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Opinion | Abolish the Senate. End the Electoral College. Pack the Court.Why the left can’t win without a new Constitution. #Congress #Donald Trump #Elections 2025-08-14T02:02:17-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Raina Raskin ($) 20,000 words Rated 2025-08-14T19:51:54-0700 - sethherr |
Substack promotes a Nazinewsletters.feedbinusercontent.com 500 words Rated 2025-08-08T21:09:43-0700 - sethherr |
Full-breadth DevelopersThe software industry is at an inflection point unlike anything in its brief history. Generative AI is all anyone can talk about. It has rendered entire product… justin․searls․co https://justin.searls.co/about 3,000 words Rated 2025-08-04T06:49:20-0700 - sethherr |
Revisiting MoneyballThe book was published in 2003, and the movie was released in 2011. It feels silly to rehash, except the whole thing fascinates fans two decades later. Why? On the one hand, it is loved because it… 2025-07-24T01:24:34-0700 djpardis.medium.com Pardis Noorzad 3,000 words Rated 2025-07-24T20:54:02-0700 - sethherr |
How Jane Jacobs got Americans stuckYoni Appelbaum on the real villians behind our housing and mobility problems 2025-07-09T09:30:24-0700 Riskgaming by Lux Capital Danny Crichton 5,000 words Rated 2025-07-21T17:13:51-0700 - sethherr |
Toxic US Landfills: Overheating Trash Sites Pose Health RisksRated 2025-07-01T20:56:50-0700 - sethherr |
Your Review: Alpha School... 2025-06-27T04:49:52-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 60,000 words Rated 2025-06-29T20:55:47-0700 - sethherr |
New Terms of Service IP clause cannot be terminated or revoked, not even by deleting content · Issue #35086 · mastodon/mastodonSummary Since it first opened, mastodon.social has operated without any sort of explicit IP grant from the users to the service, which is unusual for a social networking service. Today Mastodon announced effective July 1 there will be a ... 2025-06-17T15:40:04-0700 GitHub mcclure 3,000 words Rated 2025-06-18T21:39:09-0700 - sethherr |
How I'm Voting for Mayor in NYC's Democratic Primary1. Tilson // 2. Myrie // 3. Adams // 4. Lander* // 5. Cuomo // (X) Not Mamdani 2025-06-16T10:19:50-0700 Maximum New York Daniel Golliher 5,000 words Rated 2025-06-16T19:42:36-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | The Problem With Everything-Bagel LiberalismRated 2025-06-16T19:39:41-0700 - sethherr |
Don't Panic, but Douglas Adams Predicted All of ThisHow the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy foresaw AI chatbots, voice assistants, and irritating kitchen appliances decades before anyone else 2025-06-07T04:55:12-0700 My Blameless Life Kris St.Gabriel 3,000 words Rated 2025-06-10T20:57:05-0700 - sethherr |
My AI Skeptic Friends Are All NutsMy smartest friends have bananas arguments about LLM coding. Fly 3,000 words Rated 2025-06-02T16:13:47-0700 - sethherr |
Good WritingRated 2025-05-24T09:40:00-0700 - sethherr |
SMS 2FA is not just insecure, it's also hostile to mountain peoplei have a friend -- she's an old lady born and raised here in the western north carolina mountains. she hates computers, yes, but she's be... 2025-05-14T05:51:04-0700 stillgreenmoss 1,000 words Rated 2025-05-14T07:12:28-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | What People at Pornhub Were Thinking When It Shared Videos of Child RapeFive years ago at Pornhub, executives were removing the most obvious videos of children. But one employee said ‘obvious’ meant a ‘3-year-old.’ #Alabama #Child Abuse #Pornography #Rape #Social Media 2025-05-10T04:00:09-0700 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 3,000 words Rated 2025-05-10T16:59:56-0700 - sethherr |
Runaway TrenHow a Colorado slumlord’s psyop turned into a brand-new ‘forever war’ on Venezuela #Colorado #Donald Trump #Housing #Immigration #Real Estate #Venezuela 2025-04-24T05:30:00-0700 The American Prospect Maureen Tkacik 9,000 words Rated 2025-04-29T22:19:56-0700 - sethherr |
Discworld RulesAnd LOTR is brain-rot for technologists 2025-03-07T18:34:39-0800 Contraptions Venkatesh Rao 7,000 words Rated 2025-03-15T09:06:54-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | I Loved ‘Anora,’ but I Still Hope It Loses at the Oscars“Anora” is neither pro-Russian nor anti-Russian. But its Oscar nominations have been portrayed as a national victory in Russia. #Donald Trump #Movies 2025-02-27T02:03:45-0800 The New York Times Michael Idov ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-03-09T21:13:13-0700 - sethherr |
The Antitrust Revolution, by Barry C. LynnLiberal democracy’s last stand against Big Tech #Amazon #Apple #Donald Trump #Facebook #Google #Microsoft #Supreme Court 2024-08-20T14:23:10-0700 Harper's Magazine 200 words Rated 2025-01-30T21:50:20-0800 - sethherr |
“Founder Mode” and the Art of MythmakingI’ve never been good at “hot takes”. Anyone who knows anything about marketing can tell you that the best time to share your opinion about something is when everyone is all worked up about it. Hot topics drive clicks and eyeballs and attention en masse. Unfortunately, my internal combustion engine doesn’t run that way. If… 2024-12-17T09:53:35-0800 charity.wtf 9,000 words Rated 2025-01-29T12:39:41-0800 - sethherr |
Paul Graham and the Cult of the Founder"Founder Mode" is such garbage. 2024-09-13T11:10:00-0700 The Future, Now and Then Dave Karpf 2,000 words Rated 2025-01-28T21:47:12-0800 - sethherr |
The torture of an unphilosophical life2024-12-25T16:03:27-0800 UnHerd Agnes Callard 5,000 words Rated 2024-12-28T08:14:51-0800 - sethherr |
Why Americans Are Obsessed With Poor PostureA recent history of the 20th-century movement to fix slouching questions the moral and political dimensions of addressing bad backs over wider public health concerns. 2024-11-20T02:00:00-0800 The Nation Zoe Adams ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-11-24T17:58:20-0800 - sethherr |
