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How Much Would Reducing Lead Exposure Improve Children’s Learning in the Developing World?Around half of children in low-income countries have elevated blood lead levels. What role does lead play in explaining low educational outcomes in these settings? Center For Global Development | Ideas to Action 500 words Rated 2023-9-12 3:30pm
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Blanchard's Dangerous Idea and the Plight of the Lucid Crossdreamer ★ The Scintillating But Ultimately Untrue ThoughtI'm beginning to wonder if he's constructed an entire system of moral philosophy around the effects of the loyalty mod—a prospect that makes me distinctly uneasy. It would hardly be the first time a victim of mental illness has responded to their affliction that way—but it would certainly … unremediatedgender.space Zack M. Davis 25,000 words Rated 2023-9-12 3:16pm
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Typical mind and gender identityOzy Frantz introduced zirself to me by saying that “I major in gender studies, but I am not that kind of gender studies student. Promise.” So far this claim has been entirely borne out … 2013-2-18 2:27pm Slate Star Codex 15,000 words Rated 2023-9-11 6:56pm
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Should we buy coal mines? — EA ForumAt Effective Altruism Global, Will MacAskill proposed the idea of buying a coal mine in order to keep coal in the ground, as a potential longtermist… 2022-5-4 12:28am forum.effectivealtruism.org John G. Halstead 6,000 words Rated 2023-9-11 7:39am
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Coffee in a CanLife’s inconveniences, when they happen to you and me, are just that. Inconveniences. When they happen to some people though they end up becoming multi-billion dollar businesses. This is the story of Japan’s canned coffee. One finds at least one vending machine in almost every street in Japan. In every vending machine one row is dedicated to just one product: canned coffee. Canned coffee, as it says on the tin, is ready-to-drink coffee in a can. There are hundreds of variations of ca 2023-9-9 5:24pm One from Nippon The One from Nippon team 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-10 6:51am
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The Berkeley Hotel hostageThe 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 2023-9-9 4:07pm
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I Left Out the Full Truth to Get My Climate Change Paper PublishedScientist Patrick T. Brown reveals how he got his wildfire research published in Nature by leaving out key facts that conflict with the climate change agenda. 2023-9-5 3:01am The Free Press Patrick T Brown 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-7 11:03pm
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Rotten Tomatoes Still Has Hollywood in Its GripRated 2023-9-7 5:16pm
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Editorial: There's no way out of Chicago parking meter disasterRated 2023-9-7 8:36am
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Why “Alone” Is the Best Reality Show Ever MadeJay Caspian Kang writes about the appeal of the reality-TV show “Alone” and other shows about survival in the wilderness. #Nature #Survival #Television 2023-9-6 8:39am The New Yorker Jay Caspian Kang 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-6 9:18pm
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The Wit and Wisdom of a 109-Year-Old ManLessons in resilience from Charles White, the subject of bestseller "The Book of Charlie" by David Von Drehle, about an American who always took the high road. 2023-9-4 3:00am The Free Press David Von Drehle ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-9-4 10:25pm
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Debatable - TranscriptHow an outsider became the vanguard of a movement that made everything about debate debatable. #Art #Culture #Debate #Music #New York #Radio Radiolab Podcasts | WNYC Studios 10,000 words Rated 2023-9-4 4:55pm
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When tech says ‘no’The tech industry always has a reason why any new laws or regulations are bad - indeed, so does any industry. They always say that! The trouble is, sometimes it’s true, and some laws are (or would be) disasters. So which is it? Well, there are three ways that people say ‘NO!’ Benedict Evans 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-4 3:24pm
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Pets AllowedWhy are so many animals now in places where they shouldn’t be? Patricia Marx reports. 2014-10-12 5:00pm The New Yorker Patricia Marx 5,000 words Rated 2023-9-3 8:35pm
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A Nicaraguan Novelist Betrayed by the Revolution He Helped Build“I’m no longer a leader in the fight,” says Sergio Ramírez. “Now I’m just an author being punished for the words he writes.” His latest crime tale is out in English. #Books #Nicaragua #Writer 2023-9-1 2:01am The New York Times Benjamin P. Russell ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-3 10:12am
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Can Plastic Recycling Ever Really Work?Many plastics that carry the “chasing arrows” symbol, like soda cups and yogurt tubs, are rarely recycled. A new California law is raising the bar. #California #Environment 2023-9-1 2:00am The New York Times Susan Shain ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-9-2 7:14pm
