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Y Combinator's Garry Tan Declares War on San Francisco Politics

The CEO of Y Combinator is using his considerable wealth and social media megaphone to attack the progressive agenda. #Elon Musk

2023-09-27T05:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Josh Koehn 4,000 words

Rated 2023-09-27T15:38:38-0700 - sethherr

The Curator of Climate Change

Soren Brothers has a crucial job: convince museum goers not to be scared of climate change—or climate solutions

2023-09-25T06:30:58-0700 The Walrus Guy Dixon 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-27T17:22:11-0700 - elll

Fine, I'll run a regression analysis. But it won't make you happy.

State partisanship and COVID vaccination rates are strongly predictive of COVID death rates even once you account for age.

2023-10-01T05:20:22-0700 Silver Bulletin Nate Silver 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-01T15:48:58-0700 - sethherr

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Here to Pump You Up (Emotionally)

“The more powerful you are,” says the action icon, author of a new self-help book, “the more power you have in giving back.” #2020 Election #Comedy #Donald Trump

2023-10-01T02:01:02-0700 The New York Times David Marchese ($) 5,000 words

Rated 2023-10-01T19:36:20-0700 - sethherr

A review of Number Go Up, on crypto shenanigans

Zeke Faux's book on crypto shenanigans is best book on crypto ever and occasionally frustrating, plus bonus commentary on financial journalism.

2023-09-29T09:52:31-0700 Bits about Money Patrick McKenzie (patio11) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-10-04T16:35:56-0700 - sethherr

The Harvard Professor and the Bloggers

When Francesca Gino, a rising academic star, was accused of falsifying data — about how to stop dishonesty — it didn’t just torch her career. It inflamed a crisis in behavioral science. #College #Lawsuit #Sociology

2023-09-30T02:01:18-0700 The New York Times Noam Scheiber ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-10-05T16:38:46-0700 - sethherr

Where does my computer get the time from? – Tony Finch

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Rated 2023-10-05T22:25:08-0700 - sethherr

New talk: Making Hard Things Easy

New talk: Making Hard Things Easy

Julia Evans 6,000 words

Rated 2023-10-06T21:55:46-0700 - sethherr

How the Elon Musk biography exposes Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk is a strangely incurious book. Its shallow reporting and bizarre skew left me with more questions than I had before I read it.

2023-10-01T05:30:00-0700 The Verge Elizabeth Lopatto 3,000 words

Rated 2023-10-08T18:16:30-0700 - sethherr

‘We’ve Been Shaken Out of This Fantasy’: How the Left Sees the War in Israel

A former top aide for Bernie Sanders on how Israel's critics on the political left see the Hamas attack and what this means for deal-making in the region.

Politico 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-09T12:16:09-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-10-09T12:54:51-0700 - cindy

Opinion | Israel Has Never Needed to Be Smarter Than in This Moment

It would be a mistake to give Hamas what it wants: an overreaction like an invasion of Gaza. #Israel #Joe Biden #Middle East #Military #Politics #Terrorism

2023-10-10T14:58:28-0700 The New York Times Thomas L. Friedman ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-12T10:25:12-0700 - sethherr

‘We’re changing the clouds.’ An unintended test of geoengineering is fueling record ocean warmth

Pollution cuts have diminished “ship track” clouds, adding to global warming

science.org 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-12T17:38:38-0700 - sethherr

The Great Awokening of Higher Ed Has Ended—But Is It Too Late?

Growing numbers of Americans prefer sticks over carrots to move colleges and universities towards reform—a crisis we in academia largely brought upon ourselves

2023-06-21T05:15:58-0700 The Liberal Patriot Musa al-Gharbi 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-12T18:23:38-0700 - sethherr

Rethinking the Liberation Pledge (Eva Hamer) — EA Forum

This article is a really interesting example of people in a prosocial movement trying radical tactics and then changing their minds. I'm not sure the…

2023-09-03T11:44:53-0700 forum.effectivealtruism.org Aaron Gertler 4,000 words

Rated 2023-10-12T18:31:44-0700 - sethherr

What Happened to San Francisco, Really?

Nathan Heller on the fate of America’s most enterprising downtown and the debates over housing, homelessness, and public safety that have engulfed the city since the pandemic.

2023-10-16T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Nathan Heller 8,000 words

Rated 2023-10-18T22:05:43-0700 - sethherr

Please Pay For a Year of Nothing

joe-steel.com 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-19T17:24:02-0700 - sethherr

It's easy to screw up on breaking news. But you have to admit when you do.

This week brought another self-inflected wound for trust in journalism.

