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How Two British Orthodontists Became Celebrities to Incels (Published 2020)The Mews, a father-son team of orthodontists, have an unusual theory about the source of crooked teeth — one that has earned them a following in some of the darker corners of the internet. #Children 2020-08-20 The New York Times William Brennan ($) 7,000 words Rated Yesterday 5:35pm
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Faced with measles, Texas healthcare workers confront ‘information warfare’For the first time in a decade, a US child has died of measles. What can doctors and nurses do to encourage vaccination? #Donald Trump #Politics #United States Mar 31st Al Jazeera Tyler Hicks 2,000 words Rated Apr 8th
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20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful.Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world? Apr 7th GitButler Scott Chacon 3,000 words Rated Apr 7th
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Recent AI model progress feels mostly like bullshit — LessWrongAbout nine months ago, I and three friends decided that AI had gotten good enough to monitor large codebases autonomously for security problems. We s… Mar 24th lesswrong.com lc 9,000 words Rated Apr 6th
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fi-le.netfi-le.net, the Fiefdom of Files Rated Apr 5th
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An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhipThere is only one thing worse than being imitated Apr 3rd The AI Underwriter Otakar G. Hubschmann 1,000 words Rated Apr 4th
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Bikes in the Age of TariffsToday's post was going to be about a new product we're introducing—but we need to hold off while we recalculate our prices. You've probably seen the news: Virtually all imports into the United States will be subjected to additional, steep import taxes, also called tariffs. The… Rene Herse Cycles 4,000 words Rated Apr 3rd
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Gemini 2.5 is the New SoTAGemini 2.5 Pro Experimental is America’s next top large language model. Mar 28th thezvi.substack.com Zvi Mowshowitz 4,000 words Rated Mar 31st
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The art of DJing: Avalon Emerson · Articoli ⟋ RAOne of the most creative DJs in the game unpacks her methods for Elissa Stolman. 2019-02-06 Resident Advisor Elissa Stolman 7,000 words Rated Mar 29th
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The long-awaited Friend Compound laws in California[X-posted from the Live Near Friends blog] Jan 10th Supernuclear Phil Levin 1,000 words Rated Mar 27th
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Cyanview: Coordinating Super Bowl’s visual fidelity with ElixirWelcome to Elixir, a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications Mar 25th The Elixir programming language Lars Wikman 2,000 words Rated Mar 26th
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Stimulus Autocomplete with Combobox NavigationHYBRD 1,000 words Rated Mar 24th
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A Brief History of The Super 73 ProblemWith the rising popularity of the Super 73 model, we’re focused on educating riders and regulatory bodies about the distinctions between throttle-powered and pedal-assist e-bikes. E-BIKE ACCESS 3,000 words Rated Mar 24th
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Meet the Guy Who Invented the Belay Test—and the Modern American Climbing GymWhen Peter Mayfield set out to create the first gym designed to welcome new climbers to the sport, he made climbing gym history. Mar 17th Climbing Bruce Hildenbrand 3,000 words Rated Mar 23rd
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Memo 3: So, you want to be a SupervisorThe Burton machine when choosing which ambitious neophyte candidate to back, would usually decide on a single factor: “Which one will knock doors in the rain?”. 2024-12-01 Governing San Francisco Zack Rosen 4,000 words Rated Mar 23rd
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Apparently Magpies and Crows Are Using "Anti-Bird Spikes" to Make Their NestsBirds often incorporate human-made materials while nest building, but a new study shows European corvids are taking the idea to the extreme. 2023-07-12 Audubon Lauren Leffer 200 words Rated Mar 21st
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Understanding Solar EnergyThe biggest energy story of the last fifteen years is the rise of solar photovoltaics, also known as solar PV or simply solar panels. Mar 20th Construction Physics Brian Potter 4,000 words Rated Mar 20th
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Letter from the Levant - On the Origin of the Pork Taboo - Archaeology Magazine - March/April 2025Exploring ancient people’s shifting beliefs about rearing and eating pigs Feb 10th Archaeology Magazine 4,000 words Rated Mar 19th
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For Delivery Workers in Latin America, Affordable E-Bikes Are a SuperpowerIn the long run, e-bikes are cheaper than motorbikes. With financing help from start-ups like Guajira, many immigrant workers are making the switch. #Sustainability #Transportation #Work Mar 7th Reasons to be Cheerful Mariel Lozada 2,000 words Rated Mar 19th
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What Bikini Atoll Looks Like TodaySixty years after the nuclear tests, the groundwater is contaminated and the coconuts are radioactive. But are the coral reefs thriving? 2017-11-20 Medium Stanford Magazine 3,000 words Rated Mar 16th
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Y Combinator urges the White House to support Europe's Digital Markets ActYC sent a letter on Wednesday urging the Trump Administration to support Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA). Mar 13th TechCrunch Maxwell Zeff 1,000 words Rated Mar 14th
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U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes — Streetsblog USANow U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is coming for our bike lanes! Mar 12th usa.streetsblog.org 1,000 words Rated Mar 13th
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The Pitchfork StoryA bit more than two years ago, as part of my work in Shopify’s Ruby and Rails Infrastructure team, I released a new Ruby HTTP server called Pitchfork. Mar 4th byroot’s blog 10,000 words Rated Mar 11th
