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Why the Time Has Finally Come for Geothermal EnergyIt used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland, Rivka Galchen writes. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution. 2025-11-17T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker Rivka Galchen 4,000 words Rated 2025-12-13T17:00:30-0800 - sethherr
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Part 2: The Door Has OpenedA discussion on the real word has begun. It's about time 2025-11-30T10:13:40-0800 Yes, I give a fig... thoughts on markets from Michael Green Michael W. Green ($) 6,000 words Rated 2025-12-13T17:00:17-0800 - sethherr
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Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into “junk insurance” (25 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorowpluralistic.net 2,000 words Rated 2025-12-13T16:58:56-0800 - sethherr
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Pluralistic: Disney lost Roger Rabbit (18 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorowpluralistic.net 3,000 words Rated 2025-12-13T16:58:07-0800 - sethherr
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Where Do the Children Play?On the need for a world without us 2025-11-06T14:46:41-0800 Unpublishable Papers Eli Stark-Elster 3,000 words Rated 2025-11-17T14:21:03-0800 - sethherr
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The Trump Halo Memes Aren't Supposed To Make SenseThere’s a theory that started on Bluesky a month ago from composer Patrick Cosmos that everyone in the US government is 12 now. Cosmos goes on to show how all the dumb shit we’re currently living through, and which boggles the minds of regular people, makes total sense if you imagine it was conjured up by the brain of a pre-teen. I had a little laugh at this theory but didn’t think about it too seriously until this weekend, when several government social media accounts got really into Halo. How #Donald Trump #Politics #Twitter 2025-10-27T12:44:38-0700 Aftermath Riley MacLeod 1,000 words Rated 2025-11-15T09:15:42-0800 - sethherr
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The magic of software; or, what makes a good engineer also makes a good engineering organizationThe people who create software generally refer to themselves as software engineers, and yet if they graduate from university, it is typically with a degree in computer science. That has always felt a little strange to me, because science and engineering are two pretty different disciplines – yet ... Moxie Marlinspike 3,000 words Rated 2025-11-10T20:29:09-0800 - sethherr
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I Want You to Understand ChicagoRated 2025-11-10T19:51:09-0800 - sethherr
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The Ofcom Files, Part 2: IP Blocking the UK is Not Enough to Comply with the Online Safety ActA follow up to The Ofcom Files. Some notes on Ofcom's strategy to date. As many of you know, I represent the U.S. website 4chan, pro bono, in its U.S. federal lawsuit against the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, together with my co-counsel Ron Coleman. The suit seeks to defend 4chan from the UK’s attempts to censor that… 2025-11-06T16:20:45-0800 Preston Byrne 3,000 words Rated 2025-11-08T16:38:03-0800 - sethherr
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What Hallucinogens Will Make You See8 ways psychedelics distort our vision. 2023-06-01T17:56:18-0700 Nautilus Kristen French 1,000 words Rated 2025-11-08T16:21:52-0800 - sethherr
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The right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings. But they don’t understand it.The bizarre conservative misunderstanding of The Lord of the Rings, explained. #Elon Musk #Peter Thiel 2025-10-31T08:20:00-0700 Yahoo News Constance Grady 2,000 words Rated 2025-11-06T20:11:10-0800 - sethherr
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Why Solarpunk is already happening in AfricaOr: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past 2025-11-04T08:06:02-0800 Climate Drift Skander Garroum 3,000 words Rated 2025-11-05T13:42:08-0800 - sethherr
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Ruby And Its Neighbors: Smalltalk – Noel Rappin Writes HereI just write here noelrappin.com Noel Rappin 3,000 words Rated 2025-11-05T12:18:31-0800 - sethherr
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Scrolling ThroughJack Kerouac, Malcolm Cowley, and the difficult birth of On the Road 2025-09-18T21:01:04-0700 The American Scholar Gerald Howard 6,000 words Rated 2025-10-31T22:18:25-0700 - sethherr
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Ruby BlocksHow to start really getting Ruby, especially blocks. #ruby 2025-10-14T05:47:51-0700 Stonecharioteer on Tech 1,000 words Rated 2025-10-18T08:41:32-0700 - sethherr
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You did no fact checking, and I must screamI'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a world of misinformation out there, but it doesn't take much effort to determine if something is likely to be true. There are brilliant tools like reverse Image Search which give you a good indicator of when an image first appeared on the web, and… 2025-10-05T04:34:23-0700 Terence Eden’s Blog Terence Eden 1,000 words Rated 2025-10-17T07:39:34-0700 - sethherr
