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Laundry Pods Are Bad. Laundry Sheets Aren’t Any Better.Laundry and dishwasher pods are encased in toxic plastic. Save money and go easier on the planet with these sustainable laundry tips. #Sustainability 2023-06-14T04:42:18-0700 Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-20T17:36:16-0700 - &e
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Regulating AI in the practice of lawWhat's going to happen, and what should we do about it? 2023-06-11T16:47:11-0700 Adam's Legal Newsletter Adam Unikowsky 5,000 words Rated 2023-06-20T17:44:18-0700 - &e
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Why Is Narendra Modi So Popular? Tune In to Find Out.The Indian leader, who visits Washington this week, has softened his image at home with an old-fashioned radio show, which feeds a vast social media apparatus. #India #Radio #Social Media 2023-06-20T23:18:15-0700 The New York Times Mujib Mashal ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-21T16:53:36-0700 - elll
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One Free Trick: How to Use the Writing Skills You Have to Learn the Ones You Don’tWhen I went to the Viable Paradise writer’s workshop back in the distant dim year of 2013, the inestimable Elizabeth Bear, along with various other people who are cleverer than me, explained to me … 2019-03-25T09:00:40-0700 Tor.com https://www.tor.com/author/arkady-martine/ 3,000 words Rated 2023-06-22T20:31:18-0700 - sethherr
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California will begin backing intentional burns to control wildfireMillions of dollars have been set aside to encourage controlled burns that can help defang forest fires. #Agriculture 2023-06-22T15:00:00-0700 Freethink Media B. David Zarley 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-23T15:18:28-0700 - sethherr
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A year after Dobbs decision, Texas has settled in to a post-abortion realityThe impact of Texas’ near-total ban on abortion is coming into focus as patients and providers leave the state, legal challenges languish and the state’s social safety net braces for a baby boom. #Abortion #Health Care 2023-06-23T03:00:00-0700 The Texas Tribune Eleanor Klibanoff 3,000 words Rated 2023-06-23T16:46:32-0700 - &e
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Exclusive: TikTok Confirms Some U.S. User Data Is Stored In ChinaTikTok has said under oath that Americans’ data has always been stored outside China. Now it’s saying there are big exceptions for creators. #China 2023-06-21T05:00:00-0700 Forbes Alexandra S. Levine 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-23T16:47:37-0700 - &e
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Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark BattleApple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it’s flexing its legal muscles. #Apple #Business #Farming 2023-06-18T23:00:00-0700 WIRED Gabriela Galindo 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-23T16:51:25-0700 - &e
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What You Don’t Understand About E-Bikes Until You Ride OneMine changed my life. One could change yours, too. #Cars #Retail #Transportation #Urban Planning 2023-06-18T02:45:00-0700 Slate Dan Kois 3,000 words Rated 2023-06-25T19:44:13-0700 - sethherr
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Figure 4. Estimated U.S. Deer Population, 1450 to 2016 Year 2000 to...Download scientific diagram | Estimated U.S. Deer Population, 1450 to 2016 Year 2000 to 2016 estimated from combined sources from state agencies. Year 1450 to 1999 white-tailed based on VerCauteren (2003) and McCabe & McCabe (1984). Year 1911 to 1999 mule deer, black-tailed, and other from state population and harvest data. Year 1450 to 1910 mule deer, black-tailed, and other from historical sources. from publication: SEARCHING THE INTERNET TO ESTIMATE DEER POPULATION TRENDS IN THE U.S.,... ResearchGate 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-25T20:47:57-0700 - sethherr
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The Cancer-Drug Shortage Is DifferentFourteen crucial chemotherapies are currently in shortage. Why does this keep happening? 2023-06-26T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Ed Yong ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-26T17:05:16-0700 - Jaog
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Why Britain doesn’t buildThe history of attempts to reform planning in Britain is proof that political willpower is not enough: you need to be smart, not just brave. 2023-05-23T05:36:06-0700 Works in Progress 8,000 words Rated 2023-06-27T20:58:00-0700 - sethherr
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Decades-long bet on consciousness ends — and it’s philosopher 1, neuroscientist 0Nature - Christof Koch wagered David Chalmers 25 years ago that researchers would learn how the brain achieves consciousness by now. But the quest continues. 2023-06-24T00:00:00-0700 Nature Lenharo, Mariana 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-28T01:14:16-0700 - sethherr |
The Long Road to Public Transit RecoveryWith Ridership Down 30+%, Agencies Must Adapt or Risk Collapse #Economy #Politics 2023-06-29T15:00:00-0700 Statecraft by Arman Madani Arman Madani 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-29T17:51:59-0700 - elll
