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Is It Hot Enough Yet for Politicians to Take Real Action?Bill McKibben writes on the recent temperature records set amid a global heat wave, on a global cascade of climate-change-related floods and disasters, and the lack of political will in Canada and the U.S. to take on the needed confrontation of oil and gas interests. #Canada #Climate Change #Global Warming #Wildfire 2023-07-11T11:18:01-0700 The New Yorker Bill McKibben 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T09:00:10-0700 - sethherr
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🎧 #137: Jigar Shah wants to fund your Virtual Power Plant"We pay $10 billion per year for balancing the grid using natural gas, peaker plants, etc. when we could be paying that to households for those services instead." Nexus Labs 10,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T08:33:53-0700 - elll
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Felt for Advocacy Groups: Mapping Traffic Violence in OaklandBryan Culbertson and Kuan Butts, two activists working on Traffic Violence Rapid Response, leverage Felt maps to advocate for safer streets in Oakland. felt.com 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-11T09:56:29-0700 - sethherr
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See what it’s like to dig a tunnel 100 feet below a cityA massive drill is digging a tunnel deep beneath Alexandria that will keep millions of gallons of raw sewage from seeping into the Potomac River. 2023-07-07T03:00:17-0700 The Washington Post Teo Armus, Hadley Green, Bill O’Leary, Ricky Carioti ... ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T19:34:54-0700 - Jaog
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‘A deranged ploy’: how Republicans are fueling the disinformation warsSeveral actions by the far right in the last month could result in a flood of conspiracy theories before the 2024 election 2023-07-10T03:00:11-0700 The Guardian Nick Robins-Early 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T04:33:54-0700 - Jaog
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'There's No Such Thing As Cold, Hard Reality': Meet The Hyperloop's Truest BelieversGOLDEN, Colo.—Shortly after arriving at the Global Hyperloop Conference, Brad Swartzwelter looked me in the eye and issued himself a challenge. “If I haven’t convinced you by the end of this conference that Hyperloop is the most glorious transportation opportunity of our time, then I’ve failed.” 2019-09-09T08:55:00-0700 Jalopnik Aaron Gordon 4,000 words Rated 2023-07-07T20:13:06-0700 - elll
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Analysis | Do blue-state taxes really subsidize red-state benefits?In honor of our first anniversary, we turn our powers of analysis on you, the reader, to identify -- and answer! -- the question you are most eager to ask. 2023-07-07T02:54:43-0700 The Washington Post Andrew Van Dam, Linda Chong ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-07T04:33:59-0700 - Jaog
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Jigar Shah’s big idea for getting rooftop solar and smart appliances to low-income AmericansHow the DOE could marshal its loan guarantees to decarbonize the grid and boost energy equity in one fell swoop. #Renewable energy 2021-11-23T00:00:00-0800 Canary Media 3,000 words Rated 2023-07-06T18:42:07-0700 - sethherr
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Bloc Party's Kele Okereke On Being Gay and Black in the Dance and Rock WorldsRated 2023-07-06T18:09:33-0700 - sethherr
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The heat is making squirrels 'sploot' — a goofy act that signals something seriousAs climate change is making extreme heat events more common, these bright-eyed and bushy-tailed critters are "splooting" to cope. 2023-06-29T12:49:22-0700 NPR Kai McNamee 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-06T17:22:38-0700 - sethherr
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The Engineer/Manager PendulumLately I've been doing some career counseling for people off Twitter (long story). The central drama for many people goes something like this: “I'm a senior engineer, but I'm thinking about being a manager. I really like engineering, but I feel like I'm just solving the same problems over and over and it seems like the real… 2017-05-11T10:20:12-0700 charity.wtf 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-05T07:26:40-0700 - sethherr
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Reclaiming Real American PatriotismThis Fourth of July, let’s rescue our love of country from those who have hijacked it. #New Hampshire #New York #West Virginia 2023-07-04T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Tom Nichols ($) 500 words Rated 2023-07-04T09:32:34-0700 - Jaog
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The Long Road to Public Transit RecoveryWith Ridership Down 30+%, Agencies Must Adapt or Risk Collapse #Economy #Politics 2023-06-29T15:00:00-0700 Statecraft by Arman Madani Arman Madani 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-29T17:51:59-0700 - elll
