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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 Boxer

Decades 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 Libraries

Global 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 Drink

Stunts, 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

Some tactics for writing in public

Some 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 Guidebooks

Shoddy 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 Issue

And 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

I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires) | Jane Friedman

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Rated 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 me

After 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 Timing

Analyzing 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 Gate

The 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 elite

Is 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 exists

An 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 Detergent

Stiff, 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 cellphones

In 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 collection

Credit 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 War

At 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 Warnings

Has 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

A police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedom

Law 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 hard

When 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-California

How 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 Twitter

Cal 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

Opinion | Something Has Changed on City Streets, and Amazon Is to Blame

Double-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 World

Watch 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 Deaths

Watch 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

Ask vs guess culture

When 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 Spending

No 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

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 say

Russia’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 failure

Russia'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 - Roscosmos

Russia'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

Russian space agency chief blames decades of inactivity for Luna-25 lander's crash on the moon

The 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

Russia’s Lunar Lander Crashes Into the Moon

The 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

Racing to Land, or Crash, on the Moon

Six 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

The Christian Science Monitor Daily for August 21, 2023

Rethink 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

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

Iran Releases Four Americans From Evin Prison

The 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

WSJ News Exclusive | Iran Slows Buildup of Uranium Needed for Weapon

The 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