2023-10-19T07:51:05-0700 Silver Bulletin Nate Silver 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-20T06:42:39-0700 - sethherr

Twitter, Elon and the Indigo Blob

The line between expertise and politics has become increasingly blurry. The demise of "Old Twitter" could help to reverse that.

2023-07-31T07:51:48-0700 Silver Bulletin Nate Silver 3,000 words

Rated 2023-10-20T14:58:06-0700 - sethherr

Start Page

pnewman.org 500 words

Rated 2023-10-22T11:56:07-0700 - sethherr

Life After “Calvin and Hobbes”

Watterson’s return to print, after nearly three decades, comes in the form of a fable called “The Mysteries,” which shares with his famous comic strip a sense of enchantment, Rivka Galchen writes. #Books

2023-10-23T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Rivka Galchen 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-24T22:41:32-0700 - sethherr

The Great Cash-for-Carbon Hustle

Offsetting is hailed as a fix for climate catastrophe—but the world’s biggest carbon firm, South Pole, sold millions of worthless credits to Gucci, Porsche, Nestlé, and many others. Heidi Blake reports.

2023-10-16T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Heidi Blake 10,000 words

Rated 2023-10-25T06:33:15-0700 - sethherr

Caroline Ellison Was Supposed to Shock the SBF Trial. Instead, the Defense Team Has.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s business partner and on-again, off-again girlfriend surprised and awed in her testimony last week. But perhaps most surprising was how her days in court exposed the defense.

2023-10-16T09:49:59-0700 The Ringer Katie Baker 4,000 words

Rated 2023-10-30T15:22:19-0700 - sethherr

China’s Age of Malaise

Party officials are vanishing, young workers are “lying flat,” and entrepreneurs are fleeing the country. What does China’s inner turmoil mean for the world? Evan Osnos reports.

2023-10-23T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Evan Osnos 9,000 words

Rated 2023-11-01T08:11:05-0700 - sethherr

Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts

Surprised individuals and small-business owners can’t pay rent or make payroll, and no one ever explains what they did wrong. #Fraud #Money Laundering

2023-11-05T02:00:45-0800 The New York Times Ron Lieber and Tara Siegel Bernard ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-05T17:57:52-0800 - sethherr

Drunk Grizzlies Keep Getting Hit By Trains In Montana

Since 1980, 63 grizzlies have been hit by trains and killed along a section of railroad near Glacier National Park. Many died because they got drunk on fermented grain spilled from railcars and couldn’t move fast enough to outrun the trains.

2023-11-04T14:02:00-0700 Cowboy State Daily Mark Heinz 1,000 words

Rated 2023-11-05T22:38:42-0800 - sethherr

How Montreal Built a Blueprint for Bargain Rapid Transit

At $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

2023-10-30T06:00:16-0700 Bloomberg 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-05T22:46:59-0800 - sethherr

Maine 2023 Election Ballot Question #6 Fact Sheet - MITSC

Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to require that all of the provisions of the Constitution be included in the official printed copies of the Constitution prepared by the Secretary of State? A “yes” vote on Question 6 would restore certain original sections of the Maine Constitution to printed copies. Although these sections have always been part of the Maine Constitution as originally adopted in 1820, an amendment in 1876 prevented those sections from being printed in copies of...

mitsc.org 1,000 words

Rated 2023-11-07T07:30:41-0800 - sethherr

Seeing like a Bank

newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com 5,000 words

Rated 2023-11-08T14:30:09-0800 - sethherr

Omegle

omegle.com

Rated 2023-11-08T17:42:10-0800 - sethherr

America’s shoplifting problem, explained by retail workers and thieves

Retailers like Target, Walmart, and Home Depot have a real issue with retail crime. But there’s more they could be doing to address the problem — namely, spend more money — according to workers and even thieves. #Economy #Money

2023-11-02T04:50:00-0700 Vox Emily Stewart 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-08T21:23:57-0800 - sethherr

We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus - Charlie's Diary

antipope.org 6,000 words

Rated 2023-11-10T15:41:05-0800 - sethherr

A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft

James Somers, a professional coder, writes about the astonishing scripting skills of A.I. chatbots like GPT-4 and considers the future of a once exalted craft.

2023-11-13T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker James Somers 4,000 words

Rated 2023-11-13T20:43:44-0800 - sethherr

The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your Land

Amid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency. #Detroit #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning

2023-11-12T00:00:52-0800 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-14T07:52:48-0800 - sethherr

Opinion | The Question of Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism

It is here, in the dispute over definitions, that things begin to break down. #Israel

2023-11-15T16:00:08-0800 The New York Times Charles M. Blow ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-11-16T07:44:17-0800 - sethherr

Why we can’t build

America’s inability to build is killing people. #Politics

2020-04-22T05:50:00-0700 Vox Ezra Klein 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-16T07:59:09-0800 - sethherr

The night train revolution has been hailed as an alternative to airplanes. Here’s how that’s going

Night trains have been making a resurgence across Europe after decades of decline, raising the prospect of more sustainable ways of criss-crossing the continent as travelers look to find alternatives to flying.