Opinion | Prop. K was a battle between urban and suburban SF. The right side wonProposition K wasn’t just about the future of a road: It was a clash between two ideologies battling to shape the city. 2024-11-19T15:00:00-0800 The San Francisco Standard Jane Natoli 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-19T17:50:01-0800 - sethherr |
Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying MonsterFrom Coinbase to OpenAI, the tech sector is pouring millions into super PACS that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda. Charles Duhigg reports. 2024-10-07T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Charles Duhigg 8,000 words Rated 2024-10-13T20:01:27-0700 - sethherr |
Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' peopleA trove of secret documents show teens’ increasing reliance on TikTok and how executives were acutely aware of the potential harm the app can cause young people, but appeared unconcerned. 2024-10-13T05:00:00-0700 NPR Bobby Allyn 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-13T19:04:58-0700 - sethherr |
SB 1047: Our Side Of The Story... 2024-10-10T05:20:19-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 40,000 words Rated 2024-10-12T20:47:58-0700 - sethherr |
Automattic is doing open source dirtyAutomattic demanding 8% of WP Engine's revenues because they're not "giving back enough" to WordPress is a wanton violation of general open source ideals and the specifics of the GPL license. Automattic is completely out of line, and the potential damage to the open source world extends far beyond the WordPress. Don't let the drama or ... world.hey.com 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-10T15:07:34-0700 - sethherr |
llamafile: bringing LLMs to the people, and to your own computerMozilla Innovations 1,000 words Rated 2024-09-23T17:06:38-0700 - &e |
Why GitHub Actually WonRated 2024-09-11T15:21:57-0700 - sethherr |
Your Book Review: How the War Was WonFinalist #8 in the Book Review Contest 2024-08-09T13:24:01-0700 astralcodexten.com Astral Codex Ten 7,000 words Rated 2024-08-09T14:19:17-0700 - sethherr |
How to be More AgenticOn a supposedly difficult thing 2024-01-10T12:43:50-0800 Useful Fictions Cate Hall 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:26:33-0700 - sethherr |
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals3M 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 - sethherr |
How to get 7th graders to smokeOR: "fuzzy, wet, and unfalsifiable" 2024-05-14T07:01:50-0700 Experimental History Adam Mastroianni 4,000 words Rated 2024-05-15T09:15:35-0700 - sethherr |
lori's blog - Why I Lost Faith in KagiRated 2024-05-14T08:40:53-0700 - sethherr |
Scientists Like Me Knew There Was Something Amiss With Andrew Huberman’s Wildly Popular PodcastHe 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 - sethherr |
Stop Wasting Money on Biodegradable Dog Poop BagsIf 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 - sethherr |
Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t KnowThree 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 - sethherr |
How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPTdanluu.com 20,000 words Rated 2024-04-24T13:03:34-0700 - sethherr |
(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" / XX (formerly Twitter) 500 words Rated 2024-04-17T19:31:22-0700 - sethherr |
What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?Sam Knight on the Tory U.K. Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak, and issues including Brexit, the N.H.S., inflation, housing, and the economy. 2024-03-25T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sam Knight 8,000 words Rated 2024-04-06T07:06:14-0700 - sethherr |
Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak DebateI watched 15 hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to - but you should! 2024-03-28T04:24:57-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 105,000 words Rated 2024-03-30T20:49:37-0700 - sethherr |
Less Utilitarian Than Thou... 2024-02-27T21:03:18-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 65,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T23:08:24-0700 - sethherr |
Lies, Damned Lies, and Manometer Readings—AsteriskAmerica’s HVAC labor force is plagued by dishonesty and frequently incapable of meeting industry standards. Interventions in indoor air quality are the next frontier in pandemic prevention — but are they up to the task? asteriskmag.com 3,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T07:13:01-0700 - sethherr |
Diseconomies of scale in fraud, spam, support, and moderationRated 2024-03-18T22:49:24-0700 - sethherr |
Jacques on X: "Sharing a long, but insightful comment @Gwern made in response to the question: "EA had a pretty weak hand throughout and played it as well as can be reasonably expected"? Gwern: It was a pretty weak hand. There is this pervasive attitude that Sam Altman could have been…" / XX (formerly Twitter) 1,000 words Rated 2024-02-11T13:27:12-0800 - sethherr |
Pinker was right, I was wrong. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Sciencestatmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Rated 2024-01-14T08:42:35-0800 - sethherr |
Opinion | Look What We Made Taylor Swift DoWhether she is conscious of it or not, Ms. Swift signals to queer people — in our language — that she has some affinity for queer identity. #Celebrity #Country Music 2024-01-04T02:01:26-0800 The New York Times Anna Marks ($) 5,000 words Rated 2024-01-09T22:03:34-0800 - sethherr |
Opinion | What the University Presidents Got Right and Wrong About Antisemitic SpeechThe proper response to censorship is not more censorship. #Censorship #College #Harvard 2023-12-10T06:00:05-0800 The New York Times David French ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-12-10T15:08:15-0800 - sethherr |