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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 2023-08-05T09:40:18-0700 - alexandradancing

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

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 - sethherr

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 - sethherr

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 - sethherr

Rated 2023-08-20T12:13:03-0700 - Jaog

The Cancer-Drug Shortage Is Different

Fourteen crucial chemotherapies are currently in shortage. Why does this keep happening?

2023-06-26T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Ed Yong ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-27T23:27:11-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-06-26T17:05:16-0700 - Jaog

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 - sethherr

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 - sethherr

The Big Potential of Karen Bass’s Homelessness Agenda

#Homelessness

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-04-14T04:53:07-0700 - cindy

The big business campaign that has shaped 40 years of Republican rhetoric

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-04-23T10:01:44-0700 - cindy

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 - sethherr

The Biden Administration Will Pay Farmers More Money Not to Farm

The goal is to add 4 million acres of farmland to the Conservation Reserve Program, which takes land out of production to blunt agriculture’s environmental impact.

2021-05-01T00:00:00-0700 Governing 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-12T20:18:53-0700 - cindy

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 - sethherr

The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing

WIRED

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

Rated 2023-04-27T05:48:45-0700 - cindy

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 - sethherr

The Art of Taking It Slow

Anna Wiener interviews Grant Petersen, the owner of Rivendell Bicycle Works, who has amassed an ardent following by urging people to abandon the spandex and personal bests, get a comfortable bike, and go easy.

2024-09-16T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Anna Wiener 5,000 words

Rated 2024-09-23T22:38:03-0700 - sethherr

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 - sethherr

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 - sethherr

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Nuclear Energy

In the race to net-zero carbon emissions, should nations rely on nuclear power or should they make space for more fossil fuels and renewable energy?

2023-01-27T17:00:29-0800 Earth.Org Martina Igini 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T09:34:21-0700 - cindy

The 2010s Broke Our Sense Of Time

The rhythms of American life changed in the 2010s. How everything from TV to Trump to Instagram messed with your head just enough that time feels like it melted. #2010s #Donald Trump #Facebook #Instagram #Twitter

2019-10-24T16:56:46-0700 BuzzFeed News Katherine Miller 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-31T22:29:37-0700 - elll

Taste games

or why I avoid midrange beer

2024-02-15T09:01:14-0800 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 3,000 words

Rated 2024-02-15T20:46:06-0800 - sethherr

Takeaways From 3 Years Working In Machine Learning

epistemink.substack.com

Rated 2023-03-06T21:25:23-0800 - sethherr

Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964)

In William Faulkner’s 1938 novel The Unvanquished, the implacable Colonel Sartoris takes drastic action to stop the election of a black Republican candidate to office after the Civil War, destroying the ballots of black voters and shooting two Northern carpetbaggers. Open Culture, openculture.com

2024-10-21T00:21:20-0700 Openculture.com OC 500 words

Rated 2024-10-21T18:22:31-0700 - sethherr

Taco Bell’s Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food Wars

Antonia Hitchens writes about how the chain outdid Burger King’s Bacon Sundae, Pizza Hut’s hot-dog-stuffed crust, and KFC’s fried-chicken-flavored nail polish.

2023-04-17T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Antonia Hitchens 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-12T22:14:26-0700 - sethherr

SVB Couldn’t Ignore Its Losses, But the Fed Can

Bloomberg

Rated 2023-03-16T20:00:11-0700 - sethherr

SVB Chief Pressed Lawmakers To Weaken Bank Risk Regs

levernews.com

Rated 2023-03-11T07:38:49-0800 - sethherr

Suspicious data pattern in recent Venezuelan election | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

Rated 2024-08-05T15:27:48-0700 - sethherr

Surprising things happen when you put 25 AI agents together in an RPG town

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-04-11T21:59:43-0700 - Jaog

Student loan forgiveness: Where does empathy fit in?

#Student Loan Forgiveness

The Christian Science Monitor

Rated 2023-03-30T16:23:11-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-03-30T07:57:23-0700 - cindy

Stop Using So Much Laundry Detergent

Stiff, scratchy laundry can be a sign you’re using too much detergent. Our experts weigh in on how much you should actually use.

2021-07-22T00:00:00-0700 The New York Times Elissa Sanci 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-11T13:33:06-0700 - alexandradancing

Stop being mean to slutty women

It codes as low status and doesn't accomplish anything

2024-03-23T06:39:58-0700 The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 6,000 words

Rated 2024-04-08T18:44:12-0700 - sethherr

Staying Awake, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Notes on the alleged decline of reading #United States

2008-01-31T16:00:21-0800 Harper's Magazine 200 words

Rated 2024-09-15T17:24:07-0700 - sethherr

https://www.statisticssolutions.com/independent-and-dependent-variables

statisticssolutions.com

Rated 2023-03-19T09:06:59-0700 - ScottSchoenwaelder

Start Page

pnewman.org 500 words

Rated 2023-10-22T11:56:07-0700 - sethherr

Start Page

minjunes.ai

Rated 2024-12-03T16:52:31-0800 - sethherr

Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser

The future of entertainment is here – but we weren’t prepared for it.

2023-08-07T08:08:00-0700 mssv + Have You Played 10,000 words

Rated 2024-08-28T04:47:24-0700 - sethherr

Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Spontaneous pneumothorax refers to the abnormal collection of gas in the pleural space between the lungs and the chest wall. Spontaneous pneumothorax occurs without an obvious etiology such as trauma or iatrogenic causes. Spontaneous pneumothorax can be classified as either primary or secondary. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) occurs when the patient does not have a history of the underlying pulmonary disease, whereas secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) is associated with a...

2023-07-24T00:00:00-0700 PubMed Central (PMC) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:46:53-0700 - sethherr

Driving at ridiculous speeds should be physically impossible

Intelligent Speed Assistance, a type of speed-limiting tech, is being tested in New York, DC, and Europe. But will it take off?

2024-03-01T04:00:00-0800 Vox David Zipper 1,000 words

Rated 2024-03-18T23:20:59-0700 - sethherr

Speed Kills: Addressing the Real Road Hazard - CalBike

The best thing we could do to prevent traffic fatalities is to prevent speeding. And the best way to do that is through infrastructure.

2023-09-18T18:15:04-0700 California Bicycle Coalition Kendra Ramsey 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-19T16:04:21-0700 - sethherr

Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess

are they good or bad?

2024-11-13T16:00:00-0800 DYNOMIGHT dynomight 2,000 words

Rated 2024-11-15T00:42:06-0800 - sethherr

Some tactics for writing in public

Some tactics for writing in public

Julia Evans 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-07T09:40:51-0700 - sethherr

Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement

solargeoeng.org

Rated 2023-04-03T06:43:56-0700 - cindy

Solar geoengineering is the climate solution that could trigger war

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-04-03T06:10:47-0700 - cindy

Social. Private. Open. Pick three. – Jake Zimmerman

jez.io

Rated 2024-06-24T20:02:28-0700 - sethherr

Scientists Like Me Knew There Was Something Amiss With Andrew Huberman’s Wildly Popular Podcast

He recommends supplements. He’s iffy on the flu shot. And more. #Health Care #Science

2024-03-27T12:53:32-0700 Slate Andrea Love 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:29:22-0700 - sethherr

Small modular reactors produce high levels of nuclear waste

Small modular reactors, long touted as the future of nuclear energy, will actually generate more radioactive waste than conventional nuclear power plants, according to research from Stanford and the University of British Columbia. #Climate Change #Infrastructure

2022-05-30T12:00:11-0700 Stanford News Stanford University 1,000 words

Rated 2023-04-30T08:05:21-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-04-27T10:28:12-0700 - cindy