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Please Pay For a Year of Nothingjoe-steel.com 2,000 words Rated 2023-10-19T17:24:02-0700
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What Happened to San Francisco, Really?Nathan Heller on the fate of America’s most enterprising downtown and the debates over housing, homelessness, and public safety that have engulfed the city since the pandemic. 2023-10-16T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Nathan Heller 8,000 words Rated 2023-10-18T22:05:43-0700
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Rethinking the Liberation Pledge (Eva Hamer) — EA ForumThis article is a really interesting example of people in a prosocial movement trying radical tactics and then changing their minds. I'm not sure the… 2023-09-03T11:44:53-0700 forum.effectivealtruism.org Aaron Gertler 4,000 words Rated 2023-10-12T18:31:44-0700
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The Great Awokening of Higher Ed Has Ended—But Is It Too Late?Growing numbers of Americans prefer sticks over carrots to move colleges and universities towards reform—a crisis we in academia largely brought upon ourselves 2023-06-21T05:15:58-0700 The Liberal Patriot Musa al-Gharbi 2,000 words Rated 2023-10-12T18:23:38-0700
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‘We’re changing the clouds.’ An unintended test of geoengineering is fueling record ocean warmthPollution cuts have diminished “ship track” clouds, adding to global warming science.org 2,000 words Rated 2023-10-12T17:38:38-0700
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Opinion | Israel Has Never Needed to Be Smarter Than in This MomentIt would be a mistake to give Hamas what it wants: an overreaction like an invasion of Gaza. #Israel #Joe Biden #Middle East #Military #Politics #Terrorism 2023-10-10T14:58:28-0700 The New York Times Thomas L. Friedman ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-10-12T10:25:12-0700
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‘We’ve Been Shaken Out of This Fantasy’: How the Left Sees the War in IsraelA former top aide for Bernie Sanders on how Israel's critics on the political left see the Hamas attack and what this means for deal-making in the region. Politico 2,000 words Rated 2023-10-09T12:16:09-0700
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How the Elon Musk biography exposes Walter IsaacsonWalter Isaacson’s Elon Musk is a strangely incurious book. Its shallow reporting and bizarre skew left me with more questions than I had before I read it. 2023-10-01T05:30:00-0700 The Verge Elizabeth Lopatto 3,000 words Rated 2023-10-08T18:16:30-0700
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New talk: Making Hard Things EasyNew talk: Making Hard Things Easy Julia Evans 6,000 words Rated 2023-10-06T21:55:46-0700
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Where does my computer get the time from? – Tony FinchRated 2023-10-05T22:25:08-0700
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The Harvard Professor and the BloggersWhen Francesca Gino, a rising academic star, was accused of falsifying data — about how to stop dishonesty — it didn’t just torch her career. It inflamed a crisis in behavioral science. #College #Lawsuit #Sociology 2023-09-30T02:01:18-0700 The New York Times Noam Scheiber ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-10-05T16:38:46-0700
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A review of Number Go Up, on crypto shenanigansZeke Faux's book on crypto shenanigans is best book on crypto ever and occasionally frustrating, plus bonus commentary on financial journalism. 2023-09-29T09:52:31-0700 Bits about Money Patrick McKenzie (patio11) 4,000 words Rated 2023-10-04T16:35:56-0700
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Here to Pump You Up (Emotionally)“The more powerful you are,” says the action icon, author of a new self-help book, “the more power you have in giving back.” #2020 Election #Comedy #Donald Trump 2023-10-01T02:01:02-0700 The New York Times David Marchese ($) 5,000 words Rated 2023-10-01T19:36:20-0700
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Fine, I'll run a regression analysis. But it won't make you happy.State partisanship and COVID vaccination rates are strongly predictive of COVID death rates even once you account for age. 2023-10-01T05:20:22-0700 Silver Bulletin Nate Silver 2,000 words Rated 2023-10-01T15:48:58-0700
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Y Combinator's Garry Tan Declares War on San Francisco PoliticsThe CEO of Y Combinator is using his considerable wealth and social media megaphone to attack the progressive agenda. #Elon Musk 2023-09-27T05:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Josh Koehn 4,000 words Rated 2023-09-27T15:38:38-0700
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One man’s quest to end cheating in virtual cyclingA cyclist discovered widespread cheating on the popular online cycling platform Zwift. Then came the death threats. 2023-09-22T09:50:44-0700 The Hustle Katherine Laidlaw 2,000 words Rated 2023-09-26T21:31:37-0700
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FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly PowerThe Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general today sued Amazon.com, Inc. 2023-09-26T06:16:29-0700 Federal Trade Commission 1,000 words Rated 2023-09-26T21:13:12-0700
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America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No TomorrowUnchecked overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a data investigation by the New York Times revealed, threatening millions of people and America’s status as a food superpower. #Agriculture #Climate Change #Global Warming #Water 2023-08-28T14:19:48-0700 The New York Times Mira Rojanasakul, Christopher Flavelle, Blacki Migliozzi, ... ($) 5,000 words Rated 2023-09-26T07:16:33-0700
