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‘The Justins’ seem like Civil Rights-era throwbacks. But 2023 isn’t 1968.The two young Tennessee legislators gained a national platform after being expelled. How will their mix of religion and politics fly? 2023-08-03T03:00:44-0700 The Washington Post Michelle Boorstein ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-08-03T07:54:26-0700 - sethherr |
Republicans want to plant a trillion trees. Scientists are skeptical.New research finds that planting a trillion trees would have a minimal effect on combating climate change. 2023-08-02T03:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Maxine Joselow ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-03T09:17:10-0700 - Jaog |
This whale may be the largest animal ever. We have no idea how it got that big.A newly discovered extinct whale called P. colossus is challenging the blue whale for the title of heaviest animal to ever exist. 2023-08-02T08:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Dino Grandoni ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-03T09:21:52-0700 - Jaog |
I Gave Up on Boxing, Not on This BoxerDecades after turning away from the sport because of its violence, our columnist revisited Seniesa Estrada’s journey to becoming a champion — and wondered if it was worth the risk. #Boxing 2023-08-03T02:01:29-0700 The New York Times Kurt Streeter, Erin Schaff ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-03T20:19:25-0700 - sethherr |
The Coming Enshittification of Public LibrariesGlobal investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry #Libraries #Private equity 2023-07-26T10:00:23-0700 Nine Lives Karawynn Long 4,000 words Rated 2023-08-04T08:09:18-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-08-05T09:40:18-0700 - alexandradancing |
The Ultra-Viral Rise of Prime, the Internet’s Favorite Sports DrinkStunts, meme marketing, and promotion from social media celebrities Logan Paul and KSI have catapulted the drink past the competition. #Marketing #Sports #Youtube 2023-07-13T06:00:00-0700 WIRED Nicole Gull McElroy 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-06T21:13:07-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-08-23T16:02:42-0700 - elll |
Some tactics for writing in publicSome tactics for writing in public Julia Evans 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-07T09:40:51-0700 - sethherr |
A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated GuidebooksShoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers, but are they A.I. inventions? And how big is the problem? #Amazon #Artificial Intelligence #Books #Fraud 2023-08-05T02:00:09-0700 The New York Times Seth Kugel, Stephen Hiltner ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-08-07T19:19:07-0700 - sethherr |
Advice | Do you let your dog lick your face? It can make you sick.Experts say you shouldn't let your dog lick your face. Here's what to know about the health risks. 2023-08-07T07:00:32-0700 The Washington Post Trisha Pasricha, MD ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-07T19:26:52-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | Climate Is Now a Culture War IssueAnd it couldn’t have happened at a worse time. #Climate Change #Global Warming #Renewable energy 2023-08-07T16:00:08-0700 The New York Times Paul Krugman ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-08T05:20:06-0700 - sethherr |
I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires) | Jane FriedmanRated 2023-08-08T05:28:37-0700 - sethherr |
I grew up loving The Bell Jar. Then I noticed how Sylvia Plath wrote about people that looked like meAfter revisiting Plath’s book in my early twenties, I ended up writing a novel of my own as a way of understanding the recognition and repulsion I felt 2023-08-08T08:00:30-0700 The Guardian Guardian staff reporter 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-08T09:47:23-0700 - Jaog Rated 2023-08-10T06:31:23-0700 - sethherr |
How to Optimize Your Pre-Workout Meal TimingAnalyzing glucose data from endurance athletes offers new(ish) insights, with the potential of more to come 2023-08-03T04:00:56-0700 Outside Online Alex Hutchinson 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-08T10:24:44-0700 - sethherr |
An Open Letter to David Simon, Who Tweeted NYC Is 'On the Make' Because He Got a $50 Speeding Ticket - Hell GateThe creator of "The Wire" tweeted his displeasure after receiving a $50 speeding ticket in NYC, citing it as evidence that the Big Apple is an "off-brand city." #Vision zero 2023-08-09T14:59:27-0700 hellgatenyc.com 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-11T06:18:34-0700 - alexandradancing Rated 2023-08-11T08:06:19-0700 - sethherr |
Ivy-Plus colleges are a gateway to the eliteIs all this competition to get in really worth the effort? Probably, yes. 2023-07-25T03:02:01-0700 Forked Lightning David Deming 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-11T07:09:22-0700 - sethherr |
