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“Useless Ruby sugar”: Argument forwarding

This is a part of a blog post series about “useless” (or: controversial) syntax elements that emerged in recent Ruby version. The goal of the series is not...

zverok.space 4,000 words

Rated 2023-11-24T08:45:07-0800

“The Brutalist” ’s Epic Inversion of the American Dream

In Brady Corbet’s latest film, starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pearce, the director depicts the fate of a brilliant Hungarian architect, who lands in the United States after surviving Buchenwald.

2024-12-20T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker Justin Chang 1,000 words

Rated 2024-12-27T20:13:15-0800

“Rabbit Test” unwins the Hugo

I cannot convey the supreme depths to which I'd rather be doing anything else with my Saturday afternoon other than writing this blog post, but here we are. If you have been blessedly insulated from the current furor over the 2023 Hugo Awards -- good for you! (I'm going to have to explain this post…

2024-02-17T17:08:27-0800 SAMANTHA MILLS 2,000 words

Rated 2024-02-18T21:22:35-0800

“He has a battle rifle”: Police feared Uvalde gunman’s AR-15

The Texas Tribune

Rated 2023-03-21T06:37:09-0700

“Founder Mode” and the Art of Mythmaking

I’ve never been good at “hot takes”. Anyone who knows anything about marketing can tell you that the best time to share your opinion about something is when everyone is all worked up about it. Hot topics drive clicks and eyeballs and attention en masse. Unfortunately, my internal combustion engine doesn’t run that way. If…

2024-12-17T09:53:35-0800 charity.wtf 9,000 words

Rated 2025-01-29T12:39:41-0800

‘We’ve Been Shaken Out of This Fantasy’: How the Left Sees the War in Israel

A former top aide for Bernie Sanders on how Israel's critics on the political left see the Hamas attack and what this means for deal-making in the region.

Politico 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-09T12:16:09-0700

‘We’re changing the clouds.’ An unintended test of geoengineering is fueling record ocean warmth

Pollution cuts have diminished “ship track” clouds, adding to global warming

Science Advances 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-12T17:38:38-0700

‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees

Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon

2023-05-07T00:00:16-0700 The Guardian Anna Fazackerley 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-07T12:11:43-0700

‘The Justins’ seem like Civil Rights-era throwbacks. But 2023 isn’t 1968.

The two young Tennessee legislators gained a national platform after being expelled. How will their mix of religion and politics fly?

2023-08-03T03:00:44-0700 The Washington Post Michelle Boorstein ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-08-03T07:54:26-0700

‘The Interview’: Robert Reich Thinks the Baby Boomers Blew It

The former U.S. Labor Secretary on how complacency and corporate ties created a “bully in chief.” #Barack Obama #Bill Clinton #College #Donald Trump #US Politics

2025-07-26T02:15:06-0700 The New York Times David Marchese ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2025-07-27T14:04:06-0700

‘No One Lives Forever’ Turns 25 & You Still Can’t Buy It Legitimately

One 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

‘It’s got everything you want, plus dragons’: Brandon Sanderson on the joy of writing fantasy

The hugely popular author reveals his excitement at the release of his latest Stormlight saga, how he extracted himself from Amazon and why JK Rowling should have stuck to novels

2024-12-06T08:32:34-0800 The Guardian James Smart 1,000 words

Rated 2025-01-16T14:03:18-0800

‘Are we the first generation that won’t die?’: Bryan Johnson on his controversial lifestyle

The 47-year-old multimillionaire spends $2m a year on staying youthful and, in a new documentary, he explains why we should be following his lead

2025-01-02T07:23:41-0800 The Guardian Radheyan Simonpillai 2,000 words

Rated 2025-01-03T16:54:09-0800

‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade

The backlash against “wokeism” has led a growing number of states to ban D.E.I. programs at public universities. Thousands of emails and other documents reveal the playbook — and grievances — behind one strand of the anti-D.E.I. campaign. #College #Texas

2024-01-20T13:35:53-0800 The New York Times Nicholas Confessore ($) 7,000 words

Rated 2024-01-22T18:03:33-0800

‘A Ticket to Disney’? Politicians Charge Millions to Send Migrants to U.S.

