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Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public RecordThe feud between basilisk-obsessed Wikipedia admin David Gerard and everyone from heterodox news sources to the right wing to rationalists, 2024-07-10T07:31:47-0700 Tracing Woodgrains 15,000 words Rated 2024-07-16T13:18:24-0700 - sethherr
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It’s Time for Progressives to Recommit to Academic FreedomThe same justifications we’ve used to restrict conservative speech are being used to silence us on Palestine. We need a different approach. 2024-06-25T06:47:05-0700 The Nation Tascha Shahriari-Parsa ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-06-27T10:31:08-0700 - sethherr
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Social. Private. Open. Pick three. – Jake ZimmermanRated 2024-06-24T20:02:28-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?Infected with ideological purity, the West Coast is focused more on intentions than on oversight and outcomes. #California #Homelessness #Mental Health #Oregon #Politics 2024-06-15T04:00:48-0700 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-21T09:07:10-0700 - sethherr
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How to be More AgenticOn a supposedly difficult thing 2024-01-10T12:43:50-0800 Useful Fictions Cate Hall 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:26:33-0700 - sethherr
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How Online Privacy Is Like FishingNews that Microsoft caught hackers using its generative AI tools prompted security experts to guess that it was spying on users. Bruce Schneier and Barath Raghavan argue that the gradual erosion of expectations of privacy has a lot in common with the gradual destruction of fish populations in the ocean. #Microsoft #Privacy 2024-06-03T04:00:02-0700 IEEE Spectrum Barath Raghavan, Bruce Schneier 3,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:20:40-0700 - sethherr
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Parable of the Sofaongoing by Tim Bray 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:19:44-0700 - sethherr
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UI DensityI speak and write about design, front-end code, leadership, and (occasionally) math. matthewstrom.com 3,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:17:49-0700 - sethherr
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Colorado’s Bold New Approach to Highways — Not Building ThemThe state has made it harder to widen highways, and transportation officials are turning their eyes to transit. #Climate Change #Colorado #Global Warming #Transportation 2024-05-31T02:00:29-0700 The New York Times Megan Kimble 3,000 words Rated 2024-06-01T17:50:32-0700 - sethherr
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How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals3M found that many of its products, including Scotchgard and Scotchban, leached toxic chemicals called PFAS. Sharon Lerner reports on why the company kept making them. 2024-05-20T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sharon Lerner 7,000 words Rated 2024-05-30T14:40:17-0700 - sethherr
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The Trials and Tribulations of the BoymomRated 2024-05-29T16:53:54-0700 - sethherr
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Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?Anthony Lane writes about Blinkist, one of a number of phone apps that aim to boil down entire books into synopses lasting as little as ten minutes. 2024-05-20T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Anthony Lane 4,000 words Rated 2024-05-29T15:49:12-0700 - sethherr
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DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and DumbOnce a vibrant platform for artists, DeviantArt is now buckling under the weight of bots and greed—and spurning the creative community that made it great. #Art #Artificial Intelligence #Internet #Law 2024-05-16T08:30:00-0700 Slate Nitish Pahwa 3,000 words Rated 2024-05-20T10:57:24-0700 - sethherr
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How to get 7th graders to smokeOR: "fuzzy, wet, and unfalsifiable" 2024-05-14T07:01:50-0700 Experimental History Adam Mastroianni 4,000 words Rated 2024-05-15T09:15:35-0700 - sethherr
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lori's blog - Why I Lost Faith in KagiRated 2024-05-14T08:40:53-0700 - sethherr
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Plea deal for driver accused of DUI crash that killed cyclist is unjustThe proposed one-year sentence for a driver accused of killing SF cyclist Ethan Boyes in a DUI crash is a shocking injustice, writes Gabriella Wong. #Vision zero 2024-03-15T11:36:48-0700 SFGATE Gabriella Wong 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:33:29-0700 - sethherr
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Vancouver's new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably IndigenousIn B.C., Indigenous nations are reclaiming power and wealth for their own citizens—no matter what the neighbours think #Real Estate 2024-03-11T07:39:06-0700 St. Joseph Media Jadine Ngan 2,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:33:10-0700 - sethherr
