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Hi Google, please stop 💩 the bed: a desperate plea from the independent web.Served with humor, as I cry into my goldfish bowl of boxed Chardonnay. 2024-10-28T09:51:44-0700 Building Shepherd.com Ben Fox 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-30T16:44:07-0700
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Notes From The Progress Studies Conference... 2024-10-24T05:16:15-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 55,000 words Rated 2024-10-28T08:16:23-0700
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Regenerative farming practices require unlearning past adviceEarly on a cool September morning, farmer Josh Payne tends to his flock in Concordia, just east of Kansas City, Missouri. As Payne opens the gate, about a thousand sheep round the corner and bound into fresh grass. The pasture the flock grazes was once corn and soybeans, along with the rest of the Payne ... 2024-10-11T08:31:57-0700 Investigate Midwest Lauren Cross 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-26T06:19:38-0700
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A Radical Approach to Flooding in the UK: Give Land Back to the SeaWhen a huge tract of land on the Somerset coast was deliberately flooded, the project was slammed as “ridiculous” by a local lawmaker. But the results have been transformative. #Agriculture #Birds #Britain #Climate Change #England #Environment #Global Warming 2024-10-21T21:01:25-0700 The New York Times Rory Smith, Andrew Testa ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-22T07:50:25-0700
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What the Amish Can Teach America About Economic Mobility - WSJRated 2024-10-21T15:22:06-0700
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Opinion | Turning the Great Highway into a park will reap millions for businessThe city's walkers and rollers won't be the only beneficiaries of a permanent highway closure. Nearby businesses will see a spending windfall. 2024-10-20T06:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Stephen Braitsch 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-20T18:21:04-0700
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Ashkenazi IQ figures are underestimatesRotating shapes is not intelligence 2024-09-14T23:50:07-0700 NonZionism משכיל בינה 3,000 words Rated 2024-10-15T20:52:05-0700
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Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying MonsterFrom Coinbase to OpenAI, the tech sector is pouring millions into super PACS that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda. Charles Duhigg reports. 2024-10-07T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Charles Duhigg 8,000 words Rated 2024-10-13T20:01:27-0700
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Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' peopleA trove of secret documents show teens’ increasing reliance on TikTok and how executives were acutely aware of the potential harm the app can cause young people, but appeared unconcerned. 2024-10-13T05:00:00-0700 NPR Bobby Allyn 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-13T19:04:58-0700
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SB 1047: Our Side Of The Story... 2024-10-10T05:20:19-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 40,000 words Rated 2024-10-12T20:47:58-0700
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Why we’re helping more wikis move away from FandomHi! You may have seen that Weird Gloop is now hosting the official League of Legends Wiki. We’ve spent the last couple months working with the Riot folks and the League wiki editors to move it off of Fandom, and turn it into something the players will (hopefully!) really dig. I also love that it got started because one of the Riot guys plays a ton of Old School RuneScape and thinks our wiki is awesome. How cool is that?? I want this to kick off a new era where communities and developers take... 2024-10-09T17:00:00-0700 Jonathan Lee 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-11T11:05:50-0700
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Automattic is doing open source dirtyAutomattic demanding 8% of WP Engine's revenues because they're not "giving back enough" to WordPress is a wanton violation of general open source ideals and the specifics of the GPL license. Automattic is completely out of line, and the potential damage to the open source world extends far beyond the WordPress. Don't let the drama or ... world.hey.com 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-10T15:07:34-0700
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The open source gift exchangeI love writing and sharing code as open source, but it's not an abstract act of pure altruism. The first recipients of these programming gifts are almost always myself and my company. It's an intentionally selfish drive first, then a broader benefit second. But, ironically, this is what's made my participation in the gift exchange of o... world.hey.com 500 words Rated 2024-10-10T15:07:24-0700
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Incomplete Streets Part 3: Even When Caltrans Is Right, It’s Wrong - CalBike2024-07-31T17:08:31-0700 California Bicycle Coalition Jared Sanchez 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-07T17:05:46-0700
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San Francisco’s new housing pitch: Hot Friend CompoundsThe “live near friends” movement has leveled up. A housing startup is rolling out a new one-stop shop to find and buy a place with friends. #Housing 2024-09-22T06:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Zara Stone 2,000 words Rated 2024-09-24T13:57:46-0700
