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Bike-mounted sensor could boost the mapping of safe cycling routesStudies have shown that many people don't commute by bike due mainly to a fear of being hit by cars. A new bike-mounted proximity sensor has been designed to help such folks, by objectively telling them which streets are the safest for cyclists. May 12th New Atlas https://newatlas.com/author/ben-coxworth/ 1,000 words Rated 2:29am - sethherr
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Public Bike Parks Saved My Soul – Travis EngelDoes seeing a nice, tall curb-cut ever remind you of the first time you got both wheels off the ground? Travis had been chasing that dragon for decades until a leg injury brought him swiftly down to earth. But then he found an unlikely path back to dirt jumping when it finally became possible to find a really good public bike park. I don’t skate, but I understand how a skateboard works. That’s why I’m so confused when I see bad skateparks. It should be obvious that a 3-foot quarter... May 15th The Radavist Travis Engel 2,000 words Rated Yesterday 1:54am - sethherr
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Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing TreatmentThe technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. #Babies May 15th The New York Times Gina Kolata ($) 2,000 words Rated May 16th - sethherr
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Sending Threaded Emails Using Rails ActionMailerAt Flexport, we communicate with our customers — and their software — in many ways. API and EDI integrations are ideal because they allow structured data to flow seamlessly with no humans involved… 2020-07-28 Flexport Engineering Kyle Kinsey 1,000 words Rated May 15th - sethherr
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How The Economics of Multitenancy WorkWith millions of jobs running monthly on our bare-metal fleet, we've seen the economics of multitenancy hold up — here's a peek behind the curtain of how the math works. blacksmith.sh 2,000 words Rated May 14th - sethherr
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Opinion | What People at Pornhub Were Thinking When It Shared Videos of Child RapeFive years ago at Pornhub, executives were removing the most obvious videos of children. But one employee said ‘obvious’ meant a ‘3-year-old.’ #Alabama #Child Abuse #Pornography #Rape #Social Media May 10th The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 3,000 words Rated May 10th - sethherr
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Past, Present, and Future of Sorbet Type Syntax – Jake ZimmermanA discussion of how Sorbet's type syntax came to be, the problems it solves, and how it could improve. blog.jez.io Jake Zimmerman 4,000 words Rated May 9th - sethherr
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So much bloodbut how much exactly? May 5th DYNOMIGHT dynomight 2,000 words Rated May 7th - sethherr
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TM SGNL, the obscure unofficial Signal app Mike Waltz uses to text with Trump officials💡Update May 3, 2025: I have posted a follow-up, Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials. Update May 4, 2025: Another followup, and a big one: The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked Yesterday, a Reuters photographer captured a photo of the freshly-ousted former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz checking his Signal messages during a Trump cabinet meeting. If you're not familiar with Waltz, he's most well known for inviting The... May 2nd micahflee Micah Lee 3,000 words Rated May 6th - sethherr
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"You Wouldn’t Steal a Car”... But Would You Pirate a Font? * TorrentFreakThe statement "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" launched one of the most iconic anti-piracy campaigns. But did the campaign use a pirated font? Apr 24th TF Publishing Ernesto Van der Sar 1,000 words Rated May 4th - sethherr
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Judge Rules Apple Executive Lied Under Oath, Makes Criminal Contempt ReferralJudge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rebuked the phone giant, opened the app store, and made a criminal contempt referral to an Apple executive for lying under oath. Plus, a bad antitrust bill goes down. May 1st BIG by Matt Stoller Matt Stoller 2,000 words Rated May 3rd - sethherr
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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 Apr 24th The American Prospect Maureen Tkacik 9,000 words Rated Apr 30th - sethherr
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An end to all this prostate trouble?yarchive.net 9,000 words Rated Apr 27th - sethherr