The Biden administration vowed to “end the illicit movement” of people through the Darién jungle. But the number of migrants moving through the forest has never been greater — and the profits are too big to pass up. #Colombia #Panama #Politics

2023-09-14T02:03:09-0700 The New York Times Julie Turkewitz, Federico Rios ($) 6,000 words

Rated 2023-09-15T13:05:46-0700

~fpereiro

federicopereiro.com 1,000 words

Rated 2025-06-06T06:25:02-0700

Your Review: School

Finalist #2 in the Review Contest

2025-07-04T06:01:37-0700 astralcodexten.com Astral Codex Ten 8,000 words

Rated 2025-07-04T15:49:39-0700

Your Review: Dating Men In The Bay Area

Finalist #8 in the Review Contest

2025-08-15T05:48:36-0700 astralcodexten.com Astral Codex Ten 105,000 words

Rated 2025-08-16T20:34:28-0700

Your Review: Alpha School

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2025-06-27T04:49:52-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 60,000 words

Rated 2025-06-29T20:55:47-0700

Your Project Management Software Can't Save You

Do-everything workplace managers like Asana and Trello promise organizational utopias. But they reveal limitations that date all the way back to the factory floors of the 1900s. #Labor #programming #Silicon Valley #Startups #Work

2023-10-01T03:00:00-0700 WIRED Matt Alston 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-04T08:54:16-0700

Your Book Review: The Pale King

Finalist #12 in the Book Review Contest

2024-09-06T08:47:37-0700 astralcodexten.com Astral Codex Ten 30,000 words

Rated 2024-09-09T19:59:57-0700

You should repaste your MacBook (but don't)

My favorite memory of my M1 Pro MacBook Pro was the whole sensation of “holy crap, you never hear the fans in this thing”, which was very novel in 2021. Four years later, this MacBook Pro is still a delight. It’s the longest I’ve ever owned a laptop, and while I’d love to pick up the new M4 goodness, this dang thing still seems to just shrug at basically anything I throw at it. Video editing, code compiling, CAD models, the works. (My desire to update is helped though by the fact I got the...

2025-07-10T15:06:19-0700 christianselig.com Christian Selig 1,000 words

Rated 2025-07-11T14:57:27-0700

You did no fact checking, and I must scream

I'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

You can try to like stuff

it offers lessons on your nature

2025-08-27T17:00:00-0700 DYNOMIGHT dynomight 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-02T21:01:28-0700

Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness

Two major problems with a review in Nature

2024-04-09T07:55:25-0700 After Babel Jon Haidt 4,000 words

Rated 2024-06-14T17:26:50-0700

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada

Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’

2025-03-26T15:26:12-0700 The Guardian Rachel Leingang 1,000 words

Rated 2025-03-27T21:13:44-0700

Y Combinator's Garry Tan Declares War on San Francisco Politics

The CEO of Y Combinator is using his considerable wealth and social media megaphone to attack the progressive agenda. #Elon Musk

2023-09-27T05:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Josh Koehn 4,000 words

Rated 2023-09-27T15:38:38-0700

Y Combinator urges the White House to support Europe's Digital Markets Act

YC sent a letter on Wednesday urging the Trump Administration to support Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA).

2025-03-13T13:49:21-0700 TechCrunch Maxwell Zeff 1,000 words

Rated 2025-03-14T08:01:43-0700

Wrong door, wrong driveway: How US got to shoot first, ask later

The Christian Science Monitor

Rated 2023-04-28T07:44:35-0700

Writing Is My Main Freedom. One Day My Work Disappeared.

A software change in my prison-issued electronic tablet ate up my drafts and eliminated basic writing tools. That may sound minor, but try sending a poem to your kid without line breaks. #Michigan

2021-12-16T19:00:00-0800 The Marshall Project Demetrius Buckley 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-19T11:44:44-0700

Would you live next to co-workers for the right price? This company is betting yes

Businesses like Cook Medical in Indiana say the housing shortage makes it harder to recruit and keep middle-income workers. Now, more companies are building places for employees to rent or even buy.

2023-05-02T02:20:10-0700 NPR Jennifer Ludden, Marisa Peñaloza 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-02T16:13:05-0700

Work on what you use and share the rest (DHH)

dhh.dk

Rated 2025-09-23T20:13:15-0700

minimum effective dose

I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the procedure), so I have been hesitant in taking up my regular exercise again because I don't want to distract my immune system from my tooth's healing. So when I went to the gym today for the first time...

