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Opinion | Turning the Great Highway into a park will reap millions for businessThe city's walkers and rollers won't be the only beneficiaries of a permanent highway closure. Nearby businesses will see a spending windfall. 2024-10-20T06:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Stephen Braitsch 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-20T18:21:04-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | School closures suck. But they’re necessary, and opposing them is wrongShould San Francisco families really be asked to give up on their small community schools for the sake of the public good? Yes, they should. #Education and schools 2024-10-16T10:29:20-0700 The San Francisco Standard Catharine Burhenne 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-20T22:01:12-0700 - sethherr
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Is It Better to Fail Spectacularly?Three weeks ago I wrote the following draft of a blog post entitled “Is It Better to Fail Spectacularly?”. I am having a lot of doubts. I’ve been training for the Chicago Marathon in earnest since June, but in reality the preparations began a year ago when I was accepted based on my qualifying time from the 2023 Ventura Marathon. I don’t have doubt that I can run a marathon. I have run three in the last year and a half, and I routinely go on weekend long runs that approach or surpass 20 miles. 2024-10-20T00:41:34-0700 danielmangum.com Daniel Mangum 4,000 words Rated 2024-10-21T12:25:45-0700 - sethherr
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What the Amish Can Teach America About Economic Mobility - WSJRated 2024-10-21T15:22:06-0700 - sethherr
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Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964)In William Faulkner’s 1938 novel The Unvanquished, the implacable Colonel Sartoris takes drastic action to stop the election of a black Republican candidate to office after the Civil War, destroying the ballots of black voters and shooting two Northern carpetbaggers. Open Culture, openculture.com 2024-10-21T00:21:20-0700 Openculture.com OC 500 words Rated 2024-10-21T18:22:31-0700 - sethherr
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Daniel Penny and New York’s VigilantesYears after Bernie Goetz made headlines, former Marine Penny is on trial for killing Jordan Neely, a homeless man, on the floor of a subway car in 2023. 2024-10-20T15:39:29-0700 The Free Press Kat Rosenfield ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-10-21T22:12:40-0700 - sethherr
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A Radical Approach to Flooding in the UK: Give Land Back to the SeaWhen a huge tract of land on the Somerset coast was deliberately flooded, the project was slammed as “ridiculous” by a local lawmaker. But the results have been transformative. #Agriculture #Birds #Britain #Climate Change #England #Environment #Global Warming 2024-10-21T21:01:25-0700 The New York Times Rory Smith, Andrew Testa ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-22T07:50:25-0700 - sethherr
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The Real Story of “The Central Park Karen”New evidence comes to light. And Amy Cooper breaks her silence. 2021-08-03T08:23:24-0700 The Free Press Megan Phelps-Roper 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-22T20:24:20-0700 - sethherr
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Regenerative farming practices require unlearning past adviceEarly on a cool September morning, farmer Josh Payne tends to his flock in Concordia, just east of Kansas City, Missouri. As Payne opens the gate, about a thousand sheep round the corner and bound into fresh grass. The pasture the flock grazes was once corn and soybeans, along with the rest of the Payne ... 2024-10-11T08:31:57-0700 Investigate Midwest Lauren Cross 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-26T06:19:38-0700 - sethherr
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Notes From The Progress Studies Conference... 2024-10-24T05:16:15-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 55,000 words Rated 2024-10-28T08:16:23-0700 - sethherr
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A return to hand-written notes by learning to read & writeresearch.google 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-28T21:24:35-0700 - sethherr
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2024-10-26 buy payphones and retireComputers Are Bad 3,000 words Rated 2024-10-29T07:19:41-0700 - sethherr
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Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone | SSOReadyTimezones are weird. But only finitely so. Here's the exact conceptual model you should have of them. ssoready.com 3,000 words Rated 2024-10-30T07:14:55-0700 - sethherr
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Physiology Friday #241: How Caffeine Dose and Timing Affect Our Sleep PhysiologyThat afternoon coffee is subtly changing your brain overnight—even if you can’t detect it. 2024-10-25T05:10:35-0700 Physiologically Speaking Brady Holmer 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-30T16:07:52-0700 - sethherr
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Hi Google, please stop 💩 the bed: a desperate plea from the independent web.Served with humor, as I cry into my goldfish bowl of boxed Chardonnay. 2024-10-28T09:51:44-0700 Building Shepherd.com Ben Fox 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-30T16:44:07-0700 - sethherr
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delroth's homepage - One weird trick to get the whole planet to send abuse complaints to your best friend(s)Rated 2024-10-30T18:31:33-0700 - sethherr
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