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Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

Small 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 2023-06-08T07:40:41-0700 - sethherr

Does too much pornography numb us to sexual pleasure? | Aeon Essays

Critics say that porn degrades women, dulls sexual pleasure, and ruins authentic relationships – are they right?

2015-06-22T00:00:00-0700 Aeon Magazine Maria Konnikova 4,000 words

Rated 2023-06-01T23:42:02-0700 - elll

The Dave Matthews Guide to Living and Dying

The troubadour of mellow vibes has been one of the biggest acts in music for three decades. Now 56, Matthews has been singing about mortality for a long time, and he’s confronting its specter in new and surprising ways, all while trying to figure out how to do some good in the world. #Culture #Music #Profile

2023-05-18T05:00:00-0700 GQ Alex Pappademas, Andreas Laszlo Konrath 6,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T16:37:07-0700 - elll

How to Hire a Pop Star for Your Private Party

For the very rich, even the world’s biggest performers—Beyoncé, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Andrea Bocelli—are available, at a price, Evan Osnos writes.

2023-05-29T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Evan Osnos 8,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T08:55:27-0700 - sethherr

The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing

Steve Marche on Sudowrite, an application that harnesses the artificial-intelligence program GPT-3 to generate text and even mimic the literary style of writers such as Franz Kafka. #Artificial Intelligence #Literature #Technology #Writing

2021-04-30T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Stephen Marche 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-26T09:32:10-0700 - elll

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

2023-05-19T07:37:59-0700 The Atlantic Sarah Zhang ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-19T16:53:16-0700 - sethherr

The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”

ProPublica

Rated 2023-05-11T22:16:37-0700 - sethherr

Nora Ephron: On Maintenance

She knows time marches on, she just doesn't want it marching on her. How far will one woman go to keep up appearences? Nora Ephron shares her own maintenance routine. #Writer

2011-04-29T03:55:00-0700 Oprah.com By Nora Ephron 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-11T17:48:08-0700 - elll

We’ve Had a Cheaper, More Potent Ozempic Alternative for Decades

New weight-loss drugs are getting all the hype, but bariatric surgery is still the “gold standard” for treating obesity. #Individual People #Obesity #Surgery

2023-04-25T14:21:00-0700 The Atlantic Yasmin Tayag ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-09T07:29:05-0700 - sethherr

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 2023-05-05T14:45:30-0700 - sethherr

Why has nuclear power been a flop?

Nuclear is expensive, but it should be cheap #Nuclear power

2021-04-16T02:18:28-0700 The Roots of Progress 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-05T14:06:16-0700 - sethherr

Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill

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2023-04-11T17:08:25-0700 Astral Codex Ten Scott Alexander 60,000 words

Rated 2023-05-05T13:38:34-0700 - sethherr

Income and emotional well-being: A conflict resolved

Do 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 2023-05-04T23:56:49-0700 - sethherr

Big Tech Sees Like a State

Plus! Pirate’s Treasure, Redux; Takedowns; Antitrust and Laggy Beliefs; Money, The High-Order Bit; More...

2020-11-06T08:32:26-0800 The Diff Byrne Hobart 4,000 words

Rated 2023-05-01T22:45:09-0700 - sethherr

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.

2023-04-05T21:06:49-0700 Life Is Computation 4,000 words

Rated 2023-04-30T22:09:01-0700 - sethherr

Meditations On Moloch

I. 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…

2014-07-29T21:00:06-0700 Slate Star Codex 90,000 words

Rated 2023-04-30T12:53:41-0700 - pypurvis

The Endless Battle to Remove Girls Do Porn Videos From Pornhub

vice.com

Rated 2023-04-26T23:07:40-0700 - sethherr

The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing

WIRED

Rated 2023-04-26T07:28:14-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-04-26T05:53:14-0700 - Jaog

The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing

WIRED

Rated 2023-04-26T00:03:53-0700 - sethherr

Alcohol healthy: the flip-flop on whether it's good for you is to understand—if you know who's behind it.

