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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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How the Alt Right wona 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 - sethherr
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San Francisco mayor’s veto of housing bill gets overturnedThe 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 - sethherr
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The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated ItThe 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 - sethherr
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4 month sleep regression: Why it happens and what you can do about itWhat 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 - 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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Lableak truther loses $100,000 in his own debateThe 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 - 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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Who Is Podcast Guest Turned Star Andrew Huberman, Really?Rated 2024-03-27T19:07:53-0700 - sethherr
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The asbestos timesAsbestos 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 - sethherr
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Indonesia’s e-bike shops are building their own batteries - Rest of WorldRated 2024-03-20T08:01:18-0700 - 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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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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An Interview with Scott AlexanderDisambiguated 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 - sethherr
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Britney Spears’s Instagram is secretly being used by Russian hackersComments 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 - 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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Gary Stevenson: This Is How You Make Money TradingRated 2024-03-18T08:24:01-0700 - sethherr
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My Notes on GitLab Postgres Schema DesignI spent some time going over the Postgres schema of Gitlab. GitLab is an alternative to Github. You can self host GitLab since it is an open source DevOps platform. My motivation to understand the schema of a big project like Gitlab was to compare it against schemas I am designing and learn some best… 2022-07-08T09:16:11-0700 Shekhar Gulati 6,000 words Rated 2024-02-21T10:59:33-0800 - elll
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“Rabbit Test” unwins the HugoI 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 - 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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What it was like working for GitLabyorickpeterse.com 6,000 words Rated 2024-02-11T11:43:54-0800 - sethherr
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The rise of the American oligarchyWhat 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 - sethherr
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40 Years Ago, This Ad Changed the Super Bowl ForeverAn 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 - sethherr
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The New Jersey Governor’s Wife Has Decided to Be a SenatorRated 2024-02-05T17:43:47-0800 - &e
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Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking SandOrganized 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 - sethherr
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At Penn, Tensions May Only Be Growing After Magill’s ResignationProfessors 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 ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-01-29T19:12:22-0800 - sethherr
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How “Co-regulation” Became the Parenting Buzzword of the DayJessica Winter on why parenting experts claim that co-regulation is the single goal from which all other family aspirations can flow. #Parenting 2024-01-25T09:17:16-0800 The New Yorker Jessica Winter 1,000 words Rated 2024-01-28T15:22:11-0800 - sethherr
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In case you missed it: America just effectively got much biggerNo shots fired. No flags raised. No land gained. Still, the U.S. recently grew by the size of about two Californias. Big Think 1,000 words Rated 2024-01-28T08:46:51-0800 - sethherr
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Why do people post on [bad platform] instead of [good platform]?Rated 2024-01-27T22:49:43-0800 - sethherr
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Rising Leqembi Prescriptions Are Straining Clinic Capacity | ALZFORUMalzforum.org 4,000 words Rated 2024-01-27T16:47:34-0800 - sethherr
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Driving Faster Takes LongerI often drive between Boston and New Haven. While on the road, I find myself pondering a simple question: If my only goal is to arrive as fast as possible, how fast should I drive? Ignoring things like ethics (or fuel efficiency), the solution would seem to be simple. Drive as fast as possible. But there's a… 2024-01-27T07:17:18-0800 Algorithm Soup 1,000 words Rated 2024-01-27T09:04:40-0800 - sethherr
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Review | A love letter to intellectualismNikhil Krishnan’s “A Terribly Serious Adventure” is an entertaining and informative homage to philosophers at Oxford. 2024-01-19T02:00:23-0800 The Washington Post Michael Dirda ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-01-27T09:00:47-0800 - sethherr
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Dangerous chemicals found in recycled plastics, making them unsafe for use – experts explain the hazardsRecycled plastics are not safe if the chemicals used in creating them in the first place are harmful. #Cameroon #Mauritius #Microplastics #Nigeria #Togo The Conversation Bethanie Carney Almroth 1,000 words Rated 2024-01-26T16:39:20-0800 - sethherr
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Sex, aggression, and humour: responses to unicyclingSam Shuster compares men and women’s responses to the sight of a unicyclist 2007-12-22T00:00:00-0800 PubMed Central (PMC) 3,000 words Rated 2024-01-23T08:45:59-0800 - sethherr
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Japan’s Housing Crisis: What The YIMBYs Don’t UnderstandWhat Really Drives Housing Prices — And Why Japan’s Haven’t Increased Since 1995! 2022-11-25T10:34:46-0800 Radical Contributions Conrad Bastable 8,000 words Rated 2024-01-23T05:56:01-0800 - sethherr
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‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. CrusadeThe backlash against “wokeism” has led a growing number of states to ban D.E.I. programs at public universities. Thousands of emails and other documents reveal the playbook — and grievances — behind one strand of the anti-D.E.I. campaign. #College #Texas 2024-01-20T13:35:53-0800 The New York Times Nicholas Confessore ($) 7,000 words Rated 2024-01-22T18:03:33-0800 - sethherr
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Why Holes at the Bottom of the Ocean Disappear and ReappearScientists made a new discovery about other causes for holes on the seafloor. Find out what is causing the pits to disappear and reappear all over again. #Animals #Ocean 2024-01-18T15:05:00-0800 Atlas Obscura 1,000 words Rated 2024-01-19T08:31:07-0800 - sethherr
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An Idealistic Cop, a Forbidden Ticket and a Police Career on the BrinkMathew Bianchi took routine traffic stops seriously and handed out tickets regardless of people’s connections within the Police Department. He says he was punished for it. #Lawsuit #NYPD #Police 2024-01-16T00:00:18-0800 The New York Times Jonah E. Bromwich ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-01-17T18:15:39-0800 - crkrenn
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Escalation Theory: Compliance, Violence, and Overachievement In SocietyHow Elites Cause Crime By Acing Marshmallow Tests Some people think crime is caused by poverty. Some think crime is caused by criminals. Some even think crime is caused by the climate. Don’t swallow these easy-to-digest popular narratives — society is shaped by its elite, always has been, always will be. It all comes back to the marshmallows. 2024-01-07T08:09:59-0800 Radical Contributions Conrad Bastable 10,000 words Rated 2024-01-16T09:04:11-0800 - sethherr
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What happened to GE?Bill Gates shares his review of “Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric” by Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann 2021-06-14T00:00:00-0700 gatesnotes.com Bill Gates 2,000 words Rated 2024-01-16T08:29:56-0800 - sethherr
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Invisible Ink: At the CIA’s Creative Writing Group"When an organization has, say, financed the overthrow of the government of Guatemala, you would think there might be a speaking fee." 2024-01-09T12:20:45-0800 The Paris Review Johannes Lichtman 3,000 words Rated 2024-01-10T19:12:25-0800 - sethherr
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LLMs and Programming in the first days of 2024 - <antirez>Rated 2024-01-10T11:19:39-0800 - sethherr
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