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Microbes may play a key role in unleashing 'forever chemicals' from recycled-waste fertilizer

"Forever chemicals" are everywhere—water, soil, crops, animals, the blood of 97% of Americans—researchers from Drexel University's College of Engineering are trying to figure out how they got there. Their recent findings suggest that the microbes that help break down biodegradable materials and other waste are likely complicit in the release of the notorious per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into the environment.

2023-02-15T12:09:21-0800 Phys.org Science X 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-24T10:41:50-0700 - sethherr

The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing

Steve Marche on Sudowrite, an application that harnesses the artificial-intelligence program GPT-3 to generate text and even mimic the literary style of writers such as Franz Kafka. #Artificial Intelligence #Literature #Technology #Writing

2021-04-30T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Stephen Marche 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-26T09:32:10-0700 - elll

Watching Paint Dry

The unexpectedly interesting story of car coatings and what they tell us about the modern world

2023-02-03T05:05:51-0800 Material World Ed Conway 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-27T12:36:16-0700 - sethherr

How to Hire a Pop Star for Your Private Party

For the very rich, even the world’s biggest performers—Beyoncé, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Andrea Bocelli—are available, at a price, Evan Osnos writes.

2023-05-29T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Evan Osnos 8,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T08:55:27-0700 - sethherr

Can the ‘California Effect’ Survive in a Hyperpartisan America?

For decades the state has been setting policy for the whole nation. Now red states are pushing back. #California #Cars #Florida

2023-05-30T01:50:08-0700 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T14:37:29-0700 - cindy

The Dave Matthews Guide to Living and Dying

The troubadour of mellow vibes has been one of the biggest acts in music for three decades. Now 56, Matthews has been singing about mortality for a long time, and he’s confronting its specter in new and surprising ways, all while trying to figure out how to do some good in the world. #Culture #Music #Profile

2023-05-18T05:00:00-0700 GQ Alex Pappademas, Andreas Laszlo Konrath 6,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T16:37:07-0700 - elll

Undoing bikeshare’s original sin

Bikeshare has been a godsend. Why not subsidize it?

2023-04-18T00:00:00-0700 Fast Company Aimee Rawlins 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T19:54:00-0700 - sethherr

The 2010s Broke Our Sense Of Time

The rhythms of American life changed in the 2010s. How everything from TV to Trump to Instagram messed with your head just enough that time feels like it melted. #2010s #Donald Trump #Facebook #Instagram #Twitter

2019-10-24T16:56:46-0700 BuzzFeed News Katherine Miller 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-31T22:29:37-0700 - elll

When the Neighbors Don’t Share Your Vision (and That Vision Involves ‘Transformers’ Statues)

A professor decorated a sidewalk in Georgetown with 10-foot sculptures of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. The well-heeled locals were not pleased. #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning

2023-06-01T08:45:20-0700 The New York Times Noreen Malone ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-06-01T13:00:11-0700 - cindy

Does too much pornography numb us to sexual pleasure? | Aeon Essays

Critics say that porn degrades women, dulls sexual pleasure, and ruins authentic relationships – are they right?

2015-06-22T00:00:00-0700 Aeon Magazine Maria Konnikova 4,000 words

Rated 2023-06-01T23:42:02-0700 - elll

Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane

science.org 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-03T07:53:36-0700 - Jaog Rated 2023-06-04T07:19:45-0700 - sethherr

The Talk: Accused of Plagiarism

In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Talk,” Darrin Bell illustrates a conversation with a professor at U.C. Berkeley who accused him, without evidence, of plagiarism. #College

2023-06-03T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Darrin Bell 200 words

Rated 2023-06-03T15:57:45-0700 - Jaog Rated 2023-06-04T07:23:39-0700 - sethherr

It Will Cost Up to $21.5 Billion to Clean Up California’s Oil Sites. The Industry Won’t Make Enough Money to Pay for It.

An expert used California regulators’ methodology to estimate the cost of cleaning up the state’s onshore oil and gas industry. The study found that cleanup costs will be triple the industry’s projected profits.

2023-05-18T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Mark Olalde 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-03T21:02:38-0700 - sethherr

The Biden administration’s recent regulatory review and analysis changes

Raso argues the Biden administration's recent regulatory review and analysis changes have a basis in recent academic research and the rulemaking process would be updated to make better use of recent technological developments.

2023-05-18T05:50:27-0700 Brookings Connor Raso 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-04T07:15:17-0700 - sethherr

Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?