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Why Britain doesn’t buildThe history of attempts to reform planning in Britain is proof that political willpower is not enough: you need to be smart, not just brave. 2023-05-23T05:36:06-0700 Works in Progress 8,000 words Rated 2023-06-27T20:58:00-0700 - sethherr
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What You Don’t Understand About E-Bikes Until You Ride OneMine changed my life. One could change yours, too. #Cars #Retail #Transportation #Urban Planning 2023-06-18T02:45:00-0700 Slate Dan Kois 3,000 words Rated 2023-06-25T19:44:13-0700 - sethherr
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Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark BattleApple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it’s flexing its legal muscles. #Apple #Business #Farming 2023-06-18T23:00:00-0700 WIRED Gabriela Galindo 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-23T16:51:25-0700 - &e
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California will begin backing intentional burns to control wildfireMillions of dollars have been set aside to encourage controlled burns that can help defang forest fires. #Agriculture 2023-06-22T15:00:00-0700 Freethink Media B. David Zarley 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-23T15:18:28-0700 - sethherr
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Regulating AI in the practice of lawWhat's going to happen, and what should we do about it? 2023-06-11T16:47:11-0700 Adam's Legal Newsletter Adam Unikowsky 5,000 words Rated 2023-06-20T17:44:18-0700 - &e
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San Francisco Police Traffic EnforcementAn analysis of SFPD moving violation citations in San Francisco transpomaps.org 3,000 words Rated 2023-06-20T09:49:33-0700 - sethherr
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Saudi company draws unlimited Arizona ground water to grow alfalfa amid droughtForeign-owned farms are shipping the crop to Saudi Arabia, where it's illegal to grow because it takes too much water. #Arizona #Saudi Arabia 2023-04-20T07:39:00-0700 CBS News Ben Tracy 500 words Rated 2023-06-20T07:16:59-0700 - sethherr
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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 2023-06-20T07:12:37-0700 - sethherr
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The Fight for Queer Nightlife in an Era of Political ViolenceAmid rampant anti-trans legislation and attacks on LGBTQ+ communities, venue owners and performers are protecting the sanctity of their spaces—and their lives. #LGBTQ+ 2023-06-13T07:56:27-0700 Pitchfork Isabelia Herrera 3,000 words Rated 2023-06-19T23:54:44-0700 - sethherr
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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 2023-06-18T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Christopher Heaney 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-19T23:43:03-0700 - sethherr
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Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding: Baseball and bliss at a small liberal arts college.The dominant emotion in The Art of Fielding—the much-anticipated, because expensively acquired, first novel by Chad Harbach, a founding editor of the... 2011-09-05T07:13:00-0700 Slate Judith Shulevitz 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-18T22:30:12-0700 - sethherr
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The Instant Pot Failed Because It Was a Good ProductA one-hit wonder is never enough. #United States 2023-06-14T15:30:00-0700 The Atlantic Amanda Mull ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-16T22:21:09-0700 - sethherr
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Laundry Pods Are Bad. Laundry Sheets Aren’t Any Better.Laundry and dishwasher pods are encased in toxic plastic. Save money and go easier on the planet with these sustainable laundry tips. #Sustainability 2023-06-14T04:42:18-0700 Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-14T05:56:23-0700 - sethherr
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Rewriting the Ruby parserAt Shopify, we have spent the last year writing a new Ruby parser, which we’ve called YARP (Yet Another Ruby Parser). As of the date of this post, YARP can parse a semantically equivalent syntax tree to Ruby 3.3 on every Ruby file in Shopify’s main codebase, GitHub’s main codebase, CRuby, and the 100 most popular gems downloaded from rubygems.org. We recently got approval to merge this work into CRuby, and are very excited to share our work with the community. This post will take you through... 2023-06-11T17:00:00-0700 Rails at Scale 5,000 words Rated 2023-06-13T16:37:24-0700 - sethherr
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Lessons From a Renters’ UtopiaWorldwide, housing has become a nightmare of expense and speculation. What did Vienna do right? #Housing #Real Estate 2023-05-23T01:20:41-0700 The New York Times Francesca Mari, Luca Locatelli ($) 7,000 words Rated 2023-06-13T11:07:14-0700 - sethherr
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'Anti-dopamine parenting' can curb a kid's craving for screens or sweetsDopamine is a part of our brain's survival mechanism. It is also part of why sugary foods and social media hook kids. The latest neuroscience can help parents help their kids manage behavior. #Dopamine #Parenting 2023-06-12T02:00:32-0700 NPR Michaeleen Doucleff 3,000 words Rated 2023-06-13T10:59:28-0700 - sethherr
