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Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of CanadaCanadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry. 2026-01-20T11:17:13-0800 World Economic Forum 3,000 words Rated 2026-01-21T20:33:01-0800 - sethherr
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How I created the Phlex on Rails video course outsideAn off-the-grid dev setup & recording studio that fits in a backpack beautifulruby.com 1,000 words Rated 2026-01-19T20:59:11-0800 - sethherr
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Notes on Apple's Nano Texture2024 Nano Texture Macbook Pro on the left; 2021 Glossy Macbook Pro on the right TLDR: the Nano Texture performs wonderfully anywhere where light used to be a factor and used to force me to shade my screen or avoid the place entirely. I’m less concerned with where I sit indoors. Coffee shops / offices with skylights or intense lighting are much more comfortable Coding and working outside is now feasible: browsing the internet, writing in Obsidian; all delightful The screen needs more... 2025-05-10T17:00:00-0700 jon.bo 1,000 words Rated 2026-01-19T20:47:14-0800 - sethherr
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelledMohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance 2025-11-05T21:00:00-0800 ig.ft.com 5,000 words Rated 2026-01-18T20:06:04-0800 - sethherr
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Postal Arbitragewalzr.com 500 words Rated 2026-01-16T07:24:01-0800 - sethherr
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How Airbus took offAirbus is an example of successful industrial policy and the rare European company that is better than its American rival. Could its success be copied elsewhere? #Technology 2025-10-29T08:13:21-0700 Works in Progress wip-admin 3,000 words Rated 2026-01-05T18:48:41-0800 - sethherr
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The group chats that changed AmericaA loose private network on Signal and WhatsApp helped usher in the new alliance between Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s new right. 2025-04-27T15:23:55-0700 semafor.com Ben Smith 8,000 words Rated 2026-01-05T14:47:36-0800 - sethherr
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21 Lessons From 14 Years at GoogleLessons learned from 14 years of engineering at Google, focusing on what truly matters beyond just writing great code. addyosmani.com Addy Osmani 2,000 words Rated 2026-01-04T19:57:30-0800 - sethherr
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A Beginner’s Two-Component Crystal-Style Wi-Fi DetectorCrystal radios are famous for doing something almost magical: picking up broadcast signals with nothing more than a diode, an antenna, and a pair of headphones. They’re the simplest RF receivers you can build — and a brilliant way to learn how radio waves become electrical signals. In this post, I’m taking that idea into… 2025-12-11T21:16:38-0800 Silicon Junction 1,000 words Rated 2026-01-03T12:43:52-0800 - sethherr
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Was Daft Punk Having a Laugh When They Chose the Tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?Was Daft Punk Having a Laugh When They Chose the Tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger? madebywindmill.com 1,000 words Rated 2026-01-02T17:26:25-0800 - sethherr
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Why Everyone Loves JapanPart III of my book on the Japanese economy. 2025-12-26T01:09:53-0800 Noahpinion Noah Smith 5,000 words Rated 2025-12-31T13:03:37-0800 - sethherr
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What an unprocessed photo looks like: (Maurycy's blog)maurycyz.com 1,000 words Rated 2025-12-28T16:26:51-0800 - sethherr
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Experts Explore New Mushroom Which Causes Fairytale-Like HallucinationsBetween traditional folklore and modern biology, the wild forest floor and the sterile scientific laboratory, lies the story of the lilliputian mushroom. Natural History Museum of Utah 2,000 words Rated 2025-12-27T16:04:14-0800 - sethherr
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Dear Rubyists: Shopify Isn’t Your EnemyI’ve been meaning to write a post about my perspective on Open Source and corporate entities. I already got the rough outline of it; however, I’m suffering from writer’s block, but more importantly, the whole post is a praise of how Shopify engages with Open Source communities. Hence, given the current climate, I don’t think I could publish it without addressing the elephant in the room first anyway. 2025-10-08T22:03:51-0700 byroot’s blog 4,000 words Rated 2025-12-25T06:15:32-0800 - sethherr
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Deciding To Win – Toward A Common Sense Renewal of the Democratic PartyDeciding to Win aims to provide the most comprehensive account to date of why Democrats lost and what our party needs to do to win again. Deciding To Win – Toward A Common Sense Renewal of the Democratic Party 10,000 words Rated 2025-12-22T18:28:57-0800 - sethherr