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The Art of Taking It SlowAnna Wiener interviews Grant Petersen, the owner of Rivendell Bicycle Works, who has amassed an ardent following by urging people to abandon the spandex and personal bests, get a comfortable bike, and go easy. 2024-09-16T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Anna Wiener 5,000 words Rated 2024-09-23T22:38:03-0700
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Aaron Sorkin Thinks Life Still Imitates ‘The West Wing’The political drama debuted 25 years ago. But the creator believes the politics were mostly beside the point. #TV 2024-09-19T02:04:49-0700 The New York Times Marc Tracy ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-09-19T14:11:44-0700
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Staying Awake, by Ursula K. Le GuinNotes on the alleged decline of reading #United States 2008-01-31T16:00:21-0800 Harper's Magazine 200 words Rated 2024-09-15T17:24:07-0700
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What We're Getting Wrong About Ethical EatingWhen it comes to ethical eating, the journey is not as simple as "eat more plants." We have to think about the whole system and our place in it. 2020-01-07T06:17:43-0800 Greatist Leigh Huggins 3,000 words Rated 2024-09-12T21:12:18-0700
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Why GitHub Actually WonRated 2024-09-11T15:21:57-0700
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The Future of Open SourceA GitHub founder's musings on the past, present and future of large groups of people collaborating on software in awesome ways. #Essay 2024-08-06T12:23:17-0700 GitButler Scott Chacon 3,000 words Rated 2024-09-11T15:06:17-0700
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A Weekend at the Immersion Larp FestivalA world where you buy every word you speak, a sensory journey through Monet’s memories, and life in an open-air prison. 2024-08-21T12:50:01-0700 mssv + Have You Played 6,000 words Rated 2024-08-27T23:21:18-0700
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Police brushed him off. So he exposed an international bike theft ring on his ownIn the dark heart of the pandemic, cyclist Bryan Hance was tipped to a scheme to spirit stolen bikes from California to Mexico. He set out to crack the case — and in the process exposed lapses in systems meant to prevent trafficking in stolen goods. 2024-08-27T03:00:43-0700 Los Angeles Times Jessica Garrison ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-08-27T20:45:02-0700
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The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paıdeía of the American Tech EliteI often draw a distinction between the political elites of Washington DC and the industrial elites of Silicon Valley with a joke: in San Francisco reading books, and talking about what you have read, is a matter of high prestige. Not so in Washington DC. In Washington people never read books—they just write them. To… 2024-08-21T13:51:14-0700 The Scholar's Stage 4,000 words Rated 2024-08-26T21:43:54-0700
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Your Book Review: How the War Was WonFinalist #8 in the Book Review Contest 2024-08-09T13:24:01-0700 astralcodexten.com Astral Codex Ten 7,000 words Rated 2024-08-09T14:19:17-0700
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My New Band Is: The Indoctrinated RichOn the Brearley dad, what indoctrination means in the context of education, and private schools that are segregation academies 2021-04-17T15:11:30-0700 My New Band Is Elizabeth Spiers 6,000 words Rated 2024-08-05T15:40:50-0700
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Suspicious data pattern in recent Venezuelan election | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Sciencestatmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Rated 2024-08-05T15:27:48-0700
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Venezuela’s Maduro clings to power. Opposition hopes this time it ends differently.Venezuelan President Maduro has claimed – without evidence – that he won the presidential election. Despite high levels of repression, the opposition is leaning into their hope for change. 2024-08-05T13:26:53-0700 The Christian Science Monitor Mie Hoejris Dahl ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-08-05T15:20:22-0700
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Every company should be owned by its employeesCentral States Manufacturing as a model for employee-ownership. 2024-07-24T03:13:57-0700 The Elysian Elle Griffin 2,000 words Rated 2024-07-30T10:39:38-0700
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Opinion | Are Smartphones and Social Media Driving a Teen Mental Heath Crisis?Rated 2024-07-29T15:38:53-0700
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America’s New Political War Pits Young Men Against Young Women - WSJRated 2024-07-29T12:58:32-0700
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Summer Camp and Parenting PanicsJay Caspian Kang on summer camps’ promises of social improvement, and the reason that upper-middle-class families can’t conceive of an unscheduled moment. #Parenting 2024-05-24T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jay Caspian Kang 1,000 words Rated 2024-07-20T12:55:22-0700