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‘Any Which Way You Can’ Has More Monkey Sex Scenes Than Every Other Clint Eastwood Movie CombinedAfter proving that he could play a quiet tough guy like no other, Eastwood expanded his horizons and played a quiet tough guy with a pet orangutan. Right, Clyde? 2023-06-30T20:59:00-0700 IndieWire Christian Zilko 200 words Rated 2023-06-30T22:32:14-0700 - Jaog
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How to Do Great Workpaulgraham.com 10,000 words Rated 2023-07-03T07:31:56-0700 - sethherr
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Reclaiming Real American PatriotismThis Fourth of July, let’s rescue our love of country from those who have hijacked it. #New Hampshire #New York #West Virginia 2023-07-04T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Tom Nichols ($) 500 words Rated 2023-07-04T09:32:34-0700 - Jaog
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Vaginal Seeding Supports Baby Microbiome, Study ShowsRated 2023-07-04T17:16:48-0700 - sethherr
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The Engineer/Manager PendulumLately I've been doing some career counseling for people off Twitter (long story). The central drama for many people goes something like this: “I'm a senior engineer, but I'm thinking about being a manager. I really like engineering, but I feel like I'm just solving the same problems over and over and it seems like the real… 2017-05-11T10:20:12-0700 charity.wtf 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-05T07:26:40-0700 - sethherr
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The heat is making squirrels 'sploot' — a goofy act that signals something seriousAs climate change is making extreme heat events more common, these bright-eyed and bushy-tailed critters are "splooting" to cope. 2023-06-29T12:49:22-0700 NPR Kai McNamee 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-05T09:28:19-0700 - Jaog
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The Secret Gay History of Indie RockIs it truly possible to queer one of the straightest genres of music? From the closeted to the overexposed, this is a lineage of queer indie rock icons. #LGBTQ+ 2023-07-05T08:58:46-0700 Pitchfork Emma Madden 4,000 words Rated 2023-07-05T09:28:46-0700 - Jaog
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Bloc Party's Kele Okereke On Being Gay and Black in the Dance and Rock WorldsRated 2023-07-06T18:09:33-0700 - sethherr
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Jigar Shah’s big idea for getting rooftop solar and smart appliances to low-income AmericansHow the DOE could marshal its loan guarantees to decarbonize the grid and boost energy equity in one fell swoop. #Renewable energy 2021-11-23T00:00:00-0800 Canary Media 3,000 words Rated 2023-07-06T18:42:07-0700 - sethherr
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Analysis | Do blue-state taxes really subsidize red-state benefits?In honor of our first anniversary, we turn our powers of analysis on you, the reader, to identify -- and answer! -- the question you are most eager to ask. 2023-07-07T02:54:43-0700 The Washington Post Andrew Van Dam, Linda Chong ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-07T04:33:59-0700 - Jaog
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'There's No Such Thing As Cold, Hard Reality': Meet The Hyperloop's Truest BelieversGOLDEN, Colo.—Shortly after arriving at the Global Hyperloop Conference, Brad Swartzwelter looked me in the eye and issued himself a challenge. “If I haven’t convinced you by the end of this conference that Hyperloop is the most glorious transportation opportunity of our time, then I’ve failed.” 2019-09-09T08:55:00-0700 Jalopnik Aaron Gordon 4,000 words Rated 2023-07-07T20:13:06-0700 - elll
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Gym, spa, beauty equipment: Leaked documents reveal hidden details of Putin's 'ghost' trainA train used by Russian President Vladimir Putin to travel away from the public eye has a secret gym, Turkish bath and cosmetology suite on board, a brochure and blueprints leaked to the Dossier Center and shared with CNN reveal. #Business #Europe #Vladimir Putin 2023-07-09T23:47:29-0700 CNN Matthew Chance, Mick Krever 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T04:27:58-0700 - Jaog
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‘A deranged ploy’: how Republicans are fueling the disinformation warsSeveral actions by the far right in the last month could result in a flood of conspiracy theories before the 2024 election 2023-07-10T03:00:11-0700 The Guardian Nick Robins-Early 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T04:33:54-0700 - Jaog
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Is the puzzling star Betelgeuse going to explode in our lifetime after all?A new unpublished study is making waves on the internet, claiming that one of the brightest stars in the night sky might die in a spectacular explosion within our lifetime. 2023-07-10T03:00:03-0700 Space Tereza Pultarova 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T04:40:22-0700 - Jaog
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Jawboning against SpeechGovernment officials use informal pressure — bullying, threatening, and cajoling — to sway the decisions of private platforms and limit the publication of disfavored speech. The use of this informal pressure, known as jawboning, is growing. 2022-09-12T00:00:00-0700 Cato Institute 15,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T19:17:48-0700 - sethherr