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Developing a food-safe finish for my wooden spoons and cupsYou know what they say in the world of products: fast, cheap, good; pick two. That's exactly my experience when trying to find the most suitable wood finish for my hand carved wooden spoons and cups. I got tired of trying to find something food-safe, without chemical smells and that doesn't take ages to cure. So I made my own. 2025-12-08T08:16:44-0800 alinpanaitiu.com 4,000 words Rated 2025-12-14T20:45:02-0800 - sethherr
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Why the Time Has Finally Come for Geothermal EnergyIt used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland, Rivka Galchen writes. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution. 2025-11-17T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker Rivka Galchen 4,000 words Rated 2025-12-13T17:00:30-0800 - sethherr
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Part 2: The Door Has OpenedA discussion on the real word has begun. It's about time 2025-11-30T10:13:40-0800 Yes, I give a fig... thoughts on markets from Michael Green Michael W. Green ($) 6,000 words Rated 2025-12-13T17:00:17-0800 - sethherr
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Roblox is a problem — but it’s a symptom of something worseWhat is the role of tech journalism in a world where CEOs no longer feel shame? #Social Media 2025-11-24T18:47:20-0800 Platformer Casey Newton 3,000 words Rated 2025-12-13T16:59:51-0800 - sethherr
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The national masculinity conversation continues to devolveRead to the end for a very annoying way to play "Dark Souls" #Politics #Technology 2025-10-24T11:10:42-0700 Garbage Day Ryan Broderick ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-12-13T16:59:36-0800 - sethherr
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Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into “junk insurance” (25 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorowpluralistic.net 2,000 words Rated 2025-12-13T16:58:56-0800 - sethherr
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What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With RealityRated 2025-12-13T16:58:35-0800 - sethherr
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Pluralistic: Disney lost Roger Rabbit (18 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorowpluralistic.net 3,000 words Rated 2025-12-13T16:58:07-0800 - sethherr
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Childhood Friends, Not Moms, Shape Attachment Styles MostChildhood Friends, Not Moms, Shape Attachment Styles Most: A new study upends conventional wisdom about how we relate to those closest to us. 2025-11-11T15:06:26-0800 Nautilus Kristen French 1,000 words Rated 2025-11-21T21:16:50-0800 - sethherr
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Ticker: Don’t Die of Heart Diseaseby Jared Hecht (blog, linkedin, twitter) Ticker: Don’t Die of Heart Disease 9,000 words Rated 2025-11-16T14:38:12-0800 - sethherr
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A Soiree into Symbols in RubyA Pythonista opens `irb` and looks at all the symbols in Ruby. Or so the joke begins. #ruby 2025-11-03T02:06:29-0800 Stonecharioteer on Tech 2,000 words Rated 2025-11-15T20:33:42-0800 - sethherr
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‘No One Lives Forever’ Turns 25 & You Still Can’t Buy It LegitimatelyOne of my favorite things in all of professional sports is the unofficial holiday referred to as "Bobby Bonilla Day." The short version of it is that Bonilla played for the New York Mets decades ago and eventually bought out his contract in 2000 when they decided they were done with him. Rather than pay… 2025-11-13T20:11:00-0800 Techdirt 5,000 words Rated 2025-11-14T20:16:34-0800 - sethherr
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The CIA and Modern Art : r/badhistoryreddit.com 3,000 words Rated 2025-11-14T19:49:06-0800 - sethherr
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What I Saw And Heard In WashingtonGroyperism's Spread Among Generation Z Conservative Apparatchiks Is Real 2025-11-10T14:07:49-0800 Rod Dreher's Diary Rod Dreher 7,000 words Rated 2025-11-12T23:23:33-0800 - sethherr
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I Saw a Vision of Chocolate’s Future in an Amsterdam BrownieThe real-life Willy Wonkas of confectionary are racing to cut the use of expensive cocoa. Their creations are delicious, but there's a downside, too. #Africa #Agriculture #City #Climate Change #Cote D'ivoire #Ghana #Science #Sustainability #Weather 2025-11-03T21:05:05-0800 Bloomberg Lara Williams ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-11-12T06:44:05-0800 - sethherr
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Does momentum exist in prediction markets? A short analysisA change of pace driven by a minor obsession. Back to normal NDI next week. 2025-11-04T05:01:55-0800 No Dumb Ideas 2,000 words Rated 2025-11-11T20:33:01-0800 - sethherr
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I Want You to Understand ChicagoRated 2025-11-10T19:51:09-0800 - sethherr
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The Ofcom Files, Part 2: IP Blocking the UK is Not Enough to Comply with the Online Safety ActA follow up to The Ofcom Files. Some notes on Ofcom's strategy to date. As many of you know, I represent the U.S. website 4chan, pro bono, in its U.S. federal lawsuit against the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, together with my co-counsel Ron Coleman. The suit seeks to defend 4chan from the UK’s attempts to censor that… 2025-11-06T16:20:45-0800 Preston Byrne 3,000 words Rated 2025-11-08T16:38:03-0800 - sethherr
