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Burying Indiana Jones

Christopher Heaney on “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” and the titular character’s impact on the public’s perception of what it means to be an archeologist. #Movies

2023-06-18T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Christopher Heaney 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-19T23:43:03-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-18T08:31:54-0700 - Jaog

Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding: Baseball and bliss at a small liberal arts college.

The dominant emotion in The Art of Fielding—the much-anticipated, because expensively acquired, first novel by Chad Harbach, a founding editor of the...

2011-09-05T07:13:00-0700 Slate Judith Shulevitz 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-18T22:30:12-0700 - sethherr

The Instant Pot Failed Because It Was a Good Product

A one-hit wonder is never enough. #United States

2023-06-14T15:30:00-0700 The Atlantic Amanda Mull ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-16T22:21:09-0700 - sethherr

Laundry Pods Are Bad. Laundry Sheets Aren’t Any Better.

Laundry and dishwasher pods are encased in toxic plastic. Save money and go easier on the planet with these sustainable laundry tips. #Sustainability

2023-06-14T04:42:18-0700 Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-14T05:56:23-0700 - sethherr

Rewriting the Ruby parser

At Shopify, we have spent the last year writing a new Ruby parser, which we’ve called YARP (Yet Another Ruby Parser). As of the date of this post, YARP can parse a semantically equivalent syntax tree to Ruby 3.3 on every Ruby file in Shopify’s main codebase, GitHub’s main codebase, CRuby, and the 100 most popular gems downloaded from rubygems.org. We recently got approval to merge this work into CRuby, and are very excited to share our work with the community. This post will take you through...

2023-06-11T17:00:00-0700 Rails at Scale 5,000 words

Rated 2023-06-13T16:37:24-0700 - sethherr

Lessons From a Renters’ Utopia

Worldwide, housing has become a nightmare of expense and speculation. What did Vienna do right? #Housing #Real Estate

2023-05-23T01:20:41-0700 The New York Times Francesca Mari, Luca Locatelli ($) 7,000 words

Rated 2023-06-13T11:07:14-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-12T16:01:56-0700 - elll

'Anti-dopamine parenting' can curb a kid's craving for screens or sweets

Dopamine is a part of our brain's survival mechanism. It is also part of why sugary foods and social media hook kids. The latest neuroscience can help parents help their kids manage behavior. #Dopamine #Parenting

2023-06-12T02:00:32-0700 NPR Michaeleen Doucleff 3,000 words

Rated 2023-06-13T10:59:28-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-12T21:17:53-0700 - alexandradancing

Pluto should be our ninth planet. A planetary scientist explains why

Astronomers believe they’re closing in on the so-called Planet Nine, but planetary scientist Paul Byrne argues our official definition of what is and isn’t a planet is in need of a long-overdue shake up.

2023-06-11T23:40:00-0700 BBC Science Focus Magazine Paul Byrne 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-13T10:52:47-0700 - sethherr

What Does ‘Buying American’ Even Mean?

In a globalized economy, the definition of “buying American” is becoming quite cloudy—and so are the consequences of policies designed to encourage it. #Buy American

2019-07-03T00:00:00-0700 The New York Times Tim Heffernan 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-11T10:03:39-0700 - Jaog

US bid to cut China dependence by bringing jobs home and shifting supply chains ineffective: analysts

#Buy American

South China Morning Post

Rated 2023-06-10T06:34:29-0700 - &e

Harvey Karp Knows How to Make Babies Happy

The pediatrician and best-selling author on the perils of excessive individualism, the moralization of baby sleep, and why when it comes to newborns he’s “a little bit like a priest.” #Babies #Interview #Parenting

2023-04-09T12:25:06-0700 The New Yorker Helen Rosner 7,000 words

Rated 2023-06-09T16:54:30-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-08T22:29:05-0700 - alexandradancing

Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

Small plastic particulates can induce inflammatory responses in the gut and brain, but removing them reverses this damage. #Nanoplastics

The Scientist Magazine 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-08T07:40:41-0700 - sethherr

They Fled San Francisco. The A.I. Boom Pulled Them Back.

Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can’t afford to miss out on the funding, hackathons and networking of the artificial intelligence frenzy. #Artificial Intelligence #San Francisco

2023-06-07T02:01:22-0700 The New York Times Erin Griffith ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-07T16:37:36-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | The Climate Solution That’s Horrible for the Climate

Corn ethanol and soy biodiesel accelerate food inflation and global hunger, but they’re also a disaster for the climate and the environment. #Agriculture #Climate Change #Global Warming #Iowa

2023-06-06T02:01:07-0700 The New York Times Michael Grunwald ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-06T20:26:41-0700 - elll

Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?

Track ballast is the name for the crushed stones next to railway tracks. They are used by Railway Track Designers for numerous reasons

2022-02-18T19:39:00-0800 Alpha Rail 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-05T18:40:52-0700 - cindy

The Talk: Accused of Plagiarism

In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Talk,” Darrin Bell illustrates a conversation with a professor at U.C. Berkeley who accused him, without evidence, of plagiarism. #College

2023-06-03T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Darrin Bell 200 words

Rated 2023-06-04T07:23:39-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-03T15:57:45-0700 - Jaog

It Will Cost Up to $21.5 Billion to Clean Up California’s Oil Sites. The Industry Won’t Make Enough Money to Pay for It.

An expert used California regulators’ methodology to estimate the cost of cleaning up the state’s onshore oil and gas industry. The study found that cleanup costs will be triple the industry’s projected profits.

2023-05-18T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Mark Olalde 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-03T21:02:38-0700 - sethherr

Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane

science.org 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-03T07:53:36-0700 - Jaog

Judge rules Wyoming corner crossers did not trespass

The hunters who stepped over the corner of a Carbon County ranch did no damage to private property.

hcn.org 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-03T07:06:02-0700 - sethherr

Undoing bikeshare’s original sin

Bikeshare has been a godsend. Why not subsidize it?

2023-04-18T00:00:00-0700 Fast Company Aimee Rawlins 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T19:54:00-0700 - sethherr

Can the ‘California Effect’ Survive in a Hyperpartisan America?

For decades the state has been setting policy for the whole nation. Now red states are pushing back. #California #Cars #Florida

2023-05-30T01:50:08-0700 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T14:37:29-0700 - cindy

How Tokyo Became an Anti-Car Paradise

The world’s biggest, most functional city might also be the most pedestrian-friendly. That’s not a coincidence.

2023-04-11T04:45:01-0700 Heatmap News Daniel Knowles 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-22T23:39:08-0700 - sethherr

Where Living With Friends Is Still Technically Illegal

Across America, some places still outlaw living with people who aren’t your relatives. #Domestic Violence #Family #High School #Law #New Hampshire

2023-05-22T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Michael Waters ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-22T14:23:21-0700 - sethherr

Did Scientists Accidentally Invent an Anti-addiction Drug?

People taking Ozempic for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting. #Drugs

2023-05-19T07:37:59-0700 The Atlantic Sarah Zhang ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-19T16:53:16-0700 - sethherr

Writing Is My Main Freedom. One Day My Work Disappeared.

A software change in my prison-issued electronic tablet ate up my drafts and eliminated basic writing tools. That may sound minor, but try sending a poem to your kid without line breaks. #Michigan

2021-12-16T19:00:00-0800 The Marshall Project Demetrius Buckley 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-19T11:44:44-0700 - sethherr

How to Quit Cars

Adam Gopnik reviews “Carmageddon,” by Daniel Knowles, and “Paved Paradise,” by Henry Grabar, and considers the shortsighted history of transportation and the possibilities for its future. #Books

2023-05-15T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Adam Gopnik 4,000 words

Rated 2023-05-19T07:28:42-0700 - sethherr

Why Did the Obamas Fail to Take On Corporate Agriculture?

