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Opinion | Prop. K was a battle between urban and suburban SF. The right side won

Proposition 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

Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster

From 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

Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people

A 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

SB 1047: Our Side Of The Story

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2024-10-10T05:20:19-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 40,000 words

Rated 2024-10-12T20:47:58-0700

Why GitHub Actually Won

GitButler

Rated 2024-09-11T15:21:57-0700

Your Book Review: How the War Was Won

Finalist #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

How to be More Agentic

On a supposedly difficult thing

2024-01-10T12:43:50-0800 Useful Fictions Cate Hall 2,000 words

Rated 2024-06-14T17:26:33-0700

How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals

3M 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

How to get 7th graders to smoke

OR: "fuzzy, wet, and unfalsifiable"

2024-05-14T07:01:50-0700 Experimental History Adam Mastroianni 4,000 words

Rated 2024-05-15T09:15:35-0700

lori's blog - Why I Lost Faith in Kagi

d-shoot.net

Rated 2024-05-14T08:40:53-0700

Scientists Like Me Knew There Was Something Amiss With Andrew Huberman’s Wildly Popular Podcast

He 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

Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t Know

Three 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

How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT

danluu.com 20,000 words

Rated 2024-04-24T13:03:34-0700

(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" / X

X (formerly Twitter) 500 words

Rated 2024-04-17T19:31:22-0700

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

Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak Debate

I 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

Less Utilitarian Than Thou

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2024-02-27T21:03:18-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 65,000 words

Rated 2024-03-19T23:08:24-0700

Lies, Damned Lies, and Manometer Readings—Asterisk

America’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

Diseconomies of scale in fraud, spam, support, and moderation

danluu.com

Rated 2024-03-18T22:49:24-0700

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…" / X

X (formerly Twitter) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-02-11T13:27:12-0800

Pinker was right, I was wrong. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

Rated 2024-01-14T08:42:35-0800

Opinion | Look What We Made Taylor Swift Do

Whether 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

Opinion | What the University Presidents Got Right and Wrong About Antisemitic Speech

The 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

The Philosophical And Moral Incoherence of “How Dare You Walk Out Of My Speech”

“Cancel Culture” Has Victims, But You’re Probably Not One Of Them

2022-08-14T12:47:01-0700 The Popehat Report Ken White 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-20T20:40:47-0800

My Free Speech Means You Have To Shut Up

Elon Musk and The Enduring Appeal of “Criticism is Censorship”

2023-11-19T19:11:56-0800 The Popehat Report Ken White 1,000 words

Rated 2023-11-20T20:02:40-0800

A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft

James Somers, a professional coder, writes about the astonishing scripting skills of A.I. chatbots like GPT-4 and considers the future of a once exalted craft.

2023-11-13T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker James Somers 4,000 words

Rated 2023-11-13T20:43:44-0800

Omegle

omegle.com

Rated 2023-11-08T17:42:10-0800

The Great Cash-for-Carbon Hustle

Offsetting is hailed as a fix for climate catastrophe—but the world’s biggest carbon firm, South Pole, sold millions of worthless credits to Gucci, Porsche, Nestlé, and many others. Heidi Blake reports.

2023-10-16T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Heidi Blake 10,000 words

Rated 2023-10-25T06:33:15-0700

Twitter, Elon and the Indigo Blob

The line between expertise and politics has become increasingly blurry. The demise of "Old Twitter" could help to reverse that.

2023-07-31T07:51:48-0700 Silver Bulletin Nate Silver 3,000 words

Rated 2023-10-20T14:58:06-0700

Opinion | Israel Has Never Needed to Be Smarter Than in This Moment

It would be a mistake to give Hamas what it wants: an overreaction like an invasion of Gaza. #Israel #Joe Biden #Middle East #Military #Politics #Terrorism

2023-10-10T14:58:28-0700 The New York Times Thomas L. Friedman ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-12T10:25:12-0700

How the Elon Musk biography exposes Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk is a strangely incurious book. Its shallow reporting and bizarre skew left me with more questions than I had before I read it.

2023-10-01T05:30:00-0700 The Verge Elizabeth Lopatto 3,000 words

Rated 2023-10-08T18:16:30-0700

One man’s quest to end cheating in virtual cycling

A cyclist discovered widespread cheating on the popular online cycling platform Zwift. Then came the death threats.

2023-09-22T09:50:44-0700 The Hustle Katherine Laidlaw 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-26T21:31:37-0700

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

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

Conspiracy theory: Electric cars make more air pollution than gas cars

tires + battery + heavy

2023-07-27T09:00:29-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-30T22:08:44-0700

How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate

New rhetorical tactics are creating a generation of nihilists #Debate

2023-07-29T05:49:43-0700 Slow Boring Maya Bodnick 3,000 words

Rated 2023-07-29T22:28:11-0700

Ability to See Expertise is a Milestone Worth Aiming For

Good news: we have a neat, universal milestone on the journey to mastery. What that looks like, and how to use it.

2022-04-05T12:34:10-0700 Commoncog Cedric Chin 4,000 words

Rated 2023-07-21T13:00:59-0700

Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water Recycling

San 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

Burying Indiana Jones

Christopher 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

Lessons From a Renters’ Utopia

Worldwide, 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

Harvey Karp Knows How to Make Babies Happy

The 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

Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

Small 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

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

2023-05-19T07:37:59-0700 The Atlantic Sarah Zhang ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-19T16:53:16-0700

The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”

ProPublica

Rated 2023-05-11T22:16:37-0700

Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill

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2023-04-11T17:08:25-0700 Astral Codex Ten Scott Alexander 60,000 words

Rated 2023-05-05T13:38:34-0700

The Commission for Stopping Further Improvements

The Roots of Progress

Rated 2023-04-21T16:42:40-0700

Poking around OpenAI.

Irrational Exuberance

Rated 2023-04-14T17:10:35-0700

Mehdi Hasan Dismantles The Entire Foundation Of The Twitter Files As Matt Taibbi Stumbles To Defend It

Techdirt

Rated 2023-04-10T21:16:58-0700

ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-03-31T16:37:52-0700

Juice

garden.bradwoods.io

Rated 2023-03-24T07:34:43-0700