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Literacy is good or bad, perhaps

Once upon a time, a woman read an extremely convincing book called The Literacy Delusion.

2024-10-03T07:01:33-0700 Woman of Letters Naomi Kanakia 4,000 words

Rated 2024-11-12T12:31:25-0800 - sethherr

Inside the Federal Work Force That Trump Has Promised to Eviscerate

President-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies have pledged to strike fear in the heart of what they term “the deep state.” They have already succeeded. #CIA #Donald Trump #Elon Musk #US Politics

2024-11-08T15:53:40-0800 The New York Times Robert Draper, Michael Crowley, Zach Montague ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-11-09T06:13:10-0800 - sethherr

The Real Story of “The Central Park Karen”

New evidence comes to light. And Amy Cooper breaks her silence.

2021-08-03T08:23:24-0700 The Free Press Megan Phelps-Roper 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-22T20:24:20-0700 - sethherr

Daniel Penny and New York’s Vigilantes

Years after Bernie Goetz made headlines, former Marine Penny is on trial for killing Jordan Neely, a homeless man, on the floor of a subway car in 2023.

2024-10-20T15:39:29-0700 The Free Press Kat Rosenfield ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2024-10-21T22:12:40-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | Ann Patchett: The Decision I Made 30 Years Ago That I Still Regret

What was email but the chance for more friends, more love, more work? #Books #Social Media #Writer

2024-10-15T02:00:20-0700 The New York Times Ann Patchett ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-20T08:38:04-0700 - sethherr

Martin Gurri: I Refused to Vote in the Last Two Elections. Now, I’m Voting for Trump.

There are only two vital forces in American politics today: those who wish to control everything, and those who wish not to be controlled. Reluctantly, I choose the latter.

2024-10-16T15:23:54-0700 The Free Press Martin Gurri ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-19T09:51:31-0700 - sethherr

How to Make an Information Super Weapon

A Technical Deep Dive into the Components of a Trust Assembly

2024-06-17T22:49:31-0700 Extelligence Some Guy 9,000 words

Rated 2024-10-11T15:26:18-0700 - sethherr

I kind of like rebasing

People tend to get pretty passionate about Git workflows on different online forums. Some like to rebase, while others prefer to keep the disorganized records. Some dislike the extra merge commit, while others love to preserve all the historical artifacts. There’s merit to both sides of the discussion. That being said, I kind of like rebasing because I’m a messy committer who: Usually doesn’t care for keeping atomic commits1. Creates a lot of short commits with messages like “fix” or...

2024-06-17T17:00:00-0700 Redowan's Reflections Redowan Delowar 2,000 words

Rated 2024-09-24T13:59:17-0700 - sethherr

Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness

Two major problems with a review in Nature

2024-04-09T07:55:25-0700 After Babel Jon Haidt 4,000 words

Rated 2024-06-14T17:26:50-0700 - sethherr

Rails is Not Your Application

Background: The Beginnings of My Obsession with Application Architecture and Domain Modelling Last year I was involved in my most complex Ru...

blog.firsthand.ca 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T11:14:36-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?

Revisiting Michael Crichton’s prophecy of cultural stagnation. #1990s #Artificial Intelligence #China

2024-04-19T10:25:07-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-04-23T00:00:11-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | The ‘Blood Bath’ Battle and the Electric Car War

Does President Biden expect to win on a Jan. 6 strategy alone? #Donald Trump #Joe Biden #US Politics

2024-03-23T04:00:22-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-04-22T23:55:55-0700 - sethherr

Stop being mean to slutty women

It codes as low status and doesn't accomplish anything

2024-03-23T06:39:58-0700 The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 6,000 words

Rated 2024-04-08T18:44:12-0700 - sethherr

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 - sethherr

Why You Should Be a Luddite

Tech columnist Brian Merchant takes us back to the 19th century to see who the Luddites really were and what they fought for. Luddism, he says, is about “questioning who machinery serves.”

Current Affairs 6,000 words

Rated 2024-01-31T21:27:05-0800 - sethherr

RAG to Riches

Today I will be regaling you with tales of marvelous cherry-picked new developments in AI, from Sam Altman's recent Uno Reverse incident to bear spraying job-hungry engineers.

Sourcegraph 5,000 words

Rated 2023-12-16T10:30:24-0800 - sethherr

We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus - Charlie's Diary

antipope.org 6,000 words

Rated 2023-11-10T15:41:05-0800 - sethherr

Blanchard's Dangerous Idea and the Plight of the Lucid Crossdreamer ★ The Scintillating But Ultimately Untrue Thought

I'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 - sethherr

Social Security Fact Report: Insolvent In 2035

Every day, we voters and the government have the chance to free our children from this burden. #Social security

2023-07-31T04:00:00-0700 Forbes David John Marotta 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-01T11:10:02-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-07-31T05:42:50-0700 - Jaog

An invitation to a secret society

Or: why you should be a lizard

2023-07-20T08:03:53-0700 Experimental History Adam Mastroianni 3,000 words

Rated 2023-07-20T21:37:31-0700 - Jaog

Reclaiming Real American Patriotism

This Fourth of July, let’s rescue our love of country from those who have hijacked it. #New Hampshire #New York #West Virginia

2023-07-04T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Tom Nichols ($) 500 words

Rated 2023-07-05T07:48:26-0700 - sethherr

Regulating AI in the practice of law

What's going to happen, and what should we do about it?