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Great ‘Indiana Jones’ Adventure“I’m not interested in perfectly behaved men or women,” the actress says. “I’m drawn to the ones who feel a bit dangerous.” #Actor #Movies #TV 2023-07-02T02:00:15-0700 The New York Times David Marchese ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-09-26T04:52:34-0700
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Meet the Shadowy Global Network Vilifying Climate ProtestersFor decades, the Atlas Network has used its reach and influence to spread conservative philosophy—and criminalize climate protest. 2023-09-12T00:00:00-0700 The New Republic Amy Westervelt 4,000 words Rated 2023-09-23T10:43:28-0700
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When half a million Americans died and nobody noticedWas the US drug Vioxx responsible for far more deaths than has been acknowledged so far? 2012-04-27T02:04:52-0700 The Week Alexander Cockburn 1,000 words Rated 2023-09-22T15:37:50-0700
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George Eliot’s Subversive Vision of MarriageUnlike Jane Austen, the novelist was most interested in what happens after “I do.” #Marriage #United States 2023-09-07T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Ann Hulbert ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-09-20T08:57:21-0700
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Speed Kills: Addressing the Real Road Hazard - CalBikeThe best thing we could do to prevent traffic fatalities is to prevent speeding. And the best way to do that is through infrastructure. 2023-09-18T18:15:04-0700 California Bicycle Coalition Kendra Ramsey 2,000 words Rated 2023-09-19T16:04:21-0700
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Mythbusters: Wing Commander I EditionYou've probably heard of the famous 'thank you for playing Wing Commander' story. It claims that a programmer on the original Wing Commander was stuck getting an error message when the game unloaded its memory during a quit. Pressed for time, instead of fixing the issue he simply hex edited the memory manager's error reporting to print 'thank you for playing Wing Commander' instead. A funny and relatable story! 2023-09-18T00:00:00-0700 Wing Commander CIC LOAF 2,000 words Rated 2023-09-18T20:44:57-0700
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Electric cars have a road trip problem, even for the secretary of energyA road trip I took with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm confirmed one thing: The U.S. is wrestling with an inadequate charging network (unless you're a Tesla driver). 2023-09-10T03:00:51-0700 NPR Camila Domonoske 4,000 words Rated 2023-09-17T08:44:38-0700
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‘A Ticket to Disney’? Politicians Charge Millions to Send Migrants to U.S.The Biden administration vowed to “end the illicit movement” of people through the Darién jungle. But the number of migrants moving through the forest has never been greater — and the profits are too big to pass up. #Colombia #Panama #Politics 2023-09-14T02:03:09-0700 The New York Times Julie Turkewitz, Federico Rios ($) 6,000 words Rated 2023-09-15T13:05:46-0700
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The Inside Story of How the Navy Spent Billions on the “Little Crappy Ship”Littoral combat ships were supposed to launch the Navy into the future. Instead they broke down across the globe and many of their weapons never worked. Now the Navy is getting rid of them. One is less than five years old. 2023-09-07T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Joaquin Sapien 10,000 words Rated 2023-09-14T07:40:35-0700
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Pivot to AI: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtainThe LLM is for spam 2023-09-12T14:43:42-0700 Amy Castor 2,000 words Rated 2023-09-13T18:27:23-0700
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Don’t mess with a geniusOr: What happens when Newton's laws are violated Recently, I read a book called Newton and the Counterfeiter, subtitled The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist. It focuses on an awesome phase of Isaac Newton's later career that, like his pursuits in alchemy, gets little mention in most accounts. The story, of Newton's… 2010-06-04T07:25:19-0700 The Lumber Room 3,000 words Rated 2023-09-13T17:47:29-0700
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How Much Would Reducing Lead Exposure Improve Children’s Learning in the Developing World?Around half of children in low-income countries have elevated blood lead levels. What role does lead play in explaining low educational outcomes in these settings? Center For Global Development | Ideas to Action 500 words Rated 2023-09-12T15:30:36-0700
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Blanchard's Dangerous Idea and the Plight of the Lucid Crossdreamer ★ The Scintillating But Ultimately Untrue ThoughtI'm beginning to wonder if he's constructed an entire system of moral philosophy around the effects of the loyalty mod—a prospect that makes me distinctly uneasy. It would hardly be the first time a victim of mental illness has responded to their affliction that way—but it would certainly … unremediatedgender.space Zack M. Davis 25,000 words Rated 2023-09-12T15:16:00-0700
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Typical mind and gender identityOzy Frantz introduced zirself to me by saying that “I major in gender studies, but I am not that kind of gender studies student. Promise.” So far this claim has been entirely borne out … 2013-02-18T14:27:48-0800 Slate Star Codex 15,000 words Rated 2023-09-11T18:56:36-0700
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Should we buy coal mines? — EA ForumAt Effective Altruism Global, Will MacAskill proposed the idea of buying a coal mine in order to keep coal in the ground, as a potential longtermist… 2022-05-04T00:28:33-0700 forum.effectivealtruism.org John G. Halstead 6,000 words Rated 2023-09-11T07:39:54-0700