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Inside the Rise and Fall of Toys ‘R’ UsThe retailer turned everyone into a “Toys ‘R’ Us kid”… by driving its competition out of existence. 2018-03-19 HISTORY Erin Blakemore 2,000 words Rated Apr 23rd - sethherr
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How Private Equity Was BornPrivate equity, now a major presence in the US economic landscape, has been booming since the 2008 financial crisis. Its roots lie in the rise of the corporation at the turn of the century and the shareholder revolution of the 1980s. jacobin.com 2,000 words Rated Apr 23rd - sethherr
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The Movie Mistake Mystery from "Revenge of the Sith"Movies are handmade, and just like any other art form, sometimes the seams that hold movies together become visible to the audience. For mov... fxrant.blogspot.com 2,000 words Rated Apr 21st - sethherr
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How Two British Orthodontists Became Celebrities to Incels (Published 2020)The Mews, a father-son team of orthodontists, have an unusual theory about the source of crooked teeth — one that has earned them a following in some of the darker corners of the internet. #Children 2020-08-20 The New York Times William Brennan ($) 7,000 words Rated Apr 16th - sethherr
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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 Mar 31st Al Jazeera Tyler Hicks 2,000 words Rated Apr 8th - sethherr
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20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful.Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world? Apr 7th GitButler Scott Chacon 3,000 words Rated Apr 7th - sethherr
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Recent AI model progress feels mostly like bullshit — LessWrongAbout nine months ago, I and three friends decided that AI had gotten good enough to monitor large codebases autonomously for security problems. We s… Mar 24th lesswrong.com lc 9,000 words Rated Apr 6th - sethherr
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fi-le.netfi-le.net, the Fiefdom of Files Rated Apr 5th - sethherr
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An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhipThere is only one thing worse than being imitated Apr 3rd The AI Underwriter Otakar G. Hubschmann 1,000 words Rated Apr 4th - sethherr
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Bikes in the Age of TariffsToday's post was going to be about a new product we're introducing—but we need to hold off while we recalculate our prices. You've probably seen the news: Virtually all imports into the United States will be subjected to additional, steep import taxes, also called tariffs. The… Rene Herse Cycles 4,000 words Rated Apr 3rd - sethherr
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Gemini 2.5 is the New SoTAGemini 2.5 Pro Experimental is America’s next top large language model. Mar 28th thezvi.substack.com Zvi Mowshowitz 4,000 words Rated Mar 31st - sethherr
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The art of DJing: Avalon Emerson · Articoli ⟋ RAOne of the most creative DJs in the game unpacks her methods for Elissa Stolman. 2019-02-06 Resident Advisor Elissa Stolman 7,000 words Rated Mar 29th - sethherr
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The long-awaited Friend Compound laws in California[X-posted from the Live Near Friends blog] Jan 10th Supernuclear Phil Levin 1,000 words Rated Mar 27th - sethherr
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Stimulus Autocomplete with Combobox NavigationHYBRD 1,000 words Rated Mar 24th - sethherr
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A Brief History of The Super 73 ProblemWith the rising popularity of the Super 73 model, we’re focused on educating riders and regulatory bodies about the distinctions between throttle-powered and pedal-assist e-bikes. E-BIKE ACCESS 3,000 words Rated Mar 24th - sethherr
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Meet the Guy Who Invented the Belay Test—and the Modern American Climbing GymWhen Peter Mayfield set out to create the first gym designed to welcome new climbers to the sport, he made climbing gym history. Mar 17th Climbing Bruce Hildenbrand 3,000 words Rated Mar 23rd - sethherr
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Memo 3: So, you want to be a SupervisorThe Burton machine when choosing which ambitious neophyte candidate to back, would usually decide on a single factor: “Which one will knock doors in the rain?”. 2024-12-01 Governing San Francisco Zack Rosen 4,000 words Rated Mar 23rd - sethherr
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Understanding Solar EnergyThe biggest energy story of the last fifteen years is the rise of solar photovoltaics, also known as solar PV or simply solar panels. Mar 20th Construction Physics Brian Potter 4,000 words Rated Mar 20th - sethherr
