A state by state review of how easy or difficult it is to enforce open records laws in the US reveals many obstacles ~misc politics Article 3094 words, published Mar 10 2024 7 votes
Maps: see how the Interborough Express could unlock new opportunities for New York City ~transport Article 6757 words, published Mar 7 2024 4 votes
How sixteen companies are dominating the world’s Google search results (2024 Edition) ~tech google.search Article 12 009 words, published Mar 7 2023 24 votes
Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer ~health medicine Article 7811 words 18 votes
The life-ruining power of routines: Habits don’t lead to personal optimisation. They lead to suffering. ~life work.remote Link 32 votes
Analysis: Donald Trump election win could add 4bn tonnes to US emissions by 2030 ~enviro climate change Article 3295 words 11 votes
How Türkiye moved east – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the rise of an Anatolian foreign policy ~misc politics Article 3318 words, published Feb 19 2024 5 votes
You can now train a 70b language model at home (if you have a dual-3090 or better) ~tech Article 3979 words 11 votes
“Between the hammer and the anvil” – The story behind the New York Times October 7 exposé ~misc Article 6784 words, published Feb 29 2024 13 votes
Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market ~finance Article 6385 words 18 votes
How parents' trauma leaves biological traces in children ~health.mental Article 3784 words, published Jul 1 2022 18 votes
A professor claimed to be Native American. Did she know she wasn’t? ~life Article 6796 words, published Feb 26 2024 25 votes
The food of war and isolation - International influences on Russian sausage cuisine ~food history meat Article 3350 words, published Feb 24 2024 10 votes
What happens when prosecutors offer contradictory versions of the truth? ~misc Article 3071 words 26 votes
How Steward Health left Rockledge Regional Medical Center, a Space Coast community hospital, in a literal world of shit ~health healthcare Article 3451 words 14 votes
How the Pentagon learned to use targeted ads to find its targets—and Vladimir Putin ~tech Article 5350 words 29 votes
Starburst – Disturbances on the sun may have the potential to devastate our power grid and communication systems. When the next big storm arrives, will we be prepared for it? ~space Article 8331 words 22 votes
The Israeli settlers attacking their Palestinian neighbors – With the world’s focus on Gaza, settlers have used wartime chaos as cover for violence and dispossession ~misc Article 8193 words 24 votes
An American education: Notes from UATX ~humanities education.higher Article 5721 words, published Feb 19 2024 4 votes
Indexing the information age - Over a weekend in 1995, a small group gathered in Ohio to unleash the power of the internet by making it navigable ~tech Article 3050 words 13 votes
Compensating compassion | Too few people donate their organs, dead or alive. How can we make it easier to donate, but avoid the abuses that some fear from cash payments? ~health Article 4781 words 32 votes
The uncharted world of emerging pathogens – In their quest to detect early outbreaks, virus hunters are sampling environmental DNA in water, dirt, and air ~science biology Article 3381 words, published Feb 14 2024 8 votes
How I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers ~books literature Article 11 672 words, published May 30 2021 19 votes
A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth and several top museums. Here’s how investigators unraveled the incredible scam. ~arts Article 4571 words 6 votes
Progress deferred: Lessons from mRNA vaccine development ~science medicine Article 6566 words 9 votes
Diseconomies of scale in fraud, spam, support, and moderation ~tech social media Article 44 315 words 14 votes
Robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers for over thirty years; AI vendors are ignoring it or proliferating too fast to block ~tech internet Article 3069 words, published Feb 14 2024 41 votes
The price is wrong: How error-riddled scores get in the way of promoting music of marginalized composers ~music classical Article 3540 words 12 votes
Fake grass, real injuries? Dissecting the NFL’s artificial turf debate. ~sports.american_football Article 576 words, published Feb 10 2024 14 votes
Hugo voting data from Chengdu WorldCon raises suspicions of vote tampering and incorrect eligibility rulings ~books science fiction Article 3702 words 31 votes
Kristen Stewart ‘I want to do the gayest thing you’ve ever seen in your life’ ~lgbt Article 6748 words 34 votes