Ratings

Is Justin Timberlake the pop star anyone wants?

Justin Timberlake’s resurfaced scandals involving Janet Jackson and Britney Spears have soured his image. Can he pull off a comeback with Everything I Thought It Was? #Culture #Music

2024-03-14T04:30:00-0700 Vox Kyndall Cunningham 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:45:03-0700 - sethherr

Britney Spears’s Instagram is secretly being used by Russian hackers

Comments 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

Why we can’t build

America’s inability to build is killing people. #Politics

2020-04-22T05:50:00-0700 Vox Ezra Klein 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-16T07:59:09-0800 - sethherr

America’s shoplifting problem, explained by retail workers and thieves

Retailers like Target, Walmart, and Home Depot have a real issue with retail crime. But there’s more they could be doing to address the problem — namely, spend more money — according to workers and even thieves. #Economy #Money

2023-11-02T04:50:00-0700 Vox Emily Stewart 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-08T21:23:57-0800 - sethherr

America’s Trumpiest court just put itself in charge of nuclear safety, in Texas v. NRC

This decision is radioactive, even by the very low standards of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. #Politics #Supreme Court

2023-08-29T03:00:00-0700 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T22:45:11-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-08-30T04:10:24-0700 - Jaog

Burning Man’s climate protesters have a point

Building 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 - sethherr

Rated 2023-08-30T11:04:20-0700 - Jaog

How the Cheesecake Factory became the chain restaurant of millennial dreams

Too big to fail: How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry’s rules of success. #Culture #Food & drink

2022-12-24T04:30:00-0800 Vox Alex Abad-Santos 4,000 words

Rated 2023-07-27T21:41:19-0700 - sethherr

The $1 billion gamble to ensure AI doesn’t destroy humanity

The founders of Anthropic left OpenAI to make a safe AI company. It’s easier said than done. #Artificial Intelligence #Technology

2023-07-17T03:00:00-0700 Vox Dylan Matthews 7,000 words

Rated 2023-07-23T11:42:19-0700 - elll

The hidden force that shapes everything around us: Parking

A Q&A with Henry Grabar, author of “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.” #Politics #Transportation #Urban Planning

2023-05-09T04:30:00-0700 Vox Marin Cogan 3,000 words

Rated 2023-07-19T14:21:48-0700 - elll

Rated 2023-07-17T14:20:48-0700 - sethherr

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

Rated 2023-05-11T19:07:08-0700 - Jaog

As climate change worsens, some people might decide to DIY a solution

#Ocean Geoengineering

Vox

Rated 2023-04-08T11:03:45-0700 - cindy

Rated 2023-04-08T08:50:15-0700 - Jaog

Why Congress — and Biden — killed DC’s crime bill

#DC Statehood

Vox

Rated 2023-03-29T17:25:01-0700 - jim

Rated 2023-03-26T07:40:16-0700 - Jaog

Rated 2023-03-28T16:38:57-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-03-29T17:11:59-0700 - alexandradancing

Israel’s protests show that Netanyahu finally went too far

Vox

Rated 2023-03-29T15:11:09-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-03-28T05:35:27-0700 - Jaog

Why House Republicans’ investigations are flopping

Vox

Rated 2023-03-28T04:57:17-0700 - Jaog