Track ballast is the name for the crushed stones next to railway tracks. They are used by Railway Track Designers for numerous reasons

2022-02-18T19:39:00-0800 Alpha Rail 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-04T07:27:23-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-05T18:40:52-0700 - cindy

The growing pains of database architecture

How the Figma infrastructure team reduced potential instability by scaling to multiple databases

Figma 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-07T05:13:41-0700 - sethherr

How ‘Buy American’ provisions hurt America

These types of rules were costly in the 20th century, but they are self-evidently backwards in the 21st. #Buy American

2023-06-06T12:00:00-0700 The Hill Scott Wallsten, opinion contributor 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-07T18:51:33-0700 - sethherr

Faster sorting algorithms discovered using deep reinforcement learning

Fundamental algorithms such as sorting or hashing are used trillions of times on any given day1. As demand for computation grows, it has become critical for these algorithms to be as performant as possible. Whereas remarkable progress has been achieved in the past2, making further improvements on the efficiency of these routines has proved challenging for both human scientists and computational approaches. Here we show how artificial intelligence can go beyond the current state of the art by...

2023-06-07T00:00:00-0700 Nature Mankowitz, Daniel J., Michi, Andrea, Zhernov, Anton, Gelmi, Marco, ... 10,000 words

Rated 2023-06-07T23:48:39-0700 - sethherr

Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

Small plastic particulates can induce inflammatory responses in the gut and brain, but removing them reverses this damage. #Nanoplastics

The Scientist Magazine 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-08T07:40:41-0700 - sethherr

Made in America

In its special report #Buy American #Cars #Money

Consumer Reports 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-08T08:00:11-0700 - sethherr

Harvey Karp Knows How to Make Babies Happy

The pediatrician and best-selling author on the perils of excessive individualism, the moralization of baby sleep, and why when it comes to newborns he’s “a little bit like a priest.” #Babies #Interview #Parenting

2023-04-09T12:25:06-0700 The New Yorker Helen Rosner 7,000 words

Rated 2023-06-08T22:29:05-0700 - alexandradancing Rated 2023-06-09T16:54:30-0700 - sethherr

The Stupidity of "Buy American"

The case against economic protectionism

2011-11-03T04:00:00-0700 Reason Magazine John Stossel 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-09T19:06:07-0700 - sethherr

Made in USA

Made in the USA Claims Do you promote your products as “Made in the USA”? Under the law, some products must disclose U.S. content. #Buy American

2018-10-31T12:22:30-0700 Federal Trade Commission 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-10T06:37:44-0700 - &e

Biden’s ‘Buy America’ bid runs into manufacturing woes it aims to fix

The “Buy America” initiative that President Biden says will promote domestic manufacturing has hit a snag: The United States no longer makes many of the items needed to modernize roads, bridges and ports. #Buy American

2023-02-18T04:00:00-0800 The Washington Post David J. Lynch ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-11T09:40:30-0700 - Jaog

Perspective | History shows moving manufacturing to North America isn’t a cure-all

The initial promise of Mexican factories in the 1960s gave way to impoverished communities and capital flight in search of higher profits. #Buy American

2023-03-06T03:00:09-0800 The Washington Post Sean Harvey ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-11T09:44:37-0700 - Jaog

What Does ‘Buying American’ Even Mean?

In a globalized economy, the definition of “buying American” is becoming quite cloudy—and so are the consequences of policies designed to encourage it. #Buy American

2019-07-03T00:00:00-0700 The New York Times Tim Heffernan 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-11T10:03:39-0700 - Jaog

Four supply chain experts on the challenges of manufacturing in the US—and the tactics to turn to instead

The daily email newsletter covering the latest news from Wall St. to Silicon Valley. Informative, witty, and everything you need to start your day.

2022-08-16T08:03:14-0700 Morning Brew Erin Cabrey, Maeve Allsup 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-11T18:24:10-0700 - sethherr

Pluto should be our ninth planet. A planetary scientist explains why

Astronomers believe they’re closing in on the so-called Planet Nine, but planetary scientist Paul Byrne argues our official definition of what is and isn’t a planet is in need of a long-overdue shake up.

