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Why Gen X Dads Can Appreciate Olivia RodrigoJay Caspian Kang on his appreciation for Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album, “Guts,” as a Gen X dad to a young daughter. #Pop Music 2023-09-13T14:38:00-0700 The New Yorker Jay Caspian Kang 1,000 words Rated 2023-09-13T18:30:32-0700 |
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 2023-09-10T20:01:34-0700 |
Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be CopyrightedMatthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.” #Art #Artificial Intelligence #Culture 2023-09-06T14:13:22-0700 WIRED Kate Knibbs 1,000 words Rated 2023-09-06T18:11:08-0700 |
Quad City, Old Forge, jumbo slice and more quirky American pizzasYou might not have heard of these pizza styles, but they're iconic to some. 2023-08-31T04:00:35-0700 The Washington Post Emily Heil ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-31T06:35:03-0700 |
What Happened When Oregon Decriminalized Hard DrugsA bold reform effort hasn’t gone as planned. #Criminal Justice System #Law Enforcement #Oregon 2023-07-19T07:30:00-0700 The Atlantic Jim Hinch ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-08-30T15:28:31-0700 |
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 ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-30T03:30:35-0700 |
The Case for Reducing Defense SpendingNo matter how much this country—or any country—spends on defense, it cannot buy perfect security. #Military #U.S. Military 2022-09-09T09:35:00-0700 The National Interest Lawrence J. Korb 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-20T12:13:03-0700 |
This whale may be the largest animal ever. We have no idea how it got that big.A newly discovered extinct whale called P. colossus is challenging the blue whale for the title of heaviest animal to ever exist. 2023-08-02T08:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Dino Grandoni ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-03T09:21:52-0700 |
Republicans want to plant a trillion trees. Scientists are skeptical.New research finds that planting a trillion trees would have a minimal effect on combating climate change. 2023-08-02T03:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Maxine Joselow ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-03T09:17:10-0700 |
Wisconsin’s Dairy Industry Relies on Undocumented Immigrants, but the State Won’t Let Them Legally DriveUndocumented immigrants in the state can own and register their vehicles, but they aren’t allowed to drive them, forcing many farm workers to risk fines and arrest. “It’s a Catch-22 for a lot of folks,” advocates say. 2023-08-03T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Melissa Sanchez, Maryam Jameel 4,000 words Rated 2023-08-03T05:52:32-0700 |
The Solar Cell Discovery MachineRobotic analysis of perovskites may speed development of solar cells with better than 30% efficiency 2023-08-01T09:30:04-0700 IEEE Spectrum Charles Q. Choi 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-01T22:04:13-0700 |
Elliott Smith: XOEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Elliott Smith’s big 1998 album, both a transformational landmark and a logical next step for the restless composer. 2023-07-29T21:00:00-0700 Pitchfork Jayson Greene 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-31T05:29:47-0700 |
Georgia’s Broad Racketeering Law May Now Ensnare Donald TrumpFani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, often relies on Georgia’s capacious *RICO*{: .small} statute—though critics say that she has stretched it past the law’s intent. #2020 Election #Donald Trump #Georgia 2023-07-31T04:12:47-0700 The New Yorker Charles Bethea 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-31T05:20:26-0700 |
Seiichi Morimura, who exposed Japanese atrocities in WWII, dies at 90Mr. Morimura's book about Unit 731, a secret biological warfare branch of the Imperial Army, helped force Japan to confront its wartime past. 2023-07-27T15:44:36-0700 The Washington Post Emily Langer ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-28T03:43:18-0700 |
The Dictator Myth That Refuses to DieAuthoritarians would have you think that they can do certain things better than their counterparts who have to deal with checks, balances, and public opinion. Don’t believe it. #United States 2023-07-26T07:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Brian Klaas ($) 200 words Rated 2023-07-26T17:29:22-0700 |
Firing of gay Catholic school teacher could test latest Supreme Court rulingA substitute drama teacher in North Carolina sued after being fired for marrying his partner; the school says such discrimination is allowed. 2023-07-11T07:30:12-0700 The Washington Post Rachel Weiner ($) 200 words Rated 2023-07-12T01:19:00-0700 |
Is It Hot Enough Yet for Politicians to Take Real Action?Bill McKibben writes on the recent temperature records set amid a global heat wave, on a global cascade of climate-change-related floods and disasters, and the lack of political will in Canada and the U.S. to take on the needed confrontation of oil and gas interests. #Canada #Climate Change #Global Warming #Wildfire 2023-07-11T11:18:01-0700 The New Yorker Bill McKibben 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-11T20:11:00-0700 |
This is not a joke: Chinese people are eating — and poking fun at — #whitepeoplefoodThe playful term is trending on social media: Urban workers are embracing (even while joking about) easy-to-fix, healthy Western-style lunches — think sandwiches, veggies ... a lonely baked potato. 2023-07-10T08:41:32-0700 NPR Aowen Cao, Emily Feng 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T19:39:37-0700 |
See what it’s like to dig a tunnel 100 feet below a cityA massive drill is digging a tunnel deep beneath Alexandria that will keep millions of gallons of raw sewage from seeping into the Potomac River. 2023-07-07T03:00:17-0700 The Washington Post Teo Armus, Hadley Green, Bill O’Leary, Ricky Carioti ... ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-10T19:34:54-0700 |