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What Hallucinogens Will Make You See8 ways psychedelics distort our vision. 2023-06-01T17:56:18-0700 Nautilus Kristen French 1,000 words Rated 2025-11-08T16:21:52-0800 - sethherr
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Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says. 2025-11-03T04:00:51-0800 Ars Technica Ashley Belanger 2,000 words Rated 2025-11-05T13:54:35-0800 - sethherr
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Why Solarpunk is already happening in AfricaOr: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past 2025-11-04T08:06:02-0800 Climate Drift Skander Garroum 3,000 words Rated 2025-11-05T13:42:08-0800 - sethherr
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Ruby And Its Neighbors: Smalltalk – Noel Rappin Writes HereI just write here noelrappin.com Noel Rappin 3,000 words Rated 2025-11-05T12:18:31-0800 - sethherr
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Scrolling ThroughJack Kerouac, Malcolm Cowley, and the difficult birth of On the Road 2025-09-18T21:01:04-0700 The American Scholar Gerald Howard 6,000 words Rated 2025-10-31T22:18:25-0700 - sethherr
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Harnessing America’s Heat Pump MomentThe tech works. The policy’s in place. So why are heat pumps still a hard sell? What's stopping America from going all-in on heat pumps? #Climate Change #Home #Technology 2025-10-10T11:52:00-0700 Heat Pumped Joseph DeNatale 2,000 words Rated 2025-10-25T16:43:59-0700 - sethherr
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Scripts I wrote that I use all the timeI've written a number of little scripts over the years, many of which I use every day. Here's a little collection. 2025-10-21T17:00:00-0700 evanhahn.com 2,000 words Rated 2025-10-22T22:06:15-0700 - sethherr
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Novo Nordisk's Canadian MistakeNovo Nordisk's Canadian Mistake Science Advances 1,000 words Rated 2025-10-19T19:37:54-0700 - sethherr
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Ruby BlocksHow to start really getting Ruby, especially blocks. #ruby 2025-10-14T05:47:51-0700 Stonecharioteer on Tech 1,000 words Rated 2025-10-18T08:41:32-0700 - sethherr
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You did no fact checking, and I must screamI'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a world of misinformation out there, but it doesn't take much effort to determine if something is likely to be true. There are brilliant tools like reverse Image Search which give you a good indicator of when an image first appeared on the web, and… 2025-10-05T04:34:23-0700 Terence Eden’s Blog Terence Eden 1,000 words Rated 2025-10-17T07:39:34-0700 - sethherr
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Meet the Nutmaxxers Obsessed With Shooting Bigger LoadsBoth porn and a growing interest in self-optimization are leading men on a quest for enhanced ejaculations. 2025-10-14T07:00:00-0700 GQ Charlie Sosnick 2,000 words Rated 2025-10-16T23:05:17-0700 - sethherr
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How remigration became a buzzword for global far rightElectoral success of parties in Germany and Austria backing mass deportation linked to the term’s growing use by mainstream politicians, say experts 2024-10-03T06:36:24-0700 The Guardian Ashifa Kassam 2,000 words Rated 2025-10-16T22:54:18-0700 - sethherr
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HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The output TagMake your dynamic content accessible by default with the HTML tag that time forgot. 2025-09-30T17:00:00-0700 Den Odell 1,000 words Rated 2025-10-11T09:30:13-0700 - sethherr
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Why I'm not rushing to take sides in the RubyGems fiascoWe are in the midst of a Ruby drama for the ages. I'm sure a bunch of people figured we were all too old for this shit, but apparently we are not. This debate… justin․searls․co https://justin.searls.co/about 3,000 words Rated 2025-10-09T22:03:16-0700 - sethherr
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A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any sizeAnthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models anthropic.com 2,000 words Rated 2025-10-09T21:39:42-0700 - sethherr
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What really happened at BasecampBasecamp announced it would ban “societal and political discussions” at work. But the hardest conversations at work were about the company itself. Platformer’s Casey Newton spoke with half a dozen employees about the controversy. #Labor 2021-04-27T17:00:00-0700 The Verge Casey Newton ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-10-09T21:06:49-0700 - sethherr
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How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer-- seangoedecke.com 1,000 words Rated 2025-10-04T14:08:35-0700 - sethherr
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