The phrase "no evidence" is a red flag for bad science communication ~science Article 1329 words 11 votes
Ten tips for real-life socializing (for the internet-poisoned brain) ~life Article 3067 words 15 votes
The Guardian is trying to intimidate Eoin Higgins into retracting his coverage of transphobia in their newsroom ~lgbt transgender Article 328 words 14 votes
Much of what you've heard about Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan is wrong ~humanities.history Article 1424 words 11 votes
Please don't give up on having kids because of climate change ~enviro climate change Article 3284 words 14 votes
A case study in NIMBY entitlement: The former mayor of Beverly Hills is so mad about duplexes ~life housing Article 2964 words 12 votes
The NYT's partisan tale about COVID and the unvaccinated is rife with sloppy data analysis ~health Article 1602 words 2 votes
Can we mock and/or threaten people into changing their beliefs? (And more importantly, should we?) ~life Article 1751 words 9 votes
An obvious bug in Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup that players failed to recognize for two weeks, and what it demonstrates about "cognitive decoupling" ~games Article 2661 words, published Aug 16 2021 20 votes
Batman main writer steps away from DC to start indie comic line at Substack ~books Article 646 words 5 votes
Substack just made a major new hire as it goes after comic-book writers and expands its fiction efforts ~comics Article 1184 words 4 votes
What's the point of a company? Philip Morris is attempting to purchase a respiratory illness treatment company, let's talk about it. ~finance business economics Article 708 words 10 votes
An interview with air-quality specialist Sarah Coefield about wildfire smoke, ventilation, long-term effects on health, and more ~enviro pollution.air Article 3273 words 5 votes
When orcs were real - The ancient struggle for homo sapiens to rule the Earth ~humanities.history Article 2247 words 6 votes
Pressing flesh against flesh 🤝: The multi-skin toned handshake emoji reveals that it is more than a routine gesture ~tech Article 1010 words 9 votes
Book review: Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are? ~science biology Article 3631 words 4 votes
Relative student ability is remarkably static and predictable from pre-K to college and beyond ~humanities education Article 17 votes