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How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life

Martha 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

2024-11-26T03:00:00-0800 WIRED Meghan Herbst 3,000 words

Rated 2024-12-02T22:06:48-0800

Oakland’s new school buses don’t just reduce pollution — they double as giant batteries

A new fleet of buses can send power back to the grid, stabilizing it instead of straining it. #City #Technology #Transportation

2024-08-29T01:15:00-0700 Grist Matt Simon 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T20:15:42-0700

Is Justin Timberlake the pop star anyone wants?

Justin Timberlake’s resurfaced scandals involving Janet Jackson and Britney Spears have soured his image. Can he pull off a comeback with Everything I Thought It Was? #Culture #Music

2024-03-14T04:30:00-0700 Vox Kyndall Cunningham 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:45:03-0700

Debatable - Transcript

How an outsider became the vanguard of a movement that made everything about debate debatable. #Art #Culture #Debate #Music #New York #Radio

Radiolab Podcasts | WNYC Studios 10,000 words

Rated 2023-09-04T16:55:13-0700

Burning Man’s climate protesters have a point

Building a temporary city of 80,000 people in the desert is actually bad for the planet, the climate protesters said. #Burning Man #Culture #Environmentalism #Technology

2023-08-30T08:45:00-0700 Vox Adam Clark Estes 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T15:17:46-0700

How the Cheesecake Factory became the chain restaurant of millennial dreams

Too big to fail: How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry’s rules of success. #Culture #Food & drink

2022-12-24T04:30:00-0800 Vox Alex Abad-Santos 4,000 words

Rated 2023-07-27T21:41:19-0700

On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VP

People rarely talk about how they made it into the role of VP of Engineering. Join Emily as she opens up about the process - good and bad. #Culture

2023-07-12T09:00:00-0700 Honeycomb Emily Nakashima 3,000 words

Rated 2023-07-14T21:56:57-0700

Our crazy farm subsidies, explained

The US offers farm subsidies pretty heavily for some crops, but what began as a temporary measure gradually became more permanent. #Technology

2015-04-20T02:00:23-0700 Grist Amelia Urry 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-14T22:58:24-0700