2023-06-11T23:40:00-0700 BBC Science Focus Magazine Paul Byrne 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-12T04:46:28-0700 - Jaog Rated 2023-06-13T10:52:47-0700 - sethherr

Lessons From a Renters’ Utopia

Worldwide, housing has become a nightmare of expense and speculation. What did Vienna do right? #Housing #Real Estate

2023-05-23T01:20:41-0700 The New York Times Francesca Mari, Luca Locatelli ($) 7,000 words

Rated 2023-06-12T16:01:56-0700 - elll Rated 2023-06-13T11:07:14-0700 - sethherr

'Anti-dopamine parenting' can curb a kid's craving for screens or sweets

Dopamine is a part of our brain's survival mechanism. It is also part of why sugary foods and social media hook kids. The latest neuroscience can help parents help their kids manage behavior. #Dopamine #Parenting

2023-06-12T02:00:32-0700 NPR Michaeleen Doucleff 3,000 words

Rated 2023-06-12T21:17:53-0700 - alexandradancing Rated 2023-06-13T10:59:28-0700 - sethherr

Rewriting the Ruby parser

At Shopify, we have spent the last year writing a new Ruby parser, which we’ve called YARP (Yet Another Ruby Parser). As of the date of this post, YARP can parse a semantically equivalent syntax tree to Ruby 3.3 on every Ruby file in Shopify’s main codebase, GitHub’s main codebase, CRuby, and the 100 most popular gems downloaded from rubygems.org. We recently got approval to merge this work into CRuby, and are very excited to share our work with the community. This post will take you through...

2023-06-11T17:00:00-0700 Rails at Scale 5,000 words

Rated 2023-06-13T16:37:24-0700 - sethherr

Laundry Pods Are Bad. Laundry Sheets Aren’t Any Better.

Laundry and dishwasher pods are encased in toxic plastic. Save money and go easier on the planet with these sustainable laundry tips. #Sustainability

2023-06-14T04:42:18-0700 Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-14T05:56:23-0700 - sethherr

Burying Indiana Jones

Christopher Heaney on “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” and the titular character’s impact on the public’s perception of what it means to be an archeologist. #Movies

2023-06-18T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Christopher Heaney 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-18T08:31:54-0700 - Jaog Rated 2023-06-19T23:43:03-0700 - sethherr

The Things We Carry

Jon Adams and Tienlon Ho illustrate how, when dealing with their children, they subconsciously mirror the behavioral patterns of their own parents. #Family #Immigrants #Parenthood #Relationships

2023-06-18T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jon Adams, Tienlon Ho 200 words

Rated 2023-06-18T08:38:17-0700 - Jaog

Weike Wang on Citizenship and Belonging

Deborah Treisman interviews the author Weike Wang about “Status in Flux,” her story from the June 26, 2023, issue of The New Yorker. #Fiction

2023-06-19T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Deborah Treisman 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-19T06:02:09-0700 - Jaog

Cancer drug shortages should have patients rioting in the streets

Cisplatin and carboplatin are the backbone for lung cancer regimens because they work. And now they are largely unavailable. #Cancer

2023-06-19T01:30:26-0700 STAT Kristen Rice 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-19T06:15:33-0700 - Jaog

Moneyball Broke Baseball

But now the whiz kids who nearly ruined the national pastime have returned to save it. #New York

2023-06-06T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Mark Leibovich ($) 8,000 words

Rated 2023-06-19T23:34:55-0700 - sethherr

Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water Recycling

San Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in an era of increasing water scarcity.

Yale E360 3,000 words

Rated 2023-06-20T07:12:37-0700 - sethherr

San Francisco Police Traffic Enforcement

An analysis of SFPD moving violation citations in San Francisco

transpomaps.org 3,000 words

Rated 2023-06-20T09:49:33-0700 - sethherr

Regulating AI in the practice of law

What's going to happen, and what should we do about it?

2023-06-11T16:47:11-0700 Adam's Legal Newsletter Adam Unikowsky 5,000 words

Rated 2023-06-20T17:44:18-0700 - &e

Why Is Narendra Modi So Popular? Tune In to Find Out.

The Indian leader, who visits Washington this week, has softened his image at home with an old-fashioned radio show, which feeds a vast social media apparatus. #India #Radio #Social Media

2023-06-20T23:18:15-0700 The New York Times Mujib Mashal ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-21T16:53:36-0700 - elll

One Free Trick: How to Use the Writing Skills You Have to Learn the Ones You Don’t

When I went to the Viable Paradise writer’s workshop back in the distant dim year of 2013, the inestimable Elizabeth Bear, along with various other people who are cleverer than me, explained to me …

2019-03-25T09:00:40-0700 Tor.com https://www.tor.com/author/arkady-martine/ 3,000 words

Rated 2023-06-22T20:31:18-0700 - sethherr