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The Paris Review - The Crane WifeRated 2023-04-13T23:28:56-0700 - sethherr
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Invisible Ink: At the CIA’s Creative Writing Group"When an organization has, say, financed the overthrow of the government of Guatemala, you would think there might be a speaking fee." 2024-01-09T12:20:45-0800 The Paris Review Johannes Lichtman 3,000 words Rated 2024-01-10T19:12:25-0800 - sethherr
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The Painter Who Inspired a New BalletFor Christopher Wheeldon’s return to New York City Ballet, he asked the artist Kylie Manning not just for backdrops and costumes but to, as he says, “form a dance within her world.” 2023-05-03T11:31:35-0700 The New York Times Ella Riley-Adams ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-05-05T18:42:33-0700 - cindy
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The open source gift exchangeI love writing and sharing code as open source, but it's not an abstract act of pure altruism. The first recipients of these programming gifts are almost always myself and my company. It's an intentionally selfish drive first, then a broader benefit second. But, ironically, this is what's made my participation in the gift exchange of o... world.hey.com 500 words Rated 2024-10-10T15:07:24-0700 - sethherr
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The Obvious Answer to HomelessnessRated 2023-04-18T22:01:16-0700 - elll
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The Nuclear Waste Disposal DilemmaNuclear waste disposal is one of the most problematic factors when discussing nuclear power. But why is it dangerous and how are countries dealing with it? 2022-09-11T17:00:51-0700 Earth.Org Martina Igini 1,000 words Rated 2023-05-04T06:15:32-0700 - cindy
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The night train revolution has been hailed as an alternative to airplanes. Here’s how that’s goingNight trains have been making a resurgence across Europe after decades of decline, raising the prospect of more sustainable ways of criss-crossing the continent as travelers look to find alternatives to flying. 2023-11-11T22:00:03-0800 CNN Ben Jones 2,000 words Rated 2023-11-17T07:34:10-0800 - sethherr
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The New Jersey Governor’s Wife Has Decided to Be a SenatorRated 2024-02-05T17:43:47-0800 - &e
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The Dictator Myth That Refuses to DieAuthoritarians would have you think that they can do certain things better than their counterparts who have to deal with checks, balances, and public opinion. Don’t believe it. #United States 2023-07-26T07:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Brian Klaas ($) 200 words Rated 2023-07-26T17:29:22-0700 - Jaog
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The Missionary in the KitchenI longed for purpose, meaning, the sense of being found. Then, one summer, I sort of was, Clare Sestanovich writes. #College #Religion 2024-06-01T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Clare Sestanovich 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-05T21:09:42-0700 - sethherr
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The Man Who Built CatanRated 2023-04-09T07:33:50-0700 - Jaog
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The Magnificence of the Bluefin TunaRivka Galchen on “Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas,” by Karen Pinchin, and the importance of an ancient and threatened fish. #Fishing #Ocean 2023-07-24T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Rivka Galchen 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-25T22:24:55-0700 - sethherr
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The Lunacy of ArtemisFor the first time since the 1960's, it looks doubtful whether the US space agency is even capable of getting us to the Moon. idlewords.com 8,000 words Rated 2024-05-20T10:58:03-0700 - sethherr
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The Long Road to Public Transit RecoveryWith Ridership Down 30+%, Agencies Must Adapt or Risk Collapse #Economy #Politics 2023-06-29T15:00:00-0700 Statecraft by Arman Madani Arman Madani 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-29T17:51:59-0700 - elll
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The Later Years of Douglas Adams | The Digital Antiquarianfilfre.net 15,000 words Rated 2024-11-13T08:48:05-0800 - sethherr
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The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground | HomelessnessRated 2023-04-09T22:31:46-0700 - sethherr
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The Inside Story of How the Navy Spent Billions on the “Little Crappy Ship”Littoral combat ships were supposed to launch the Navy into the future. Instead they broke down across the globe and many of their weapons never worked. Now the Navy is getting rid of them. One is less than five years old. 2023-09-07T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Joaquin Sapien 10,000 words Rated 2023-09-14T07:40:35-0700 - sethherr
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The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States | Nature CommunicationsRated 2023-04-11T03:06:42-0700 - sethherr
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The Housing Crisis Is Breaking People’s BrainsRated 2023-04-19T08:43:47-0700 - elll
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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 2024-05-04T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jia Tolentino 2,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:38:39-0700 - sethherr
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The hidden force that shapes everything around us: ParkingA Q&A with Henry Grabar, author of “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.” #Politics #Transportation #Urban Planning 2023-05-09T04:30:00-0700 Vox Marin Cogan 3,000 words Rated 2023-07-17T14:20:48-0700 - sethherr
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The Harvard Professor and the BloggersWhen Francesca Gino, a rising academic star, was accused of falsifying data — about how to stop dishonesty — it didn’t just torch her career. It inflamed a crisis in behavioral science. #College #Lawsuit #Sociology 2023-09-30T02:01:18-0700 The New York Times Noam Scheiber ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-10-05T16:38:46-0700 - sethherr
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The growing pains of database architectureHow the Figma infrastructure team reduced potential instability by scaling to multiple databases Figma 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-07T05:13:41-0700 - sethherr
