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Josh Cook on the uses and misuses of judgement about literary quality and reflections about the process of suggesting books ~books literature Article 3898 words 5 votes
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Götterdämmerung in the East - The Eastern Front in WWII after Stalingrad ~humanities.history Article 9071 words 6 votes
The United States can't build infrastructure. The reason: it refuses to learn from other countries. ~transport Article 9960 words, published Aug 6 2023 124 votes
Grand jury in the US state of Georgia returns indictments in Donald Trump 2020 election case ~society politics Article 3722 words 101 votes
Making Doom and building the FPS industry at 100 miles per hour | John Romero interview ~games Article 7671 words 12 votes
The association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a meta-analysis ~health fitness Article 4032 words 11 votes
Complacency kills: The crash of Continental Airlines flight 1713 ~transport Article 3465 words 19 votes
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Inside STAR Guides, Utah's abusive anti-porn camp for teens ~life Article 6094 words, published Aug 6 2023 36 votes
Newly published transcripts show the work of early radio broadcaster Walter Benjamin and the details he observed about his time ~humanities.history Article 3382 words, published Aug 8 2023 7 votes
The cost to librarians and libraries from the US culture wars ~books libraries Article 3301 words 22 votes
Clarence Thomas’ thirty-eight vacations: The other billionaires who have treated the US Supreme Court Justice to luxury travel ~society politics Article 4381 words 54 votes
The unpublished interview: Ray Liotta recounts the iconic roles and Goodfellas that defined his career ~movies Article 5386 words 7 votes
Critical conversations: The crash of Eastern Airlines flight 212 ~transport Article 5642 words 30 votes
Building and operating a pretty big storage system called S3 ~tech amazon.web services Article 6296 words, published Jul 27 2023 6 votes
Six Mississippi 'goon squad' deputies plead guilty to torturing Black men ~news usa.ms crime Article 3463 words 57 votes
Rome’s libraries were shrines to knowledge – and imperial power ~humanities.history Article 3376 words 15 votes
The cloud is a prison. Can the local-first software movement set us free? ~tech Article 3224 words 35 votes
Immediate effects of mobile phone app for depressed mood in young adults with subthreshold depression: A pilot randomized controlled trial ~science Article 6966 words 14 votes
Climate change-related mass migration requires health system resilience ~health Article 5263 words 9 votes
The UK NHS in crisis - evaluating radical alternatives ~health healthcare Article 3532 words, published Jul 31 2023 10 votes
How to quickly get to the important truth inside any privacy policy ~tech privacy Article 3135 words 18 votes
Wisconsin’s dairy industry relies on undocumented immigrants, but the state won’t let them legally drive ~food Article 3627 words 20 votes
The vanishing family: They all have a 50-50 chance of inheriting a cruel genetic mutation — which means disappearing into dementia in middle age ~health Article 7660 words, published Jul 20 2023 29 votes
A Utah therapist built a reputation for helping gay Latter-day Saints. These men say he sexually abused them. ~lgbt Article 5057 words 13 votes
"Short Term 12 remains that rarest of things: a truly undiscovered jewel. A diamond still buried in coal." ~movies Article 3791 words 11 votes
Artificial intelligence versus human-controlled doctor in virtual reality simulation for sepsis team training: Randomized controlled study ~science medicine Article 6887 words 10 votes