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The hidden force that shapes everything around us: Parking

A Q&A with Henry Grabar, author of “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.” #Politics #Transportation #Urban Planning

2023-05-09T04:30:00-0700 Vox Marin Cogan 3,000 words

Rated 2023-07-19T14:21:48-0700 - elll Rated 2023-07-17T14:20:48-0700 - sethherr

Electric Bike, Stupid Love of My Life

Reflections on eighteen months of electric bike ownership

Craig Mod 3,000 words

Rated 2023-07-16T18:17:33-0700 - sethherr

‘You are not lost’: the infinite attraction of paths and meandering trails

Paths are not for people who need to be first, who need to be trail-blazers, but they offer the symbolic idea that there is a way in life

2023-07-15T13:00:40-0700 The Guardian Guardian staff reporter 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-16T07:18:47-0700 - Jaog

A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished

At 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 - sethherr

Analysis | So your historical quote turned out to be fake

A Jan. 6 defendant “quoted” Thomas Jefferson to make his case. The problem: The quote, like so many that Trump and others cite, was fake.

2023-07-14T10:32:09-0700 The Washington Post Gillian Brockell ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-15T08:35:48-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-07-14T22:15:37-0700 - Jaog

On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VP

People 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 - sethherr

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 - sethherr

Firing of gay Catholic school teacher could test latest Supreme Court ruling

A 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 - sethherr Rated 2023-07-12T01:19:00-0700 - Jaog

Anchor Brewing Was San Francisco | Defector

Anchor 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 - sethherr

Why Match School And Student Rank?

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2023-07-10T22:39:09-0700 Astral Codex Ten Scott Alexander 45,000 words

Rated 2023-07-12T17:04:52-0700 - sethherr

Rad Power Bikes is pulling out of Europe to focus on US e-bike sales

Rad Power Bikes is shutting down its Europe and UK operations to focus on US e-bike sales. The company will lay off 40 people, its fifth round of layoffs in recent years.

2023-07-10T01:00:00-0700 The Verge Andrew J. Hawkins 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-12T09:05:26-0700 - elll

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 - sethherr Rated 2023-07-11T20:11:00-0700 - Jaog

🎧 #137: Jigar Shah wants to fund your Virtual Power Plant

"We pay $10 billion per year for balancing the grid using natural gas, peaker plants, etc. when we could be paying that to households for those services instead."

Nexus Labs 10,000 words

Rated 2023-07-12T08:33:53-0700 - elll

A Complete Taxonomy of Internet Chum

by 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 - sethherr

After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire Toybox

In 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 - sethherr

See what it’s like to dig a tunnel 100 feet below a city

A massive drill is digging a tunnel deep beneath Alexandria that will keep millions of gallons of raw sewage from seeping into the Potomac River.

2023-07-07T03:00:17-0700 The Washington Post Teo Armus, Hadley Green, Bill O’Leary, Ricky Carioti ... ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-11T16:07:30-0700 - elll Rated 2023-07-10T19:34:54-0700 - Jaog

Felt for Advocacy Groups: Mapping Traffic Violence in Oakland

Bryan 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 - sethherr

BORIS JOHNSON: The wonder weight-loss drug didn't work for me

I first thought that something was up when I saw that a certain member of the Cabinet had miraculously changed his appearance. He had acquired a new jawline.

2023-06-16T08:57:21-0700 Daily Mail Boris Johnson 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-11T06:31:36-0700 - sethherr

Inside the $5.5 billion canal that will connect Paris to European waterways – and dig up the Western Front

The 66-mile Seine-Nord Europe Canal will connect with waterways capable of transporting large freight between Paris, Belgium and the Netherlands.

2023-07-11T01:50:22-0700 CNN Tom Page 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-11T04:42:40-0700 - Jaog

This is not a joke: Chinese people are eating — and poking fun at — #whitepeoplefood

The playful term is trending on social media: Urban workers are embracing (even while joking about) easy-to-fix, healthy Western-style lunches — think sandwiches, veggies ... a lonely baked potato.

2023-07-10T08:41:32-0700 NPR Aowen Cao, Emily Feng 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-10T19:39:37-0700 - Jaog

Jawboning against Speech

Government 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 - sethherr

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 - sethherr Rated 2023-07-07T04:33:59-0700 - Jaog

Is the puzzling star Betelgeuse going to explode in our lifetime after all?