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Steve Blank No Science, No Startups: The Innovation Engine We’re Switching OffTons of words have been written about the Trump Administrations war on Science in Universities. But few people have asked what, exactly, is science? How does it work? Who are the scientists? What do they do? And more importantly, why should anyone (outside of universities) care? (Unfortunately, you won't see answers to these questions in… 2025-10-13T06:00:56-0700 Steve Blank 6,000 words Rated 2025-10-15T08:18:09-0700 - sethherr
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What really happened at BasecampBasecamp announced it would ban “societal and political discussions” at work. But the hardest conversations at work were about the company itself. Platformer’s Casey Newton spoke with half a dozen employees about the controversy. #Labor 2021-04-27T17:00:00-0700 The Verge Casey Newton ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-10-09T21:06:49-0700 - sethherr
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On Being Blocked From Contributing to lodashMy Github account was blocked from contributing security improvements to the project. This was my first open source work in a while, and unfortunately, it a... crtns 1,000 words Rated 2025-10-06T20:35:58-0700 - sethherr
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Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are | Nesrine MalikThis unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik 2025-09-28T22:00:31-0700 The Guardian Nesrine Malik 2,000 words Rated 2025-10-05T17:30:17-0700 - sethherr
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How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer-- seangoedecke.com 1,000 words Rated 2025-10-04T14:08:35-0700 - sethherr
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How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualizedIsrael’s war in Gaza led to more than half a million Palestinians being stuck in a cycle of ‘starvation, destitution and death,’ a UN-backed initiative said. Five charts explain how. 2025-10-01T23:11:26-0700 CNN Sana Noor Haq, Rachel Wilson, Soph Warnes, Lou Robinson, Henrik Pettersson ... ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-10-02T19:05:03-0700 - sethherr
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Thoughts on Mechanical Keyboards and the ZSA MoonlanderMechanical keyboards, the nerd equivalent of obsessing over ferrule weights in golf clubs, are wildly popular, and for a good reason. I've owned and used a ZSA Moonlander for some years now, and here are my thoughts on it and why I think you should literally buy any mechanical keyboard you can get your hands on with programmable firmware. Your fingers will thank you. Mastering Emacs Mickey Petersen 3,000 words Rated 2025-09-29T16:36:05-0700 - sethherr
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The strange death of east London’s most radical bookshopClogged toilets, trade unions and Google researchers: this is the saga of the Scarlett Letters #Culture 2025-07-25T23:00:59-0700 The Londoner Andrew Kersley 3,000 words Rated 2025-09-27T18:39:33-0700 - sethherr
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Bundler belongs to the Ruby communityI’ve spent 15 years of my life working on Bundler. When I introduce myself, people say “oh, the Bundler guy?”, and I am forced to agree. I didn’t come up with the original idea for Bundler (that was Yehuda). I also didn’t work on the first six months worth of prototypes. That was all Carl and Yehuda together, back when “Carlhuda” was a super-prolific author of Ruby libraries, including most of the work to modularize Rails for version 3. 2025-09-24T22:16:51-0700 André.Arko.net André Arko 1,000 words Rated 2025-09-25T07:32:38-0700 - sethherr
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That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogusIt's just normal crime 2025-09-23T15:02:58-0700 Cybersect Robert Graham 1,000 words Rated 2025-09-24T07:48:17-0700 - sethherr
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Work on what you use and share the rest (DHH)Rated 2025-09-23T20:13:15-0700 - sethherr
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Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeoverRuby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent. joel.drapper.me 3,000 words Rated 2025-09-23T17:13:38-0700 - sethherr
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In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs and other states are taking noticeForty-five Maine prisoners are currently working remote jobs for outside companies. A few are working full-time, earning more than corrections officers. One is making well into the six figures. Here's why Maine's approach to education and work in prison is making waves in the world of corrections. 2025-08-29T10:12:00-0700 WMEH Susan Sharon 1,000 words Rated 2025-09-22T18:02:49-0700 - sethherr
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The awe keeps droppingA reaction and assorted observations about Apple's September 9 Awe-Dropping event. 2025-09-15T11:35:06-0700 Riccardo Mori 3,000 words Rated 2025-09-15T21:33:07-0700 - sethherr
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The Asshole Filter –The 2024-04-01T02:41:00-0700 Mr. Steinberg jamespsteinberg 5,000 words Rated 2025-09-05T22:21:05-0700 - sethherr
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Giving people money helped less than I thought it wouldEnding the war on poverty will take more than cash transfers 2025-08-19T03:00:58-0700 The Argument Kelsey Piper 3,000 words Rated 2025-09-05T14:32:51-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | How Math Turned Me From a D.E.I. Skeptic to a SupporterIt’s about more than figuring out the right or wrong answers to questions. #College #Mathematics #US Politics 2025-09-05T02:01:04-0700 The New York Times Eugenia Cheng ($) 1,000 words Rated 2025-09-05T14:23:35-0700 - sethherr
