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dpc.pw 1,000 words

Rated 2026-4-21 4:32pm

matduggan.com

It's JSON all the way down

2026-3-6 4:21am matduggan.com 1,000 words

Rated 2026-3-7 7:14am

How Hipsters Gave Us Trump

Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was powered by its embrace of the white working class. It also drew energy from its rejection of feminist conceits. While critics charged Trump...

2026-2-15 10:00pm First Things Matthew Schmitz 2,000 words

Rated 2026-2-18 7:38pm

Opinion | A Plan to Restore Trust in Science From a ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’

Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director, says authorities broke the public’s trust in the Covid era. Now it’s up to outsiders to restore it. #Donald Trump #US Politics

2026-1-29 2:05am The New York Times Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd ($) 10,000 words

Rated 2026-1-29 8:31am

210 IQ is not enough

You will never have enough IQ, nor money, nor time, nor energy.

2025-11-19 4:00pm taylor.town Taylor Troesh 1,000 words

Rated 2025-11-20 8:06am

What I Saw And Heard In Washington

Groyperism's Spread Among Generation Z Conservative Apparatchiks Is Real

2025-11-10 2:07pm Rod Dreher's Diary Rod Dreher 7,000 words

Rated 2025-11-12 11:23pm

The Programmer Identity Crisis ❈ Simon Højberg ❈ Principal Frontend Engineer

On AI, Creativity, and Craft

hojberg.xyz 3,000 words

Rated 2025-10-22 7:40am

Progress Studies and Feminization

You can't undo just one part of the 1960s

2025-4-7 4:59pm Not With a Bang Arctotherium 3,000 words

Rated 2025-9-2 10:08pm

Should Strong Gods Bet On GDP?

Slightly contra Fukuyama on liberal communities

2025-8-5 6:59am astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 50,000 words

Rated 2025-8-13 6:51am

Claude Code Is All You Need

dwyer.co.za

Rated 2025-8-11 7:57am

Steve Blank Blind to Disruption – The CEOs Who Missed the Future

How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Every disruptive technology since the fire and the wheel have forced leaders to adapt or die. This post tells the story of what happened when 4,000 companies faced a disruptive technology and why only one survived. In the early 20th…

2025-7-8 6:00am Steve Blank 3,000 words

Rated 2025-7-8 7:33pm

Your Review: School

Finalist #2 in the Review Contest

2025-7-4 6:01am astralcodexten.com Astral Codex Ten 8,000 words

Rated 2025-7-4 3:49pm

I Love(d) L.A.

"I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A.," The Mamas and the Papas sang 60 years ago. "California... #Homelessness #Los Angeles

2025-6-9 11:14am PJ Media Stephen Green 1,000 words

Rated 2025-6-27 10:43pm

Another Periodic Suggestion to Try, Just Try, Switching to Kagi for Search

Paying for Kagi today feels a *lot* like paying for HBO back in the cable TV heyday.

Daring Fireball 1,000 words

Rated 2025-4-29 7:52am

Opinion | An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive.

The New York Times

Rated 2025-4-20 8:55am

An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

There is only one thing worse than being imitated

2025-4-3 10:50am The AI Underwriter Otakar G. Hubschmann 1,000 words

Rated 2025-4-3 7:03pm

Opinion | Neil Gaiman, ‘Babygirl’ and the Ethics of Social Liberalism

The New York Times

Rated 2025-1-17 5:03pm

Why are tech people suddenly so into homeschooling?

I have my suspicions

2025-1-14 7:50am Good Tech Things Forrest Brazeal 2,000 words

Rated 2025-1-15 3:30pm

The Truth About WHOOP and Other Fitness Trackers: Part I

I spoke with WHOOP’s Principal Scientist and a critic of some wearable devices to help you understand the new world of wearables.

2024-2-12 6:55am Two Percent with Michael Easter Michael Easter 4,000 words

Rated 2024-12-30 6:59am

In the Rockets’ Red Glare, by Rachel Kushner

The past and future of hot-rodding in America #California #Donald Trump #Religion

2024-10-23 10:05am Harper's Magazine 200 words

Rated 2024-11-30 3:00pm

Why San Francisco Is Overhauling Its Most Controversial Bike Lane

The controversial bike lane pilot program on San Francisco's Valencia St. is getting ripped out for a more conventional design. Here's why.

2024-11-25 10:57am Velo Alvin Holbrook 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-26 5:42pm

Literacy is good or bad, perhaps

Once upon a time, a woman read an extremely convincing book called The Literacy Delusion.

2024-10-3 7:01am Woman of Letters Naomi Kanakia 4,000 words

Rated 2024-11-12 12:31pm

Inside the Federal Work Force That Trump Has Promised to Eviscerate

President-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies have pledged to strike fear in the heart of what they term “the deep state.” They have already succeeded. #CIA #Donald Trump #Elon Musk #US Politics

2024-11-8 3:53pm The New York Times Robert Draper, Michael Crowley, Zach Montague ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-11-9 6:13am

The Real Story of “The Central Park Karen”

New evidence comes to light. And Amy Cooper breaks her silence.

2021-8-3 8:23am The Free Press Megan Phelps-Roper 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-22 8:24pm

Daniel Penny and New York’s Vigilantes

Years after Bernie Goetz made headlines, former Marine Penny is on trial for killing Jordan Neely, a homeless man, on the floor of a subway car in 2023.

