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I’m Fighting for My Freedom Using Outdated TechnologyThe antiquated technology we use hinders our ability to work with our lawyers and file appeals. #New Jersey 2025-8-19 3:00am Prison Journalism Project Jorge Luis Alvarado 1,000 words Rated 2025-8-24 8:28pm
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States rethink a long-held practice of setting speed limits based on how fast drivers travelRoad safety activists and some states are pushing to depart from a longstanding rule that sets speed limits in the United States based largely on how fast drivers actually travel. This is due to the 85% rule, which ties speed limits to the speed of the 15th-fastest vehicle out of every 100 traveling a road in ideal conditions. Critics say this approach encourages speeding. Ohio is among the states considering new guidelines that focus more on safety. But supporters of the rule say it provides... #Activism #Business #California #North Dakota #Ohio #Politics #Texas #Washington #Wisconsin 2025-8-16 9:00pm AP News https://apnews.com/author/jeff-mcmurray 2,000 words Rated 2025-8-19 4:57pm
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fast | catherine juecatherinejue.com catherine jue 1,000 words Rated 2025-7-30 4:14pm
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Developing our position on AI - BlogThis post is about how we've tried to develop a position on AI in the context of learning and growth at RC. #New York City #programming Recurse Center 4,000 words Rated 2025-7-26 8:32am
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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
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Opinion | The Problems Democrats Don’t Like to SeeThe Democratic future isn’t going to look like the Democratic past. #Books #California #Chicago #Housing #Real Estate #Texas #US Politics 2025-6-8 3:00am The New York Times Ezra Klein ($) 3,000 words Rated 2025-6-10 8:18pm
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Opinion | Christo Grozev Is the Man Putin Couldn’t KillPutin had Christo Grozev in his sights. Grozev was way ahead of him. #Assassination #Austria #Crime #New York City #Plane Crash 2025-6-2 2:01am The New York Times M. Gessen ($) 6,000 words Rated 2025-6-2 4:02pm
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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 2025-5-10 4:00am The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 3,000 words Rated 2025-5-10 4:59pm
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Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Calif. collegesCalifornia community colleges are facing a unique and "agonizing" problem with this technology. #Covid 19 #San Francisco 2025-5-7 4:00am SFGATE Madilynne Medina 2,000 words Rated 2025-5-7 10:28pm
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Runaway TrenHow a Colorado slumlord’s psyop turned into a brand-new ‘forever war’ on Venezuela #Colorado #Donald Trump #Housing #Immigration #Real Estate #Venezuela 2025-4-24 5:30am The American Prospect Maureen Tkacik 9,000 words Rated 2025-4-29 10:19pm
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Faced with measles, Texas healthcare workers confront ‘information warfare’For the first time in a decade, a US child has died of measles. What can doctors and nurses do to encourage vaccination? #Donald Trump #Politics #United States 2025-3-31 9:37am Al Jazeera Tyler Hicks 2,000 words Rated 2025-4-7 5:33pm
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How shutdown Bay Area tech companies ditch their fancy gear fastSilicon Valley Disposition, an auction site specializing in Bay Area tech companies, helps shutdown and surviving firms offload rare, pricey, high-tech gear. #Arizona #Google #Montana #San Francisco 2025-1-21 4:00am SFGATE Stephen Council 1,000 words Rated 2025-1-23 6:46am
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Judge Rejects New Jersey’s Bid to Halt Congestion PricingStarting Sunday, most drivers who enter Manhattan south of 60th Street during peak travel times will be charged a $9 fee. #New Jersey 2025-1-3 5:57pm The New York Times Tracey Tully, Ana Ley ($) 1,000 words Rated 2025-1-3 8:35pm
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Hospitals Gave Them Meds During Childbirth. Why Did Patients Get In Trouble?Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections. #Doctors #Health Care #Indiana #Pennsylvania #Texas 2024-12-11 3:00am The Marshall Project Shoshana Walter 3,000 words Rated 2024-12-28 7:37am
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How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' LifeMartha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own. #Books #Culture #Robots #Texas 2024-11-26 3:00am WIRED Meghan Herbst 3,000 words Rated 2024-12-2 10:06pm
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In the Rockets’ Red Glare, by Rachel KushnerThe 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
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The Anti-Fluoride Movement Vaults Into the MainstreamWith the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, a formerly fringe opinion suddenly gets wide attention. #Cold War #Long Island #Water 2024-11-15 12:00am The New York Times Joseph Goldstein ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-15 5:22am
