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UI Density

I speak and write about design, front-end code, leadership, and (occasionally) math.

matthewstrom.com 3,000 words

Rated 2024-06-14T17:17:49-0700

The Missionary in the Kitchen

I longed for purpose, meaning, the sense of being found. Then, one summer, I sort of was, Clare Sestanovich writes. #College #Religion

2024-06-01T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Clare Sestanovich 2,000 words

Rated 2024-06-05T21:09:42-0700

Colorado’s Bold New Approach to Highways — Not Building Them

The state has made it harder to widen highways, and transportation officials are turning their eyes to transit. #Climate Change #Colorado #Global Warming #Transportation

2024-05-31T02:00:29-0700 The New York Times Megan Kimble 3,000 words

Rated 2024-06-01T17:50:32-0700

How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals

3M found that many of its products, including Scotchgard and Scotchban, leached toxic chemicals called PFAS. Sharon Lerner reports on why the company kept making them.

2024-05-20T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sharon Lerner 7,000 words

Rated 2024-05-30T14:40:17-0700

The Trials and Tribulations of the Boymom

The New Yorker

Rated 2024-05-29T16:53:54-0700

Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?

Anthony Lane writes about Blinkist, one of a number of phone apps that aim to boil down entire books into synopses lasting as little as ten minutes.

2024-05-20T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Anthony Lane 4,000 words

Rated 2024-05-29T15:49:12-0700

The Lunacy of Artemis

For the first time since the 1960's, it looks doubtful whether the US space agency is even capable of getting us to the Moon.

idlewords.com 8,000 words

Rated 2024-05-20T10:58:03-0700

DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb

Once a vibrant platform for artists, DeviantArt is now buckling under the weight of bots and greed—and spurning the creative community that made it great. #Art #Artificial Intelligence #Internet #Law

2024-05-16T08:30:00-0700 Slate Nitish Pahwa 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-20T10:57:24-0700

Third Time: a better way to work — LessWrong

HOW CAN you be more productive? Instead of half-working all day, it’s better to work in focused stints, with breaks in between to recover. …

2022-01-07T13:15:57-0800 lesswrong.com bfinn 7,000 words

Rated 2024-05-20T10:25:53-0700

Scrabble, Anonymous

“As was the case with alcohol, my first and last thoughts of the day are usually Scrabble related (RELATED anagrams: ALTERED, REDEALT, ALERTED, TREADLE).”

2024-05-15T13:03:37-0700 The Paris Review Brad Phillips 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-20T10:24:34-0700

How to get 7th graders to smoke

OR: "fuzzy, wet, and unfalsifiable"

2024-05-14T07:01:50-0700 Experimental History Adam Mastroianni 4,000 words

Rated 2024-05-15T09:15:35-0700

Deconstructing the Monolith: Designing Software that Maximizes Developer Productivity

Designing Software that Maximizes Developer Productivity. Learn how Shopify took its code base from monolith to modular monolith.

Shopify 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T11:24:08-0700

Think of emails as views delivered through SMTP (DHH)

dhh.dk

Rated 2024-05-14T11:15:55-0700

Rails is Not Your Application

Background: The Beginnings of My Obsession with Application Architecture and Domain Modelling Last year I was involved in my most complex Ru...

blog.firsthand.ca 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T11:14:36-0700

Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Spontaneous pneumothorax refers to the abnormal collection of gas in the pleural space between the lungs and the chest wall. Spontaneous pneumothorax occurs without an obvious etiology such as trauma or iatrogenic causes. Spontaneous pneumothorax can be classified as either primary or secondary. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) occurs when the patient does not have a history of the underlying pulmonary disease, whereas secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) is associated with a...

2023-07-24T00:00:00-0700 PubMed Central (PMC) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:46:53-0700

All Aboard the Bureaucracy Train—Asterisk

The United States has the most expensive transportation infrastructure in the world. That’s because we refuse to learn from experts, other countries, and our own history.

asteriskmag.com 5,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:45:16-0700

Is Justin Timberlake the pop star anyone wants?