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(20) TracingWoodgrains on X: "In conversations about intelligence, people often take the @charlesmurray approach of emphasizing that intelligence doesn't determine a person's worth. I find myself a bit dissatisfied when I chew on this. It's true, but I suspect it's a bit too easy. Specifically: while I https://t.co/jzo9YEsWRX" / Xx.com 1,000 words Rated 2024-07-16T15:24:08-0700
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Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public RecordThe feud between basilisk-obsessed Wikipedia admin David Gerard and everyone from heterodox news sources to the right wing to rationalists, 2024-07-10T07:31:47-0700 Tracing Woodgrains 15,000 words Rated 2024-07-16T13:18:24-0700
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It’s Time for Progressives to Recommit to Academic FreedomThe same justifications we’ve used to restrict conservative speech are being used to silence us on Palestine. We need a different approach. 2024-06-25T06:47:05-0700 The Nation Tascha Shahriari-Parsa ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-06-27T10:31:08-0700
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Social. Private. Open. Pick three. – Jake ZimmermanRated 2024-06-24T20:02:28-0700
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Opinion | What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?Infected with ideological purity, the West Coast is focused more on intentions than on oversight and outcomes. #California #Homelessness #Mental Health #Oregon #Politics 2024-06-15T04:00:48-0700 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-21T09:07:10-0700
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How to be More AgenticOn a supposedly difficult thing 2024-01-10T12:43:50-0800 Useful Fictions Cate Hall 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:26:33-0700
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How Online Privacy Is Like FishingNews that Microsoft caught hackers using its generative AI tools prompted security experts to guess that it was spying on users. Bruce Schneier and Barath Raghavan argue that the gradual erosion of expectations of privacy has a lot in common with the gradual destruction of fish populations in the ocean. #Microsoft #Privacy 2024-06-03T04:00:02-0700 IEEE Spectrum Barath Raghavan, Bruce Schneier 3,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:20:40-0700
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Parable of the Sofaongoing by Tim Bray 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:19:44-0700
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UI DensityI speak and write about design, front-end code, leadership, and (occasionally) math. matthewstrom.com 3,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:17:49-0700
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Colorado’s Bold New Approach to Highways — Not Building ThemThe state has made it harder to widen highways, and transportation officials are turning their eyes to transit. #Climate Change #Colorado #Global Warming #Transportation 2024-05-31T02:00:29-0700 The New York Times Megan Kimble 3,000 words Rated 2024-06-01T17:50:32-0700
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How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals3M found that many of its products, including Scotchgard and Scotchban, leached toxic chemicals called PFAS. Sharon Lerner reports on why the company kept making them. 2024-05-20T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sharon Lerner 7,000 words Rated 2024-05-30T14:40:17-0700
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The Trials and Tribulations of the BoymomRated 2024-05-29T16:53:54-0700
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Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?Anthony Lane writes about Blinkist, one of a number of phone apps that aim to boil down entire books into synopses lasting as little as ten minutes. 2024-05-20T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Anthony Lane 4,000 words Rated 2024-05-29T15:49:12-0700
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DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and DumbOnce a vibrant platform for artists, DeviantArt is now buckling under the weight of bots and greed—and spurning the creative community that made it great. #Art #Artificial Intelligence #Internet #Law 2024-05-16T08:30:00-0700 Slate Nitish Pahwa 3,000 words Rated 2024-05-20T10:57:24-0700
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How to get 7th graders to smokeOR: "fuzzy, wet, and unfalsifiable" 2024-05-14T07:01:50-0700 Experimental History Adam Mastroianni 4,000 words Rated 2024-05-15T09:15:35-0700
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lori's blog - Why I Lost Faith in KagiRated 2024-05-14T08:40:53-0700
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Plea deal for driver accused of DUI crash that killed cyclist is unjustThe proposed one-year sentence for a driver accused of killing SF cyclist Ethan Boyes in a DUI crash is a shocking injustice, writes Gabriella Wong. #Vision zero 2024-03-15T11:36:48-0700 SFGATE Gabriella Wong 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:33:29-0700
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Vancouver's new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably IndigenousIn B.C., Indigenous nations are reclaiming power and wealth for their own citizens—no matter what the neighbours think #Real Estate 2024-03-11T07:39:06-0700 St. Joseph Media Jadine Ngan 2,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:33:10-0700
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