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Opinion | I Loved ‘Anora,’ but I Still Hope It Loses at the Oscars“Anora” is neither pro-Russian nor anti-Russian. But its Oscar nominations have been portrayed as a national victory in Russia. #Donald Trump #Movies Feb 27th The New York Times Michael Idov ($) 2,000 words Rated Mar 10th
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SFF community reeling after Marion Zimmer Bradley's daughter accuses her of abuseMoira Greyland's claims that she was molested by the late fantasy author have horrified readers and writers who had been inspired by her work 2014-06-27 The Guardian Alison Flood 1,000 words Rated Mar 9th
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Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose itCognitive skills do not decline with age for those who use math and reading throughout their life. Mar 7th Science Advances Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Frauke Witthöft, Ludger Woessmann ... 10,000 words Rated Mar 6th
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The Return of Digg, a Star of Web 2.0Rated Mar 5th
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The Smith v. Substack sagaA tale of lawsuits, impersonation and alter egos. Jan 13th Ghost of Lomax 10,000 words Rated Mar 3rd
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The secret to perfectly calculate Rails database connection pool sizeisland94.org 1,000 words Rated Feb 27th
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Meet the journalists training AI models for Meta and OpenAIThe gig work platform Outlier is one of several companies courting journalists to train large language models (LLMs). Nieman Lab 2,000 words Rated Feb 27th
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I Went To SQL Injection Court — Quarrelsomesockpuppet.org Quarrelsome 3,000 words Rated Feb 26th
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Texas’s Barbecue SchismRated Feb 25th
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Notes from Carrierwave to Active Storageisland94.org 1,000 words Rated Feb 25th
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Why does target=”_blank” have an underscore in front?Ever wondered why you need the underscore in target="_blank" to open a link in a new tab? 2024-10-25 Kyrylo Silin 200 words Rated Feb 24th
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The True Costs of Being on YouTubewhat I spent, what I earned, and why I'm walking away Feb 13th Food Processing carla lalli music 4,000 words Rated Feb 23rd
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The first RCT for GLP-1 drugs and alcoholism isn't what we hopedor what people seem to think Feb 20th Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words Rated Feb 23rd
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When Imperfect Systems are Good, Actually: Bluesky’s Lossy TimelinesBy examining the limits of reasonable user behavior and embracing imperfection for users who go beyond it, we can continue to provide service that meets the expectations of users without sacrificing scalability of the system. Feb 19th Jaz’s Blog Jaz 2,000 words Rated Feb 20th
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Maximizing resume SNRThis is a brief note about resumes and hiring. At Terraform Industries, I've been doing a lot of recruiting recently and it's helped me crystallize a few ideas I've had in this area. This blog will change over time. Terraform Industries is hiring! Join us as we decarbonize our industrial economy by getting carbon from… 2022-03-22 Casey Handmer's blog 3,000 words Rated Feb 17th
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Energy Cheat SheetBuilding an intuition about energy 2024-12-20 Construction Physics Brian Potter 4,000 words Rated Feb 17th
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calculator-appcalculator-app - Chad Nauseam Home Chad Nauseam Home 2,000 words Rated Feb 17th
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We Were Wrong About GPUsDo my tears surprise you? Strong CEOs also cry. Fly 2,000 words Rated Feb 15th
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Do you need permission from the government to do independent research?IRB you kidding me? Feb 13th Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 6,000 words Rated Feb 14th
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Asdf Has Been Re-Written in Golang - Stratus3DOver the last year I’ve rewritten asdf in Go. I’m excited to announce that the rewrite was released last Wednesday as asdf version 0.16. … stratus3d.com Trevor Brown 1,000 words Rated Feb 13th
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Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion’s “everywoman.com”Didion’s appraisal of Martha Stewart, in which most glosses of the subject could also apply to the author, is an ur-text on contemporary feminine ambition. Feb 10th The New Yorker Jia Tolentino 500 words Rated Feb 13th
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Ruby Outperforms C: Breaking the Catch-22YJIT’s ability to improve performance by adapting to run-time behavior can increase the speed of our code in a way that dropping down to C can’t. As such, I think we should reconsider the common wisdom that “rewriting our Ruby in C” is the ideal path to performance optimization and take a serious look at “rewriting our C in Ruby” instead. 2023-08-29 Rails at Scale Aaron Patterson 3,000 words Rated Feb 13th
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Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10,000What could've been the largest data breach in the world - an attack chain on Google services to leak the email address of any YouTube channel brutecat.com 1,000 words Rated Feb 12th
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Tiny JITs for a Faster FFICan we have a faster FFI for CRuby? Yes. Feb 12th Rails at Scale Aaron Patterson 2,000 words Rated Feb 12th
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Introducing: Barbecue Running GelIt's time to smoke the competition. 2024-02-29 Haterade Liz Cook 1,000 words Rated Feb 12th
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I Tasted Honda's Spicy Rodent-Repelling TapeAnd I will do it again unless someone stops me. 2021-07-30 Haterade Liz Cook 1,000 words Rated Feb 12th
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VSCode’s SSH Agent Is BananasDocumentation and guides from the team at Fly.io. Fly 500 words Rated Feb 8th
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