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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

The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound - Audio Academy Audio Legends

While 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

The Gimli Glider

When 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

The Future of Search Is Boutique

Future

Rated 2023-04-20T15:28:40-0700

The Future of Open Source

A 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

The future of large files in Git is Git - Tyler Cipriani

tylercipriani.com Tyler Cipriani 1,000 words

Rated 2025-08-15T19:07:58-0700

The Future of Fertility

Emily 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

The first RCT for GLP-1 drugs and alcoholism isn't what we hoped

or what people seem to think

2025-02-20T09:02:32-0800 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words

Rated 2025-02-22T19:57:07-0800

The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Business

Driverless trucks are officially running their first regular long-haul routes, making roundtrips between Dallas and Houston.

2025-05-01T14:31:39-0700 CNN Alexandra Skores ($) 500 words

Rated 2025-05-02T18:24:31-0700

The Fight for the Right to Trespass

A 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

The FCC Is Trying To Stop Discrimination In Broadband Deployment. Telecoms And Republicans Are Big Mad About It

For 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

The Fall of Roam

I don’t use Roam anymore. Why?

2022-02-12T00:00:00-0800 every.to Dan Shipper 3,000 words

Rated 2025-05-18T18:06:35-0700

The EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands

The amended EPA rule is to comply with a Supreme Court ruling this year that narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act and the agency's power to regulate waterways and wetlands.

2023-08-29T16:40:15-0700 NPR James Doubek 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T22:36:50-0700

The Endless Battle to Remove Girls Do Porn Videos From Pornhub

vice.com

Rated 2023-04-26T23:07:40-0700

The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year Grudge

In 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

The effect of short-term high-caloric feeding and fasting on bone microarchitecture - ScienceDirect

sciencedirect.com

Rated 2023-03-18T20:43:34-0700

The effect of noise on sleep

Using Apple Watch

Empirical Health 500 words

Rated 2025-06-27T07:24:30-0700

The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets

Is it possible to out-eat the price you pay for a buffet? How do these places make money? We looked at the dollars and cents behind the meat and potatoes.

2020-01-25T06:38:50-0800 The Hustle Zachary Crockett 2,000 words

Rated 2023-12-09T08:47:54-0800

The early days of Linux [LWN.net]

lwn.net

Rated 2023-04-15T16:28:19-0700

The Commission for Stopping Further Improvements

The Roots of Progress

Rated 2023-04-21T16:42:40-0700

The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries

Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry #Libraries #Private equity

2023-07-26T10:00:23-0700 Nine Lives Karawynn Long 4,000 words

Rated 2023-08-04T08:09:18-0700

The Claude Code Source Leak: fake tools, frustration regexes, undercover mode, and more

Anthropic accidentally shipped a source map in their npm package, exposing the full Claude Code source. Here's what I found inside.

2026-03-30T17:00:00-0700 Alex Kim's blog Alex Kim 2,000 words

Rated 2026-03-31T21:04:40-0700

The Claude Bliss Attractor

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2025-06-12T18:33:35-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 25,000 words

Rated 2025-06-29T07:18:53-0700

The CIA and Modern Art : r/badhistory

reddit.com 3,000 words

Rated 2025-11-14T19:49:06-0800

The Christian Science Monitor Daily for March 9, 2023

The Christian Science Monitor

Rated 2023-03-15T15:35:43-0700

The Christian Science Monitor Daily for August 21, 2023

Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.

2023-08-20T21:00:00-0700 The Christian Science Monitor ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-22T17:42:06-0700

The Chip Titan Whose Life’s Work Is at the Center of a Tech Cold War

At 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows. #Apple #Artificial Intelligence #China #Politics

2023-08-04T02:01:01-0700 The New York Times Paul Mozur, John Liu ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-08-13T10:29:54-0700

How the Cheesecake Factory became the chain restaurant of millennial dreams

Too big to fail: How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry’s rules of success. #Culture #Food & drink

2022-12-24T04:30:00-0800 Vox Alex Abad-Santos 4,000 words

Rated 2023-07-27T21:41:19-0700

The cheapest cars aren't cheap anymore

media.hubspot.com 1,000 words

Rated 2025-06-30T07:55:51-0700

The Case for Reducing Defense Spending

No matter how much this country—or any country—spends on defense, it cannot buy perfect security. #Military #U.S. Military

2022-09-09T09:35:00-0700 The National Interest Lawrence J. Korb 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-21T20:23:20-0700

The Berkeley Hotel hostage

The Bookseller is the incisive and independent source of news and analysis for the book trade and publishing industry. Get breaking news, in-depth features, author interviews and book charts. The Bookseller provides you with the intelligence you need to sell more books.