A new unpublished study is making waves on the internet, claiming that one of the brightest stars in the night sky might die in a spectacular explosion within our lifetime.

2023-07-10T03:00:03-0700 Space Tereza Pultarova 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-10T04:40:22-0700 - Jaog

‘A deranged ploy’: how Republicans are fueling the disinformation wars

Several actions by the far right in the last month could result in a flood of conspiracy theories before the 2024 election

2023-07-10T03:00:11-0700 The Guardian Nick Robins-Early 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-10T04:33:54-0700 - Jaog

Gym, spa, beauty equipment: Leaked documents reveal hidden details of Putin's 'ghost' train

A train used by Russian President Vladimir Putin to travel away from the public eye has a secret gym, Turkish bath and cosmetology suite on board, a brochure and blueprints leaked to the Dossier Center and shared with CNN reveal. #Business #Europe #Vladimir Putin

2023-07-09T23:47:29-0700 CNN Matthew Chance, Mick Krever 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-10T04:27:58-0700 - Jaog

'There's No Such Thing As Cold, Hard Reality': Meet The Hyperloop's Truest Believers

GOLDEN, Colo.—Shortly after arriving at the Global Hyperloop Conference, Brad Swartzwelter looked me in the eye and issued himself a challenge. “If I haven’t convinced you by the end of this conference that Hyperloop is the most glorious transportation opportunity of our time, then I’ve failed.”

2019-09-09T08:55:00-0700 Jalopnik Aaron Gordon 4,000 words

Rated 2023-07-07T20:13:06-0700 - elll

Jigar Shah’s big idea for getting rooftop solar and smart appliances to low-income Americans

How 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 - sethherr

Bloc Party's Kele Okereke On Being Gay and Black in the Dance and Rock Worlds

vice.com

Rated 2023-07-06T18:09:33-0700 - sethherr

The Secret Gay History of Indie Rock

Is 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 - sethherr Rated 2023-07-05T09:28:46-0700 - Jaog

The heat is making squirrels 'sploot' — a goofy act that signals something serious

As 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 - sethherr Rated 2023-07-05T09:28:19-0700 - Jaog

Reclaiming Real American Patriotism

This 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 - sethherr Rated 2023-07-04T09:32:34-0700 - Jaog

The Engineer/Manager Pendulum

Lately I've been doing some career counseling for people off Twitter (long story). The central drama for many people goes something like this: “I'm a senior engineer, but I'm thinking about being a manager. I really like engineering, but I feel like I'm just solving the same problems over and over and it seems like the real…

2017-05-11T10:20:12-0700 charity.wtf 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-05T07:26:40-0700 - sethherr

Vaginal Seeding Supports Baby Microbiome, Study Shows

Motherly

Rated 2023-07-04T17:16:48-0700 - sethherr

How to Do Great Work

paulgraham.com 10,000 words

Rated 2023-07-03T07:31:56-0700 - sethherr

‘Any Which Way You Can’ Has More Monkey Sex Scenes Than Every Other Clint Eastwood Movie Combined

After proving that he could play a quiet tough guy like no other, Eastwood expanded his horizons and played a quiet tough guy with a pet orangutan. Right, Clyde?

2023-06-30T20:59:00-0700 IndieWire Christian Zilko 200 words

Rated 2023-06-30T22:32:14-0700 - Jaog

The Long Road to Public Transit Recovery

With Ridership Down 30+%, Agencies Must Adapt or Risk Collapse #Economy #Politics

2023-06-29T15:00:00-0700 Statecraft by Arman Madani Arman Madani 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-29T17:51:59-0700 - elll

Decades-long bet on consciousness ends — and it’s philosopher 1, neuroscientist 0

Nature - Christof Koch wagered David Chalmers 25 years ago that researchers would learn how the brain achieves consciousness by now. But the quest continues.

2023-06-24T00:00:00-0700 Nature Lenharo, Mariana 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-28T01:14:16-0700 - sethherr

The Cancer-Drug Shortage Is Different

Fourteen crucial chemotherapies are currently in shortage. Why does this keep happening?

2023-06-26T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Ed Yong ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-27T23:27:11-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-26T17:05:16-0700 - Jaog

Why Britain doesn’t build

The 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 - sethherr

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 - sethherr