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Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Great ‘Indiana Jones’ Adventure

“I’m not interested in perfectly behaved men or women,” the actress says. “I’m drawn to the ones who feel a bit dangerous.” #Actor #Movies #TV

2023-07-02T02:00:15-0700 The New York Times David Marchese ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-09-26T04:52:34-0700 - sethherr

America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow

Unchecked overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a data investigation by the New York Times revealed, threatening millions of people and America’s status as a food superpower. #Agriculture #Climate Change #Global Warming #Water

2023-08-28T14:19:48-0700 The New York Times Mira Rojanasakul, Christopher Flavelle, Blacki Migliozzi, ... ($) 5,000 words

Rated 2023-09-25T11:15:51-0700 - cindy Rated 2023-09-26T07:16:33-0700 - sethherr

After FBI busts Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC, six more exposed in US

After the FBI arrested “Harry” Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping, charging them with illegally opening a Chinese government "police station" to spy on Chinese nationals in New York, a human rights groups says there are other stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and US other cities. #China #Los Angeles #Minnesota #Nebraska #New York City #San Francisco #Spying

2023-04-18T15:23:59-0700 New York Post Isabel Vincent 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-24T20:44:49-0700 - sethherr

Meet the Shadowy Global Network Vilifying Climate Protesters

For decades, the Atlas Network has used its reach and influence to spread conservative philosophy—and criminalize climate protest.

2023-09-12T00:00:00-0700 The New Republic Amy Westervelt 4,000 words

Rated 2023-09-23T10:43:28-0700 - sethherr

When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed

Was the US drug Vioxx responsible for far more deaths than has been acknowledged so far?

2012-04-27T02:04:52-0700 The Week Alexander Cockburn 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-22T15:37:50-0700 - sethherr

The babies who nap in sub-zero temperatures

Would 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.

2013-02-21T07:04:58-0800 BBC News By Helena Lee 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-21T08:03:03-0700 - sethherr

Organic Maps: An Open-Source Maps App That Doesn't Suck

Organic Maps impressed me with its elegant UI, effective routing, and good ethics.

hardfault.life Evan Grove 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-20T20:18:41-0700 - sethherr

How the illegal harvesting of giant trees in California shines a light on rural poverty

Danny Garcia hoped to flee the life of poverty and crime that led him to poach wood from national park land. But the circle of violence was inescapable

2023-09-12T05:00:29-0700 The Guardian Guardian staff reporter 3,000 words

Rated 2023-09-20T13:40:11-0700 - elll

George Eliot’s Subversive Vision of Marriage

Unlike Jane Austen, the novelist was most interested in what happens after “I do.” #Marriage #United States

2023-09-07T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Ann Hulbert ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-09-20T08:57:21-0700 - sethherr

Mythbusters: Wing Commander I Edition

You'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!

2023-09-18T00:00:00-0700 Wing Commander CIC LOAF 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-18T20:44:57-0700 - sethherr

Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon and others sue OpenAI

Another would be copyright class action

2023-09-12T08:45:12-0700 The Register Jude Karabus 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-18T07:49:18-0700 - sethherr

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 Cancer

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 Cancer

gilead.com 3,000 words

Rated 2023-09-17T21:23:25-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-09-10T06:16:45-0700 - Jaog

Electric cars have a road trip problem, even for the secretary of energy

A 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).

2023-09-10T03:00:51-0700 NPR Camila Domonoske 4,000 words

Rated 2023-09-17T08:44:38-0700 - sethherr

Close to 2,000 Environmental Activists Killed Over Last Decade

Yale E360 500 words

Rated 2023-09-17T08:30:59-0700 - sethherr

Musk’s X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called

After a report called out Musk's union-busting, UAW's blue check got reinstated.

2023-09-15T12:04:50-0700 Ars Technica 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-15T13:43:13-0700 - sethherr

‘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

2023-09-14T02:03:09-0700 The New York Times Julie Turkewitz, Federico Rios ($) 6,000 words

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Why Gen X Dads Can Appreciate Olivia Rodrigo

Jay Caspian Kang on his appreciation for Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album, “Guts,” as a Gen X dad to a young daughter. #Pop Music

2023-09-13T14:38:00-0700 The New Yorker Jay Caspian Kang 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-13T18:30:32-0700 - Jaog

Pivot to AI: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

The LLM is for spam

2023-09-12T14:43:42-0700 Amy Castor 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-13T18:27:23-0700 - sethherr

Don’t mess with a genius

Or: 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…

2010-06-04T07:25:19-0700 The Lumber Room 3,000 words

Rated 2023-09-13T17:47:29-0700 - sethherr

Marginalism

Adam 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 ...

2018-02-04T17:46:32-0800 Econlib 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-12T19:26:51-0700 - sethherr

Should we buy coal mines? — EA Forum

At 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…

2022-05-04T00:28:33-0700 forum.effectivealtruism.org John G. Halstead 6,000 words

Rated 2023-09-11T07:39:54-0700 - sethherr

Effectiveness of wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity and improve health: a systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Wearable 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 2023-09-10T22:28:26-0700 - sethherr

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.

