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The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”Rated 2023-5-11 10:16pm
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These Intimate Photos Capture a Family Farm’s Bittersweet Final YearsPhotographer Ellen Harasimowicz has chronicled New England’s Willard Farm in its final harvests #Agriculture #Arts & Culture #Farming #Photography 2023-5-9 5:00am Smithsonian Magazine Jeff Campagna 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-9 10:27pm
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We’ve Had a Cheaper, More Potent Ozempic Alternative for DecadesNew weight-loss drugs are getting all the hype, but bariatric surgery is still the “gold standard” for treating obesity. #Individual People #Obesity #Surgery 2023-4-25 2:21pm The Atlantic Yasmin Tayag ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-9 7:29am
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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 9:04pm
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15 Minute Cities15 Minute Cities datasecretslox.com 45,000 words Rated 2023-5-7 12:23pm
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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
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A few words on Ruby's type annotations state...that were written in a military training camp and accidentally grew to 5k words zverok.space 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-5 2:45pm
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Why has nuclear power been a flop?Nuclear is expensive, but it should be cheap #Nuclear power 2021-4-16 2:18am The Roots of Progress 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-5 2:06pm
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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
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Income and emotional well-being: A conflict resolvedDo larger incomes make people happier? Two authors of the present paper have published contradictory answers. Using dichotomous questions about the... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-4 11:56pm
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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 11:27pm
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The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet, explainedThe UK’s long-delayed Online Safety Bill is expected to become law this year, representing a massive change for how the internet is regulated in the country. 2023-5-4 12:00am The Verge Jon Porter 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-4 7:12pm
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Marketing Malpractice: The Cause and the CureMarketing executives focus too much on ever-narrower demographic segments and ever-more-trivial product extensions. They should find out, instead, what jobs consumers need to get done. Those jobs will point the way to purposeful products—and genuine innovation. 2005-11-30 9:00pm Harvard Business Review 6,000 words Rated 2023-5-3 4:35pm
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Audrey Tang on what we can learn from Taiwan’s experiments with how to do democracyIn 2014 Taiwan was rocked by mass protests against a proposed trade agreement with China that was about to be agreed without the usual Parliamentary hearings. Students invaded and took over the Parliament. But rather than chant slogans, instead they livestreamed their own parliamentary debate over the trade deal, allowing volunteers to speak both in favour and against. 2022-2-2 2:43pm 80,000 Hours 25,000 words Rated 2023-5-3 2:57pm
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Ern Malley hoax - Wikipedia2003-10-7 6:50am Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 4,000 words Rated 2023-5-3 6:41am
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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 ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-2 11:35pm
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A new energy source for downtown Boston: the Charles RiverThe owner of a Kendall Square plant is launching a project to generate steam for Boston and Cambridge by drawing water from the river that runs between them. 2023-5-1 1:10pm The Boston Globe Jon Chesto ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-2 4:57pm
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Would you live next to co-workers for the right price? This company is betting yesBusinesses 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. 2023-5-2 2:20am NPR Jennifer Ludden, Marisa Peñaloza 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-2 4:13pm
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The Future of FertilityEmily Witt on the biotech startups seeking to change human reproduction. 2023-4-17 3:00am The New Yorker Emily Witt 6,000 words Rated 2023-5-2 10:22am
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States’ Push to Protect Kids Online Could Remake the InternetNew age restrictions for minors on sites like TikTok and Pornhub could also hinder adults’ access to online services. 2023-4-30 2:00am The New York Times Natasha Singer ($) 7,000 words Rated 2023-5-2 8:45am
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Big Tech Sees Like a StatePlus! Pirate’s Treasure, Redux; Takedowns; Antitrust and Laggy Beliefs; Money, The High-Order Bit; More... 2020-11-6 8:32am The Diff Byrne Hobart 4,000 words Rated 2023-5-1 10:45pm
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The Risky Gamble of Kevin McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling StrategyJonathan Blitzer writes about the House Republican’s budget proposal that was bundled with its vote to raise the debt ceiling, and about Kevin McCarthy’s weakened position as Speaker. 2023-4-28 1:22pm The New Yorker Jonathan Blitzer 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-1 7:49am
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How Much Can Duolingo Teach Us?Carina Chocano on the company’s founder, Luis von Ahn, who believes that artificial intelligence is going to make computers better teachers than humans. 2023-4-17 3:00am The New Yorker Carina Chocano 6,000 words Rated 2023-4-30 10:45pm
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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 2023-4-30 8:05am
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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 2023-4-29 8:48am
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The Real Difference Between European and American ButterRated 2023-4-28 2:38pm
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Wrong door, wrong driveway: How US got to shoot first, ask laterRated 2023-4-28 7:44am
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The Endless Battle to Remove Girls Do Porn Videos From PornhubRated 2023-4-26 11:07pm
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We Need To Decommodify Mental Health CareRated 2023-4-26 10:22pm
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The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog ComputingRated 2023-4-26 7:28am
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The Battle for the Soul of Buy NothingRated 2023-4-26 12:03am
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Alcohol healthy: the flip-flop on whether it's good for you is to understand—if you know who's behind it.Rated 2023-4-25 11:05pm
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How Would You Run a 10,000-Year Endowment?Rated 2023-4-24 11:18pm
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Kesha: Animal Album ReviewRated 2023-4-24 10:44pm
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Fox News Is Bigger Than Any HostRated 2023-4-24 10:16pm
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Dril Is Everyone. More Specifically, He’s a Guy Named Paul.Rated 2023-4-24 9:49am
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#ReceptioGate and the (absolute) state of academia | Charlotte Gauthier | The Critic MagazineRated 2023-4-23 7:27am
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The Commission for Stopping Further ImprovementsRated 2023-4-21 4:42pm
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The internet wants to be fragmented - by Noah SmithRated 2023-4-20 6:16pm
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The Future of Search Is BoutiqueRated 2023-4-20 3:28pm
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MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen blasted for 'leave pity city' leaked videoRated 2023-4-19 7:51am
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I Really Didn’t Want to Go, by Lauren OylerRated 2023-4-18 2:19pm
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The 'Dead-Internet Theory' Is Wrong but Feels TrueRated 2023-4-17 5:38pm
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Tim Cook on Shaping the Future of AppleRated 2023-4-17 1:26pm
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Richard Montañez didn't actually invent Flamin' Hot CheetosRated 2023-4-17 10:29am
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Mark Twain's Two Week Stint as a Confederate SoldierRated 2023-4-16 4:11pm
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Do We Need to Abolish Child Protective Services?Rated 2023-4-16 9:46am
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The early days of Linux [LWN.net]Rated 2023-4-15 4:28pm
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Poking around OpenAI.Rated 2023-4-14 5:10pm
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[Letter from Minneapolis] The Sanctuary2020-9-11 1:55pm Harper's Magazine https://harpers.org/author/wesenzinna/#author 7,000 words Rated 2023-4-13 7:16pm
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