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A Third of North America’s Birds Have VanishedAt first Adam Smith couldn’t believe his calculations. Then it sank in. 2023-06-30T11:33:23-0700 Nautilus Anders Gyllenhaal 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-15T21:12:18-0700
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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VPPeople rarely talk about how they made it into the role of VP of Engineering. Join Emily as she opens up about the process - good and bad. #Culture 2023-07-12T09:00:00-0700 Honeycomb Emily Nakashima 3,000 words Rated 2023-07-14T21:56:57-0700
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S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are ‘skyrocketing.’ What is the city’s plan?San Francisco officials say driverless taxi incidents by Cruise, Waymo are 'skyrocketing.' What is the city's plan to address the growing problem? #California #New York Times #Twitter #Uber 2023-07-14T04:00:00-0700 San Francisco Chronicle Ricardo Cano 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-14T19:06:01-0700
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Firing of gay Catholic school teacher could test latest Supreme Court rulingA substitute drama teacher in North Carolina sued after being fired for marrying his partner; the school says such discrimination is allowed. 2023-07-11T07:30:12-0700 The Washington Post Rachel Weiner ($) 200 words Rated 2023-07-13T21:00:03-0700
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Anchor Brewing Was San Francisco | DefectorAnchor Brewing was a cockroach. The San Francisco brewery survived the great earthquake of 1906, the subsequent fire that destroyed the city, its owner being run over by a cable car right after the fire, World War I, the Volstead Act, World War II, a series of midcentury closures and re-openings, and 127 years of ... 2023-07-12T13:11:23-0700 defector.com 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T22:44:59-0700
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Why Match School And Student Rank?... 2023-07-10T22:39:09-0700 Astral Codex Ten Scott Alexander 45,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T17:04:52-0700
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Is It Hot Enough Yet for Politicians to Take Real Action?Bill McKibben writes on the recent temperature records set amid a global heat wave, on a global cascade of climate-change-related floods and disasters, and the lack of political will in Canada and the U.S. to take on the needed confrontation of oil and gas interests. #Canada #Climate Change #Global Warming #Wildfire 2023-07-11T11:18:01-0700 The New Yorker Bill McKibben 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T09:00:10-0700
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A Complete Taxonomy of Internet Chumby John MahoneyThis is a bucket of chum. Chum is decomposing fish matter that elicits a purely neurological brain stem response in its target consumer: larger fish, like sharks. It signals that they should let go, deploy their nictitating ... The Awl 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T08:07:31-0700
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After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire ToyboxIn an era when “pre-awareness” rules Hollywood, the company is ginning up plots for everything from Hot Wheels to UNO, Alex Barasch writes. 2023-07-02T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Alex Barasch 5,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T08:01:23-0700
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Felt for Advocacy Groups: Mapping Traffic Violence in OaklandBryan Culbertson and Kuan Butts, two activists working on Traffic Violence Rapid Response, leverage Felt maps to advocate for safer streets in Oakland. felt.com 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-11T09:56:29-0700
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Jawboning against SpeechGovernment officials use informal pressure — bullying, threatening, and cajoling — to sway the decisions of private platforms and limit the publication of disfavored speech. The use of this informal pressure, known as jawboning, is growing. 2022-09-12T00:00:00-0700 Cato Institute 15,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T19:17:48-0700
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Analysis | Do blue-state taxes really subsidize red-state benefits?In honor of our first anniversary, we turn our powers of analysis on you, the reader, to identify -- and answer! -- the question you are most eager to ask. 2023-07-07T02:54:43-0700 The Washington Post Andrew Van Dam, Linda Chong ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T19:15:32-0700
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Jigar Shah’s big idea for getting rooftop solar and smart appliances to low-income AmericansHow the DOE could marshal its loan guarantees to decarbonize the grid and boost energy equity in one fell swoop. #Renewable energy 2021-11-23T00:00:00-0800 Canary Media 3,000 words Rated 2023-07-06T18:42:07-0700
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Bloc Party's Kele Okereke On Being Gay and Black in the Dance and Rock WorldsRated 2023-07-06T18:09:33-0700