2024-10-20 3:39pm The Free Press Kat Rosenfield ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2024-10-21 10:12pm

Opinion | Ann Patchett: The Decision I Made 30 Years Ago That I Still Regret

What was email but the chance for more friends, more love, more work? #Books #Social Media #Writer

2024-10-15 2:00am The New York Times Ann Patchett ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-20 8:38am

Martin Gurri: I Refused to Vote in the Last Two Elections. Now, I’m Voting for Trump.

There are only two vital forces in American politics today: those who wish to control everything, and those who wish not to be controlled. Reluctantly, I choose the latter.

2024-10-16 3:23pm The Free Press Martin Gurri ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-19 9:51am

How to Make an Information Super Weapon

A Technical Deep Dive into the Components of a Trust Assembly

2024-6-17 10:49pm Extelligence Some Guy 9,000 words

Rated 2024-10-11 3:26pm

I kind of like rebasing

People tend to get pretty passionate about Git workflows on different online forums. Some like to rebase, while others prefer to keep the disorganized records. Some dislike the extra merge commit, while others love to preserve all the historical artifacts. There’s merit to both sides of the discussion. That being said, I kind of like rebasing because I’m a messy committer who: Usually doesn’t care for keeping atomic commits1. Creates a lot of short commits with messages like “fix” or...

2024-6-17 5:00pm Redowan's Reflections Redowan Delowar 2,000 words

Rated 2024-9-24 1:59pm

Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness

Two major problems with a review in Nature

2024-4-9 7:55am After Babel Jon Haidt 4,000 words

Rated 2024-6-14 5:26pm

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 2024-5-14 11:14am

Opinion | Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?

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

2024-4-19 10:25am The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-4-23 12:00am

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

2024-3-23 4:00am The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-4-22 11:55pm

Stop being mean to slutty women

It codes as low status and doesn't accomplish anything

2024-3-23 6:39am The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 6,000 words

Rated 2024-4-8 6:44pm

How the Alt Right won

a Retrospective from Walt Bismarck

2024-1-26 4:54pm The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 15,000 words

Rated 2024-4-8 5:59pm

Why You Should Be a Luddite

Tech columnist Brian Merchant takes us back to the 19th century to see who the Luddites really were and what they fought for. Luddism, he says, is about “questioning who machinery serves.”

Current Affairs 6,000 words

Rated 2024-1-31 9:27pm

RAG to Riches

Today I will be regaling you with tales of marvelous cherry-picked new developments in AI, from Sam Altman's recent Uno Reverse incident to bear spraying job-hungry engineers.

Sourcegraph 5,000 words

Rated 2023-12-16 10:30am

We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus - Charlie's Diary

antipope.org 6,000 words

Rated 2023-11-10 3:41pm

Blanchard's Dangerous Idea and the Plight of the Lucid Crossdreamer ★ The Scintillating But Ultimately Untrue Thought

I'm beginning to wonder if he's constructed an entire system of moral philosophy around the effects of the loyalty mod—a prospect that makes me distinctly uneasy. It would hardly be the first time a victim of mental illness has responded to their affliction that way—but it would certainly …

unremediatedgender.space Zack M. Davis 25,000 words

Rated 2023-9-12 3:16pm

Social Security Fact Report: Insolvent In 2035

Every day, we voters and the government have the chance to free our children from this burden. #Social security

2023-7-31 4:00am Forbes David John Marotta 1,000 words

Rated 2023-8-1 11:10am

Reclaiming Real American Patriotism

This Fourth of July, let’s rescue our love of country from those who have hijacked it. #New Hampshire #New York #West Virginia

2023-7-4 4:00am The Atlantic Tom Nichols ($) 500 words

Rated 2023-7-5 7:48am

Regulating AI in the practice of law

What's going to happen, and what should we do about it?

2023-6-11 4:47pm Adam's Legal Newsletter Adam Unikowsky 5,000 words

Rated 2023-6-20 10:53pm

The Stupidity of "Buy American"

The case against economic protectionism

2011-11-3 4:00am Reason Magazine John Stossel 1,000 words

Rated 2023-6-9 7:06pm

Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.’s Power to Address Water Pollution

The justices ruled that discharges into some wetlands are not covered by the Clean Water Act. #Water

2023-5-25 7:30am The New York Times Adam Liptak ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-5-25 10:19am

Anti-Fascist. Armed to the Teeth

Hateful rhetoric is leading to armed protests from the far right. But now, they’re not the only ones with weapons

2023-5-18 6:00am Rolling Stone Jack Crosbie 200 words

Rated 2023-5-20 12:01pm

Silicon Valley’s Civil War

Tech’s leadership is splitting into two elites—and the battle between them will shape America’s future

2023-5-14 6:30pm Tablet Magazine Nadia Asparouhova 4,000 words

Rated 2023-5-20 11:38am

Remote work is turning America into a 'suburban nation,' a massive millennial survey by BofA finds

Millennials are looking to get out of cities and into Dodge (the suburbs).

2023-5-5 11:00am Fortune Chloe Berger ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-5-6 7:51am

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.

2023-4-5 9:06pm Life Is Computation 4,000 words

Rated 2023-4-30 10:09pm

We Need To Decommodify Mental Health Care

noemamag.com

Rated 2023-4-26 10:22pm

Why We Keep Guns in the House

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-4-25 11:12pm