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Opinion | Something Has Changed on City Streets, and Amazon Is to Blame

Double-parked delivery trucks raise a political question about the use of our roadways. #Amazon #Politics #Urban Planning

2023-08-17T02:00:17-0700 The New York Times Christopher Caldwell ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-17T22:44:01-0700 - alexandradancing

We Don’t Need a New Twitter

Cal Newport on Twitter’s rise and downfall and why other tech and media companies should refrain from creating another global conversation platform to replace it. #Elon Musk #Social Media #Twitter

2023-08-16T09:00:08-0700 The New Yorker Cal Newport 2,000 words

The Anti-California

How Montana performed a housing miracle #Individual People #Montana #San Francisco

2023-08-09T08:02:00-0700 The Atlantic Annie Lowrey ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-17T05:17:17-0700 - sethherr

NP-hard does not mean hard

When NP-hardness pops up on the internet, say because some silly blogger wants to write about video games, it's often tempting to conclude that the problem being proved NP-hard is actually very hard! "Scientists proved Super Mario is NP-hard? I always knew there was a reason I wasn't very good at it!" Sorry, these two…

2017-12-29T13:30:23-0800 Math ∩ Programming 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-17T01:02:50-0700 - sethherr

A police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedom

Law enforcement officers in Kansas raided the office of a local newspaper and a journalist's home. First Amendment experts are calling it a likely violation of federal law.

2023-08-14T02:00:34-0700 NPR Danielle Kaye 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-14T23:38:42-0700 - sethherr

The End of Progressive Elitism?

The Ivy League’s theory of legitimacy is under attack from two directions. #Ivy League #Joe Biden

2023-08-12T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Reihan Salam ($) 3,000 words

I Was Wrong About Trigger Warnings

Has the national obsession with trauma done real damage to teen girls? #Domestic Violence #Individual People #Mental Health #Mental Illness #Sexual Assault

2023-08-09T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Jill Filipovic ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-13T11:07:50-0700 - sethherr

Stop Using So Much Laundry Detergent

Stiff, scratchy laundry can be a sign you’re using too much detergent. Our experts weigh in on how much you should actually use.

2021-07-22T00:00:00-0700 The New York Times Elissa Sanci 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-13T10:35:56-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-08-11T13:33:06-0700 - alexandradancing

The Chip Titan Whose Life’s Work Is at the Center of a Tech Cold War

At 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows. #Apple #Artificial Intelligence #China #Politics

2023-08-04T02:01:01-0700 The New York Times Paul Mozur, John Liu ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-08-13T10:29:54-0700 - sethherr

Credit card debt collection

Credit card debt is the waste stream of consumer finance. The debt collection industry ends up being sordid, for complex structural and microeconomic reasons. #Debt collection

2023-08-11T12:18:44-0700 Bits about Money Patrick McKenzie (patio11) 5,000 words

Rated 2023-08-13T00:17:56-0700 - sethherr

Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones

In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home. #Censorship #Journalism

2023-08-11T14:15:10-0700 Kansas Reflector 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-11T19:06:05-0700 - sethherr

An Open Letter to David Simon, Who Tweeted NYC Is 'On the Make' Because He Got a $50 Speeding Ticket - Hell Gate

The creator of "The Wire" tweeted his displeasure after receiving a $50 speeding ticket in NYC, citing it as evidence that the Big Apple is an "off-brand city." #Vision zero

2023-08-09T14:59:27-0700 hellgatenyc.com 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-11T08:06:19-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-08-11T06:18:34-0700 - alexandradancing

Maybe the problem is that Harvard exists

An unhinged polemic #Ivy League

2023-08-10T09:01:32-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-11T07:30:21-0700 - sethherr

Ivy-Plus colleges are a gateway to the elite

Is all this competition to get in really worth the effort? Probably, yes.