Maybe the problem is that Harvard existsAn unhinged polemic #Ivy League 2023-08-10T09:01:32-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-11T07:30:21-0700 - sethherr |
Stop Using So Much Laundry DetergentStiff, scratchy laundry can be a sign you’re using too much detergent. Our experts weigh in on how much you should actually use. 2021-07-22T00:00:00-0700 The New York Times Elissa Sanci 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-11T13:33:06-0700 - alexandradancing Rated 2023-08-13T10:35:56-0700 - sethherr |
Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphonesIn an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home. #Censorship #Journalism 2023-08-11T14:15:10-0700 Kansas Reflector 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-11T19:06:05-0700 - sethherr |
Credit card debt collectionCredit card debt is the waste stream of consumer finance. The debt collection industry ends up being sordid, for complex structural and microeconomic reasons. #Debt collection 2023-08-11T12:18:44-0700 Bits about Money Patrick McKenzie (patio11) 5,000 words Rated 2023-08-13T00:17:56-0700 - sethherr |
The Chip Titan Whose Life’s Work Is at the Center of a Tech Cold WarAt 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows. #Apple #Artificial Intelligence #China #Politics 2023-08-04T02:01:01-0700 The New York Times Paul Mozur, John Liu ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-08-13T10:29:54-0700 - sethherr |
I Was Wrong About Trigger WarningsHas the national obsession with trauma done real damage to teen girls? #Domestic Violence #Individual People #Mental Health #Mental Illness #Sexual Assault 2023-08-09T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Jill Filipovic ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-13T11:07:50-0700 - sethherr |
The End of Progressive Elitism?The Ivy League’s theory of legitimacy is under attack from two directions. #Ivy League #Joe Biden 2023-08-12T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Reihan Salam ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-08-13T11:56:40-0700 - sethherr |
A police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedomLaw enforcement officers in Kansas raided the office of a local newspaper and a journalist's home. First Amendment experts are calling it a likely violation of federal law. 2023-08-14T02:00:34-0700 NPR Danielle Kaye 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-14T23:38:42-0700 - sethherr |
NP-hard does not mean hardWhen NP-hardness pops up on the internet, say because some silly blogger wants to write about video games, it's often tempting to conclude that the problem being proved NP-hard is actually very hard! "Scientists proved Super Mario is NP-hard? I always knew there was a reason I wasn't very good at it!" Sorry, these two… 2017-12-29T13:30:23-0800 Math ∩ Programming 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-17T01:02:50-0700 - sethherr |
The Anti-CaliforniaHow Montana performed a housing miracle #Individual People #Montana #San Francisco 2023-08-09T08:02:00-0700 The Atlantic Annie Lowrey ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-17T05:17:17-0700 - sethherr |
We Don’t Need a New TwitterCal Newport on Twitter’s rise and downfall and why other tech and media companies should refrain from creating another global conversation platform to replace it. #Elon Musk #Social Media #Twitter 2023-08-16T09:00:08-0700 The New Yorker Cal Newport 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-17T07:34:50-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | Something Has Changed on City Streets, and Amazon Is to BlameDouble-parked delivery trucks raise a political question about the use of our roadways. #Amazon #Politics #Urban Planning 2023-08-17T02:00:17-0700 The New York Times Christopher Caldwell ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-17T22:44:01-0700 - alexandradancing |
The Biggest Environmental Scandal In The WorldWatch now (44 secs) | Scientists, journalists, and the wind industry are behind the imminent extinction of the North Atlantic Right Whales. They should be ashamed of themselves. 2023-08-13T09:48:40-0700 Public Michael Shellenberger ($) 500 words Rated 2023-08-18T09:24:50-0700 - sethherr |
Facebook Censors Accurate Information Linking Wind Energy To Whale DeathsWatch now (16 mins) | Facebook also spreads misinformation by "FactCheck.org," which relies on debunked U.S. government sources 2023-08-15T09:52:52-0700 Public Michael Shellenberger ($) 500 words Rated 2023-08-18T09:26:54-0700 - sethherr |
I Report for The Free Press. And I Can’t Post My Stories on Facebook.Canada’s Online News Act, Bill C-18, was meant to force social media companies to pay for news content. It's hurt democracy and independent journalists like me. 2023-08-18T07:47:23-0700 The Free Press Rupa Subramanya 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-18T13:04:38-0700 - sethherr |
Ask vs guess cultureWhen unreasonable requests are followed up with "but you could have just said no!" Exploring the clashes of ask culture and guess culture, at home and at work. 2023-08-12T13:17:44-0700 Tech and Tea Jean Hsu 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-20T01:29:30-0700 - sethherr |