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The Fourteenth Amendment FantasyThe Constitution won’t disqualify Trump from running. The only real-world way of stopping him is through the ballot box. #Civil War #United States 2023-8-29 4:30am The Atlantic David Frum ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-1 6:34pm
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Apple’s Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh ControversyChild safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday. #Apple #Privacy #Surveillance 2023-8-31 12:32pm WIRED Lily Hay Newman 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-1 6:23pm
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Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It?It’s not entirely clear who it’s for and what its function should be in a rapidly changing literary ecosystem 2023-8-29 6:30am The Walrus Tajja Isen 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-31 10:42pm
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Burning Man’s climate protesters have a pointBuilding a temporary city of 80,000 people in the desert is actually bad for the planet, the climate protesters said. #Burning Man #Culture #Environmentalism #Technology 2023-8-30 8:45am Vox Adam Clark Estes 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-30 3:17pm
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The end of the GoogleverseFrom PageRank to Reader to Image Search, Google transformed online curation and internet virality. When did this cultural mainstay begin to lose relevance? 2023-8-28 7:00am The Verge Ryan Broderick 4,000 words Rated 2023-8-29 7:41pm
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Meet Oliver Anthony: The New Voice of America’s Working ClassTwo weeks ago, nobody had heard of ‘Rich Men North of Richmond.’ Now the song is a symbol of forgotten America. The Free Press sits down with the man behind a movement. 2023-8-28 3:01am The Free Press Rupa Subramanya ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-8-28 11:47pm
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How I came second out of 999 in the Salem Center prediction market tournament without knowing anything about prediction markets, and what I learned along the way - Part 1Programming, math, and other things gratuitously nerdy 2023-8-1 7:36am Considerations on Codecrafting 10,000 words Rated 2023-8-28 10:58pm
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We Know Where New Weight Loss Drugs Came From, but Not Why They WorkThe empty auditoriums, Gila monsters, resistant pharmaceutical executives and enigmas that led to Ozempic and other drugs that may change how society thinks about obesity. #Diabetes #Obesity 2023-8-17 2:01am The New York Times Gina Kolata ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-8-27 3:05pm
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Reading the Yield CurveInfallible Recession Indicator? Noisy Signal? Both? #Business #Education and schools #Finance 2023-8-23 6:06am Capital Gains Byrne Hobart 1,000 words Rated 2023-8-27 2:56pm
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What Happens to All the Stuff We Return?Online merchants changed the way we shop—and made “reverse logistics” into a booming new industry, David Owen writes. 2023-8-14 3:00am The New Yorker David Owen 5,000 words Rated 2023-8-27 7:39am
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Code is not literaturegigamonkeys.com 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-27 7:31am
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Jenni Hermoso ‘did not consent’ to be kissed by RubialesSpain forward rejects FA chief’s claims as ‘categorically false’ as the national women’s team refuses to play until he resigns 2023-8-25 2:29pm The Guardian Ashifa Kassam 500 words Rated 2023-8-25 10:43pm
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"I Was a Starter Wife": Inside America's Messiest DivorceIn the middle of her headline-grabbing divorce settlement, Justine Musk reveals the truth about her marriage to the multimillionaire cofounder of PayPal. 2010-9-10 4:23am Marie Claire Justine Musk 3,000 words Rated 2023-8-25 10:38pm
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Elon Musk’s Shadow RuleRonan Farrow reports on how the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in. 2023-8-21 3:00am The New Yorker Ronan Farrow 9,000 words Rated 2023-8-25 10:28pm
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Have You Been to the Library Lately?Librarians once worried about shushing patrons. Now they have to deal with mental health episodes, the homelessness crisis, and random violence 2023-6-12 6:30am The Walrus Nicholas Hune-Brown 6,000 words Rated 2023-8-24 9:18pm
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A Very Public Execution in RussiaA jet plunging out of the sky sends an unmistakable message. #Plane Crash #Vladimir Putin 2023-8-23 2:58pm The Atlantic Tom Nichols ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-8-24 1:20pm
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Cloudflare Turnstile: what is that and how it works?Bonus: A Cloudflare Turnstile Tester for your scrapers 2023-8-20 8:30am The Web Scraping Club Pierluigi Vinciguerra 1,000 words Rated 2023-8-21 11:26pm
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The Case for Reducing Defense SpendingNo matter how much this country—or any country—spends on defense, it cannot buy perfect security. #Military #U.S. Military 2022-9-9 9:35am The National Interest Lawrence J. Korb 1,000 words Rated 2023-8-21 8:23pm