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Letter from the Levant - On the Origin of the Pork Taboo - Archaeology Magazine - March/April 2025Exploring ancient people’s shifting beliefs about rearing and eating pigs Feb 10th Archaeology Magazine 4,000 words Rated Mar 19th - sethherr
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For Delivery Workers in Latin America, Affordable E-Bikes Are a SuperpowerIn the long run, e-bikes are cheaper than motorbikes. With financing help from start-ups like Guajira, many immigrant workers are making the switch. #Sustainability #Transportation #Work Mar 7th Reasons to be Cheerful Mariel Lozada 2,000 words Rated Mar 19th - sethherr
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What Bikini Atoll Looks Like TodaySixty years after the nuclear tests, the groundwater is contaminated and the coconuts are radioactive. But are the coral reefs thriving? 2017-11-20 Medium Stanford Magazine 3,000 words Rated Mar 16th - sethherr
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U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes — Streetsblog USANow U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is coming for our bike lanes! Mar 12th usa.streetsblog.org 1,000 words Rated Mar 13th - sethherr
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The Pitchfork StoryA bit more than two years ago, as part of my work in Shopify’s Ruby and Rails Infrastructure team, I released a new Ruby HTTP server called Pitchfork. Mar 4th byroot’s blog 10,000 words Rated Mar 11th - sethherr
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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 Feb 27th The New York Times Michael Idov ($) 2,000 words Rated Mar 10th - sethherr
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SFF community reeling after Marion Zimmer Bradley's daughter accuses her of abuseMoira Greyland's claims that she was molested by the late fantasy author have horrified readers and writers who had been inspired by her work 2014-06-27 The Guardian Alison Flood 1,000 words Rated Mar 9th - sethherr
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The Smith v. Substack sagaA tale of lawsuits, impersonation and alter egos. Jan 13th Ghost of Lomax 10,000 words Rated Mar 3rd - sethherr
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The secret to perfectly calculate Rails database connection pool sizeisland94.org 1,000 words Rated Feb 27th - sethherr
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Meet the journalists training AI models for Meta and OpenAIThe gig work platform Outlier is one of several companies courting journalists to train large language models (LLMs). Nieman Lab 2,000 words Rated Feb 27th - sethherr
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I Went To SQL Injection Court — Quarrelsomesockpuppet.org Quarrelsome 3,000 words Rated Feb 26th - sethherr
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Texas’s Barbecue SchismRated Feb 25th - sethherr
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Notes from Carrierwave to Active Storageisland94.org 1,000 words Rated Feb 25th - sethherr
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Why does target=”_blank” have an underscore in front?Ever wondered why you need the underscore in target="_blank" to open a link in a new tab? 2024-10-25 Kyrylo Silin 200 words Rated Feb 24th - sethherr
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The True Costs of Being on YouTubewhat I spent, what I earned, and why I'm walking away Feb 13th Food Processing carla lalli music 4,000 words Rated Feb 23rd - sethherr
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The first RCT for GLP-1 drugs and alcoholism isn't what we hopedor what people seem to think Feb 20th Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words Rated Feb 23rd - sethherr
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When Imperfect Systems are Good, Actually: Bluesky’s Lossy TimelinesBy examining the limits of reasonable user behavior and embracing imperfection for users who go beyond it, we can continue to provide service that meets the expectations of users without sacrificing scalability of the system. Feb 19th Jaz’s Blog Jaz 2,000 words Rated Feb 20th - sethherr
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Maximizing resume SNRThis is a brief note about resumes and hiring. At Terraform Industries, I've been doing a lot of recruiting recently and it's helped me crystallize a few ideas I've had in this area. This blog will change over time. Terraform Industries is hiring! Join us as we decarbonize our industrial economy by getting carbon from… 2022-03-22 Casey Handmer's blog 3,000 words Rated Feb 17th - sethherr
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Energy Cheat SheetBuilding an intuition about energy 2024-12-20 Construction Physics Brian Potter 4,000 words Rated Feb 17th - sethherr
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