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The Secret Gay History of Indie RockIs it truly possible to queer one of the straightest genres of music? From the closeted to the overexposed, this is a lineage of queer indie rock icons. #LGBTQ+ 2023-07-05T08:58:46-0700 Pitchfork Emma Madden 4,000 words Rated 2023-07-06T17:59:07-0700
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The heat is making squirrels 'sploot' — a goofy act that signals something seriousAs climate change is making extreme heat events more common, these bright-eyed and bushy-tailed critters are "splooting" to cope. 2023-06-29T12:49:22-0700 NPR Kai McNamee 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-06T17:22:38-0700
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Reclaiming Real American PatriotismThis Fourth of July, let’s rescue our love of country from those who have hijacked it. #New Hampshire #New York #West Virginia 2023-07-04T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Tom Nichols ($) 500 words Rated 2023-07-05T07:48:26-0700
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Vaginal Seeding Supports Baby Microbiome, Study ShowsRated 2023-07-04T17:16:48-0700
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Why Britain doesn’t buildThe history of attempts to reform planning in Britain is proof that political willpower is not enough: you need to be smart, not just brave. 2023-05-23T05:36:06-0700 Works in Progress 8,000 words Rated 2023-06-27T20:58:00-0700
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Figure 4. Estimated U.S. Deer Population, 1450 to 2016 Year 2000 to...Download scientific diagram | Estimated U.S. Deer Population, 1450 to 2016 Year 2000 to 2016 estimated from combined sources from state agencies. Year 1450 to 1999 white-tailed based on VerCauteren (2003) and McCabe & McCabe (1984). Year 1911 to 1999 mule deer, black-tailed, and other from state population and harvest data. Year 1450 to 1910 mule deer, black-tailed, and other from historical sources. from publication: SEARCHING THE INTERNET TO ESTIMATE DEER POPULATION TRENDS IN THE U.S.,... ResearchGate 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-25T20:47:57-0700
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San Francisco Police Traffic EnforcementAn analysis of SFPD moving violation citations in San Francisco transpomaps.org 3,000 words Rated 2023-06-20T09:49:33-0700
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Saudi company draws unlimited Arizona ground water to grow alfalfa amid droughtForeign-owned farms are shipping the crop to Saudi Arabia, where it's illegal to grow because it takes too much water. #Arizona #Saudi Arabia 2023-04-20T07:39:00-0700 CBS News Ben Tracy 500 words Rated 2023-06-20T07:16:59-0700
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Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water RecyclingSan 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
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Moneyball Broke BaseballBut 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
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The Instant Pot Failed Because It Was a Good ProductA one-hit wonder is never enough. #United States 2023-06-14T15:30:00-0700 The Atlantic Amanda Mull ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-16T22:21:09-0700
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Laundry Pods Are Bad. Laundry Sheets Aren’t Any Better.Laundry and dishwasher pods are encased in toxic plastic. Save money and go easier on the planet with these sustainable laundry tips. #Sustainability 2023-06-14T04:42:18-0700 Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-14T05:56:23-0700
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Rewriting the Ruby parserAt Shopify, we have spent the last year writing a new Ruby parser, which we’ve called YARP (Yet Another Ruby Parser). As of the date of this post, YARP can parse a semantically equivalent syntax tree to Ruby 3.3 on every Ruby file in Shopify’s main codebase, GitHub’s main codebase, CRuby, and the 100 most popular gems downloaded from rubygems.org. We recently got approval to merge this work into CRuby, and are very excited to share our work with the community. This post will take you through... 2023-06-11T17:00:00-0700 Rails at Scale 5,000 words Rated 2023-06-13T16:37:24-0700
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Lessons From a Renters’ UtopiaWorldwide, housing has become a nightmare of expense and speculation. What did Vienna do right? #Housing #Real Estate 2023-05-23T01:20:41-0700 The New York Times Francesca Mari, Luca Locatelli ($) 7,000 words Rated 2023-06-13T11:07:14-0700
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'Anti-dopamine parenting' can curb a kid's craving for screens or sweetsDopamine 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 2023-06-13T10:59:28-0700
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Pluto should be our ninth planet. A planetary scientist explains whyAstronomers 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 2023-06-13T10:52:47-0700