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The Universe of Discourse : It's an age of marvelsFrom the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus The Universe of Discourse 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:31:01-0700 - sethherr
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Scientists Like Me Knew There Was Something Amiss With Andrew Huberman’s Wildly Popular PodcastHe recommends supplements. He’s iffy on the flu shot. And more. #Health Care #Science 2024-03-27T12:53:32-0700 Slate Andrea Love 3,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:29:22-0700 - sethherr
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Artificial scarcity, artificial fatigueRated 2024-05-14T08:25:12-0700 - sethherr
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Stop Wasting Money on Biodegradable Dog Poop BagsIf you scoop your dog’s poop using an "eco-friendly" bag, stop. There are far better ways to deal with your dog's poo. 2023-05-17T05:08:03-0700 Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words Rated 2024-05-07T08:24:17-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | What Medical Stories Do We Trust?How vaccine injuries and long Covid test our partisan beliefs. 2024-05-04T04:00:16-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-05T19:21:07-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t KnowThree terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator. #Congress #Joe Biden #US Politics 2024-05-04T04:00:07-0700 The New York Times Gaby Del Valle ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-05-05T19:17:49-0700 - sethherr
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Bollards: Why & WhatNaming something we see and benefit from every day josh.works 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-05T18:46:23-0700 - sethherr
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How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPTdanluu.com 20,000 words Rated 2024-04-24T13:03:34-0700 - sethherr
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The Man Who Killed Google SearchThis is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, then the VP and General Manager of Ads at Google, and Shiv Venkataraman, then the VP of Engineering, Search and Ads on Google properties, had called a “code yellow” for search revenue due to, and I quote, “steady weakness in the daily numbers” and a likeliness that it would end the quarter significa 2024-04-23T09:24:21-0700 Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At Edward Zitron 4,000 words Rated 2024-04-24T13:01:31-0700 - sethherr
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Responses to Tyler Cowen on RationalityIn his recent podcast with Ezra Klein (recommended), Ezra asked Tyler his views on many things. One of them was the rationality community, and he put that response on Marginal Revolution as its own post. Here is the back and forth: Ezra Klein The rationality community. Tyler Cowen Well, tell me a little more what… 2017-04-04T16:40:02-0700 Don't Worry About the Vase 4,000 words Rated 2024-04-22T23:51:53-0700 - sethherr
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Thoughts on seed oilDon't get distracted. 2024-04-18T09:01:11-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 5,000 words Rated 2024-04-18T14:45:50-0700 - sethherr
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Dragon In My Garage • Skeptical ScienceRated 2024-04-18T14:32:59-0700 - sethherr
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(1) Prof. Ian Walker on X: "And this is where we saw the big win-win: there's a clear negative relationship between water pressure and consumption. More powerful showers used less water overall. A LOVELY TINGLY SHOWER MIGHT BE *BETTER* FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THAN A WEAK DRIBBLE. I know, right? https://t.co/dVCWHgb7JO" / XX (formerly Twitter) 500 words Rated 2024-04-17T19:31:22-0700 - sethherr
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TBM 271: The Biggest Untapped OpportunityThe biggest source of waste is not low performers or having too many employees. The biggest source of waste is untapped skilled pragmatists. The number of skilled pragmatists in any given company is much larger than people realize and, therefore, represents a HUGE opportunity. But almost by definition, they are less visible. 2024-02-04T13:34:57-0800 The Beautiful Mess John Cutler 1,000 words Rated 2024-04-17T18:29:55-0700 - sethherr
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This is a teenagerRated 2024-04-16T21:01:53-0700 - sethherr
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The Ex-N.Y.P.D. Offcial Trying to Tame New York’s TrashThe city has lived in filth for decades. Can the commissioner of the Department of Sanitation, a scion of one of the country’s richest families, finally clean up the streets? Eric Lach reports. 2024-04-08T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Eric Lach 6,000 words Rated 2024-04-14T09:00:12-0700 - sethherr