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Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can surviveHow the world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack from the right wing, tech billionaires, and AI. #Politics 2025-09-04T05:30:04-0700 The Verge Josh Dzieza ($) 10,000 words Rated 2025-09-05T13:22:15-0700 - sethherr
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Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up78% of developers claim AI makes them more productive. 14% say it's a 10x improvement. So where's the flood of new software? Turns out those productivity claims are bullshit. 2025-09-03T08:01:15-0700 Mike Judge 2,000 words Rated 2025-09-03T16:28:09-0700 - sethherr
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You can try to like stuffit offers lessons on your nature 2025-08-27T17:00:00-0700 DYNOMIGHT dynomight 2,000 words Rated 2025-09-02T21:01:28-0700 - sethherr
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Chicago’s lead pipe crisis, mappedChicago has the nation's highest concentration of lead pipes. We mapped them all. 2025-08-28T03:30:00-0700 Grist Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, ... 3,000 words Rated 2025-09-02T20:47:52-0700 - sethherr
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Safe Is What We Call Things Later - by Scott WernerRated 2025-08-26T17:27:19-0700 - sethherr
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U.S. IntelThe U.S. taking an equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea; it also happens to be the least bad idea to make Intel Foundry viable. 2025-08-26T03:00:00-0700 Stratechery by Ben Thompson 3,000 words Rated 2025-08-26T08:00:03-0700 - sethherr
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The MVP is dead. Long live the RAT. | HackerNoonThere is a flaw at the heart of the term Minimum Viable Product: it’s not a product. It’s a way of testing whether you’ve found a problem worth solving. A way to reduce risk and quickly test your biggest assumption. Instead of building an MVP identify your Riskiest Assumption and Test it. Replacing your MVP with a RAT will save you a lot of pain. 2016-09-27T00:00:00-0700 hackernoon.com Rik Higham 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-24T19:30:39-0700 - sethherr
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Contra A Review Of Dating Men In The Bay Areanewsletters.feedbinusercontent.com Rated 2025-08-22T18:58:21-0700 - sethherr
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Investigators Used Terrible Computer Fraud Laws To Ensure People Were Punished For Leaking Air Crash Footage To CNNEarlier this year, an Army helicopter collided with a passenger plane over the Potomac River in Washington, DC. All sixty-seven people aboard both vehicles were killed. While the FAA focused its investigation on the failures that led to this mid-air collision, local investigators in Virginia were somehow far more concerned about identifying who had leaked… 2025-08-22T13:30:09-0700 Techdirt 3,000 words Rated 2025-08-22T18:52:09-0700 - sethherr
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Executive Excess 2025Executive Excess 2025 - CEO pay and stock buybacks have soared at the 100 largest low-wage corporations. 2025-08-21T04:00:00-0700 Institute for Policy Studies averyr 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-21T22:44:25-0700 - sethherr
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Is Rotten Tomatoes Still Reliable? A Statistical AnalysisCan Hollywood's stamp of artistic excellence still be trusted? 2025-08-20T06:16:00-0700 Stat Significant Daniel Parris 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-20T20:10:12-0700 - sethherr
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DC Rainmaker: The Tech Reviewer on What’s Coming in 2025 and the Secret to Tech SuccessWhy are Ray Maker's tech reviews so popular? 2025-06-30T11:42:26-0700 Slowtwitch News 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-20T18:19:07-0700 - sethherr
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Advice for time management as a managerhave accurate expectations of yourself • prioritize ruthlessly • unemploy your future self • a five-step “help, I’m overwhelmed” checklist • carve out focused time benkuhn.net 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-18T22:13:39-0700 - sethherr
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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
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Opinion | America’s New SegregationTo be one nation, we have to embrace ground-up social change. #College #Donald Trump 2025-08-14T14:00:06-0700 The New York Times David Brooks ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-14T18:32:18-0700 - sethherr
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Substack promotes a Nazinewsletters.feedbinusercontent.com 500 words Rated 2025-08-08T21:09:43-0700 - sethherr
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What’s wrong with the JSON gem API?As I mentioned at the start of my Optimizing Ruby’s JSON series of posts, performance isn’t why I candidated to be the new gem’s maintainer. 2025-08-02T02:03:51-0700 byroot’s blog 3,000 words Rated 2025-08-05T16:30:08-0700 - sethherr
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