20T10:25:53-0700 - sethherr
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Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitanescience.org 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-03T07:53:36-0700 - Jaog
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When They Warn of Rare Disorders, These Prenatal Tests Are Usually Wrong (Published 2022)The false positives aren’t mentioned in the brochures for these blood screenings, which are sold by some of the biggest labs in the country. 2022-01-01T10:14:05-0800 The New York Times Sarah Kliff, Aatish Bhatia ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-05-02T21:38:38-0700 - alexandradancing
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These bats use their penis as an 'arm' during sex but not for penetrationMammals usually mate via penetrative sex, but researchers report Nov. 20 in the journal Current Biology that a species of bat, the serotine bat, (Eptesicus serotinus) mates without penetration. This is the first time non-penetrative sex has been documented in a mammal. 2023-11-20T08:00:01-0800 Phys.org Science X 1,000 words Rated 2023-11-21T07:35:42-0800 - sethherr
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There is no such thing as a global method (in Ruby)What Ruby’s top-level methods actually are, who they belong to and how they are namespaced. zverok.space 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-31T20:07:37-0700 - sethherr
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The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your LandAmid 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 ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-14T07:52:48-0800 - sethherr
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The Wit and Wisdom of a 109-Year-Old ManLessons in resilience from Charles White, the subject of bestseller "The Book of Charlie" by David Von Drehle, about an American who always took the high road. 2023-09-04T03:00:45-0700 The Free Press David Von Drehle ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-09-04T22:25:18-0700 - sethherr
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The West Lives On in the Taliban’s AfghanistanRated 2023-03-03T14:56:36-0800 - sethherr
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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 2022-03-15T12:20:40-0700 Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com/author/abeaujon/#author ... 1,000 words Rated 2024-04-08T13:15:24-0700 - sethherr
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The US government is developing a solar geoengineering research planRated 2023-04-04T23:26:44-0700 - sethherr
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The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog ComputingRated 2023-04-26T07:28:14-0700 - sethherr
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The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”Rated 2023-05-11T22:16:37-0700 - sethherr
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The Trials and Tribulations of the BoymomRated 2024-05-29T16:53:54-0700 - sethherr
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The Tight-Knit World of Kamala Harris’s College SororityHow 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
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The Things We CarryJon Adams and Tienlon Ho illustrate how, when dealing with their children, they subconsciously mirror the behavioral patterns of their own parents. #Family #Immigrants #Parenthood #Relationships 2023-06-18T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jon Adams, Tienlon Ho 200 words Rated 2023-06-18T08:38:17-0700 - Jaog
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The Thin Purple Line, by Jasper CravenThe dubious rise of the private-security industry #9/11 #Crime #New York City #Surveillance 2024-07-23T12:22:18-0700 Harper's Magazine 200 words Rated 2024-09-15T17:06:27-0700 - sethherr
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The Talk: Accused of PlagiarismIn 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
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The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigsThe 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 2023-05-11T19:07:08-0700 - Jaog
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The Stupidity of "Buy American"The case against economic protectionism 2011-11-03T04:00:00-0700 Reason Magazine John Stossel 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-09T19:06:07-0700 - sethherr
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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 ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-07T04:33:59-0700 - Jaog
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The Solar Cell Discovery MachineRobotic analysis of perovskites may speed development of solar cells with better than 30% efficiency 2023-08-01T09:30:04-0700 IEEE Spectrum Charles Q. Choi 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-01T22:04:13-0700 - Jaog
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The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paıdeía of the American Tech EliteI often draw a distinction between the political elites of Washington DC and the industrial elites of Silicon Valley with a joke: in San Francisco reading books, and talking about what you have read, is a matter of high prestige. Not so in Washington DC. In Washington people never read books—they just write them. To… 2024-08-21T13:51:14-0700 The Scholar's Stage 4,000 words Rated 2024-08-26T21:43:54-0700 - sethherr
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The Internet Is Just Investment Banking NowThe internet has always financialized our lives. Web3 just makes that explicit. 2022-02-04T08:19:58-0800 The Atlantic Ian Bogost ($) 6,000 words Rated 2023-04-30T07:21:13-0700 - sethherr
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The Secret Gay History of Indie RockIs it truly possible to queer one of the straightest genres of music? From the closeted to the overexposed, this is a lineage of queer indie rock icons. #LGBTQ+ 2023-07-05T08:58:46-0700 Pitchfork Emma Madden 4,000 words Rated 2023-07-05T09:28:46-0700 - Jaog
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The scourge of stolen bikes in BritainRated 2024-10-09T14:59:40-0700 - sethherr
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The rise of the American oligarchyWhat targeting Russia’s wayward billionaires revealed about our own. 2024-01-22T11:26:54-0800 Mother Jones Tim Murphy 7,000 words Rated 2024-02-10T12:02:16-0800 - sethherr
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The Resilience of CostcoFor 40 years, Costco has succeeded with a simple formula: reinvest merchandising profits into lower prices and better products; be a disciplined operator; and treat customers and employees well. But with greater share of shopping moving online, it’s fair to wonder if the company's best da Mine Safety Disclosures 500 words Rated 2023-07-27T22:13:18-0700 - sethherr
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The reality of the Danish fairytaleDenmark 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
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The Real Story of “The Central Park Karen”New evidence comes to light. And Amy Cooper breaks her silence. 2021-08-03T08:23:24-0700 The Free Press Megan Phelps-Roper 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-22T20:24:20-0700 - sethherr
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The Real Difference Between European and American ButterRated 2023-04-28T14:38:16-0700 - sethherr
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The Quiet Death of Ello's Big DreamsEllo 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
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The Prospect of an AI WinterRated 2023-03-27T15:11:45-0700 - sethherr
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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
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