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Meet the Shadowy Global Network Vilifying Climate ProtestersFor decades, the Atlas Network has used its reach and influence to spread conservative philosophy—and criminalize climate protest. 2023-9-12 12:00am The New Republic Amy Westervelt 4,000 words Rated 2023-9-23 10:43am
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When half a million Americans died and nobody noticedWas the US drug Vioxx responsible for far more deaths than has been acknowledged so far? 2012-4-27 2:04am The Week Alexander Cockburn 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-22 3:37pm
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Start Pagecs.cmu.edu 500 words Rated 2023-9-21 8:22am |
The babies who nap in sub-zero temperaturesWould you put your baby or toddler outside in the freezing cold for their lunchtime nap? Many Nordic parents wouldn't give it a second thought. 2013-2-21 7:04am BBC News By Helena Lee 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-21 8:03am
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Organic Maps: An Open-Source Maps App That Doesn't SuckOrganic Maps impressed me with its elegant UI, effective routing, and good ethics. hardfault.life Evan Grove 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-20 8:18pm
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George Eliot’s Subversive Vision of MarriageUnlike Jane Austen, the novelist was most interested in what happens after “I do.” #Marriage #United States 2023-9-7 4:00am The Atlantic Ann Hulbert ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-9-20 8:57am
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GPS Watch? No Thanks. Top Runners Are Ditching the Data.An increasing number of elite distance runners don’t wear activity tracking or GPS watches. They think they are better athletes because of it. #Running 2023-9-16 12:00am The New York Times Scott Cacciola ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-20 8:35am |
Speed Kills: Addressing the Real Road Hazard - CalBikeThe best thing we could do to prevent traffic fatalities is to prevent speeding. And the best way to do that is through infrastructure. 2023-9-18 6:15pm California Bicycle Coalition Kendra Ramsey 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-19 4:04pm
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Mythbusters: Wing Commander I EditionYou've probably heard of the famous 'thank you for playing Wing Commander' story. It claims that a programmer on the original Wing Commander was stuck getting an error message when the game unloaded its memory during a quit. Pressed for time, instead of fixing the issue he simply hex edited the memory manager's error reporting to print 'thank you for playing Wing Commander' instead. A funny and relatable story! 2023-9-18 12:00am Wing Commander CIC LOAF 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-18 8:44pm
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One day after suing Open AI, Michael Chabon and other authors sue MetaOne day after suing Open AI, Michael Chabon and other authors sue Meta overf its LLaMa chatbot #Facebook #San Francisco #Twitter 2023-9-12 11:36am San Francisco Chronicle Chase DiFeliciantonio 500 words Rated 2023-9-18 7:53am |
Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon and others sue OpenAIAnother would be copyright class action 2023-9-12 8:45am The Register Jude Karabus 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-18 7:49am
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Gilead’s Phase 2 EVOKE-02 Study of Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) in Combination With KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Demonstrates Promising Clinical Activity in First-Line Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung CancerGilead’s Phase 2 EVOKE-02 Study of Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) in Combination With KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Demonstrates Promising Clinical Activity in First-Line Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer gilead.com 3,000 words Rated 2023-9-17 9:23pm
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Electric cars have a road trip problem, even for the secretary of energyA road trip I took with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm confirmed one thing: The U.S. is wrestling with an inadequate charging network (unless you're a Tesla driver). 2023-9-10 3:00am NPR Camila Domonoske 4,000 words Rated 2023-9-17 8:44am
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Close to 2,000 Environmental Activists Killed Over Last DecadeYale E360 500 words Rated 2023-9-17 8:30am
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Musk’s X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike calledAfter a report called out Musk's union-busting, UAW's blue check got reinstated. 2023-9-15 12:04pm Ars Technica 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-15 1:43pm
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‘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 2023-9-14 2:03am The New York Times Julie Turkewitz, Federico Rios ($) 6,000 words Rated 2023-9-15 1:05pm
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The Inside Story of How the Navy Spent Billions on the “Little Crappy Ship”Littoral combat ships were supposed to launch the Navy into the future. Instead they broke down across the globe and many of their weapons never worked. Now the Navy is getting rid of them. One is less than five years old. 2023-9-7 3:00am ProPublica Joaquin Sapien 10,000 words Rated 2023-9-14 7:40am
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Pivot to AI: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtainThe LLM is for spam 2023-9-12 2:43pm Amy Castor 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-13 6:27pm
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Don’t mess with a geniusOr: What happens when Newton's laws are violated Recently, I read a book called Newton and the Counterfeiter, subtitled The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist. It focuses on an awesome phase of Isaac Newton's later career that, like his pursuits in alchemy, gets little mention in most accounts. The story, of Newton's… 2010-6-4 7:25am The Lumber Room 3,000 words Rated 2023-9-13 5:47pm
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MarginalismAdam Smith struggled with what came to be called the paradox of “value in use” versus “value in exchange.” Water is necessary to existence and of enormous value in use; diamonds are frivolous and clearly not essential. But the price of diamonds—their value in exchange—is far higher than that of water. What perplexed Smith is ... 2018-2-4 5:46pm Econlib 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-12 7:26pm
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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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Lachlan Morton completes Tour Divide route in 12 days, 12 hours, and 21 minutesThe EF Education-EasyPost star overcomes trench foot, freezing rain, wildfire detours mental demons and a busted derailleur to lay down a blistering time on the storied ultra-bikepacking route. 2023-9-11 11:08am Velo Betsy Welch 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-11 9:45pm |