Justin Timberlake’s resurfaced scandals involving Janet Jackson and Britney Spears have soured his image. Can he pull off a comeback with Everything I Thought It Was? #Culture #Music

2024-03-14T04:30:00-0700 Vox Kyndall Cunningham 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:45:03-0700

A Social History of Jell-O Salad

Shaped by the rise of home economics, the industrialization of the food system, World War II, and changing expectations about women's labor, the Jell-O salad—the wobbling jewel of domestic achievement—can teach us about U.S. life in the 20th century as few foods can.

2015-08-19T02:00:00-0700 Serious Eats Sarah Grey 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:44:54-0700

The Berkeley Software Distribution

UNIX is always litigious

2024-02-04T18:32:00-0800 Abort Retry Fail Bradford Morgan White 7,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:44:41-0700

lori's blog - Why I Lost Faith in Kagi

d-shoot.net

Rated 2024-05-14T08:40:53-0700

The Hidden-Pregnancy Experiment

Jia Tolentino on an experiment in which she tried to hide her pregnancy from her phone and on how we are increasingly trading our privacy for a sense of security. #Parenthood #Pregnancy #Surveillance

2024-05-04T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jia Tolentino 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:38:39-0700

Selling 'Ghost in the Shell'

Plus: animation news.

2024-05-05T20:58:35-0700 Animation Obsessive Animation Obsessive Staff 4,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:36:20-0700

Plea deal for driver accused of DUI crash that killed cyclist is unjust

The proposed one-year sentence for a driver accused of killing SF cyclist Ethan Boyes in a DUI crash is a shocking injustice, writes Gabriella Wong. #Vision zero

2024-03-15T11:36:48-0700 SFGATE Gabriella Wong 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:33:29-0700

Vancouver's new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous

In B.C., Indigenous nations are reclaiming power and wealth for their own citizens—no matter what the neighbours think #Real Estate

2024-03-11T07:39:06-0700 St. Joseph Media Jadine Ngan 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:33:10-0700

The Universe of Discourse : It's an age of marvels

From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus

The Universe of Discourse 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:31:01-0700

Scientists Like Me Knew There Was Something Amiss With Andrew Huberman’s Wildly Popular Podcast

He recommends supplements. He’s iffy on the flu shot. And more. #Health Care #Science

2024-03-27T12:53:32-0700 Slate Andrea Love 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:29:22-0700

Artificial scarcity, artificial fatigue

indiehackers.com

Rated 2024-05-14T08:25:12-0700

The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound - Audio Academy Audio Legends

While modern improvements in technologies have the benefit of being far more powerful and lightweight, the Wall of Sound remains unparalleled.

2019-02-01T16:11:19-0800 Audio Academy 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-07T20:41:55-0700

Stop Wasting Money on Biodegradable Dog Poop Bags

If you scoop your dog’s poop using an "eco-friendly" bag, stop. There are far better ways to deal with your dog's poo.

2023-05-17T05:08:03-0700 Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-07T08:24:17-0700

Opinion | What Medical Stories Do We Trust?

How vaccine injuries and long Covid test our partisan beliefs.

2024-05-04T04:00:16-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T19:21:07-0700

Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t Know

Three terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator. #Congress #Joe Biden #US Politics

2024-05-04T04:00:07-0700 The New York Times Gaby Del Valle ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T19:17:49-0700

Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices in ‘dark day for the media’

Foreign Press Association decries move under new law based on claim network is a threat to national security

2024-05-05T09:53:31-0700 The Guardian Jason Burke 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T19:03:23-0700

Israeli authorities raid Al Jazeera after shutdown order

Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet shut down the network for as long as the war in Gaza continues, saying the network threatens national security. Al Jazeera called the accusation a "dangerous and ridiculous lie" that puts its journalists at risk. #Asia #War

2024-05-05T12:35:11-0700 Reuters ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T19:01:47-0700

MIT abandons use of DEI statements

DEI statements are affirmations made when you're applying for college admission, university jobs, or even science-society grants, recounting to the authorities your philosophy of "diversity, equity, and inclusion," your history of DEI activities, and how you will implement DEI initiatives if you get the admission/job/grant. I have posted quite a bit about them (see collection…

2024-05-04T09:45:17-0700 Why Evolution Is True 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T18:46:54-0700

Bollards: Why & What

Naming something we see and benefit from every day

josh.works 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T18:46:23-0700

How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT

danluu.com 20,000 words

Rated 2024-04-24T13:03:34-0700

The Man Who Killed Google Search

This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, then the VP and General Manager of Ads at Google, and Shiv Venkataraman, then the VP of Engineering, Search and Ads on Google properties, had called a “code yellow” for search revenue due to, and I quote, “steady weakness in the daily numbers” and a likeliness that it would end the quarter significa

2024-04-23T09:24:21-0700 Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At Edward Zitron 4,000 words

Rated 2024-04-24T13:01:31-0700

Opinion | Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?