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Ask vs guess cultureWhen unreasonable requests are followed up with "but you could have just said no!" Exploring the clashes of ask culture and guess culture, at home and at work. 2023-8-12 1:17pm Tech and Tea Jean Hsu 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-20 1:29am
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NP-hard does not mean hardWhen NP-hardness pops up on the internet, say because some silly blogger wants to write about video games, it's often tempting to conclude that the problem being proved NP-hard is actually very hard! "Scientists proved Super Mario is NP-hard? I always knew there was a reason I wasn't very good at it!" Sorry, these two… 2017-12-29 1:30pm Math ∩ Programming 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-17 1:02am
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A police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedomLaw enforcement officers in Kansas raided the office of a local newspaper and a journalist's home. First Amendment experts are calling it a likely violation of federal law. 2023-8-14 2:00am NPR Danielle Kaye 1,000 words Rated 2023-8-14 11:38pm
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I Was Wrong About Trigger WarningsHas the national obsession with trauma done real damage to teen girls? #Domestic Violence #Individual People #Mental Health #Mental Illness #Sexual Assault 2023-8-9 4:00am The Atlantic Jill Filipovic ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-13 11:07am
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The Chip Titan Whose Life’s Work Is at the Center of a Tech Cold WarAt 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows. #Apple #Artificial Intelligence #China #Politics 2023-8-4 2:01am The New York Times Paul Mozur, John Liu ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-8-13 10:29am
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Credit card debt collectionCredit card debt is the waste stream of consumer finance. The debt collection industry ends up being sordid, for complex structural and microeconomic reasons. #Debt collection 2023-8-11 12:18pm Bits about Money Patrick McKenzie (patio11) 5,000 words Rated 2023-8-13 12:17am
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Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphonesIn an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home. #Censorship #Journalism 2023-8-11 2:15pm Kansas Reflector 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-11 7:06pm
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Maybe the problem is that Harvard existsAn unhinged polemic #Ivy League 2023-8-10 9:01am Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-11 7:30am
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Ivy-Plus colleges are a gateway to the eliteIs all this competition to get in really worth the effort? Probably, yes. 2023-7-25 3:02am Forked Lightning David Deming 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-11 7:09am
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I grew up loving The Bell Jar. Then I noticed how Sylvia Plath wrote about people that looked like meAfter revisiting Plath’s book in my early twenties, I ended up writing a novel of my own as a way of understanding the recognition and repulsion I felt 2023-8-8 8:00am The Guardian Guardian staff reporter 1,000 words Rated 2023-8-10 6:31am
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How to Optimize Your Pre-Workout Meal TimingAnalyzing glucose data from endurance athletes offers new(ish) insights, with the potential of more to come 2023-8-3 4:00am Outside Online Alex Hutchinson 1,000 words Rated 2023-8-8 10:24am
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A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated GuidebooksShoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers, but are they A.I. inventions? And how big is the problem? #Amazon #Artificial Intelligence #Books #Fraud 2023-8-5 2:00am The New York Times Seth Kugel, Stephen Hiltner ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-8-7 7:19pm
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Some tactics for writing in publicSome tactics for writing in public Julia Evans 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-7 9:40am
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The Coming Enshittification of Public LibrariesGlobal investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry #Libraries #Private equity 2023-7-26 10:00am Nine Lives Karawynn Long 4,000 words Rated 2023-8-4 8:09am
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I Gave Up on Boxing, Not on This BoxerDecades after turning away from the sport because of its violence, our columnist revisited Seniesa Estrada’s journey to becoming a champion — and wondered if it was worth the risk. #Boxing 2023-8-3 2:01am The New York Times Kurt Streeter, Erin Schaff ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-3 8:19pm
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‘The Justins’ seem like Civil Rights-era throwbacks. But 2023 isn’t 1968.The two young Tennessee legislators gained a national platform after being expelled. How will their mix of religion and politics fly? 2023-8-3 3:00am The Washington Post Michelle Boorstein ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-8-3 7:54am
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