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Jawboning against SpeechGovernment officials use informal pressure — bullying, threatening, and cajoling — to sway the decisions of private platforms and limit the publication of disfavored speech. The use of this informal pressure, known as jawboning, is growing. 2022-9-12 12:00am Cato Institute 15,000 words Rated 2023-7-10 7:17pm
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The Secret Gay History of Indie RockIs it truly possible to queer one of the straightest genres of music? From the closeted to the overexposed, this is a lineage of queer indie rock icons. #LGBTQ+ 2023-7-5 8:58am Pitchfork Emma Madden 4,000 words Rated 2023-7-6 5:59pm
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The Cancer-Drug Shortage Is DifferentFourteen crucial chemotherapies are currently in shortage. Why does this keep happening? 2023-6-26 4:00am The Atlantic Ed Yong ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-27 11:27pm
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Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water RecyclingSan Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in an era of increasing water scarcity. Yale E360 3,000 words Rated 2023-6-20 7:12am
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Burying Indiana JonesChristopher Heaney on “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” and the titular character’s impact on the public’s perception of what it means to be an archeologist. #Movies 2023-6-18 3:00am The New Yorker Christopher Heaney 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-19 11:43pm
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Lessons From a Renters’ UtopiaWorldwide, housing has become a nightmare of expense and speculation. What did Vienna do right? #Housing #Real Estate 2023-5-23 1:20am The New York Times Francesca Mari, Luca Locatelli ($) 7,000 words Rated 2023-6-13 11:07am
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Harvey Karp Knows How to Make Babies HappyThe pediatrician and best-selling author on the perils of excessive individualism, the moralization of baby sleep, and why when it comes to newborns he’s “a little bit like a priest.” #Babies #Interview #Parenting 2023-4-9 12:25pm The New Yorker Helen Rosner 7,000 words Rated 2023-6-9 4:54pm
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Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological DeficitsSmall 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 2023-6-8 7:40am
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How to Hire a Pop Star for Your Private PartyFor the very rich, even the world’s biggest performers—Beyoncé, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Andrea Bocelli—are available, at a price, Evan Osnos writes. 2023-5-29 3:00am The New Yorker Evan Osnos 8,000 words Rated 2023-5-30 8:55am
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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 2023-5-19 7:37am The Atlantic Sarah Zhang ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-19 4:53pm
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The First Year of AI College Ends in RuinThere’s an arms race on campus, and professors are losing. #Middle East #Work 2023-5-16 10:28am The Atlantic Ian Bogost ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-17 8:02am
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The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”Rated 2023-5-11 10:16pm
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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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15 Minute Cities15 Minute Cities datasecretslox.com 45,000 words Rated 2023-5-7 12:23pm
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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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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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It's Not Intelligent If It Always Halts: A Critical Perspective on Current Approaches to AGIIntelligence requires the ability to explore "trains of thought" that are potentially never-ending. Most current approaches fail at this. 2023-4-5 9:06pm Life Is Computation 4,000 words Rated 2023-4-30 10:09pm
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The Endless Battle to Remove Girls Do Porn Videos From PornhubRated 2023-4-26 11:07pm
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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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Kesha: Animal Album ReviewRated 2023-4-24 10:44pm
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Explosions Are Great, Actually. - by areoform - 1517 FundRated 2023-4-22 3:36pm
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The Commission for Stopping Further ImprovementsRated 2023-4-21 4:42pm
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90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0 - by Kent BeckRated 2023-4-19 9:37am
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Poking around OpenAI.Rated 2023-4-14 5:10pm
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Lawyer says man accused of beating ex-S.F. official was pepper sprayedRated 2023-4-13 8:55am
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Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec's alleged killer also worked in techRated 2023-4-13 8:52am
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As climate change worsens, some people might decide to DIY a solutionRated 2023-4-11 4:59pm
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Gone to the DogsRated 2023-4-11 2:56am
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Mehdi Hasan Dismantles The Entire Foundation Of The Twitter Files As Matt Taibbi Stumbles To Defend ItRated 2023-4-10 9:16pm
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How Lex Fridman's Podcast Became a Safe Space for the Anti-Woke EliteRated 2023-4-7 6:12pm
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A first-of-its-kind geoengineering experiment is about to take its first stepRated 2023-4-4 11:33pm
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ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the WebRated 2023-3-31 4:37pm
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Biden student loan plan: What’s fair for borrowers, taxpayers?Rated 2023-3-30 4:23pm
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The Prospect of an AI WinterRated 2023-3-27 3:11pm
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District of Columbia retrocession - WikipediaRated 2023-3-25 9:28pm
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50 years of silenceRated 2023-3-25 10:12am
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JuiceRated 2023-3-24 7:34am
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GPT-4 and professional benchmarks: the wrong answer to the wrong questionRated 2023-3-21 8:26am
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The effect of short-term high-caloric feeding and fasting on bone microarchitecture - ScienceDirectRated 2023-3-18 8:43pm
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Banking in very uncertain timesRated 2023-3-16 9:15pm
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SVB Couldn’t Ignore Its Losses, But the Fed CanRated 2023-3-16 8:00pm
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March Madness betting: Gambling on expanding legal sports gambling was a bad ideaRated 2023-3-16 7:20pm
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Show HN: BBC “In Our Time”, categorised by Dewey Decimal, heavy lifting by GPTRated 2023-3-11 11:08am
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First-principles on AI scalingRated 2023-3-9 6:08pm
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Explore the In Our Time archive | BraggoscopeRated 2023-3-8 11:32pm
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LA Sheriff’s Department Has Gang Members at ‘Highest Levels’ — ReportRated 2023-3-8 12:31pm
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