What Facebook fed the baby boomers. Many Americans’ feeds are nightmares. I know because I spent weeks living inside two of them. ~tech facebook social media Article 2322 words, published Nov 24 2020 18 votes
How do we avoid future authoritarians? Winning back the working class is key. ~society politics Article 969 words 16 votes
As the racial gap closes, the Democrat-Republican education gap widens ~society politics Article 926 words 7 votes
Scientists know masks limit the coronavirus’s spread, but it’s impossible for randomized trials to prove that ~health Article 1397 words 5 votes
The real divide in America is between political junkies and everyone else ~society politics Article 450 words 17 votes
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater remake reflects the changing culture of skateboarding ~games Article 1810 words, published Sep 18 2020 11 votes
Doesn’t feel like a recession? You should be paying more in taxes ~finance economics Article 1247 words, published Sep 3 2020 12 votes
Uber is hurting drivers like me in its legal fight in California ~transport Article 1089 words 3 votes
Requiring a Facebook account for Oculus VR is bad for users, devs, and competition ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 1566 words 17 votes
I was a postal service regulator for eighteen years. Don’t panic ~society politics Article 909 words 5 votes
US families consume cancer-linked glyphosate in their food; eating organic reduces levels ~health Article 1148 words 7 votes
The ways that a cheese can go extinct, and the cheesemakers who are working to save them ~food history Article 2411 words 10 votes
Data isn't just being collected from your phone. It's being used to score you ~tech privacy Article 873 words 22 votes
Racism in the USA is higher among white Christians than among the nonreligious. That's no coincidence ~humanities religion Article 1562 words 28 votes
Hydroxychloroquine: "Extra-scientific factors overrode clear-cut medical evidence" ~health medicine Article 1258 words, published Jul 23 2020 4 votes
I have cancer and now my Facebook feed is full of "alternative care" ads ~tech social media facebook Article 991 words 36 votes
If we want any US vaccine to actually work, we have to prepare for it now ~health medicine Article 995 words 12 votes
Why it could actually be Trump that has an enthusiasm problem, not Biden ~society politics Article 778 words 14 votes
Britain should not quake before Xi Jinping: China has already peaked and faces economic stagnation ~finance economics Article 595 words 7 votes
Broken people, broken worlds: Thoughts on The Last of Us Part II ~games Article 5350 words, published Jun 29 2020 3 votes
Amazon and Google are in games for the wrong reasons ~games Article 1868 words, published Jul 2 2020 10 votes
Liverpool are Premier League champions, but where does this season rank, all time? ~sports.football Article 3534 words 6 votes
You want a Confederate monument? My body is a Confederate monument (sexual assault trigger warning) ~life Article 423 words 20 votes
Latest $84 million cuts rip the heart out of the ABC, and Australia's democracy ~news australia journalism Article 968 words 11 votes
I don’t care if baseball ever comes back. The game has been boring for years ~sports.baseball Article 1328 words 12 votes
The rape kit’s secret history - This is the story of the woman who forced the police to start treating sexual assault like a crime ~humanities.history Article 8171 words 8 votes
It's time to kick police unions out of the labor movement. They aren't allies ~life work Article 986 words 19 votes
Confessions of a former bastard cop - An essay by a former police officer on why police are like this ~life Article 5462 words 29 votes
Covid-19 makes it clearer than ever: access to the internet should be a universal right -- Tim Berners-Lee ~tech internet Article 1208 words, published Jun 4 2020 14 votes
The guardrails are off the US Military: It’s no longer guaranteed that the Pentagon will resist unlawful orders from the President. And the rot is deeper than you think ~society politics Article 839 words 20 votes