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Harvey Karp Knows How to Make Babies HappyThe pediatrician and best-selling author on the perils of excessive individualism, the moralization of baby sleep, and why when it comes to newborns he’s “a little bit like a priest.” #Babies #Interview #Parenting 2023-4-9 12:25pm The New Yorker Helen Rosner 7,000 words Rated 2023-6-9 4:54pm - sethherr
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Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological DeficitsSmall plastic particulates can induce inflammatory responses in the gut and brain, but removing them reverses this damage. #Nanoplastics The Scientist Magazine 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-8 7:40am - sethherr
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They Fled San Francisco. The A.I. Boom Pulled Them Back.Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can’t afford to miss out on the funding, hackathons and networking of the artificial intelligence frenzy. #Artificial Intelligence #San Francisco 2023-6-7 2:01am The New York Times Erin Griffith ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-7 4:37pm - sethherr
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Opinion | The Climate Solution That’s Horrible for the ClimateCorn ethanol and soy biodiesel accelerate food inflation and global hunger, but they’re also a disaster for the climate and the environment. #Agriculture #Climate Change #Global Warming #Iowa 2023-6-6 2:01am The New York Times Michael Grunwald ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-6 8:26pm - elll
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Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?Track ballast is the name for the crushed stones next to railway tracks. They are used by Railway Track Designers for numerous reasons 2022-2-18 7:39pm Alpha Rail 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-5 6:40pm - cindy
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The Talk: Accused of PlagiarismIn an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Talk,” Darrin Bell illustrates a conversation with a professor at U.C. Berkeley who accused him, without evidence, of plagiarism. #College 2023-6-3 3:00am The New Yorker Darrin Bell 200 words Rated 2023-6-4 7:23am - sethherr
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It Will Cost Up to $21.5 Billion to Clean Up California’s Oil Sites. The Industry Won’t Make Enough Money to Pay for It.An expert used California regulators’ methodology to estimate the cost of cleaning up the state’s onshore oil and gas industry. The study found that cleanup costs will be triple the industry’s projected profits. 2023-5-18 3:00am ProPublica Mark Olalde 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-3 9:02pm - sethherr
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Things I Won't Work With: HexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitaneScience Advances 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-3 7:53am - Jaog
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Judge rules Wyoming corner crossers did not trespassThe hunters who stepped over the corner of a Carbon County ranch did no damage to private property. hcn.org 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-3 7:06am - sethherr
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Undoing bikeshare’s original sinBikeshare has been a godsend. Why not subsidize it? 2023-4-18 12:00am Fast Company Aimee Rawlins 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-30 7:54pm - sethherr
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Can the ‘California Effect’ Survive in a Hyperpartisan America?For decades the state has been setting policy for the whole nation. Now red states are pushing back. #California #Cars #Florida 2023-5-30 1:50am The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-30 2:37pm - cindy
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How Tokyo Became an Anti-Car ParadiseThe world’s biggest, most functional city might also be the most pedestrian-friendly. That’s not a coincidence. 2023-4-11 4:45am Heatmap News Daniel Knowles 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-22 11:39pm - sethherr
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Where Living With Friends Is Still Technically IllegalAcross America, some places still outlaw living with people who aren’t your relatives. #Domestic Violence #Family #High School #Law #New Hampshire 2023-5-22 4:00am The Atlantic Michael Waters ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-22 2:23pm - sethherr
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Did Scientists Accidentally Invent an Anti-addiction Drug?People taking Ozempic for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting. #Drugs 2023-5-19 7:37am The Atlantic Sarah Zhang ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-19 4:53pm - sethherr
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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 2021-12-16 7:00pm The Marshall Project Demetrius Buckley 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-19 11:44am - sethherr
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How to Quit CarsAdam Gopnik reviews “Carmageddon,” by Daniel Knowles, and “Paved Paradise,” by Henry Grabar, and considers the shortsighted history of transportation and the possibilities for its future. #Books 2023-5-15 3:00am The New Yorker Adam Gopnik 4,000 words Rated 2023-5-19 7:28am - sethherr
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Why Did the Obamas Fail to Take On Corporate Agriculture?Activists hoped President Obama would fight for stronger regulation. Eight years later, they’re still waiting. #Agriculture #Barack Obama #Fast Food #Food & drink 2016-10-5 1:55am The New York Times Michael Pollan ($) 6,000 words Rated 2023-5-15 10:27pm - sethherr
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Our crazy farm subsidies, explainedThe US offers farm subsidies pretty heavily for some crops, but what began as a temporary measure gradually became more permanent. #Technology 2015-4-20 2:00am Grist Amelia Urry 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-14 10:58pm - sethherr
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Analysis | Trump supporters are neither underrecognized nor half the countryOf all the excuses for airing Trump's unfiltered commentary on a news channel, the idea that his views are otherwise unheard is among the worst. 2023-5-12 7:40am The Washington Post Philip Bump ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-13 8:25am - cindy
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Taco Bell’s Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food WarsAntonia 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. 2023-4-17 3:00am The New Yorker Antonia Hitchens 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-12 10:14pm - sethherr
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The Biden Administration Will Pay Farmers More Money Not to FarmThe 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. 2021-5-1 12:00am Governing 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-12 8:18pm - cindy