2023-07-25T03:02:01-0700 Forked Lightning David Deming 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-11T07:09:22-0700 - sethherr

I grew up loving The Bell Jar. Then I noticed how Sylvia Plath wrote about people that looked like me

After revisiting Plath’s book in my early twenties, I ended up writing a novel of my own as a way of understanding the recognition and repulsion I felt

2023-08-08T08:00:30-0700 The Guardian Guardian staff reporter 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-10T06:31:23-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-08-08T09:47:23-0700 - Jaog

How to Optimize Your Pre-Workout Meal Timing

Analyzing glucose data from endurance athletes offers new(ish) insights, with the potential of more to come

2023-08-03T04:00:56-0700 Outside Online Alex Hutchinson 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-08T10:24:44-0700 - sethherr

I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires) | Jane Friedman

janefriedman.com

Rated 2023-08-08T05:28:37-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue

And it couldn’t have happened at a worse time. #Climate Change #Global Warming #Renewable energy

2023-08-07T16:00:08-0700 The New York Times Paul Krugman ($) 1,000 words

Advice | Do you let your dog lick your face? It can make you sick.

Experts say you shouldn't let your dog lick your face. Here's what to know about the health risks.

2023-08-07T07:00:32-0700 The Washington Post Trisha Pasricha, MD ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-07T19:26:52-0700 - sethherr

A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated Guidebooks

Shoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers, but are they A.I. inventions? And how big is the problem? #Amazon #Artificial Intelligence #Books #Fraud

2023-08-05T02:00:09-0700 The New York Times Seth Kugel, Stephen Hiltner ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-08-07T19:19:07-0700 - sethherr

Some tactics for writing in public

Some tactics for writing in public

Julia Evans 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-07T09:40:51-0700 - sethherr

The Ultra-Viral Rise of Prime, the Internet’s Favorite Sports Drink

Stunts, meme marketing, and promotion from social media celebrities Logan Paul and KSI have catapulted the drink past the competition. #Marketing #Sports #Youtube

2023-07-13T06:00:00-0700 WIRED Nicole Gull McElroy 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-06T21:13:07-0700 - sethherr

The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries

Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry #Libraries #Private equity

2023-07-26T10:00:23-0700 Nine Lives Karawynn Long 4,000 words

Rated 2023-08-05T09:40:18-0700 - alexandradancing

Rated 2023-08-04T08:09:18-0700 - sethherr

I Gave Up on Boxing, Not on This Boxer

Decades after turning away from the sport because of its violence, our columnist revisited Seniesa Estrada’s journey to becoming a champion — and wondered if it was worth the risk. #Boxing

2023-08-03T02:01:29-0700 The New York Times Kurt Streeter, Erin Schaff ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-03T20:19:25-0700 - sethherr

This whale may be the largest animal ever. We have no idea how it got that big.

A newly discovered extinct whale called P. colossus is challenging the blue whale for the title of heaviest animal to ever exist.

2023-08-02T08:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Dino Grandoni ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-03T09:21:52-0700 - Jaog

Republicans want to plant a trillion trees. Scientists are skeptical.

New research finds that planting a trillion trees would have a minimal effect on combating climate change.

2023-08-02T03:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Maxine Joselow ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-03T09:17:10-0700 - Jaog

‘The Justins’ seem like Civil Rights-era throwbacks. But 2023 isn’t 1968.

The two young Tennessee legislators gained a national platform after being expelled. How will their mix of religion and politics fly?

2023-08-03T03:00:44-0700 The Washington Post Michelle Boorstein ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-08-03T07:54:26-0700 - sethherr

The Queasy Liberal Schadenfreude of Watching Trump Wreck DeSantis

The pleasure is tainted, because the likely result is Trump as the Republican nominee—with a real chance of becoming president again. #Donald Trump #Hillary Clinton

2023-08-02T04:30:00-0700 The Atlantic David A. Graham ($) 200 words

Wisconsin’s Dairy Industry Relies on Undocumented Immigrants, but the State Won’t Let Them Legally Drive

Undocumented immigrants in the state can own and register their vehicles, but they aren’t allowed to drive them, forcing many farm workers to risk fines and arrest. “It’s a Catch-22 for a lot of folks,” advocates say.