The Case for Reducing Defense SpendingNo matter how much this country—or any country—spends on defense, it cannot buy perfect security. #Military #U.S. Military 2022-09-09T09:35:00-0700 The National Interest Lawrence J. Korb 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-20T12:13:03-0700 - Jaog Rated 2023-08-21T20:23:20-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-08-25T16:08:53-0700 - &e |
Cloudflare Turnstile: what is that and how it works?Bonus: A Cloudflare Turnstile Tester for your scrapers 2023-08-20T08:30:56-0700 The Web Scraping Club Pierluigi Vinciguerra 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-21T23:26:53-0700 - sethherr |
Russia’s lander crashing into the moon may signal another shift in the space race, experts sayRussia’s big lunar lander setback and moon exploration efforts by other countries like India show just how much the global space scene is changing. #Russian lunar lander 2023-08-22T04:55:08-0700 CNN Jackie Wattles 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-22T15:38:17-0700 - estew |
Russian Moon lander crash — what happened, and what’s next?Nature - The Luna 25 mission has ended in failure, raising major questions about the future of Russia’s space program. #Russian lunar lander 2023-08-21T00:00:00-0700 Nature O'Callaghan, Jonathan 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-22T15:46:11-0700 - estew |
Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failureRussia's first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme. #Asia #Russian lunar lander 2023-08-21T10:07:52-0700 Reuters Guy Faulconbridge ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-22T15:46:18-0700 - estew |
Despite Luna-25 Crash, Russia Gained Invaluable Experience of Flying to Moon - RoscosmosRussia's Luna-25 automatic landing module crashed because its engine did not turn of normally and worked 127 seconds instead of 84 during a transition to the pre-landing orbit, Yuri Borisov, the head of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos, said on Monday, adding that the module crashed into the Moon surface. #Russian lunar lander #Space 2023-08-21T09:37:00-0700 Sputnik International 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-22T15:48:35-0700 - estew |
Russian space agency chief blames decades of inactivity for Luna-25 lander's crash on the moonThe head of Russia’s space agency says the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after its engines failed to shut down correctly #Politics #Russian lunar lander #Science 2023-08-21T11:32:24-0700 ABC News EMMA BURROWS 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-22T15:49:02-0700 - estew |
Russia’s Lunar Lander Crashes Into the MoonThe robotic Luna-25 spacecraft appeared to have “ceased its existence” after a failed orbital adjustment, the space agency Roscosmos said. #Russian lunar lander #Space 2023-08-20T02:29:24-0700 The New York Times Kenneth Chang, Alina Lobzina, Anton Troianovski ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-22T15:49:24-0700 - estew |
Racing to Land, or Crash, on the MoonSix decades of crashes, belly flops and hard landings on the lunar surface. #NASA #Russian lunar lander #Space 2023-08-22T14:48:00-0700 The New York Times Jonathan Corum ($) 500 words Rated 2023-08-22T15:49:51-0700 - estew |
The Christian Science Monitor Daily for August 21, 2023Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views. 2023-08-20T21:00:00-0700 The Christian Science Monitor ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-22T17:42:06-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | How Much Is an American Hostage Worth?The long record of negotiating with Iran shows it never pays to pay the mullahs. #US-Iran deal 2023-08-15T16:00:10-0700 The New York Times Bret Stephens ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T11:59:32-0700 - estew |
Iran has a hostage-taking model. It’s long overdue that the US build a policy around it.Much of the controversy over an Iran hostage agreement has to do with the lack of a multilateral strategy to deter hostage-taking. #US-Iran deal 2023-08-22T12:36:30-0700 Atlantic Council Holly Dagres 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T11:59:59-0700 - estew |
Iran Releases Four Americans From Evin PrisonThe Americans will remain under house arrest until they are allowed to return to the U.S. in coming weeks, following a monthslong diplomatic push by the Biden administration. #US-Iran deal 2023-08-10T10:20:00-0700 The Wall Street Journal Vivian Salama ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T12:01:32-0700 - estew |
WSJ News Exclusive | Iran Slows Buildup of Uranium Needed for WeaponThe effort could help ease tensions with the U.S. as Iran releases four U.S. citizens from prison, and allow the resumption of broader talks over its nuclear program. #US-Iran deal 2023-08-11T10:17:00-0700 The Wall Street Journal Laurence Norman ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T12:01:43-0700 - estew |