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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Effectiveness of wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity and improve health: a systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analysesWearable activity trackers offer an appealing, low-cost tool to address physical inactivity. This systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses (umbrella review) aimed to examine the effectiveness of activity trackers for improving physical activity and related physiological and psychosocial outcomes in clinical and non-clinical populations. Seven databases (Embase, MEDLINE, Ovid Emcare, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science) were searched from database... The Lancet Digital Health 9,000 words Rated 2023-9-10 10:28pm
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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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I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race 🍕As harvest season begins here in the Midwest, I once again celebrate by grinding Nebraska gravel at the Gravel Worlds Long Voyage bike race. As in previous… steele.blue 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-10 6:33am
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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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In the Gritty Tenderloin, Signs of Rebirth Emerge in Small StretchesThe San Francisco neighborhood has become a punching bag for critics of the city, but there are reasons to hope for a better future. #California 2023-9-7 6:00am The New York Times Thomas Fuller ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-9 3:48pm
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California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelicsCalifornia lawmakers approved a bill to decriminalize possession and personal use of certain natural psychedelics, including psilocybin, or magic mushrooms. 2023-9-7 4:50pm Los Angeles Times Hannah Wiley ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-7 11:11pm
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I Left Out the Full Truth to Get My Climate Change Paper PublishedScientist Patrick T. Brown reveals how he got his wildfire research published in Nature by leaving out key facts that conflict with the climate change agenda. 2023-9-5 3:01am The Free Press Patrick T Brown 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-7 11:03pm
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Rotten Tomatoes Still Has Hollywood in Its GripRated 2023-9-7 5:16pm
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Editorial: There's no way out of Chicago parking meter disasterRated 2023-9-7 8:36am
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Why “Alone” Is the Best Reality Show Ever MadeJay Caspian Kang writes about the appeal of the reality-TV show “Alone” and other shows about survival in the wilderness. #Nature #Survival #Television 2023-9-6 8:39am The New Yorker Jay Caspian Kang 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-6 9:18pm
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The Wit and Wisdom of a 109-Year-Old ManLessons in resilience from Charles White, the subject of bestseller "The Book of Charlie" by David Von Drehle, about an American who always took the high road. 2023-9-4 3:00am The Free Press David Von Drehle ($) 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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He Created the Katamari Games, but They’re Rolling On Without HimTwenty years after his quirky project Katamari Damacy delighted the video game industry, Keita Takahashi is an independent designer who receives no royalties for his debut work. 2023-7-28 2:17am The New York Times Zachary Small ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-4 9:37am
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Pets AllowedWhy are so many animals now in places where they shouldn’t be? Patricia Marx reports. 2014-10-12 5:00pm The New Yorker Patricia Marx 5,000 words Rated 2023-9-3 8:35pm
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A Nicaraguan Novelist Betrayed by the Revolution He Helped Build“I’m no longer a leader in the fight,” says Sergio Ramírez. “Now I’m just an author being punished for the words he writes.” His latest crime tale is out in English. #Books #Nicaragua #Writer 2023-9-1 2:01am The New York Times Benjamin P. Russell ($) 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 ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-9-2 7:14pm
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The Worst Programmer I KnowThe great thing about measuring developer productivity is that you can quickly identify the bad programmers. I want to tell you about the worst programmer I know, and why I fought to keep him in the team. 2023-9-1 5:00pm dannorth.net 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-2 6:29pm |
The Boys Who Surf SubwaysThere is something worth admiring in the stupid courage of reckless kids who stand on top of moving subways in New York City. 2023-9-2 3:01am The Free Press McCaffrey Blauner 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-2 8:44am |
Opinion | Partisan Politics Put a Huge Win for Public Health at RiskThe loss of support for an AIDS relief program would signal to the rest of the world that it could no longer rely on the U.S. to defend its biggest accomplishments as a leader in global health. #Abortion #Congress #George W. Bush #Joe Biden #US Politics 2023-9-1 12:00pm The New York Times The Editorial Board ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-2 8:37am
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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 ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-1 6:34pm
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Martha Stewart put an iceberg in her drink. Experts say it’s no big deal.Martha Stewart caused an internet kerfuffle Monday with an Instagram post of her holding a drink that she said was chilled with part of “a small iceberg.” #Iceberg #Instagram #Martha Stewart 2023-8-30 1:30am The Washington Post Jonathan Edwards ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-1 6:27pm
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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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Profile on Rainier Truck and ChassisProfile on Rainier Truck and Chassis worldsweeper.com Ranger Kidwell-Ross 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-1 6:17pm
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Quad City, Old Forge, jumbo slice and more quirky American pizzasYou might not have heard of these pizza styles, but they're iconic to some. 2023-8-31 4:00am The Washington Post Emily Heil ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-31 10:49pm |