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How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' LifeMartha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own. #Books #Culture #Robots #Texas 2024-11-26T03:00:00-0800 WIRED Meghan Herbst 3,000 words Rated 2024-12-02T22:06:48-0800
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Save The Valencia Center Bike Lane. It's Better Than You Think.Already agree with me? Save the San Francisco Valencia center bike lane with this email in one tap! (and join me for public comment at the Nov 19th City Hall meeting! (The SFBC will also be there advocating for better biking & rolling in general) More info below. The moment I turn onto Valencia Street ... 2024-10-31T13:17:27-0700 Bike to Everything Dylan Harris 3,000 words Rated 2024-12-01T18:27:16-0800
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Valencia St. appears to be doing better than businesses believeValencia St. near the center bike lane appears to be doing more business than anywhere else in the Mission District, according to new data. 2024-02-03T06:00:00-0800 Mission Local Craig Mautner 3,000 words Rated 2024-12-01T17:05:13-0800
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In the Rockets’ Red Glare, by Rachel KushnerThe past and future of hot-rodding in America #California #Donald Trump #Religion 2024-10-23T10:05:45-0700 Harper's Magazine 200 words Rated 2024-11-30T15:00:30-0800
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M.I.T. Aluminum Bicycle Project 19741974 MIT Aluminum Bicycle Project, we describe some of Marc’s design, the frames he and Harriet built in Shawn Buckleys IAP course, and how these played a role in the Klein vs. Cannondale patent litigation in the mid-1980s. sheldonbrown.com 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-27T19:05:45-0800
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Why San Francisco Is Overhauling Its Most Controversial Bike LaneThe controversial bike lane pilot program on San Francisco's Valencia St. is getting ripped out for a more conventional design. Here's why. 2024-11-25T10:57:33-0800 Velo Alvin Holbrook 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-26T17:42:56-0800
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The AI Reporter That Took My Old Job Just Got FiredA local newspaper in Hawaii experimented with AI-generated presenters to engage and boost its readership. After two months, the bots have been shelved. #Artificial Intelligence #Business #Media 2024-11-21T02:00:00-0800 WIRED Guthrie Scrimgeour 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-26T16:29:42-0800
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Donald Trump Has NOT Won a Majority of the Votes Cast for PresidentDonald Trump’s popular vote total has fallen below 50 percent, and his margin over Kamala Harris has narrowed considerably as all the votes are counted. 2024-11-19T07:17:53-0800 The Nation John Nichols ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-24T17:59:53-0800
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Why Americans Are Obsessed With Poor PostureA recent history of the 20th-century movement to fix slouching questions the moral and political dimensions of addressing bad backs over wider public health concerns. 2024-11-20T02:00:00-0800 The Nation Zoe Adams ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-11-24T17:58:20-0800
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FBI raids home of Polymarket CEO Shayne CoplanThe prediction market gained mainstream attention during the recent presidential election. 2024-11-13T13:02:08-0800 Axios Dan Primack 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-20T20:17:44-0800
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Opinion | Prop. K was a battle between urban and suburban SF. The right side wonProposition 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
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The Early Christian Strategy... 2024-11-14T05:57:42-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 60,000 words Rated 2024-11-18T17:49:06-0800
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‘I’m not gang-banging’: Dirt bikers defend their noisy hobbyLondon Breed recently signed a law outlawing sideshows and dirt bike gatherings. But dirt bikers in San Francisco say “bike life” is a valuable community and a stress outlet — not a menace to society. #Sports 2024-11-12T06:00:00-0800 The San Francisco Standard Max Harrison-Caldwell 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-16T05:51:00-0800 |
What would it cost to kill coal?The price of shutting down coal power, and what would be gained 2024-11-14T16:00:00-0800 The Economist 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-15T21:46:30-0800
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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
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The Anti-Fluoride Movement Vaults Into the MainstreamWith 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
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Something weird is happening with LLMs and chessare they good or bad? 2024-11-13T16:00:00-0800 DYNOMIGHT dynomight 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-15T00:42:06-0800
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New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, researchers confirm“Inactivity reboot" effectively puts iPhones in a more secure state by locking the user's encryption keys in the iPhone's secure enclave chip. #Apple #Law Enforcement #Privacy 2024-11-14T09:13:31-0800 TechCrunch Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-15T00:31:37-0800
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The Later Years of Douglas Adams | The Digital Antiquarianfilfre.net 15,000 words Rated 2024-11-13T08:48:05-0800
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RHRV Quick Start Tutorialcran.r-project.org RHRV Team 3,000 words Rated 2024-11-13T08:30:37-0800
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Sleep stage detection using only heart rateGetting 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
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Meta’s Broken PromisesThe 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
