The Amish keep to themselves. And they’re hiding a horrifying secret: "A year of reporting by Cosmo and Type Investigations reveals a culture of incest, rape, and abuse." ~humanities religion Article 3340 words, published Jan 14 2020 23 votes
Bill Gates on vaccines, Trump, and why social media is “a poisoned chalice” ~tech social media Article 3114 words 7 votes
We quit our jobs to build a cabin—everything went wrong ~life Article 3949 words, published Jul 30 2020 18 votes
A newsroom at the edge of autocracy; The South China Morning Post is arguably the world’s most important newspaper for what it tells us about media freedoms as China’s power grows ~news journalism hong kong china politics Article 3740 words, published Aug 1 2020 7 votes
TikTok and the Sorting Hat - TikTok's algorithm is so good at organizing users into subcultures that it was able to skip the awkward early phases of new social media ~tech social media Article 4984 words 11 votes
Tilde.Club: I had a couple drinks and woke up with 1,000 nerds ~tech Article 3267 words, published Oct 9 2014 20 votes
Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system ~humanities Article 5253 words, published Mar 14 2017 9 votes
The science of user experience: How to use cognitive science in modern software development ~design Article 4258 words, published Jul 29 2020 3 votes
Explaining the urban-rural political divide: Why do Democrats so often concentrate in cities? ~society politics Article 7911 words, published Jul 17 2019 6 votes
Mask off: Crisis and struggle in the pandemic ~health Article 13 241 words, published Jun 8 2020 6 votes
At a loss for words: How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers ~humanities education Article 7013 words 35 votes
May we all be so brave as 19th century female husbands ~lgbt transgender history Article 3255 words, published May 7 2020 11 votes
CyberBunker: The "bulletproof web hosting" company based in a German Cold War bunker that became a dark-web empire ~tech Article 11 053 words 10 votes
An analysis of over 15,000 popular Google searches found that the first organic result is now usually almost halfway down the page, and requires scrolling multiple screen-lengths on mobile to reach ~tech google Article 3972 words 21 votes
The war between alt.tasteless and rec.pets.cats ~tech social media Article 3718 words, published May 1 1994 20 votes
Facebook’s employees reckon with the social network they’ve built ~tech facebook social media Article 4586 words 4 votes
Why has the Republican response to the pandemic in the USA been so mind-bogglingly disastrous? ~health Article 5852 words 11 votes
Solarpunk: Post-industrial design and aesthetics ~design Article 27 301 words, published Jul 18 2020 5 votes
Situating LessWrong in contemporary philosophy: An interview with Jon Livengood ~humanities philosophy Article 6002 words 3 votes
The greatest Olympic cheat - The curious case of the electrified épée ~sports Article 4838 words 11 votes
Was the 2004 US election in Ohio unfairly tipped to Bush? ~humanities.history Article 3427 words, published Nov 20 2005 5 votes
Book review: Bad science and bad arguments abound in 'Apocalypse Never' by Michael Shellenberger ~enviro climate change Article 3956 words 2 votes
The TikTok war - How TikTok exposed Facebook's blindspot, and why its Chinese roots make TikTok a genuine concern ~tech social media security facebook Article 3976 words 8 votes
Hawaii grapples with Great Depression-level unemployment as tourism plummets ~finance Article 3423 words 21 votes
Why general artificial intelligence will not be realized ~comp Article 8746 words, published Jun 17 2020 13 votes
Farmers and animal rights activists are coming together to fight big factory farms ~food Article 3106 words 4 votes
Climate change has likely already affected global food production ~enviro climate change Article 7095 words 5 votes
Scientists' warning on affluence ~enviro sustainability Article 6636 words, published Jun 19 2020 11 votes