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Pluto should be our ninth planet. A planetary scientist explains whyAstronomers believe they’re closing in on the so-called Planet Nine, but planetary scientist Paul Byrne argues our official definition of what is and isn’t a planet is in need of a long-overdue shake up. 2023-06-11T23:40:00-0700 BBC Science Focus Magazine Paul Byrne 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-13T10:52:47-0700 - sethherr
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What Does ‘Buying American’ Even Mean?In a globalized economy, the definition of “buying American” is becoming quite cloudy—and so are the consequences of policies designed to encourage it. #Buy American 2019-07-03T00:00:00-0700 The New York Times Tim Heffernan 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-11T10:03:39-0700 - Jaog
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US bid to cut China dependence by bringing jobs home and shifting supply chains ineffective: analystsRated 2023-06-10T06:34:29-0700 - &e
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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 2023-04-09T12:25:06-0700 The New Yorker Helen Rosner 7,000 words Rated 2023-06-09T16:54:30-0700 - sethherr
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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 2023-06-08T07:40:41-0700 - sethherr
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They Fled San Francisco. The A.I. Boom Pulled Them Back.Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can’t afford to miss out on the funding, hackathons and networking of the artificial intelligence frenzy. #Artificial Intelligence #San Francisco 2023-06-07T02:01:22-0700 The New York Times Erin Griffith ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-07T16:37:36-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | The Climate Solution That’s Horrible for the ClimateCorn ethanol and soy biodiesel accelerate food inflation and global hunger, but they’re also a disaster for the climate and the environment. #Agriculture #Climate Change #Global Warming #Iowa 2023-06-06T02:01:07-0700 The New York Times Michael Grunwald ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-06T20:26:41-0700 - elll
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Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?Track ballast is the name for the crushed stones next to railway tracks. They are used by Railway Track Designers for numerous reasons 2022-02-18T19:39:00-0800 Alpha Rail 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-05T18:40:52-0700 - cindy
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The Talk: Accused of PlagiarismIn an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Talk,” Darrin Bell illustrates a conversation with a professor at U.C. Berkeley who accused him, without evidence, of plagiarism. #College 2023-06-03T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Darrin Bell 200 words Rated 2023-06-04T07:23:39-0700 - sethherr
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It Will Cost Up to $21.5 Billion to Clean Up California’s Oil Sites. The Industry Won’t Make Enough Money to Pay for It.An expert used California regulators’ methodology to estimate the cost of cleaning up the state’s onshore oil and gas industry. The study found that cleanup costs will be triple the industry’s projected profits. 2023-05-18T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Mark Olalde 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-03T21:02:38-0700 - sethherr
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Things I Won't Work With: HexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitaneScience Advances 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-03T07:53:36-0700 - Jaog
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Judge rules Wyoming corner crossers did not trespassThe hunters who stepped over the corner of a Carbon County ranch did no damage to private property. hcn.org 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-03T07:06:02-0700 - sethherr
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Undoing bikeshare’s original sinBikeshare has been a godsend. Why not subsidize it? 2023-04-18T00:00:00-0700 Fast Company Aimee Rawlins 3,000 words Rated 2023-05-30T19:54:00-0700 - sethherr
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Can the ‘California Effect’ Survive in a Hyperpartisan America?For decades the state has been setting policy for the whole nation. Now red states are pushing back. #California #Cars #Florida 2023-05-30T01:50:08-0700 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-05-30T14:37:29-0700 - cindy
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How Tokyo Became an Anti-Car ParadiseThe world’s biggest, most functional city might also be the most pedestrian-friendly. That’s not a coincidence. 2023-04-11T04:45:01-0700 Heatmap News Daniel Knowles 5,000 words Rated 2023-05-22T23:39:08-0700 - sethherr
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