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What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?Sam Knight on the Tory U.K. Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak, and issues including Brexit, the N.H.S., inflation, housing, and the economy. 2024-03-25T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sam Knight 8,000 words Rated 2024-04-06T07:06:14-0700 - sethherr
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Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak DebateI watched 15 hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to - but you should! 2024-03-28T04:24:57-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 105,000 words Rated 2024-03-30T20:49:37-0700 - sethherr
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How Israel turned homeowners into YIMBYsHomeowners are often the biggest opponents of building new homes. An Israeli reform reversed this by making homeowners the main beneficiaries of development. 2024-02-16T05:30:44-0800 Works in Progress 6,000 words Rated 2024-03-20T07:50:46-0700 - sethherr
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Using axis lines for good or eviladd them only if they mean something 2024-02-29T09:00:41-0800 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 1,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T23:20:50-0700 - sethherr
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Less Utilitarian Than Thou... 2024-02-27T21:03:18-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 65,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T23:08:24-0700 - sethherr
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Vaclav Smil and the Value of DoubtDavid Owen interviews the author and scientist Vaclav Smil, whose books on environmental issues include “Size: How It Explains the World” and “How the World Really Works.” #Climate Change #Environmentalism #Renewable energy #Science 2024-02-20T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker David Owen 4,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T22:44:49-0700 - sethherr
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TinyLetter had a big momentOn February 29th, 2024, Mailchimp shuttered TinyLetter, a simple email service that attracted a number of personal and experimental writers in the mid-‘10s. 2024-02-29T06:00:00-0800 The Verge Kevin Nguyen 3,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T22:27:14-0700 - sethherr
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Manometer Readings—AsteriskAmerica’s HVAC labor force is plagued by dishonesty and frequently incapable of meeting industry standards. Interventions in indoor air quality are the next frontier in pandemic prevention — but are they up to the task? asteriskmag.com 3,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T07:13:01-0700 - sethherr
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Driving at ridiculous speeds should be physically impossibleIntelligent Speed Assistance, a type of speed-limiting tech, is being tested in New York, DC, and Europe. But will it take off? 2024-03-01T04:00:00-0800 Vox David Zipper 1,000 words Rated 2024-03-18T23:20:59-0700 - sethherr
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Diseconomies of scale in fraud, spam, support, and moderationRated 2024-03-18T22:49:24-0700 - sethherr
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40 years of programmingRated 2024-03-12T16:12:19-0700 - sethherr
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Berkeley's Upzoning Would Be Among Nation's LargestA proposal to end exclusionary zoning would allow for 100,000 more homes in Berkeley's neighborhoods. 2024-02-17T07:02:03-0800 The Discourse Lounge Darrell Owens 3,000 words Rated 2024-02-17T21:20:37-0800 - sethherr
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Paying people to work on open source is good actually - Jacob Kaplan-MossIf you have a problem with maintainers getting paid then you have a problem with me and I suggest you let that one marinate. jacobian.org 2,000 words Rated 2024-02-16T20:44:56-0800 - sethherr
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Taste gamesor why I avoid midrange beer 2024-02-15T09:01:14-0800 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 3,000 words Rated 2024-02-15T20:46:06-0800 - sethherr
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Activists vow to keep installing guerrilla benches at East Bay bus stopsBerkeley has replaced one DIY bench with a city-approved one. A pair of activists have added at least four more wood benches in the East Bay. #Transportation 2024-01-12T16:30:00-0800 Berkeleyside Iris Kwok 2,000 words Rated 2024-02-11T21:22:54-0800 - sethherr
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Jacques on X: "Sharing a long, but insightful comment @Gwern made in response to the question: "EA had a pretty weak hand throughout and played it as well as can be reasonably expected"? Gwern: It was a pretty weak hand. There is this pervasive attitude that Sam Altman could have been…" / XX (formerly Twitter) 1,000 words Rated 2024-02-11T13:27:12-0800 - sethherr
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