2023-06-11T16:47:11-0700 Adam's Legal Newsletter Adam Unikowsky 5,000 words

Rated 2023-06-20T22:53:56-0700 - sethherr

'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 2023-06-20T17:36:05-0700 - &e

Cancer drug shortages should have patients rioting in the streets

Cisplatin and carboplatin are the backbone for lung cancer regimens because they work. And now they are largely unavailable. #Cancer

2023-06-19T01:30:26-0700 STAT Kristen Rice 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-19T06:15:33-0700 - Jaog

The Stupidity of "Buy American"

The case against economic protectionism

2011-11-03T04:00:00-0700 Reason Magazine John Stossel 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-09T19:06:07-0700 - sethherr

Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.’s Power to Address Water Pollution

The justices ruled that discharges into some wetlands are not covered by the Clean Water Act. #Water

2023-05-25T07:30:46-0700 The New York Times Adam Liptak ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-25T10:19:24-0700 - sethherr

Anti-Fascist. Armed to the Teeth

Hateful rhetoric is leading to armed protests from the far right. But now, they’re not the only ones with weapons

2023-05-18T06:00:00-0700 Rolling Stone Jack Crosbie 200 words

Rated 2023-05-20T12:01:30-0700 - sethherr

Silicon Valley’s Civil War

Tech’s leadership is splitting into two elites—and the battle between them will shape America’s future

2023-05-14T18:30:00-0700 Tablet Magazine Nadia Asparouhova 4,000 words

Rated 2023-05-20T11:38:01-0700 - sethherr

Remote work is turning America into a 'suburban nation,' a massive millennial survey by BofA finds

Millennials are looking to get out of cities and into Dodge (the suburbs).

2023-05-05T11:00:30-0700 Fortune Chloe Berger ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-06T07:51:05-0700 - sethherr

It's Not Intelligent If It Always Halts: A Critical Perspective on Current Approaches to AGI

Intelligence requires the ability to explore "trains of thought" that are potentially never-ending. Most current approaches fail at this.

2023-04-05T21:06:49-0700 Life Is Computation 4,000 words

Rated 2023-04-30T22:09:01-0700 - sethherr

We Need To Decommodify Mental Health Care

noemamag.com

Rated 2023-04-26T22:22:32-0700 - sethherr

Why We Keep Guns in the House

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-04-25T23:12:39-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-04-22T22:38:10-0700 - Jaog

The internet wants to be fragmented - by Noah Smith

noahpinion.substack.com

Rated 2023-04-20T18:16:38-0700 - sethherr

About – make-sunsets

#Solar Geoengineering

makesunsets.com

Rated 2023-04-04T08:57:42-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-04-03T06:54:05-0700 - cindy

Why Forgive Student Debt?

#Student Loan Forgiveness

Urban Institute

Rated 2023-03-31T18:01:59-0700 - sethherr

DC Statehood Is a Fool's Errand

#DC Statehood

Cato Institute

Rated 2023-03-29T13:44:31-0700 - sethherr

An Anxious Asia Arms for a War It Hopes to Prevent

The New York Times

Rated 2023-03-28T12:28:40-0700 - sethherr

Habitat Chronicles: You can't tell people anything

habitatchronicles.com

Rated 2023-03-23T21:11:44-0700 - sethherr

What is the best cost-benefit analysis of cycling investments?

Marginal Revolution

Rated 2023-03-22T22:49:16-0700 - sethherr

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/admin/2021/Press/DC%20Statehood%20letter%20as%20sent%20(02539672xD2C78)%20(002).pdf

#DC Statehood

texasattorneygeneral.gov

Rated 2023-03-21T18:17:08-0700 - jim

Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans oppose D.C. statehood

Politico

Rated 2023-03-21T14:20:42-0700 - cindy

Self-Admitted Technical Debt · It Will Never Work in Theory

neverworkintheory.org

Rated 2023-03-19T07:23:44-0700 - sethherr

Ron DeSantis blames Silicon Valley Bank's collapse on DEI

floridapolitics.com

Rated 2023-03-17T08:18:09-0700 - sethherr

Technology Is Good Actually - Napkin Math - Every

every.to

Rated 2023-03-16T21:26:53-0700 - sethherr

J. D. Vance, Ron DeSantis, and the G.O.P’s Diverging Paths

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-03-16T17:35:01-0700 - sethherr

The privacy loophole in your doorbell

Politico

Rated 2023-03-13T12:47:37-0700 - sethherr

Do Non-profits Drive Social Change?

Comment Magazine

Rated 2023-03-12T07:34:26-0700 - sethherr