The Bookseller 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-09T16:07:30-0700

The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury

How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam #High School

2023-05-08T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Ariel Sabar 9,000 words

Rated 2023-05-16T01:06:14-0700

The Biggest Environmental Scandal In The World

Watch now (44 secs) | Scientists, journalists, and the wind industry are behind the imminent extinction of the North Atlantic Right Whales. They should be ashamed of themselves.

2023-08-13T09:48:40-0700 Public Michael Shellenberger ($) 500 words

Rated 2023-08-18T09:24:50-0700

The Biden administration’s recent regulatory review and analysis changes

Raso argues the Biden administration's recent regulatory review and analysis changes have a basis in recent academic research and the rulemaking process would be updated to make better use of recent technological developments.

2023-05-18T05:50:27-0700 Brookings Connor Raso 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-04T07:15:17-0700

The Biden administration will pay farmers more money not to farm

thecounter.org

Rated 2023-03-28T18:18:33-0700

The Berkeley Software Distribution

UNIX is always litigious

2024-02-04T18:32:00-0800 Abort Retry Fail Bradford Morgan White 7,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:44:41-0700

The beauty entrepreneur who made the Jheri curl a sensation

The hairstyle originally involved an expensive trip to a salon. Then Comer Cottrell introduced the Curly Kit during the 1980s recession.

2025-07-11T07:51:42-0700 The Hustle Kelli María Korducki 2,000 words

Rated 2025-07-16T12:10:55-0700

The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing

WIRED

Rated 2023-04-26T00:03:53-0700

The babies who nap in sub-zero temperatures

Would you put your baby or toddler outside in the freezing cold for their lunchtime nap? Many Nordic parents wouldn't give it a second thought.

2013-02-21T07:04:58-0800 BBC News By Helena Lee 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-21T08:03:03-0700

The asbestos times

Asbestos 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.

2023-11-15T07:18:37-0800 Works in Progress 3,000 words

Rated 2024-03-21T08:01:24-0700

The art of DJing: Avalon Emerson · Articoli ⟋ RA

One of the most creative DJs in the game unpacks her methods for Elissa Stolman.

2019-02-06T03:30:24-0800 Resident Advisor Elissa Stolman 7,000 words

Rated 2025-03-29T14:57:07-0700

40 Years Ago, This Ad Changed the Super Bowl Forever

An oral history of Apple’s groundbreaking “1984” spot, which helped to establish the Super Bowl as TV’s biggest commercial showcase. #Apple #TV

2024-02-09T08:53:45-0800 The New York Times Saul Austerlitz ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-02-09T18:39:04-0800

The Antitrust Revolution, by Barry C. Lynn

Liberal democracy’s last stand against Big Tech #Amazon #Apple #Donald Trump #Facebook #Google #Microsoft #Supreme Court

2024-08-20T14:23:10-0700 Harper's Magazine 200 words

Rated 2025-01-30T21:50:20-0800

The Anti-Fluoride Movement Vaults Into the Mainstream

With the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, a formerly fringe opinion suddenly gets wide attention. #Cold War #Long Island #Water

2024-11-15T00:00:24-0800 The New York Times Joseph Goldstein ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-11-15T05:22:24-0800

The Alpha Myth: How Captive Wolves Led Us Astray

A wolf paces in captivity, teaching us all the wrong lessons about power

2025-01-27T09:47:31-0800 The Impossible Path Anthony David Adams 1,000 words

Rated 2025-01-28T07:25:14-0800

The AI water issue is fake

On the national, local, and personal level

2025-10-11T12:29:57-0700 Andy Masley 15,000 words

Rated 2026-04-01T19:38:35-0700

The AI Reporter That Took My Old Job Just Got Fired

A local newspaper in Hawaii experimented with AI-generated presenters to engage and boost its readership. After two months, the bots have been shelved. #Artificial Intelligence #Business #Media

2024-11-21T02:00:00-0800 WIRED Guthrie Scrimgeour 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-26T16:29:42-0800

The 'Dead-Internet Theory' Is Wrong but Feels True

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-04-17T17:38:07-0700

Texas’s Barbecue Schism

The New Yorker

Rated 2025-02-25T14:47:37-0800

Apple Photos App Corrupts Images

The Apple Photos app sometimes corrupts images when importing from my camera. I just wanted to make a blog post about it in case anyone else runs into the problem. I’ve seen other references to this online, but most of the people gave up trying to fix it, and none of them went as far as I did to debug the issue. I’ll try to describe the problem, and the things I’ve tried to do to fix it. But also note that I’ve (sort of) given up on the Photos app too. Since I can’t trust it to import photos...

2025-09-16T16:59:23-0700 Tenderlove Making 1,000 words

Rated 2025-09-17T06:41:51-0700