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Coffee in a CanLife’s inconveniences, when they happen to you and me, are just that. Inconveniences. When they happen to some people though they end up becoming multi-billion dollar businesses. This is the story of Japan’s canned coffee. One finds at least one vending machine in almost every street in Japan. In every vending machine one row is dedicated to just one product: canned coffee. Canned coffee, as it says on the tin, is ready-to-drink coffee in a can. There are hundreds of variations of ca 2023-09-09T17:24:56-0700 One from Nippon The One from Nippon team 1,000 words Rated 2023-09-10T06:51:41-0700
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The Berkeley Hotel hostageThe Bookseller is the incisive and independent source of news and analysis for the book trade and publishing industry. Get breaking news, in-depth features, author interviews and book charts. The Bookseller provides you with the intelligence you need to sell more books. The Bookseller 2,000 words Rated 2023-09-09T16:07:30-0700
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I Left Out the Full Truth to Get My Climate Change Paper PublishedScientist Patrick T. Brown reveals how he got his wildfire research published in Nature by leaving out key facts that conflict with the climate change agenda. 2023-09-05T03:01:07-0700 The Free Press Patrick T Brown 2,000 words Rated 2023-09-07T23:03:05-0700
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Rotten Tomatoes Still Has Hollywood in Its GripRated 2023-09-07T17:16:40-0700
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Editorial: There's no way out of Chicago parking meter disasterRated 2023-09-07T08:36:29-0700
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Why “Alone” Is the Best Reality Show Ever MadeJay Caspian Kang writes about the appeal of the reality-TV show “Alone” and other shows about survival in the wilderness. #Nature #Survival #Television 2023-09-06T08:39:42-0700 The New Yorker Jay Caspian Kang 1,000 words Rated 2023-09-06T21:18:24-0700
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The Wit and Wisdom of a 109-Year-Old ManLessons in resilience from Charles White, the subject of bestseller "The Book of Charlie" by David Von Drehle, about an American who always took the high road. 2023-09-04T03:00:45-0700 The Free Press David Von Drehle ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-09-04T22:25:18-0700
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Debatable - TranscriptHow an outsider became the vanguard of a movement that made everything about debate debatable. #Art #Culture #Debate #Music #New York #Radio Radiolab Podcasts | WNYC Studios 10,000 words Rated 2023-09-04T16:55:13-0700
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When tech says ‘no’The tech industry always has a reason why any new laws or regulations are bad - indeed, so does any industry. They always say that! The trouble is, sometimes it’s true, and some laws are (or would be) disasters. So which is it? Well, there are three ways that people say ‘NO!’ Benedict Evans 1,000 words Rated 2023-09-04T15:24:55-0700
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Pets AllowedWhy are so many animals now in places where they shouldn’t be? Patricia Marx reports. 2014-10-12T17:00:31-0700 The New Yorker Patricia Marx 5,000 words Rated 2023-09-03T20:35:30-0700
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A Nicaraguan Novelist Betrayed by the Revolution He Helped Build“I’m no longer a leader in the fight,” says Sergio Ramírez. “Now I’m just an author being punished for the words he writes.” His latest crime tale is out in English. #Books #Nicaragua #Writer 2023-09-01T02:01:41-0700 The New York Times Benjamin P. Russell ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-09-03T10:12:01-0700
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Can Plastic Recycling Ever Really Work?Many plastics that carry the “chasing arrows” symbol, like soda cups and yogurt tubs, are rarely recycled. A new California law is raising the bar. #California #Environment 2023-09-01T02:00:24-0700 The New York Times Susan Shain ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-09-02T19:14:44-0700
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The Fourteenth Amendment FantasyThe Constitution won’t disqualify Trump from running. The only real-world way of stopping him is through the ballot box. #Civil War #United States 2023-08-29T04:30:00-0700 The Atlantic David Frum ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-09-01T18:34:46-0700
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Apple’s Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh ControversyChild safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday. #Apple #Privacy #Surveillance 2023-08-31T12:32:43-0700 WIRED Lily Hay Newman 1,000 words Rated 2023-09-01T18:23:09-0700
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Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It?It’s not entirely clear who it’s for and what its function should be in a rapidly changing literary ecosystem 2023-08-29T06:30:32-0700 The Walrus Tajja Isen 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-31T22:42:49-0700
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Burning Man’s climate protesters have a pointBuilding a temporary city of 80,000 people in the desert is actually bad for the planet, the climate protesters said. #Burning Man #Culture #Environmentalism #Technology 2023-08-30T08:45:00-0700 Vox Adam Clark Estes 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-30T15:17:46-0700
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The end of the GoogleverseFrom PageRank to Reader to Image Search, Google transformed online curation and internet virality. When did this cultural mainstay begin to lose relevance? 2023-08-28T07:00:00-0700 The Verge Ryan Broderick 4,000 words Rated 2023-08-29T19:41:46-0700
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