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How Instagram uses static analysis like linting and automated refactoring to help manage their multi-million-line Python codebase ~comp Link 10 votes
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This land was our land: The Mississippi Delta's history of Black land theft ~humanities.history Article 7676 words 7 votes
Henry Flynt: The meaning of my avant-garde hillbilly and blues music ~music blues rock experimental Article 5910 words 6 votes
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The tragic story of Jimmy Aldaoud, deported from the streets of Detroit to his death in Iraq ~news iraq usa.mi.detroit Article 3542 words, published Aug 9 2019 7 votes
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Losing my religion at Christian camp: The way a decade at Christian summer camp both shaped and condemned views of faith and girlhood ~humanities religion Article 6490 words 16 votes
Elizabeth Warren’s Classroom Strategy: A lifelong teacher, she’s the most professorial presidential candidate ever. But does America want to be taught? ~news usa politics Article 7123 words, published Aug 6 2019 13 votes
Ferguson, five years later: The killing of Michael Brown sparked protests against police brutality, but the city faces new, insidious problems ~life Article 5785 words 6 votes
The Great Escape - The origin, business, and attraction of escape rooms ~games Article 5270 words 7 votes
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