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The Great Cash-for-Carbon HustleOffsetting is hailed as a fix for climate catastrophe—but the world’s biggest carbon firm, South Pole, sold millions of worthless credits to Gucci, Porsche, Nestlé, and many others. Heidi Blake reports. 2023-10-16T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Heidi Blake 10,000 words Rated 2023-10-25T06:33:15-0700 - sethherr
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The Great Awokening of Higher Ed Has Ended—But Is It Too Late?Growing numbers of Americans prefer sticks over carrots to move colleges and universities towards reform—a crisis we in academia largely brought upon ourselves 2023-06-21T05:15:58-0700 The Liberal Patriot Musa al-Gharbi 2,000 words Rated 2023-10-12T18:23:38-0700 - sethherr
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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. 2019-02-01T16:11:19-0800 Audio Academy 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-07T20:41:55-0700 - sethherr
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The Gimli GliderWhen a botched imperial-to-metric conversion left a commercial jet with insufficient fuel, pilots had to improvise. 2007-11-12T00:00:00-0800 Damn Interesting Alan Bellows 25,000 words Rated 2023-07-24T22:10:44-0700 - sethherr
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The Future of Search Is BoutiqueRated 2023-04-20T15:28:40-0700 - sethherr
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The Future of Open SourceA GitHub founder's musings on the past, present and future of large groups of people collaborating on software in awesome ways. #Essay 2024-08-06T12:23:17-0700 GitButler Scott Chacon 3,000 words Rated 2024-09-11T15:06:17-0700 - sethherr
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The Future of FertilityEmily Witt on the biotech startups seeking to change human reproduction. 2023-04-17T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Emily Witt 6,000 words Rated 2023-05-02T10:22:02-0700 - sethherr
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The Fourteenth Amendment FantasyThe Constitution won’t disqualify Trump from running. The only real-world way of stopping him is through the ballot box. #Civil War #United States 2023-08-29T04:30:00-0700 The Atlantic David Frum ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-09-01T18:34:46-0700 - sethherr
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The Fight for the Right to TrespassA group of English activists want to legally enshrine the “right to roam” — and spread the idea that nature is a common good. #England 2023-07-26T02:01:02-0700 The New York Times Brooke Jarvis ($) 7,000 words Rated 2023-07-27T18:34:05-0700 - sethherr
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The FCC Is Trying To Stop Discrimination In Broadband Deployment. Telecoms And Republicans Are Big Mad About ItFor decades, big ISPs like AT&T have refused to upgrade low income and poor communities to fiber, despite billions in subsidies, regulatory favors, and tax breaks that were supposed to accomplish precisely that. Groups like the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) have released studies on cities like Cleveland and Detroit, documenting how this discrimination lines… 2023-11-17T05:24:01-0800 Techdirt 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-17T07:37:44-0800 - sethherr
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The Engineer/Manager PendulumLately I've been doing some career counseling for people off Twitter (long story). The central drama for many people goes something like this: “I'm a senior engineer, but I'm thinking about being a manager. I really like engineering, but I feel like I'm just solving the same problems over and over and it seems like the real… 2017-05-11T10:20:12-0700 charity.wtf 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-05T07:26:40-0700 - sethherr
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The Endless Battle to Remove Girls Do Porn Videos From PornhubRated 2023-04-26T23:07:40-0700 - sethherr
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The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year GrudgeIn 1973, Uri Geller claimed to bend metal with his mind on live television. Skeptics couldn’t beat him. Now they’ve joined him. #Artificial Intelligence #Britain #Celebrity #Israel #Magic 2023-07-08T02:00:42-0700 The New York Times David Segal ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-07-21T10:37:17-0700 - sethherr
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The effect of short-term high-caloric feeding and fasting on bone microarchitecture - ScienceDirectRated 2023-03-18T20:43:34-0700 - sethherr
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The early days of Linux [LWN.net]Rated 2023-04-15T16:28:19-0700 - sethherr
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The Early Christian Strategy... 2024-11-14T05:57:42-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 60,000 words Rated 2024-11-18T17:49:06-0800 - sethherr
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The Dave Matthews Guide to Living and DyingThe troubadour of mellow vibes has been one of the biggest acts in music for three decades. Now 56, Matthews has been singing about mortality for a long time, and he’s confronting its specter in new and surprising ways, all while trying to figure out how to do some good in the world. #Culture #Music #Profile 2023-05-18T05:00:00-0700 GQ Alex Pappademas, Andreas Laszlo Konrath 6,000 words Rated 2023-05-30T16:37:07-0700 - elll
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The Curator of Climate ChangeSoren Brothers has a crucial job: convince museum goers not to be scared of climate change—or climate solutions 2023-09-25T06:30:58-0700 The Walrus Guy Dixon 2,000 words Rated 2023-09-27T17:22:11-0700 - elll
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The Constitution isn’t the obstacle to D.C. statehood.Rated 2023-03-29T17:18:08-0700 - alexandradancing
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The Computers Are Getting Better at WritingSteve Marche on Sudowrite, an application that harnesses the artificial-intelligence program GPT-3 to generate text and even mimic the literary style of writers such as Franz Kafka. #Artificial Intelligence #Literature #Technology #Writing 2021-04-30T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Stephen Marche 3,000 words Rated 2023-05-26T09:32:10-0700 - elll
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The Commission for Stopping Further ImprovementsRated 2023-04-21T16:42:40-0700 - sethherr
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