Slate

Rated 2023-04-25T05:05:47-0700 - cindy

Kesha: Animal Album Review

Pitchfork

Rated 2023-04-24T22:44:45-0700 - sethherr

Fox News Is Bigger Than Any Host

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-04-24T11:30:24-0700 - Jaog

Why it's so hard to mass produce houses in factories : Planet Money

NPR

Rated 2023-04-22T17:05:10-0700 - Jaog

Explosions Are Great, Actually. - by areoform - 1517 Fund

1517.substack.com

Rated 2023-04-22T15:36:20-0700 - sethherr

The Commission for Stopping Further Improvements

The Roots of Progress

Rated 2023-04-21T16:42:40-0700 - sethherr

90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0 - by Kent Beck

tidyfirst.substack.com

Rated 2023-04-19T09:37:46-0700 - sethherr

Poking around OpenAI.

Irrational Exuberance

Rated 2023-04-14T17:10:35-0700 - sethherr

Do We Need to Abolish Child Protective Services?

Mother Jones

Rated 2023-04-14T10:02:58-0700 - alexandradancing

As climate change worsens, some people might decide to DIY a solution

#Ocean Geoengineering

Vox

Rated 2023-04-11T16:59:57-0700 - sethherr

Gone to the Dogs

Hakai Magazine

Rated 2023-04-11T02:56:44-0700 - sethherr

Mehdi Hasan Dismantles The Entire Foundation Of The Twitter Files As Matt Taibbi Stumbles To Defend It

Techdirt

Rated 2023-04-10T21:16:58-0700 - sethherr

A Plan to Save Downtown San Francisco, Break the Doom Loop

#Homelessness #San Francisco

The San Francisco Standard

Rated 2023-04-10T13:25:35-0700 - alexandradancing

The Man Who Built Catan

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-04-09T07:33:50-0700 - Jaog

This ship was supposed to usher in an age of nuclear-powered travel

nationalgeographic.com

Rated 2023-04-09T07:23:23-0700 - Jaog

How Lex Fridman's Podcast Became a Safe Space for the Anti-Woke Elite

Insider

Rated 2023-04-07T18:12:45-0700 - sethherr

A first-of-its-kind geoengineering experiment is about to take its first step

#Solar Geoengineering

MIT Technology Review

Rated 2023-04-04T23:33:02-0700 - sethherr

Trump could run for president from prison like Eugene V. Debs did

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-04-01T08:40:25-0700 - Jaog

ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-03-31T16:37:52-0700 - sethherr

Red America is growing because blue America is shrinking

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-03-30T19:07:42-0700 - Jaog

Biden student loan plan: What’s fair for borrowers, taxpayers?

#Student Loan Forgiveness

The Christian Science Monitor

Rated 2023-03-30T16:23:27-0700 - sethherr

Israel’s protests show that Netanyahu finally went too far

Vox

Rated 2023-03-28T05:35:27-0700 - Jaog

The Prospect of an AI Winter

erichgrunewald.com

Rated 2023-03-27T15:11:45-0700 - sethherr

Liturgy: 93696 Album Review

Pitchfork

Rated 2023-03-27T05:19:32-0700 - Jaog

Formic is reviving American manufacturing with robots as a service

Fast Company

Rated 2023-03-26T08:27:26-0700 - Jaog

Netanyahu’s political touch eludes him as Israel spirals into chaos

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-03-26T07:21:59-0700 - Jaog

District of Columbia retrocession - Wikipedia

#DC Statehood

Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

Rated 2023-03-25T21:28:20-0700 - sethherr

50 years of silence

Eli Dourado

Rated 2023-03-25T10:12:12-0700 - sethherr

Juice

garden.bradwoods.io

Rated 2023-03-24T07:34:43-0700 - sethherr

7 Reasons Why Some D.C. Residents Are Voting Against Statehood

#DC Statehood #DC Statehood

WAMU

Rated 2023-03-21T18:44:53-0700 - jim