Activists hoped President Obama would fight for stronger regulation. Eight years later, they’re still waiting. #Agriculture #Barack Obama #Fast Food #Food & drink

2016-10-05T01:55:45-0700 The New York Times Michael Pollan ($) 6,000 words

Rated 2023-05-15T22:27:38-0700 - sethherr

Our crazy farm subsidies, explained

The US offers farm subsidies pretty heavily for some crops, but what began as a temporary measure gradually became more permanent. #Technology

2015-04-20T02:00:23-0700 Grist Amelia Urry 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-14T22:58:24-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-05-12T19:36:26-0700 - cindy

Analysis | Trump supporters are neither underrecognized nor half the country

Of all the excuses for airing Trump's unfiltered commentary on a news channel, the idea that his views are otherwise unheard is among the worst.

2023-05-12T07:40:43-0700 The Washington Post Philip Bump ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-13T08:25:04-0700 - cindy

Taco Bell’s Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food Wars

Antonia Hitchens writes about how the chain outdid Burger King’s Bacon Sundae, Pizza Hut’s hot-dog-stuffed crust, and KFC’s fried-chicken-flavored nail polish.

2023-04-17T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Antonia Hitchens 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-12T22:14:26-0700 - sethherr

The Biden Administration Will Pay Farmers More Money Not to Farm

The goal is to add 4 million acres of farmland to the Conservation Reserve Program, which takes land out of production to blunt agriculture’s environmental impact.

2021-05-01T00:00:00-0700 Governing 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-12T20:18:53-0700 - cindy

The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigs

The justices just did something very unusual: They didn’t try to make themselves even more powerful. #Politics #Supreme Court

2023-05-11T10:55:00-0700 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-11T22:59:32-0700 - sethherr

The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”

ProPublica

Rated 2023-05-11T22:16:37-0700 - sethherr

9 Ways to Imagine Jeff Bezos’ Wealth (Published 2022)

A fortune of $172 billion is almost impossible to fathom. For the magazine’s Money Issue, the artist Mona Chalabi came up with some extremely original comparisons.

2022-04-07T06:21:21-0700 The New York Times Mona Chalabi ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-08T17:17:07-0700 - jim

Planning Commission Approves Legislation to Support Future of Downtown and Union Square | San Francisco

sf.gov 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-08T09:06:50-0700 - elll

‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees

Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon

2023-05-07T00:00:16-0700 The Guardian Anna Fazackerley 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-07T12:11:43-0700 - sethherr

I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough

Bill Gates writes about visiting Kemmerer, Wyoming, the future site of the fourth-generation Natrium nuclear power plant being designed by TerraPower. #Nuclear power

2023-05-05T04:00:00-0700 gatesnotes.com Bill Gates 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-06T07:43:05-0700 - sethherr

The Painter Who Inspired a New Ballet

For Christopher Wheeldon’s return to New York City Ballet, he asked the artist Kylie Manning not just for backdrops and costumes but to, as he says, “form a dance within her world.”

2023-05-03T11:31:35-0700 The New York Times Ella Riley-Adams ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-05T18:42:33-0700 - cindy

Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill

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2023-04-11T17:08:25-0700 Astral Codex Ten Scott Alexander 60,000 words

Rated 2023-05-05T13:38:34-0700 - sethherr

As nuclear waste piles up, scientists seek the best long-term storage solutions

Researchers study and model corrosion in the materials proposed for locking away the hazardous waste

1970-08-22T12:12:10-0700 American Chemical Society Mitch Jacoby 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T09:39:37-0700 - cindy

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Nuclear Energy

In the race to net-zero carbon emissions, should nations rely on nuclear power or should they make space for more fossil fuels and renewable energy?

2023-01-27T17:00:29-0800 Earth.Org Martina Igini 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T09:34:21-0700 - cindy

United States of America

This is Earth.Org's profile of the climate change vulnerabilities, updated emissions pledges and environmental policies by sector of the United States.

Earth.Org 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T06:22:29-0700 - cindy

The Nuclear Waste Disposal Dilemma

Nuclear waste disposal is one of the most problematic factors when discussing nuclear power. But why is it dangerous and how are countries dealing with it?

2022-09-11T17:00:51-0700 Earth.Org Martina Igini 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T06:15:32-0700 - cindy

What Should America Do With Its Nuclear Waste?

Currently there are about 80 locations in 35 states where spent fuel is being stored, with no long-term plans for disposal.

2022-04-11T06:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow ($) 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T06:08:32-0700 - cindy