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The Risky Gamble of Kevin McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Strategy Jonathan 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. 2023-04-28 The New Yorker Jonathan Blitzer 2,000 words Rated 2023-05-01
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. 2023-04-17 The New Yorker Carina Chocano 6,000 words Rated 2023-05-01
It's Not Intelligent If It Always Halts: A Critical Perspective on Current Approaches to AGI Intelligence requires the ability to explore "trains of thought" that are potentially never-ending. Most current approaches fail at this. 2023-04-06 Life Is Computation 4,000 words Rated 2023-05-01
Advanced Small Modular Reactors Advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) offer advantages such as relatively small size, reduced capital investment, ability to be sited in locations not possible for larger nuclear plants, and provisions for incremental power additions. 2019-05-14 INL 2,000 words Rated 2023-05-01
Small modular reactors produce high levels of nuclear waste Small 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 2022-05-30 Stanford News Stanford University 1,000 words Rated 2023-04-30
The Internet Is Just Investment Banking Now The internet has always financialized our lives. Web3 just makes that explicit. 2022-02-04 The Atlantic Ian Bogost ($) 6,000 words Rated 2023-04-30
Nuclear Power Today \| Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear Association Nuclear energy provides about 30% of the world's low carbon electricity. There are about 450 commercial nuclear power reactors operable in 30 countries. #Nuclear power world nuclear 3,000 words Rated 2023-04-29
The Real Difference Between European and American Butter epicurious Rated 2023-04-28
Fed Slams Its Own Oversight of Silicon Valley Bank in Post-Mortem The Federal Reserve released hundreds of pages documenting how bank supervision and regulation failed to prevent the lender’s painful collapse. The F.D.I.C. released a separate report on Signature Bank’s failure. 2023-04-28 The New York Times Jeanna Smialek ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-04-28
Wrong door, wrong driveway: How US got to shoot first, ask later The Christian Science Monitor Rated 2023-04-28
The Endless Battle to Remove Girls Do Porn Videos From Pornhub vice.com Rated 2023-04-27
Behind Pornhub’s decade-old moderation problems The Verge Rated 2023-04-27
We Need To Decommodify Mental Health Care noemamag.com Rated 2023-04-27
Google contractors vote to unionize in historic landslide election Google-contracted employees of Cognizant voted 41-0 to form a union Wednesday, forming a bargaining unit they hope will negotiate with both companies. 2023-04-26 SFGATE Stephen Council 1,000 words Rated 2023-04-27
The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing WIRED Rated 2023-04-26
The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing WIRED Rated 2023-04-26
Why We Keep Guns in the House The Atlantic Rated 2023-04-26
Alcohol healthy: the flip-flop on whether it's good for you is to understand—if you know who's behind it. Slate Rated 2023-04-26
How Would You Run a 10,000-Year Endowment? The Diff Rated 2023-04-25
Kesha: Animal Album Review Pitchfork Rated 2023-04-25
Fox News Is Bigger Than Any Host The Atlantic Rated 2023-04-25
Dril Is Everyone. More Specifically, He’s a Guy Named Paul. The Ringer Rated 2023-04-24
#ReceptioGate and the (absolute) state of academia \| Charlotte Gauthier \| The Critic Magazine thecritic.co.uk Rated 2023-04-23
Explosions Are Great, Actually. - by areoform - 1517 Fund 1517.substack.com Rated 2023-04-22
The Commission for Stopping Further Improvements The Roots of Progress Rated 2023-04-21
Long accused of Native American misappropriation, Boy Scouts ask if it’s time to change NBC News Rated 2023-04-21
The internet wants to be fragmented - by Noah Smith noahpinion.substack.com Rated 2023-04-21
The Future of Search Is Boutique Future Rated 2023-04-20
How an engagement bike changed one couple’s life The Washington Post Rated 2023-04-20
90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0 - by Kent Beck tidyfirst.substack.com Rated 2023-04-19
MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen blasted for 'leave pity city' leaked video NPR Rated 2023-04-19
Escorts are the ER Doctors of Relationships aella.substack.com Rated 2023-04-19
Misdemeanor Bail Marginal Revolution Rated 2023-04-19
I Really Didn’t Want to Go, by Lauren Oyler Harper's Magazine Rated 2023-04-18
The 'Dead-Internet Theory' Is Wrong but Feels True The Atlantic Rated 2023-04-18
Tim Cook on Shaping the Future of Apple GQ Rated 2023-04-17
Richard Montañez didn't actually invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos Los Angeles Times Rated 2023-04-17
'Algebra for none' fails in San Francisco joannejacobs.com Rated 2023-04-17
Mark Twain's Two Week Stint as a Confederate Soldier historynet.com Rated 2023-04-16
Do We Need to Abolish Child Protective Services? Mother Jones Rated 2023-04-16
The early days of Linux [LWN.net] lwn.net Rated 2023-04-15
Poking around OpenAI. Irrational Exuberance Rated 2023-04-15
Trendy “raw water” source under bird’s nest sparks diarrheal outbreak Ars Technica Rated 2023-04-14
It’s 10 PM. Do You Know Where Your Cat Is? Hakai Magazine Rated 2023-04-14
The Paris Review - The Crane Wife The Paris Review Rated 2023-04-14
[Letter from Minneapolis] The Sanctuary #Homelessness 2020-09-11 Harper's Magazine https://harpers.org/author/wesenzinna/#author 7,000 words Rated 2023-04-14
Lawyer says man accused of beating ex-S.F. official was pepper sprayed San Francisco Chronicle Rated 2023-04-13
Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec's alleged killer also worked in tech Mission Local Rated 2023-04-13
How does a magician trick other magicians? We went to find out. nationalgeographic.com Rated 2023-04-13
As climate change worsens, some people might decide to DIY a solution #Ocean Geoengineering Vox Rated 2023-04-11