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Scientists Like Me Knew There Was Something Amiss With Andrew Huberman’s Wildly Popular Podcast

He 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

The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound - Audio Academy Audio Legends

While modern improvements in technologies have the benefit of being far more powerful and lightweight, the Wall of Sound remains unparalleled.

2019-02-01T16:11:19-0800 Audio Academy 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-07T20:41:55-0700

Stop Wasting Money on Biodegradable Dog Poop Bags

If 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

Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t Know

Three 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

Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices in ‘dark day for the media’

Foreign Press Association decries move under new law based on claim network is a threat to national security

2024-05-05T09:53:31-0700 The Guardian Jason Burke 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T19:03:23-0700

Israeli authorities raid Al Jazeera after shutdown order

Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet shut down the network for as long as the war in Gaza continues, saying the network threatens national security. Al Jazeera called the accusation a "dangerous and ridiculous lie" that puts its journalists at risk. #Asia #War

2024-05-05T12:35:11-0700 Reuters ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T19:01:47-0700

Bollards: Why & What

Naming something we see and benefit from every day

josh.works 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T18:46:23-0700

How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT

danluu.com 20,000 words

Rated 2024-04-24T13:03:34-0700

The Man Who Killed Google Search

This 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

Thoughts on seed oil

Don't get distracted.

2024-04-18T09:01:11-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 5,000 words

Rated 2024-04-18T14:45:50-0700

This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten program. Test scores fell even further

This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten. Test scores fell even further #LGBTQ+ #Maryland #San Francisco

2024-02-03T04:00:00-0800 San Francisco Chronicle Jill Tucker 1,000 words

Rated 2024-04-17T23:08:49-0700

(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" / X

X (formerly Twitter) 500 words

Rated 2024-04-17T19:31:22-0700

12 Map Happenings that Rocked our World: Part 9

The Map Happenings series on the hugely impactful events that forever changed our world. This week: the story of a little known company called 'Etak'. I think you'll find it a fascinating read...

2024-04-11T08:00:00-0700 Map Happenings 4,000 words

Rated 2024-04-16T21:02:02-0700

This is a teenager

pudding.cool

Rated 2024-04-16T21:01:53-0700

The Ex-N.Y.P.D. Offcial Trying to Tame New York’s Trash

The 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

How the Alt Right won

a Retrospective from Walt Bismarck

2024-01-26T16:54:31-0800 The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 15,000 words

Rated 2024-04-08T17:59:30-0700

San Francisco mayor’s veto of housing bill gets overturned

The Board of Supervisors overturned Mayor London Breed’s veto of Aaron Peskin’s housing density bill on Tuesday, marking the latest political flashpoint as the November election nears.

2024-03-26T14:42:51-0700 The San Francisco Standard Gabe Greschler 1,000 words

Rated 2024-04-08T13:27:04-0700

The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated It

The sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national experiment during a wrenching energy crisis: most of the US went to year-round daylight saving time beginning on January 6. "It was jet black" outside when

2022-03-15T12:20:40-0700 Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com/author/abeaujon/#author ... 1,000 words

Rated 2024-04-08T13:15:24-0700

4 month sleep regression: Why it happens and what you can do about it

What are the signs of 4 month sleep regression? Learn about developmental changes causing the 4 month sleep regression, and how you can improve your baby's sleep

Huckleberry 3,000 words

Rated 2024-04-06T17:40:05-0700

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

Lableak truther loses $100,000 in his own debate

The false myth of a research-related accident being at the root of the COVID-19 pandemic has become endemic in society. Despite a large and detailed body of scientific evidence contradicting or…

2024-02-22T02:40:43-0800 protagonist-science.medium.com Philipp Markolin 6,000 words

Rated 2024-03-30T21:08:05-0700

Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak Debate

I 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

Who Is Podcast Guest Turned Star Andrew Huberman, Really?

nymag.com

Rated 2024-03-27T19:07:53-0700

The asbestos times

Asbestos was a miracle material, virtually impervious to fire. But as we fixed city fires in other ways, we came to learn about its horrific downsides.