Analysis | Do blue-state taxes really subsidize red-state benefits?In honor of our first anniversary, we turn our powers of analysis on you, the reader, to identify -- and answer! -- the question you are most eager to ask. 2023-07-07T02:54:43-0700 The Washington Post Andrew Van Dam, Linda Chong ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-07T04:33:59-0700 |
The Secret Gay History of Indie RockIs it truly possible to queer one of the straightest genres of music? From the closeted to the overexposed, this is a lineage of queer indie rock icons. #LGBTQ+ 2023-07-05T08:58:46-0700 Pitchfork Emma Madden 4,000 words Rated 2023-07-05T09:28:46-0700 |
Reclaiming Real American PatriotismThis 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 ($) 500 words Rated 2023-07-04T09:32:34-0700 |
The Cancer-Drug Shortage Is DifferentFourteen crucial chemotherapies are currently in shortage. Why does this keep happening? 2023-06-26T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Ed Yong ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-26T17:05:16-0700 |
Cancer drug shortages should have patients rioting in the streetsCisplatin 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 |
Weike Wang on Citizenship and BelongingDeborah Treisman interviews the author Weike Wang about “Status in Flux,” her story from the June 26, 2023, issue of The New Yorker. #Fiction 2023-06-19T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Deborah Treisman 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-19T06:02:09-0700 |
Burying Indiana JonesChristopher Heaney on “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” and the titular character’s impact on the public’s perception of what it means to be an archeologist. #Movies 2023-06-18T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Christopher Heaney 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-18T08:31:54-0700 |
Pluto should be our ninth planet. A planetary scientist explains whyAstronomers believe they’re closing in on the so-called Planet Nine, but planetary scientist Paul Byrne argues our official definition of what is and isn’t a planet is in need of a long-overdue shake up. 2023-06-11T23:40:00-0700 BBC Science Focus Magazine Paul Byrne 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-12T04:46:28-0700 |
What Does ‘Buying American’ Even Mean?In a globalized economy, the definition of “buying American” is becoming quite cloudy—and so are the consequences of policies designed to encourage it. #Buy American 2019-07-03T00:00:00-0700 The New York Times Tim Heffernan 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-11T10:03:39-0700 |
Perspective | History shows moving manufacturing to North America isn’t a cure-allThe initial promise of Mexican factories in the 1960s gave way to impoverished communities and capital flight in search of higher profits. #Buy American 2023-03-06T03:00:09-0800 The Washington Post Sean Harvey ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-11T09:44:37-0700 |
Biden’s ‘Buy America’ bid runs into manufacturing woes it aims to fixThe “Buy America” initiative that President Biden says will promote domestic manufacturing has hit a snag: The United States no longer makes many of the items needed to modernize roads, bridges and ports. #Buy American 2023-02-18T04:00:00-0800 The Washington Post David J. Lynch ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-11T09:40:30-0700 |
The Talk: Accused of PlagiarismIn an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Talk,” Darrin Bell illustrates a conversation with a professor at U.C. Berkeley who accused him, without evidence, of plagiarism. #College 2023-06-03T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Darrin Bell 200 words Rated 2023-06-03T15:57:45-0700 |
Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitanescience.org 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-03T07:53:36-0700 |
Microbes take the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’Nature - Bacteria that snip fluorine–carbon bonds can degrade certain kinds of PFAS, a class of environmental pollutant. 2023-05-24T00:00:00-0700 Nature 500 words Rated 2023-05-24T05:18:43-0700 |
The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigsThe 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 2023-05-11T19:07:08-0700 |
The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog ComputingRated 2023-04-26T05:53:14-0700 |
Fox News Is Bigger Than Any HostRated 2023-04-24T11:30:24-0700 |
Foundation for Government Accountability behind child labor law rollbacks, emails showRated 2023-04-23T16:41:03-0700 |
Why it's so hard to mass produce houses in factories : Planet MoneyRated 2023-04-22T17:05:10-0700 |
My Breakfast With a Cranky Chris ChristieRated 2023-04-22T07:15:37-0700 |
Republicans don’t complain much about polling places at senior centersRated 2023-04-20T18:49:10-0700 |
Long accused of Native American misappropriation, Boy Scouts ask if it’s time to changeRated 2023-04-20T05:55:15-0700 |
MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen blasted for 'leave pity city' leaked videoRated 2023-04-19T05:54:42-0700 |
Surprising things happen when you put 25 AI agents together in an RPG townRated 2023-04-11T21:59:43-0700 |
The Man Who Built CatanRated 2023-04-09T07:33:50-0700 |
This ship was supposed to usher in an age of nuclear-powered travelRated 2023-04-09T07:23:23-0700 |
Life before Lake HuronRated 2023-04-09T06:57:26-0700 |
As climate change worsens, some people might decide to DIY a solutionRated 2023-04-08T08:50:15-0700 |
Powerful Ansel Adams show centers his love for nature – and the peril it’s in | PhotographyRated 2023-04-08T08:40:40-0700 |
Virginia Norwood, who mapped the Earth as 'mother of Landsat,' dies at 96Rated 2023-04-01T09:07:27-0700 |
Trump could run for president from prison like Eugene V. Debs didRated 2023-04-01T08:40:25-0700 |