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The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigsThe justices just did something very unusual: They didn’t try to make themselves even more powerful. #Politics #Supreme Court 2023-5-11 10:55am Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-11 10:59pm - sethherr
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The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”Rated 2023-5-11 10:16pm - sethherr
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9 Ways to Imagine Jeff Bezos’ Wealth (Published 2022)A fortune of $172 billion is almost impossible to fathom. For the magazine’s Money Issue, the artist Mona Chalabi came up with some extremely original comparisons. 2022-4-7 6:21am The New York Times Mona Chalabi ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-8 5:17pm - jim
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Planning Commission Approves Legislation to Support Future of Downtown and Union Square | San Franciscosf.gov 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-8 9:06am - elll
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‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ feesEntire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon 2023-5-7 12:00am The Guardian Anna Fazackerley 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-7 12:11pm - sethherr
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I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthroughBill Gates writes about visiting Kemmerer, Wyoming, the future site of the fourth-generation Natrium nuclear power plant being designed by TerraPower. #Nuclear power 2023-5-5 4:00am gatesnotes.com Bill Gates 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-6 7:43am - 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.” 2023-5-3 11:31am The New York Times Ella Riley-Adams ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-5 6:42pm - cindy
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Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill... 2023-4-11 5:08pm Astral Codex Ten Scott Alexander 60,000 words Rated 2023-5-5 1:38pm - sethherr
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As nuclear waste piles up, scientists seek the best long-term storage solutionsResearchers study and model corrosion in the materials proposed for locking away the hazardous waste 1970-8-22 12:12pm American Chemical Society Mitch Jacoby 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-4 9:39am - cindy
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Nuclear EnergyIn the race to net-zero carbon emissions, should nations rely on nuclear power or should they make space for more fossil fuels and renewable energy? 2023-1-27 5:00pm Earth.Org Martina Igini 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-4 9:34am - cindy
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United States of AmericaThis is Earth.Org's profile of the climate change vulnerabilities, updated emissions pledges and environmental policies by sector of the United States. Earth.Org 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-4 6:22am - cindy
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The Nuclear Waste Disposal DilemmaNuclear waste disposal is one of the most problematic factors when discussing nuclear power. But why is it dangerous and how are countries dealing with it? 2022-9-11 5:00pm Earth.Org Martina Igini 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-4 6:15am - cindy
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What Should America Do With Its Nuclear Waste?Currently there are about 80 locations in 35 states where spent fuel is being stored, with no long-term plans for disposal. 2022-4-11 6:00am The Washington Post Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow ($) 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-4 6:08am - cindy
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When They Warn of Rare Disorders, These Prenatal Tests Are Usually Wrong (Published 2022)The false positives aren’t mentioned in the brochures for these blood screenings, which are sold by some of the biggest labs in the country. 2022-1-1 10:14am The New York Times Sarah Kliff, Aatish Bhatia ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-5-4 5:52am - cindy
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When Private Equity Firms Bankrupt Their Own CompaniesPrivate equity firms can succeed when their companies, customers, and employees fail. It’s a broken system. 2023-5-1 4:00am The Atlantic Brendan Ballou ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-2 11:35pm - sethherr
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Tucker Carlson and the RightRated 2023-5-2 12:35pm - jmjmh
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A new energy source for downtown Boston: the Charles RiverThe owner of a Kendall Square plant is launching a project to generate steam for Boston and Cambridge by drawing water from the river that runs between them. 2023-5-1 1:10pm The Boston Globe Jon Chesto ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-2 12:31pm - jmjmh
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Meditations On MolochI. Allen Ginsberg’s famous poem on Moloch:What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and u… 2014-7-29 9:00pm Slate Star Codex 90,000 words Rated 2023-4-30 12:53pm - pypurvis
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The Internet Is Just Investment Banking NowThe internet has always financialized our lives. Web3 just makes that explicit. 2022-2-4 8:19am The Atlantic Ian Bogost ($) 6,000 words Rated 2023-4-30 7:21am - sethherr
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Nuclear Power Today | Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear AssociationNuclear energy provides about 30% of the world's low carbon electricity. There are about 450 commercial nuclear power reactors operable in 30 countries. #Nuclear power world nuclear 3,000 words Rated 2023-4-28 11:06pm - sam
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Tim Federle - Wikipedia2009-5-19 1:04am Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 3,000 words Rated 2023-4-28 6:35pm - testerios
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Opinion | I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the MessageRated 2023-4-28 5:35am - cindy
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Small modular reactors produce high levels of nuclear wasteSmall 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 2022-5-30 12:00pm Stanford News Stanford University 1,000 words Rated 2023-4-27 10:28am - cindy
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The Battle for the Soul of Buy NothingRated 2023-4-27 5:48am - cindy
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Behind Pornhub’s decade-old moderation problemsRated 2023-4-26 10:56pm - sethherr
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