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Surprising Science: How Electric Cars Quietly Transform Urban Air

"It’s not just the tailpipe y’all," joked one Electrek commenter, alluding to the black discolorations on alloy wheels visible proof of a less infamous city pollutant: brake dust. For decades, exhaust emissions have been the focus of city-air cleaning initiatives, but a new wave of research indicates that the real story goes far beyond the…

2025-07-22T03:58:36-0700 Modern Engineering Marvels 1,000 words

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So You Think You've Awoken ChatGPT — LessWrong

Written in an attempt to fulfill @Raemon's request. …

2025-07-10T18:01:26-0700 lesswrong.com JustisMills 10,000 words

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Laurence Tratt: Comparing the Glove80 and Maltron keyboards

tratt.net 3,000 words

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How Jane Jacobs got Americans stuck

Yoni Appelbaum on the real villians behind our housing and mobility problems

2025-07-09T09:30:24-0700 Riskgaming by Lux Capital Danny Crichton 5,000 words

Rated 2025-07-21T17:13:51-0700 - sethherr

The special hell of Bolt, Europe's Uber clone

I don’t like this app.

brandur.org 1,000 words

Rated 2025-07-21T14:16:00-0700 - sethherr

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