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Mark Zuckerberg is driving frenzy for ultra-expensive watchesWake up, babe, a new watch influencer just dropped. The swagged-out Zuck 2.0 has better hair, a hype beast wardrobe, and a multimillion-dollar watch collection that has fans and experts drooling with envy. #Fashion #Mark Zuckerberg #Silicon Valley 2024-10-16 6:00am The San Francisco Standard Rya Jetha 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-2 1:42pm
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Staying Awake, by Ursula K. Le GuinNotes on the alleged decline of reading #United States 2008-1-31 4:00pm Harper's Magazine 200 words Rated 2024-9-15 5:24pm
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The Thin Purple Line, by Jasper CravenThe dubious rise of the private-security industry #9/11 #Crime #New York City #Surveillance 2024-7-23 12:22pm Harper's Magazine 200 words Rated 2024-9-15 5:06pm
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Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the MediaGideon Lewis-Kraus writes about the tension between Scott Alexander, of the rationalist blog Slate Star Codex, and the New York Times. #Journalism #New York Times #Silicon Valley #Social Media 2020-7-9 8:10am The New Yorker Gideon Lewis-Kraus 5,000 words Rated 2024-7-16 2:10pm
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Opinion | I Study Homelessness. I Wish More Places Looked Like This Shelter.Matthew Desmond takes you to a shelter designed with residents in mind. #Homelessness #Jobs #Pennsylvania #Poverty 2024-6-26 2:02am The New York Times Matthew Desmond, Jillian Weinberger ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-6-27 10:31am
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Opinion | What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?Infected with ideological purity, the West Coast is focused more on intentions than on oversight and outcomes. #California #Homelessness #Mental Health #Oregon #Politics 2024-6-15 4:00am The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-6-21 9:07am
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Not Your Childhood LibraryPaige Williams writes that an ambitious experiment in Minneapolis is changing the way librarians work with their homeless patrons and challenging how we share public space. #Homelessness #Libraries #Minnesota 2024-5-23 3:00am The New Yorker Paige Williams 4,000 words Rated 2024-6-14 5:50pm
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Colorado’s Bold New Approach to Highways — Not Building ThemThe state has made it harder to widen highways, and transportation officials are turning their eyes to transit. #Climate Change #Colorado #Global Warming #Transportation 2024-5-31 2:00am The New York Times Megan Kimble 3,000 words Rated 2024-6-1 5:50pm
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This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten program. Test scores fell even furtherThis Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten. Test scores fell even further #LGBTQ+ #Maryland #San Francisco 2024-2-3 4:00am San Francisco Chronicle Jill Tucker 1,000 words Rated 2024-4-17 11:08pm
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‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. CrusadeThe backlash against “wokeism” has led a growing number of states to ban D.E.I. programs at public universities. Thousands of emails and other documents reveal the playbook — and grievances — behind one strand of the anti-D.E.I. campaign. #College #Texas 2024-1-20 1:35pm The New York Times Nicholas Confessore ($) 7,000 words Rated 2024-1-22 6:03pm
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Opinion | Here’s How Houston Is Fighting Homelessness — and WinningHouston demonstrates what should be obvious: that a wealthy society doesn’t have to accept as inevitable throngs of people sleeping on sidewalks. #Dallas #Homelessness #Housing #Jobs #Mental Health #Real Estate #Urban Planning 2023-11-22 4:00pm The New York Times Nicholas Kristof, Rahim Fortune ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-24 8:15am
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The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your LandAmid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency. #Detroit #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning 2023-11-12 12:00am The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-14 7:52am
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How Montreal Built a Blueprint for Bargain Rapid TransitAt $139 million per mile, the REM is far less costly than similar recent projects. Cities with ballooning transit budgets can learn from its approach. #Business #City #Government #Infrastructure #Los Angeles #New York 2023-10-30 6:00am Bloomberg 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-5 10:46pm
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Your Project Management Software Can't Save YouDo-everything workplace managers like Asana and Trello promise organizational utopias. But they reveal limitations that date all the way back to the factory floors of the 1900s. #Labor #programming #Silicon Valley #Startups #Work 2023-10-1 3:00am WIRED Matt Alston 2,000 words Rated 2023-10-4 8:54am |
After FBI busts Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC, six more exposed in USAfter 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 2023-4-18 3:23pm New York Post Isabel Vincent 1,000 words Rated 2023-9-24 8:44pm
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