2025-02-01T03:50:23-0800 Winnie Lim 1,000 words

Rated 2025-02-05T23:19:29-0800

Wikipedia’s Moment of Truth

Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process? #Artificial Intelligence #Google #Reddit

2023-07-18T02:00:21-0700 The New York Times Jon Gertner ($) 7,000 words

Rated 2023-07-20T18:40:22-0700

Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease

Common environmental contaminant increased rate of neurodegenerative affliction in one population by 70%

Science Advances 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-16T10:02:34-0700

Why “Alone” Is the Best Reality Show Ever Made

Jay Caspian Kang writes about the appeal of the reality-TV show “Alone” and other shows about survival in the wilderness. #Nature #Survival #Television

2023-09-06T08:39:42-0700 The New Yorker Jay Caspian Kang 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-06T21:18:24-0700

Laundry Pods Are Bad. Laundry Sheets Aren’t Any Better.

Laundry and dishwasher pods are encased in toxic plastic. Save money and go easier on the planet with these sustainable laundry tips. #Sustainability

2023-06-14T04:42:18-0700 Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-14T05:56:23-0700

Why You Should Be a Luddite

Tech columnist Brian Merchant takes us back to the 19th century to see who the Luddites really were and what they fought for. Luddism, he says, is about “questioning who machinery serves.”

Current Affairs 6,000 words

Rated 2024-01-31T21:27:05-0800

Why you can’t grow cool-climate plants in hot climates

Since moving to Deep South Texas 4 years ago I've come to realize that many plants I used to love growing in the cool mild maritime climate of the SF bay area are impossible to grow where I live. This is not just because of the high daytime heat. It's not as simple as that. Specifically, it is the h

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't 1,000 words

Rated 2025-08-23T07:41:35-0700

Why we’re helping more wikis move away from Fandom

Hi! You may have seen that Weird Gloop is now hosting the official League of Legends Wiki. We’ve spent the last couple months working with the Riot folks and the League wiki editors to move it off of Fandom, and turn it into something the players will (hopefully!) really dig. I also love that it got started because one of the Riot guys plays a ton of Old School RuneScape and thinks our wiki is awesome. How cool is that?? I want this to kick off a new era where communities and developers take...

2024-10-09T17:00:00-0700 Jonathan Lee 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-11T11:05:50-0700

Why We Keep Guns in the House

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-04-25T23:12:39-0700

Why Vampires Live Forever

The modern longevity movement's obsession with blood transfusions makes perfect sense — if you accept that Peter Thiel and Bryan Johnson are vampires.

2026-02-08T16:00:00-0800 Machiel Reyneke 3,000 words

Rated 2026-02-11T17:40:52-0800

Why Holes at the Bottom of the Ocean Disappear and Reappear

Scientists made a new discovery about other causes for holes on the seafloor. Find out what is causing the pits to disappear and reappear all over again. #Animals #Ocean

2024-01-18T15:05:00-0800 Atlas Obscura 1,000 words

Rated 2024-01-19T08:31:07-0800

Why the Time Has Finally Come for Geothermal Energy

It 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

GPS Watch? No Thanks. Top Runners Are Ditching the Data.

An increasing number of elite distance runners don’t wear activity tracking or GPS watches. They think they are better athletes because of it. #Running

2023-09-16T00:00:45-0700 The New York Times Scott Cacciola ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-20T08:35:37-0700

Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa

Or: 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

Why Remote Works - by George - Epistemink

epistemink.substack.com

Rated 2023-03-06T21:40:18-0800

Why Match School And Student Rank?

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2023-07-10T22:39:09-0700 Astral Codex Ten Scott Alexander 45,000 words

Rated 2023-07-12T17:04:52-0700

Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers?

Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.

2025-01-13T05:09:15-0800 GitButler Scott Chacon 1,000 words

Rated 2025-01-20T06:21:26-0800

Why Is Everyone on Steroids Now?

Across the internet and in gyms everywhere, body-modifying drug use has become ubiquitous, effective and... normal. Can this really be a good thing?

2024-06-05T05:00:00-0700 GQ Rosecrans Baldwin 5,000 words

Rated 2024-06-14T17:23:39-0700