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See what it’s like to dig a tunnel 100 feet below a cityA massive drill is digging a tunnel deep beneath Alexandria that will keep millions of gallons of raw sewage from seeping into the Potomac River. 2023-07-07T03:00:17-0700 The Washington Post Teo Armus, Hadley Green, Bill O’Leary, Ricky Carioti ... ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T19:34:54-0700 - Jaog
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This is not a joke: Chinese people are eating — and poking fun at — #whitepeoplefoodThe playful term is trending on social media: Urban workers are embracing (even while joking about) easy-to-fix, healthy Western-style lunches — think sandwiches, veggies ... a lonely baked potato. 2023-07-10T08:41:32-0700 NPR Aowen Cao, Emily Feng 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T19:39:37-0700 - Jaog
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Inside the $5.5 billion canal that will connect Paris to European waterways – and dig up the Western FrontThe 66-mile Seine-Nord Europe Canal will connect with waterways capable of transporting large freight between Paris, Belgium and the Netherlands. 2023-07-11T01:50:22-0700 CNN Tom Page 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-11T04:42:40-0700 - Jaog
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BORIS JOHNSON: The wonder weight-loss drug didn't work for meI first thought that something was up when I saw that a certain member of the Cabinet had miraculously changed his appearance. He had acquired a new jawline. 2023-06-16T08:57:21-0700 Daily Mail Boris Johnson 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-11T06:31:36-0700 - sethherr |
Felt for Advocacy Groups: Mapping Traffic Violence in OaklandBryan Culbertson and Kuan Butts, two activists working on Traffic Violence Rapid Response, leverage Felt maps to advocate for safer streets in Oakland. felt.com 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-11T09:56:29-0700 - sethherr
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Is It Hot Enough Yet for Politicians to Take Real Action?Bill McKibben writes on the recent temperature records set amid a global heat wave, on a global cascade of climate-change-related floods and disasters, and the lack of political will in Canada and the U.S. to take on the needed confrontation of oil and gas interests. #Canada #Climate Change #Global Warming #Wildfire 2023-07-11T11:18:01-0700 The New Yorker Bill McKibben 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-11T20:11:00-0700 - Jaog
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Firing of gay Catholic school teacher could test latest Supreme Court rulingA substitute drama teacher in North Carolina sued after being fired for marrying his partner; the school says such discrimination is allowed. 2023-07-11T07:30:12-0700 The Washington Post Rachel Weiner ($) 200 words Rated 2023-07-12T01:19:00-0700 - Jaog
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After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire ToyboxIn an era when “pre-awareness” rules Hollywood, the company is ginning up plots for everything from Hot Wheels to UNO, Alex Barasch writes. 2023-07-02T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Alex Barasch 5,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T08:01:23-0700 - sethherr
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A Complete Taxonomy of Internet Chumby John MahoneyThis is a bucket of chum. Chum is decomposing fish matter that elicits a purely neurological brain stem response in its target consumer: larger fish, like sharks. It signals that they should let go, deploy their nictitating ... The Awl 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T08:07:31-0700 - sethherr
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🎧 #137: Jigar Shah wants to fund your Virtual Power Plant"We pay $10 billion per year for balancing the grid using natural gas, peaker plants, etc. when we could be paying that to households for those services instead." Nexus Labs 10,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T08:33:53-0700 - elll
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Rad Power Bikes is pulling out of Europe to focus on US e-bike salesRad Power Bikes is shutting down its Europe and UK operations to focus on US e-bike sales. The company will lay off 40 people, its fifth round of layoffs in recent years. 2023-07-10T01:00:00-0700 The Verge Andrew J. Hawkins 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T09:05:26-0700 - elll
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Why Match School And Student Rank?... 2023-07-10T22:39:09-0700 Astral Codex Ten Scott Alexander 45,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T17:04:52-0700 - sethherr
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Anchor Brewing Was San Francisco | DefectorAnchor Brewing was a cockroach. The San Francisco brewery survived the great earthquake of 1906, the subsequent fire that destroyed the city, its owner being run over by a cable car right after the fire, World War I, the Volstead Act, World War II, a series of midcentury closures and re-openings, and 127 years of ... 2023-07-12T13:11:23-0700 defector.com 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T22:44:59-0700 - sethherr
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