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Opinion | Prop. K was a battle between urban and suburban SF. The right side won

Proposition K wasn’t just about the future of a road: It was a clash between two ideologies battling to shape the city.

2024-11-19T15:00:00-0800 The San Francisco Standard Jane Natoli 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-19T17:50:01-0800

The Early Christian Strategy

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2024-11-14T05:57:42-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 60,000 words

Rated 2024-11-18T17:49:06-0800

Maybe Bluesky has “won”

November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky. I’ve seen a bunch of takes about this recently, but I keep seeing things I disagree with. I figure that’s a good enough excuse to write more about this weird-assed social network.

2024-11-15T11:36:51-0800 Gavin Anderegg 2,000 words

Rated 2024-11-15T19:38:56-0800

The Anti-Fluoride Movement Vaults Into the Mainstream

With the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, a formerly fringe opinion suddenly gets wide attention. #Cold War #Long Island #Water

2024-11-15T00:00:24-0800 The New York Times Joseph Goldstein ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-11-15T05:22:24-0800

Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess

are they good or bad?

2024-11-13T16:00:00-0800 DYNOMIGHT dynomight 2,000 words

Rated 2024-11-15T00:42:06-0800

The Later Years of Douglas Adams | The Digital Antiquarian

filfre.net 15,000 words

Rated 2024-11-13T08:48:05-0800

RHRV Quick Start Tutorial

cran.r-project.org RHRV Team 3,000 words

Rated 2024-11-13T08:30:37-0800

Sleep stage detection using only heart rate

Getting enough quality sleep plays a vital role in protecting our mental health, physical health, and quality of life. Sleep deprivation can make it difficult to concentrate on daily activities, and lower sleep quality is associated with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia. The amount of …

PubMed 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-13T08:30:08-0800

Meta’s Broken Promises

The 51-page report, “Meta’s Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook,” documents a pattern of undue removal and suppression of protected speech including peaceful expression in support of Palestine and public debate about Palestinian human rights. Human Rights Watch found that the problem stems from flawed Meta policies and their inconsistent and erroneous implementation, overreliance on automated tools to moderate content, and undue government...

2023-12-21T18:30:08-0800 Human Rights Watch 15,000 words

Rated 2024-11-13T08:17:50-0800

How I ship projects at big tech companies

What I think about when I'm lead engineer on a project

seangoedecke.com 2,000 words

Rated 2024-11-12T06:46:26-0800

How to match Hashes in RSpec like a pro | Timur's Blog

A cool undocumented feature that allows using matchers in hashes.

2022-09-21T17:00:00-0700 Timur Nugmanov 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-07T14:36:59-0800

Where Harris’ campaign went wrong

It was supposed to be everything short of a free ad – a panel of women not containing their excitement to welcome Kamala Harris, ready to introduce her to their committed daytime audience of exactly the type of women the vice president’s campaign always hoped were going to be critical to her base.

2024-11-06T03:10:46-0800 lite.cnn.com Edward-Isaac Dovere ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-11-06T15:03:51-0800

The Tight-Knit World of Kamala Harris’s College Sorority

How are members of A.K.A.—which Harris joined at Howard University—responding to their most famous sister’s Presidential campaign against Donald Trump? Jazmine Hughes reports.

2024-10-21T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jazmine Hughes 6,000 words

Rated 2024-11-03T19:57:14-0800

There is no such thing as a global method (in Ruby)

What Ruby’s top-level methods actually are, who they belong to and how they are namespaced.

zverok.space 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-31T20:07:37-0700

Democratising publishing

Thoughts on open source governance, non-profit organisations, and how to create trust within technology and media.

2024-10-30T06:00:21-0700 John O'Nolan 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-31T15:59:23-0700

What Happens When Private Equity Takes Over a Hospital

New analysis shows alarming increase in patient complications

2023-12-26T00:00:00-0800 hms.harvard.edu 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-31T15:57:50-0700

How to Render CSS Dynamically in Rails

Rails is not just for HTML over the wire. This post demonstrates how and why you might use Rails for delivering CSS on the fly too.

Joy of Rails 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-31T15:25:07-0700

delroth's homepage - One weird trick to get the whole planet to send abuse complaints to your best friend(s)

delroth.net

Rated 2024-10-30T18:31:33-0700

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

Physiology Friday #241: How Caffeine Dose and Timing Affect Our Sleep Physiology

That 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

Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone | SSOReady

Timezones 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

2024-10-26 buy payphones and retire

Computers Are Bad 3,000 words

Rated 2024-10-29T07:19:41-0700

A return to hand-written notes by learning to read & write

research.google 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-28T21:24:35-0700

Notes From The Progress Studies Conference

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2024-10-24T05:16:15-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 55,000 words

Rated 2024-10-28T08:16:23-0700

Regenerative farming practices require unlearning past advice

Early 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

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

A Radical Approach to Flooding in the UK: Give Land Back to the Sea

When 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

Daniel Penny and New York’s Vigilantes

Years 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

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

What the Amish Can Teach America About Economic Mobility - WSJ

The Wall Street Journal

Rated 2024-10-21T15:22:06-0700

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

Opinion | School closures suck. But they’re necessary, and opposing them is wrong

Should 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

Opinion | Turning the Great Highway into a park will reap millions for business

The 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

Opinion | Ann Patchett: The Decision I Made 30 Years Ago That I Still Regret

What was email but the chance for more friends, more love, more work? #Books #Social Media #Writer

2024-10-15T02:00:20-0700 The New York Times Ann Patchett ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-20T08:38:04-0700

Martin Gurri: I Refused to Vote in the Last Two Elections. Now, I’m Voting for Trump.