2023-09-07T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Joaquin Sapien 10,000 words

Rated 2023-09-10T20:01:34-0700 - Jaog

Coffee in a Can

Life’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

2023-09-09T17:24:56-0700 One from Nippon The One from Nippon team 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-10T06:51:41-0700 - sethherr

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 2023-09-10T06:38:08-0700 - Jaog Rated 2023-09-10T06:33:20-0700 - sethherr

She awoke to a gun in her face. What happened next would change Mexican law

Alina Narciso says she found herself facing decades in prison after she killed her abusive boyfriend in self-defence. #Gun Violence #Mexico #Women

2023-09-08T05:11:15-0700 Al Jazeera Alícia Fàbregas 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-10T06:17:21-0700 - Jaog

The Berkeley Hotel hostage

The 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 2023-09-09T16:07:30-0700 - sethherr

In the Gritty Tenderloin, Signs of Rebirth Emerge in Small Stretches

The San Francisco neighborhood has become a punching bag for critics of the city, but there are reasons to hope for a better future. #California

2023-09-07T06:00:17-0700 The New York Times Thomas Fuller ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-09T15:48:13-0700 - sethherr

California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics

California lawmakers approved a bill to decriminalize possession and personal use of certain natural psychedelics, including psilocybin, or magic mushrooms.

2023-09-07T16:50:46-0700 Los Angeles Times Hannah Wiley ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-07T23:11:19-0700 - sethherr

I Left Out the Full Truth to Get My Climate Change Paper Published

Scientist 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.

2023-09-05T03:01:07-0700 The Free Press Patrick T Brown 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-07T23:03:05-0700 - sethherr

Rotten Tomatoes Still Has Hollywood in Its Grip

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Rated 2023-09-07T17:16:40-0700 - sethherr

Why “Alone” Is the Best Reality Show Ever Made

Jay Caspian Kang writes about the appeal of the reality-TV show “Alone” and other shows about survival in the wilderness. #Nature #Survival #Television

2023-09-06T08:39:42-0700 The New Yorker Jay Caspian Kang 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-06T21:18:24-0700 - sethherr

Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be Copyrighted

Matthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.” #Art #Artificial Intelligence #Culture

2023-09-06T14:13:22-0700 WIRED Kate Knibbs 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-06T18:11:08-0700 - Jaog

All Your Questions About Trans Kids in Sports, Asked and Answered

Chris Mosier of Team USA breaks down the science, logistics, and fairness of including trans kids in sports. #LGBTQ+ #Sports

2023-08-24T09:00:00-0700 SELF Chris Mosier 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-06T17:04:42-0700 - alexandradancing

Debatable - Transcript

How 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 2023-09-04T16:55:13-0700 - sethherr

He Created the Katamari Games, but They’re Rolling On Without Him

Twenty 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.

2023-07-28T02:17:00-0700 The New York Times Zachary Small ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-04T09:37:25-0700 - sethherr

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

2023-09-01T02:01:41-0700 The New York Times Benjamin P. Russell ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-03T10:12:01-0700 - sethherr

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

2023-09-01T02:00:24-0700 The New York Times Susan Shain ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-09-02T19:14:44-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | Partisan Politics Put a Huge Win for Public Health at Risk

The 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

2023-09-01T12:00:10-0700 The New York Times The Editorial Board ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-02T08:37:53-0700 - sethherr

Profile on Rainier Truck and Chassis

Profile on Rainier Truck and Chassis

worldsweeper.com Ranger Kidwell-Ross 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-01T18:17:26-0700 - sethherr

Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It?

It’s not entirely clear who it’s for and what its function should be in a rapidly changing literary ecosystem

2023-08-29T06:30:32-0700 The Walrus Tajja Isen 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-31T22:42:49-0700 - sethherr

Quad City, Old Forge, jumbo slice and more quirky American pizzas

You might not have heard of these pizza styles, but they're iconic to some.

2023-08-31T04:00:35-0700 The Washington Post Emily Heil ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-31T06:35:03-0700 - Jaog

America’s Trumpiest court just put itself in charge of nuclear safety, in Texas v. NRC

This decision is radioactive, even by the very low standards of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. #Politics #Supreme Court

2023-08-29T03:00:00-0700 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T22:45:11-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-08-30T04:10:24-0700 - Jaog

The EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands

The amended EPA rule is to comply with a Supreme Court ruling this year that narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act and the agency's power to regulate waterways and wetlands.

2023-08-29T16:40:15-0700 NPR James Doubek 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T22:36:50-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-08-30T06:14:50-0700 - Jaog

What Happened When Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs

A bold reform effort hasn’t gone as planned. #Criminal Justice System #Law Enforcement #Oregon

2023-07-19T07:30:00-0700 The Atlantic Jim Hinch ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T15:28:31-0700 - Jaog Rated 2023-08-01T19:06:40-0700 - sethherr

Burning Man’s climate protesters have a point

Building a temporary city of 80,000 people in the desert is actually bad for the planet, the climate protesters said. #Burning Man #Culture #Environmentalism #Technology

2023-08-30T08:45:00-0700 Vox Adam Clark Estes 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T15:17:46-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-08-30T11:04:20-0700 - Jaog

Congress must seize the opportunity to double down on quantum technology

The U.S. government must continue and strengthen its commitment to this crucial technology, broadening the investments from basic science to supporting technology and engineering. #Quantum Technology

2023-08-30T08:00:00-0700 The Hill David Hickton and Robert J. Cunningham, opinion contributor ... 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T11:53:42-0700 - Jaog