2023-11-15T07:18:37-0800 Works in Progress 3,000 words

Rated 2024-03-21T08:01:24-0700

Indonesia’s e-bike shops are building their own batteries - Rest of World

restofworld.org

Rated 2024-03-20T08:01:18-0700

How Israel turned homeowners into YIMBYs

Homeowners 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

Using axis lines for good or evil

add 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

Vaclav Smil and the Value of Doubt

David 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

TinyLetter had a big moment

On 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

Lies, Damned Lies, and Manometer Readings—Asterisk

America’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

An Interview with Scott Alexander

Disambiguated AI, brain emulations, Scott’s writing schedule, figuring out life with newborn twins, and a whole lot more.

2024-02-23T08:05:43-0800 NeoNarrative Sotonye 6,000 words

Rated 2024-03-18T23:35:34-0700

Britney Spears’s Instagram is secretly being used by Russian hackers

Comments on her photos are the key to the Russian hackers’ operations. #Social Media

2017-06-08T12:30:02-0700 Vox Lindsay Maizland 500 words

Rated 2024-03-18T22:50:01-0700

Diseconomies of scale in fraud, spam, support, and moderation

danluu.com

Rated 2024-03-18T22:49:24-0700

Gary Stevenson: This Is How You Make Money Trading

nymag.com

Rated 2024-03-18T08:24:01-0700

“Rabbit Test” unwins the Hugo

I cannot convey the supreme depths to which I'd rather be doing anything else with my Saturday afternoon other than writing this blog post, but here we are. If you have been blessedly insulated from the current furor over the 2023 Hugo Awards -- good for you! (I'm going to have to explain this post…

2024-02-17T17:08:27-0800 SAMANTHA MILLS 2,000 words

Rated 2024-02-18T21:22:35-0800

Berkeley's Upzoning Would Be Among Nation's Largest

A 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

Paying people to work on open source is good actually - Jacob Kaplan-Moss

If 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

Taste games

or 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

Activists vow to keep installing guerrilla benches at East Bay bus stops

Berkeley 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

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…" / X

X (formerly Twitter) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-02-11T13:27:12-0800

What it was like working for GitLab

yorickpeterse.com 6,000 words

Rated 2024-02-11T11:43:54-0800

The rise of the American oligarchy

What targeting Russia’s wayward billionaires revealed about our own.

2024-01-22T11:26:54-0800 Mother Jones Tim Murphy 7,000 words

Rated 2024-02-10T12:02:16-0800

40 Years Ago, This Ad Changed the Super Bowl Forever

An oral history of Apple’s groundbreaking “1984” spot, which helped to establish the Super Bowl as TV’s biggest commercial showcase. #Apple #TV

2024-02-09T08:53:45-0800 The New York Times Saul Austerlitz ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-02-09T18:39:04-0800

Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand

Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities. Can it be stopped?

2024-02-01T06:00:00-0800 Scientific American David A. Taylor 4,000 words

Rated 2024-01-30T22:35:20-0800

At Penn, Tensions May Only Be Growing After Magill’s Resignation

Professors at the University of Pennsylvania have begun to organize, fearing what they view as a plan by the billionaire Marc Rowan to upend academic freedom. #College

2024-01-29T09:20:18-0800 The New York Times Stephanie Saul ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-01-29T19:12:22-0800

How “Co-regulation” Became the Parenting Buzzword of the Day

Jessica Winter on why parenting experts claim that co-regulation is the single goal from which all other family aspirations can flow. #Parenting

2024-01-25T09:17:16-0800 The New Yorker Jessica Winter 1,000 words

Rated 2024-01-28T15:22:11-0800

In case you missed it: America just effectively got much bigger

No shots fired. No flags raised. No land gained. Still, the U.S. recently grew by the size of about two Californias.

Big Think 1,000 words

Rated 2024-01-28T08:46:51-0800

Why do people post on [bad platform] instead of [good platform]?

danluu.com

Rated 2024-01-27T22:49:43-0800

Rising Leqembi Prescriptions Are Straining Clinic Capacity | ALZFORUM

alzforum.org 4,000 words

Rated 2024-01-27T16:47:34-0800

Driving Faster Takes Longer

I often drive between Boston and New Haven. While on the road, I find myself pondering a simple question: If my only goal is to arrive as fast as possible, how fast should I drive? Ignoring things like ethics (or fuel efficiency), the solution would seem to be simple. Drive as fast as possible. But there's a…

2024-01-27T07:17:18-0800 Algorithm Soup 1,000 words

Rated 2024-01-27T09:04:40-0800