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I Ate Poison Oak To Try to Gain Immunity. Here’s What Happened. - WSJRated 2024-07-09T09:53:27-0700 - sethherr
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I Ate Poison Oak To Try to Gain Immunity. Here’s What Happened. - WSJRated 2024-07-09T09:56:04-0700 - sethherr
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Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public RecordThe feud between basilisk-obsessed Wikipedia admin David Gerard and everyone from heterodox news sources to the right wing to rationalists, 2024-07-10T07:31:47-0700 Tracing Woodgrains 15,000 words Rated 2024-07-16T13:18:24-0700 - 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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(20) TracingWoodgrains on X: "In conversations about intelligence, people often take the @charlesmurray approach of emphasizing that intelligence doesn't determine a person's worth. I find myself a bit dissatisfied when I chew on this. It's true, but I suspect it's a bit too easy. Specifically: while I https://t.co/jzo9YEsWRX" / Xx.com 1,000 words Rated 2024-07-16T15:24:08-0700 - sethherr
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Advantages of incompetent managementRated 2024-07-16T17:09:06-0700 - sethherr
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How to Do Politics: The Political Capital Savings PlanGet capital, do politics 2023-03-22T10:56:03-0700 Maximum New York Daniel Golliher 4,000 words Rated 2024-07-17T22:42:24-0700 - 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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Patronage vs. Constituent Parties (Or Why Republican Party Leaders Matter More Than Democratic Ones)The Republican and Democratic parties are not the same: power flows differently within them. The two big political news items of this week—the happenings of the Republican National Convention and the desperate attempts of many Democrats to replace their candidate before their own convention next month—reflect these asymmetries. Nevertheless, many discussions of American politics assume… 2024-07-20T12:56:55-0700 The Scholar's Stage 5,000 words Rated 2024-07-27T21:59:57-0700 - sethherr
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America’s New Political War Pits Young Men Against Young Women - WSJRated 2024-07-29T12:58:32-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | Are Smartphones and Social Media Driving a Teen Mental Heath Crisis?Rated 2024-07-29T15:38:53-0700 - sethherr
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Monetization & Monopolies: How The Internet You Loved DiedOr Why Tech Monopolies Are Actually Good For Society. A defence of “Big Tech” on the principles of progress. Hold on! Stow the pitchforks! Hear me out... 2024-07-25T07:31:11-0700 Radical Contributions Conrad Bastable 10,000 words Rated 2024-07-30T10:36:42-0700 - sethherr
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Every company should be owned by its employeesCentral States Manufacturing as a model for employee-ownership. 2024-07-24T03:13:57-0700 The Elysian Elle Griffin 2,000 words Rated 2024-07-30T10:39:38-0700 - sethherr
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Congress Accidentally Legalized Weed Six Years AgoRated 2024-07-30T11:00:32-0700 - sethherr
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Venezuela’s Maduro clings to power. Opposition hopes this time it ends differently.Venezuelan President Maduro has claimed – without evidence – that he won the presidential election. Despite high levels of repression, the opposition is leaning into their hope for change. 2024-08-05T13:26:53-0700 The Christian Science Monitor Mie Hoejris Dahl ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-08-05T15:20:22-0700 - sethherr
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Suspicious data pattern in recent Venezuelan election | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Sciencestatmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Rated 2024-08-05T15:27:48-0700 - sethherr
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My New Band Is: The Indoctrinated RichOn the Brearley dad, what indoctrination means in the context of education, and private schools that are segregation academies 2021-04-17T15:11:30-0700 My New Band Is Elizabeth Spiers 6,000 words Rated 2024-08-05T15:40:50-0700 - sethherr
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Your Book Review: How the War Was WonFinalist #8 in the Book Review Contest 2024-08-09T13:24:01-0700 astralcodexten.com Astral Codex Ten 7,000 words Rated 2024-08-09T14:19:17-0700 - sethherr
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Britannica_x_Pendleton.pdfRated 2024-08-13T10:35:58-0700 - sethherr
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How Costco Hacked the American Shopping PsycheMore than 100 million people visit the retailer for their groceries — and gas and TVs and gold bars and pet coffins — but saving money may not be the only motive. 2024-08-20T13:46:25-0700 The New York Times Ben Ryder Howe ($) 4,000 words Rated 2024-08-24T22:16:53-0700 - sethherr
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The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paıdeía of the American Tech EliteI often draw a distinction between the political elites of Washington DC and the industrial elites of Silicon Valley with a joke: in San Francisco reading books, and talking about what you have read, is a matter of high prestige. Not so in Washington DC. In Washington people never read books—they just write them. To… 2024-08-21T13:51:14-0700 The Scholar's Stage 4,000 words Rated 2024-08-26T21:43:54-0700 - sethherr
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Police brushed him off. So he exposed an international bike theft ring on his ownIn the dark heart of the pandemic, cyclist Bryan Hance was tipped to a scheme to spirit stolen bikes from California to Mexico. He set out to crack the case — and in the process exposed lapses in systems meant to prevent trafficking in stolen goods. 2024-08-27T03:00:43-0700 Los Angeles Times Jessica Garrison ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-08-27T20:45:02-0700 - sethherr
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A Weekend at the Immersion Larp FestivalA world where you buy every word you speak, a sensory journey through Monet’s memories, and life in an open-air prison. 2024-08-21T12:50:01-0700 mssv + Have You Played 6,000 words Rated 2024-08-27T23:21:18-0700 - sethherr
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Star Wars: Galactic StarcruiserThe future of entertainment is here – but we weren’t prepared for it. 2023-08-07T08:08:00-0700 mssv + Have You Played 10,000 words Rated 2024-08-28T04:47:24-0700 - sethherr
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Your Book Review: The Pale KingFinalist #12 in the Book Review Contest 2024-09-06T08:47:37-0700 astralcodexten.com Astral Codex Ten 30,000 words Rated 2024-09-09T19:59:57-0700 - sethherr
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The Future of Open SourceA GitHub founder's musings on the past, present and future of large groups of people collaborating on software in awesome ways. #Essay 2024-08-06T12:23:17-0700 GitButler Scott Chacon 3,000 words Rated 2024-09-11T15:06:17-0700 - sethherr
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Why GitHub Actually WonRated 2024-09-11T15:21:57-0700 - sethherr
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What We're Getting Wrong About Ethical EatingWhen it comes to ethical eating, the journey is not as simple as "eat more plants." We have to think about the whole system and our place in it. 2020-01-07T06:17:43-0800 Greatist Leigh Huggins 3,000 words Rated 2024-09-12T21:12:18-0700 - sethherr
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The Thin Purple Line, by Jasper CravenThe dubious rise of the private-security industry #9/11 #Crime #New York City #Surveillance 2024-07-23T12:22:18-0700 Harper's Magazine 200 words Rated 2024-09-15T17:06:27-0700 - sethherr
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Staying Awake, by Ursula K. Le GuinNotes on the alleged decline of reading #United States 2008-01-31T16:00:21-0800 Harper's Magazine 200 words Rated 2024-09-15T17:24:07-0700 - sethherr
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What Happens When You Use Your Phone Around Your KidsThe more often parents are on their smartphones in front of their kids, the lower the children's emotional intelligence. Greater Good 1,000 words Rated 2024-09-15T17:39:47-0700 - sethherr
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