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Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems ~humanities Article 3029 words, published Apr 15 2016 34 votes
Even before electricity, robots freaked people out ~tech Article 7073 words, published Jul 30 2018 5 votes
David Foster Wallace on John McCain: ‘The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys and the Shrub’ (2000) ~misc Article 6 votes
The State of the Bestiary is Stable - 25 years after release, Magic: The Gathering still strikes a balance between performance and commodity—a mix of chess’s chilly purity and poker’s social theatre ~games.tabletop card games Article 3384 words, published Aug 22 2018 10 votes
The humanities are in crisis - Students are abandoning humanities majors, turning to degrees they think yield far better job prospects. But they’re wrong. ~humanities education.higher Article 3072 words 15 votes
How baseball’s tech team built the future of television ~sports.baseball Article 4049 words, published Aug 4 2015 6 votes
The impossible job: Inside Facebook’s struggle to moderate two billion people ~tech social media facebook Article 9455 words 14 votes
There should be ‘consequences’ for platforms that don’t remove people like Alex Jones, US Senator Ron Wyden says ~tech internet social media Article 3069 words 12 votes
How an international hacker network turned stolen press releases into $100 million ~tech Article 6934 words 12 votes
Our pungent history: Sweat, perfume, and the scent of death ~science Article 4110 words, published Mar 8 2016 4 votes
David Hogg, after Parkland. Furious and unflinching, an NRA enemy, an accused “crisis actor,” and a high-school grad trying to figure out what’s next ~life Article 7218 words, published Aug 20 2018 8 votes
The untold story of NotPetya, the most devastating cyberattack in history ~tech security.cyber Article 6546 words 11 votes
Ring theory: The hidden artistry of the Star Wars prequels ~movies science fiction Article 3427 words, published Oct 31 2014 12 votes
Gospels of giving for the new gilded age: Are today’s donor classes solving problems—or creating new ones? ~misc politics Article 3164 words 8 votes
Can the manufacturer of Tasers provide the answer to police abuse of force? ~tech Article 7747 words 10 votes
Growing-ups: Living with your parents, single and with no clear career. Is this a failure to grow up or a whole new stage of life? ~life Article 3960 words, published Apr 17 2014 29 votes
Cross-border aquifers are a ticking time bomb for US-Mexico relations ~enviro water.ground Article 3484 words 5 votes
The story of a Puget Sound killer whale that's been held captive in Florida for forty-five years ~enviro Article 9932 words 7 votes
Researcher at the center of an epic fraud remains an enigma to those who exposed him ~science biology medicine Article 4352 words, published Aug 14 2018 11 votes
Fascist activists have spent the last year trying to win over police ~misc politics Article 3079 words 17 votes
The city born in a day: The origin story of Oklahoma City ~humanities.history Article 4008 words 5 votes
Axes of evil. Four days, two murders, and one poplar tree that almost ignited World War III. ~humanities.history Link 4 votes
A conversation with an elite ultramarathoner on what running after a leg amputation is really like ~sports Article 4046 words 7 votes
Clinicopathological evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in players of American football ~sports.american_football Article 4914 words 4 votes
What does immersing yourself in a book do to your brain? ~science biology Article 3610 words, published Aug 8 2018 10 votes
Flaws of an undead genre - What's wrong with point and click adventures? ~games Article 3013 words 9 votes