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No, intelligence is not like height... and the reason is one of the most interesting findings from modern behavioral genetics 2024-08-26T14:05:53-0700 The Infinitesimal Sasha Gusev 4,000 words Rated 2024-11-12T12:39:45-0800
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Literacy is good or bad, perhapsOnce upon a time, a woman read an extremely convincing book called The Literacy Delusion. 2024-10-03T07:01:33-0700 Woman of Letters Naomi Kanakia 4,000 words Rated 2024-11-12T12:31:25-0800
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When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study showsExercise can have benefits at the level of neurons, through chemical and mechanical effects, MIT researchers find. The discovery could inform exercise-related therapies for repairing damaged and deteriorating nerves. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-12T11:32:17-0800
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How to Fight E-Bike Backlash - CalBikeAs more California cities move to criminalize riding and e-bike, CalBike has created a toolkit to help advocates push back. 2024-11-05T14:52:35-0800 California Bicycle Coalition Jared Sanchez 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-12T07:06:26-0800
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How I ship projects at big tech companiesWhat I think about when I'm lead engineer on a project seangoedecke.com 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-12T06:46:26-0800
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Opinion | Wellness Should be Just a HobbyWellness should be just a hobby. 2024-11-10T03:00:08-0800 The New York Times Ashwin Rodrigues ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-10T14:21:21-0800
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Inside the Federal Work Force That Trump Has Promised to EvisceratePresident-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies have pledged to strike fear in the heart of what they term “the deep state.” They have already succeeded. #CIA #Donald Trump #Elon Musk #US Politics 2024-11-08T15:53:40-0800 The New York Times Robert Draper, Michael Crowley, Zach Montague ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-09T06:13:10-0800
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Congrats To Polymarket, But I Still Think They Were Mispriced... 2024-11-07T00:17:45-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 45,000 words Rated 2024-11-07T22:27:19-0800
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Ambulance hits Oregon cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then sticks him with $1,800 bill, lawsuit saysRated 2024-11-07T19:26:46-0800
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How to match Hashes in RSpec like a pro | Timur's BlogA cool undocumented feature that allows using matchers in hashes. 2022-09-21T17:00:00-0700 Timur Nugmanov 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-07T14:36:59-0800
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From prison companies to Tesla: These stocks are soaring off the Trump victoryFormer President Donald Trump’s projected return to the White House is making many shareholders of publicly traded companies richer by the second. 2024-11-06T12:34:30-0800 lite.cnn.com Elisabeth Buchwald ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-06T15:06:44-0800
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Where Harris’ campaign went wrongIt 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
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Hacker Fab Documentation | Hacker Fabthe first open-source semiconductor fab. docs.hackerfab.org 500 words Rated 2024-11-05T17:54:44-0800
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Forest Service Halts Prescribed Burns in California. Is It Worth the Risk? | KQEDPausing the beneficial burns to keep crews available for wildfires merely delays and exacerbates fire risk to communities, critics say. 2024-10-24T15:28:46-0700 kqed.org Danielle Venton 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-05T06:13:17-0800
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US Forest Service Decision to Halt Prescribed Burns in California is History RepeatingExploring the consequences of ending prescribed burns in California. Discover the importance of understanding the state's forest management practices. 2024-10-28T13:19:53-0700 Center for Economic and Policy Research CEPR 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-05T06:09:08-0800
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The Tight-Knit World of Kamala Harris’s College SororityHow 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
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Mark Zuckerberg is driving frenzy for ultra-expensive watchesWake up, babe, a new watch influencer just dropped. The swagged-out Zuck 2.0 has better hair, a hype beast wardrobe, and a multimillion-dollar watch collection that has fans and experts drooling with envy. #Fashion #Mark Zuckerberg #Silicon Valley 2024-10-16T06:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Rya Jetha 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-02T13:42:04-0700
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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
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Democratising publishingThoughts 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
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What Happens When Private Equity Takes Over a HospitalNew 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
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How to Render CSS Dynamically in RailsRails 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2024-10-26 buy payphones and retireComputers Are Bad 3,000 words Rated 2024-10-29T07:19:41-0700
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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
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For the strongest disc golf throws, it’s all in the thumbsAmateur players got the best results by placing thumbs about 3 centimeters from the outer edge. 2024-10-23T14:15:15-0700 Ars Technica Jennifer Ouellette 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-28T17:28:38-0700
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