2023-11-11T22:00:03-0800 CNN Ben Jones 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-17T07:34:10-0800 - sethherr

The FCC Is Trying To Stop Discrimination In Broadband Deployment. Telecoms And Republicans Are Big Mad About It

For decades, big ISPs like AT&T have refused to upgrade low income and poor communities to fiber, despite billions in subsidies, regulatory favors, and tax breaks that were supposed to accomplish precisely that. Groups like the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) have released studies on cities like Cleveland and Detroit, documenting how this discrimination lines…

2023-11-17T05:24:01-0800 Techdirt 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-17T07:37:44-0800 - sethherr

</> htmx ~ Why I Tend Not To Use Content Negotiation

htmx.org 1,000 words

Rated 2023-11-19T17:12:47-0800 - sethherr

My Free Speech Means You Have To Shut Up

Elon Musk and The Enduring Appeal of “Criticism is Censorship”

2023-11-19T19:11:56-0800 The Popehat Report Ken White 1,000 words

Rated 2023-11-20T20:02:40-0800 - sethherr

The Philosophical And Moral Incoherence of “How Dare You Walk Out Of My Speech”

“Cancel Culture” Has Victims, But You’re Probably Not One Of Them

2022-08-14T12:47:01-0700 The Popehat Report Ken White 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-20T20:40:47-0800 - sethherr

These bats use their penis as an 'arm' during sex but not for penetration

Mammals usually mate via penetrative sex, but researchers report Nov. 20 in the journal Current Biology that a species of bat, the serotine bat, (Eptesicus serotinus) mates without penetration. This is the first time non-penetrative sex has been documented in a mammal.

2023-11-20T08:00:01-0800 Phys.org Science X 1,000 words

Rated 2023-11-21T07:35:42-0800 - sethherr

Do Squirrels Remember Where They Buried Their Nuts?

Squirrels spread their fall bounty across several locations. But do they have a key to this treasure map?

2023-11-20T08:45:00-0800 Scientific American Emma Bryce 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-21T07:36:16-0800 - sethherr

Exclusive: OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources say

Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

2023-11-22T18:51:48-0800 Reuters Anna Tong, Jeffrey Dastin, Krystal Hu ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-22T20:26:18-0800 - sethherr

Opinion | Here’s How Houston Is Fighting Homelessness — and Winning

Houston 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

2023-11-22T16:00:19-0800 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof, Rahim Fortune ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-24T08:15:09-0800 - sethherr

“Useless Ruby sugar”: Argument forwarding

This is a part of a blog post series about “useless” (or: controversial) syntax elements that emerged in recent Ruby version. The goal of the series is not...

zverok.space 4,000 words

Rated 2023-11-24T08:45:07-0800 - sethherr

God Help Us, Let's Try To Understand The Paper On AI Monosemanticity

Inside every AI is a bigger AI, trying to get out

2023-11-27T13:00:12-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 20,000 words

Rated 2023-11-28T17:49:44-0800 - sethherr

Europe And U.S. Diverge Sharply On Treatment Of Gender Incongruence In Minors

In line with precautionary principle, introduction of treatments whose effects are either disputed or unknown should be carefully reviewed before being routinely adopted. #Transgender

2023-12-02T06:15:36-0800 Forbes Joshua Cohen 2,000 words

Rated 2023-12-03T22:25:05-0800 - sethherr

A Decade of Have I Been Pwned

A decade ago to the day, I published a tweet launching what would surely become yet another pet project that scratched an itch, was kinda useful to a few people but other than that, would shortly fade away into the same obscurity as all the other ones I'd launched over the previous couple of decades: It's alive! "Have I been pwned?" by @troyhunt is now up and running. Search for your account across multiple breaches http://t.co/U0QyHZxP6k — Have I Been Pwned...

2023-12-03T23:05:48-0800 Troy Hunt 4,000 words

Rated 2023-12-05T03:54:31-0800 - sethherr

Opinion | What the University Presidents Got Right and Wrong About Antisemitic Speech

The proper response to censorship is not more censorship. #Censorship #College #Harvard

2023-12-10T06:00:05-0800 The New York Times David French ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-12-10T15:08:15-0800 - sethherr