2023-08-03T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Melissa Sanchez, Maryam Jameel 4,000 words

Rated 2023-08-03T05:52:32-0700 - Jaog

Pluralistic: Podcasting “Ideas Lying Around” (12 June 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net 3,000 words

Rated 2023-08-02T17:42:56-0700 - sethherr

Confessions of a Phone Sex Operator

Almost no one uses their phone to make calls anymore—except for a growing number of lonely men who call women like me.

2023-08-01T03:00:08-0700 The Free Press Jenny Powers ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-02T16:49:35-0700 - sethherr

The Solar Cell Discovery Machine

Robotic analysis of perovskites may speed development of solar cells with better than 30% efficiency

2023-08-01T09:30:04-0700 IEEE Spectrum Charles Q. Choi 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-02T09:58:33-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-08-01T22:04:13-0700 - Jaog

Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How Worldcoin recruited its first half a million test users

The startup promises a fairly-distributed, cryptocurrency-based universal basic income. So far all it's done is build a biometric database from the bodies of the poor.

2022-04-06T09:02:00-0700 MIT Technology Review Eileen Guo 7,000 words

Rated 2023-08-02T08:33:31-0700 - sethherr

He returned to his family’s lot. A $1.4M home was being built there.

Daniel Kenigsberg’s family owned Connecticut land for nearly seven decades. He claims in a lawsuit that an impostor stole it.

2023-08-02T00:50:51-0700 The Washington Post Kyle Melnick ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-02T05:32:41-0700 - Jaog

What Happened When Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs

A bold reform effort hasn’t gone as planned. #Criminal Justice System #Law Enforcement #Oregon

2023-07-19T07:30:00-0700 The Atlantic Jim Hinch ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-08-01T19:06:40-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-08-30T15:28:31-0700 - Jaog

Social Security Fact Report: Insolvent In 2035

Every day, we voters and the government have the chance to free our children from this burden. #Social security

2023-07-31T04:00:00-0700 Forbes David John Marotta 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-01T11:10:02-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-07-31T05:42:50-0700 - Jaog

People would rather be electrically shocked than left alone with their thoughts

Human mind may be wired to find inner reflection unbearable

science.org 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-31T14:08:06-0700 - elll

Elliott Smith: XO

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Elliott Smith’s big 1998 album, both a transformational landmark and a logical next step for the restless composer.

2023-07-29T21:00:00-0700 Pitchfork Jayson Greene 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-31T05:29:47-0700 - Jaog

Georgia’s Broad Racketeering Law May Now Ensnare Donald Trump

Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, often relies on Georgia’s capacious *RICO*{: .small} statute—though critics say that she has stretched it past the law’s intent. #2020 Election #Donald Trump #Georgia

2023-07-31T04:12:47-0700 The New Yorker Charles Bethea 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-31T05:20:26-0700 - Jaog

Conspiracy theory: Electric cars make more air pollution than gas cars

tires + battery + heavy

2023-07-27T09:00:29-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-30T22:08:44-0700 - sethherr

Part II: At High School Debates, Watch What You Say

Kids are losing high school debates because of their personal tweets, reveals James Fishback in a new exposé. #Debate

2023-06-26T03:01:57-0700 The Free Press James Fishback 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-30T00:14:08-0700 - sethherr

How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate

New rhetorical tactics are creating a generation of nihilists #Debate

2023-07-29T05:49:43-0700 Slow Boring Maya Bodnick 3,000 words

Rated 2023-07-29T22:28:11-0700 - sethherr

How Gretchen Whitmer Made Michigan a Democratic Stronghold

The Governor’s strategy for revitalizing her state has two parts, Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes. To grow, Michigan needs young people; to draw young people, it needs to have the social policies they want.

2023-07-17T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Benjamin Wallace-Wells 6,000 words

Rated 2023-07-28T22:08:37-0700 - sethherr

The Insidious Habit That Can Hurt Your Relationship

Ignoring a partner in favor of your phone, or “phubbing,” can lead to feelings of distrust and ostracism. Here’s how to stop. #Dating #Marriage

2023-07-27T02:00:22-0700 The New York Times Catherine Pearson ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-28T16:38:29-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-07-28T10:00:56-0700 - alexandradancing