Revisiting Michael Crichton’s prophecy of cultural stagnation. #1990s #Artificial Intelligence #China

2024-04-19T10:25:07-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-04-23T00:00:11-0700

Opinion | The ‘Blood Bath’ Battle and the Electric Car War

Does President Biden expect to win on a Jan. 6 strategy alone? #Donald Trump #Joe Biden #US Politics

2024-03-23T04:00:22-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-04-22T23:55:55-0700

Responses to Tyler Cowen on Rationality

In his recent podcast with Ezra Klein (recommended), Ezra asked Tyler his views on many things. One of them was the rationality community, and he put that response on Marginal Revolution as its own post. Here is the back and forth: Ezra Klein The rationality community. Tyler Cowen Well, tell me a little more what…

2017-04-04T16:40:02-0700 Don't Worry About the Vase 4,000 words

Rated 2024-04-22T23:51:53-0700

Thoughts on seed oil

Don't get distracted.

2024-04-18T09:01:11-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 5,000 words

Rated 2024-04-18T14:45:50-0700

Dragon In My Garage • Skeptical Science

skeptical-science.com

Rated 2024-04-18T14:32:59-0700

(1) Patrick McKenzie on X: "It occurs to me that I have explicitly explained to my children that teachers respond well to guessing their password and that a rule of the game is you aren’t supposed to explicitly say that is what you are doing. “Remember this is just game, not all games have the same rules.”" / X

X (formerly Twitter) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-04-17T23:27:23-0700

This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten program. Test scores fell even further

This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten. Test scores fell even further #LGBTQ+ #Maryland #San Francisco

2024-02-03T04:00:00-0800 San Francisco Chronicle Jill Tucker 1,000 words

Rated 2024-04-17T23:08:49-0700

(1) Prof. Ian Walker on X: "And this is where we saw the big win-win: there's a clear negative relationship between water pressure and consumption. More powerful showers used less water overall. A LOVELY TINGLY SHOWER MIGHT BE *BETTER* FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THAN A WEAK DRIBBLE. I know, right? https://t.co/dVCWHgb7JO" / X

X (formerly Twitter) 500 words

Rated 2024-04-17T19:31:22-0700

TBM 271: The Biggest Untapped Opportunity

The biggest source of waste is not low performers or having too many employees. The biggest source of waste is untapped skilled pragmatists. The number of skilled pragmatists in any given company is much larger than people realize and, therefore, represents a HUGE opportunity. But almost by definition, they are less visible.

2024-02-04T13:34:57-0800 The Beautiful Mess John Cutler 1,000 words

Rated 2024-04-17T18:29:55-0700

12 Map Happenings that Rocked our World: Part 9

The Map Happenings series on the hugely impactful events that forever changed our world. This week: the story of a little known company called 'Etak'. I think you'll find it a fascinating read...

2024-04-11T08:00:00-0700 Map Happenings 4,000 words

Rated 2024-04-16T21:02:02-0700

This is a teenager

pudding.cool

Rated 2024-04-16T21:01:53-0700

The Ex-N.Y.P.D. Offcial Trying to Tame New York’s Trash

The city has lived in filth for decades. Can the commissioner of the Department of Sanitation, a scion of one of the country’s richest families, finally clean up the streets? Eric Lach reports.

2024-04-08T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Eric Lach 6,000 words

Rated 2024-04-14T09:00:12-0700

Stop being mean to slutty women

It codes as low status and doesn't accomplish anything

2024-03-23T06:39:58-0700 The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 6,000 words

Rated 2024-04-08T18:44:12-0700