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Why Gen X Dads Can Appreciate Olivia Rodrigo

Jay 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 Copyrighted

Matthew 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 pizzas

You 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 Drugs

A 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 Fantasy

The 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 Spending

No 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 Drive

Undocumented 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 Machine

Robotic 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: XO

Each 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 Trump

Fani 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 90

Mr. 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 Die

Authoritarians 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 ruling

A 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 — #whitepeoplefood

The 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 city

A 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 Rock

Is 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 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 2023-07-04T09:32:34-0700

The Cancer-Drug Shortage Is Different

Fourteen 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 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

Weike Wang on Citizenship and Belonging

Deborah 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 Jones

Christopher 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 why

Astronomers 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-all

The 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 fix

The “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 Plagiarism

In 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: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane

science.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 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 2023-05-11T19:07:08-0700

The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing

WIRED

Rated 2023-04-26T05:53:14-0700

Fox News Is Bigger Than Any Host

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-04-24T11:30:24-0700

Foundation for Government Accountability behind child labor law rollbacks, emails show

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-04-23T16:41:03-0700

Why it's so hard to mass produce houses in factories : Planet Money

NPR

Rated 2023-04-22T17:05:10-0700

My Breakfast With a Cranky Chris Christie

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-04-22T07:15:37-0700

Republicans don’t complain much about polling places at senior centers

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-04-20T18:49:10-0700

Long accused of Native American misappropriation, Boy Scouts ask if it’s time to change

NBC News

Rated 2023-04-20T05:55:15-0700

MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen blasted for 'leave pity city' leaked video

NPR

Rated 2023-04-19T05:54:42-0700

Surprising things happen when you put 25 AI agents together in an RPG town

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-04-11T21:59:43-0700

The Man Who Built Catan

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-04-09T07:33:50-0700

This ship was supposed to usher in an age of nuclear-powered travel

nationalgeographic.com

Rated 2023-04-09T07:23:23-0700

Life before Lake Huron

Canadian Geographic

Rated 2023-04-09T06:57:26-0700

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

#Ocean Geoengineering

Vox

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

Powerful Ansel Adams show centers his love for nature – and the peril it’s in | Photography

The Guardian

Rated 2023-04-08T08:40:40-0700

Virginia Norwood, who mapped the Earth as 'mother of Landsat,' dies at 96

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-04-01T09:07:27-0700

Trump could run for president from prison like Eugene V. Debs did

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-04-01T08:40:25-0700