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The red US state brain drain isn’t coming. It’s happening right now. ~life education.higher work Article 5795 words, published Nov 22 2023 77 votes
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No Fap: A cultural history of anti-masturbation ~health medicine Article 5257 words, published Nov 1 2023 34 votes
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The Norway model: How the Scandinavian country became a literary powerhouse ~books literature Article 8178 words 8 votes
The achievement of gender parity in a large astrophysics research centre ~science physics.astro astronomy Article 5569 words, published Nov 16 2023 7 votes
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UAE corruption beyond description means COP28 is likely over before it starts — Bill McKibben ~enviro Article 3633 words 23 votes
Not your grandma’s granny flat: How San Diego hacked state housing law to build ADU ‘apartment buildings’ ~design urban planning Article 3414 words 16 votes
Large livestock companies and lobby groups will target pavilions in a coordinated campaign at the UN climate summit, documents show ~food meat Article 3176 words 7 votes
The US Supreme Court case seeking to shut down wealth taxes before they even exist, has potential to end existing tax worth hundreds of billions ~finance Article 3159 words 33 votes
Years ago, the all-white judges of a Louisiana appellate court decided, in secret, to systematically ignore petitions filed by prisoners, most of them black ~society Article 8345 words 83 votes
‘Songbirds & Snakes’ reigns supreme over Thanksgiving stretch with $42m five-day; ‘Napoleon’ steps on Disney’s ‘Wish’ with $32m+ ~movies Article 3370 words 20 votes
Inside OpenAI, a rift between billionaires and altruistic researchers unravelled over the future of artificial intelligence ~tech Article 3025 words 20 votes
The strange $55 million saga of a Netflix series you’ll never see ~movies science fiction Article 289 words 24 votes
Twitter’s former head of trust and safety finally breaks her silence ~tech social media Article 5850 words 30 votes
How meltdowns brought professional advocacy groups to a standstill at a critical moment (2022) ~life work Article 9965 words, published Jun 13 2022 19 votes
The New Jersey Hindu temple covered with 10,000 sculptures, marble elephants, ample parking, and a federal investigation into how it all got built ~humanities religion Article 3096 words, published Nov 9 2023 12 votes
The Survivors - One year later, those who lived through the Club Q shooting are still healing. These are their stories. ~lgbt Article 8672 words 12 votes
An oral history of Batman: The Animated Series (2017) ~tv Article 8193 words, published Nov 11 2022 12 votes
All of this year’s National Book Award finalists, reviewed by Vox ~books reviews fiction nonfiction poetry Article 5401 words 14 votes