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How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals3M found that many of its products, including Scotchgard and Scotchban, leached toxic chemicals called PFAS. Sharon Lerner reports on why the company kept making them. 2024-05-20T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sharon Lerner 7,000 words Rated 2024-05-30T14:40:17-0700 - sethherr
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The Missionary in the KitchenI longed for purpose, meaning, the sense of being found. Then, one summer, I sort of was, Clare Sestanovich writes. #College #Religion 2024-06-01T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Clare Sestanovich 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-05T21:09:42-0700 - sethherr
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Can Turning Office Towers Into Apartments Save Downtowns?Nathan Berman has helped rescue Manhattan’s financial district from a “doom loop” by carving attractive living spaces from hulking buildings that once housed fields of cubicles. D. T. Max reports. 2024-04-29T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker D. T. Max 5,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:24:05-0700 - sethherr
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Not Your Childhood LibraryPaige Williams writes that an ambitious experiment in Minneapolis is changing the way librarians work with their homeless patrons and challenging how we share public space. #Homelessness #Libraries #Minnesota 2024-05-23T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Paige Williams 4,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:50:26-0700 - sethherr
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An Unexpected Turn in the Evangelical Culture WarsA proposal to ban Southern Baptist women from serving as pastors failed a two-thirds-majority vote, signalling that the far right has not yet consolidated its control of the Church. #Christianity #Religion 2024-06-12T13:52:49-0700 The New Yorker Eliza Griswold 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T18:02:02-0700 - sethherr
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Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the MediaGideon Lewis-Kraus writes about the tension between Scott Alexander, of the rationalist blog Slate Star Codex, and the New York Times. #Journalism #New York Times #Silicon Valley #Social Media 2020-07-09T08:10:18-0700 The New Yorker Gideon Lewis-Kraus 5,000 words Rated 2024-07-16T14:10:04-0700 - sethherr
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Summer Camp and Parenting PanicsJay Caspian Kang on summer camps’ promises of social improvement, and the reason that upper-middle-class families can’t conceive of an unscheduled moment. #Parenting 2024-05-24T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jay Caspian Kang 1,000 words Rated 2024-07-20T12:55:22-0700 - sethherr
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