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Shot at, electrocuted, exhausted, exhilarated: What it’s like to kayak from Tulare Lake to San Francisco BayWith torrents of snowmelt flowing through California, two men kayaked an improbable 200-mile route from Tulare Lake to San Francisco Bay. #Los Angeles 2023-06-10T04:00:00-0700 San Francisco Chronicle Gregory Thomas 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-10T08:46:36-0700
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Harvey Karp Knows How to Make Babies HappyThe 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 2023-06-09T16:54:30-0700
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Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological DeficitsSmall 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
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Faster sorting algorithms discovered using deep reinforcement learningFundamental 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
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The growing pains of database architectureHow the Figma infrastructure team reduced potential instability by scaling to multiple databases Figma 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-07T05:13:41-0700
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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
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Things I Won't Work With: HexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitaneScience Advances 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-04T07:19:45-0700
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The Biden administration’s recent regulatory review and analysis changesRaso 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
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It Will Cost Up to $21.5 Billion to Clean Up California’s Oil Sites. The Industry Won’t Make Enough Money to Pay for It.An expert used California regulators’ methodology to estimate the cost of cleaning up the state’s onshore oil and gas industry. The study found that cleanup costs will be triple the industry’s projected profits. 2023-05-18T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Mark Olalde 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-03T21:02:38-0700
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The Last Days of Berlin's Gas StreetlampsLooking at the German city in a different light. #City #Climate Change #Design #History #Politics 2023-06-01T07:00:00-0700 Atlas Obscura Alex Rennie 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-01T23:45:18-0700
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California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next?From reparations to tax revolts, the Golden State tries out new ideas all the time. What roads will its latest experiments send us down? #Artificial Intelligence #California #Immigration #Politics 2023-05-30T01:55:07-0700 The New York Times Laila Lalami ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-05-30T09:15:50-0700
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How to Hire a Pop Star for Your Private PartyFor 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
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US elections 2024: Who is the Republican contender Ron DeSantis?A look at rise of Florida governor, who is seen as Trump’s most serious challenger for party’s presidential nomination. #Donald Trump #Elections #Government #Joe Biden #United States 2023-05-24T14:09:32-0700 Al Jazeera Ali Harb 2,000 words Rated 2023-05-29T11:56:29-0700
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Watching Paint DryThe 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
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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
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Where Living With Friends Is Still Technically IllegalAcross America, some places still outlaw living with people who aren’t your relatives. #Domestic Violence #Family #High School #Law #New Hampshire 2023-05-22T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Michael Waters ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-05-22T14:23:21-0700
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Load BalancingA bottom-up, animated guide to HTTP load balancing algorithms. samwho.dev 2,000 words Rated 2023-05-22T09:49:17-0700
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Memory AllocationA visual introduction to memory allocation. samwho.dev 3,000 words Rated 2023-05-22T09:29:08-0700
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Opinion | The model city for transforming downtowns? It’s in Canada.It was in danger of becoming the next Detroit. Instead, Calgary became a shining example. 2023-05-18T07:56:18-0700 The Washington Post Editorial Board ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-05-21T17:03:20-0700
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Anti-Fascist. Armed to the TeethHateful rhetoric is leading to armed protests from the far right. But now, they’re not the only ones with weapons 2023-05-18T06:00:00-0700 Rolling Stone Jack Crosbie 200 words Rated 2023-05-20T12:01:30-0700
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