There are only two vital forces in American politics today: those who wish to control everything, and those who wish not to be controlled. Reluctantly, I choose the latter.

2024-10-16T15:23:54-0700 The Free Press Martin Gurri ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-19T09:51:31-0700

Doctor Fukushi Masaichi And The Art Of Preserving Tattooed Skin

Tattoos have different meanings across cultures, ranging from sacred symbols to marks of rebellion. In Japan, tattoos are part of a broader subculture called irezumi, an intricate form of body art with its own set of unique designs, imagery, and symbolism. These elaborate tattoos often cover large parts of the body, with some resulting in full “bodysuits,” a tradition that is frequently linked with the yakuza—Japan’s organised crime syndicates.But while many viewed irezumi as a criminal mark or

2024-10-16T12:17:10-0700 DannyDutch dthholland 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-18T22:13:45-0700

Reflections on Palantir

A retrospective of an eight-year stint.

2024-10-15T12:19:09-0700 Nabeel S. Qureshi 6,000 words

Rated 2024-10-16T17:09:31-0700

Julia Child’s Kitchens

The French Chef’s focus on function over style in the kitchen boosted the accessibility movement that became known as Universal Design.

Places Journal 6,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T20:11:12-0700

Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster

From Coinbase to OpenAI, the tech sector is pouring millions into super PACS that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda. Charles Duhigg reports.

2024-10-07T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Charles Duhigg 8,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T20:01:27-0700

Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people

A trove of secret documents show teens’ increasing reliance on TikTok and how executives were acutely aware of the potential harm the app can cause young people, but appeared unconcerned.

2024-10-13T05:00:00-0700 NPR Bobby Allyn 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T19:04:58-0700

Against dystopian views of high-speed audiobook listening

The sound and the worry

2024-10-10T09:01:07-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T18:49:59-0700

1 bug, $50,000+ in bounties, how Zendesk intentionally left a backdoor in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies

1 bug, $50,000+ in bounties, how Zendesk intentionally left a backdoor in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies - zendesk.md

Gist 262588213843476 3,000 words

Rated 2024-10-12T21:52:02-0700

SB 1047: Our Side Of The Story

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2024-10-10T05:20:19-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 40,000 words

Rated 2024-10-12T20:47:58-0700

How Long Til We’re All on Ozempic?—Asterisk

Over 100 million Americans, and possibly many more, could benefit from GLP-1 drugs. When can they expect to get them?

asteriskmag.com 4,000 words

Rated 2024-10-12T09:10:26-0700

How to Make an Information Super Weapon

A Technical Deep Dive into the Components of a Trust Assembly

2024-06-17T22:49:31-0700 Extelligence Some Guy 9,000 words

Rated 2024-10-11T15:26:18-0700

Why we’re helping more wikis move away from Fandom

Hi! You may have seen that Weird Gloop is now hosting the official League of Legends Wiki. We’ve spent the last couple months working with the Riot folks and the League wiki editors to move it off of Fandom, and turn it into something the players will (hopefully!) really dig. I also love that it got started because one of the Riot guys plays a ton of Old School RuneScape and thinks our wiki is awesome. How cool is that?? I want this to kick off a new era where communities and developers take...

2024-10-09T17:00:00-0700 Jonathan Lee 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-11T11:05:50-0700

The open source gift exchange

I love writing and sharing code as open source, but it's not an abstract act of pure altruism. The first recipients of these programming gifts are almost always myself and my company. It's an intentionally selfish drive first, then a broader benefit second. But, ironically, this is what's made my participation in the gift exchange of o...

world.hey.com 500 words

Rated 2024-10-10T15:07:24-0700

The scourge of stolen bikes in Britain

The Economist

Rated 2024-10-09T14:59:40-0700

How the Online Right Fell Apart

Behind the scenes, the online Right is just as divided as the Left—and it’s adopted many of its pathologies too. Are we facing a fascist coup, or just a collapse into political confusion? #Christianity #Internet

2024-08-21T05:20:47-0700 Damage Sam Kriss 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-07T18:19:45-0700

Incomplete Streets Part 3: Even When Caltrans Is Right, It’s Wrong - CalBike

2024-07-31T17:08:31-0700 California Bicycle Coalition Jared Sanchez 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-07T17:05:46-0700