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Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system ~tech privacy Article 1524 words 13 votes
Andrew Yang’s plan to tackle climate change, explained ~enviro climate change Article 1331 words 23 votes
Colts QB and former #1 overall pick Andrew Luck abruptly retires from pro football at only 29 years old ~sports.american_football Article 1194 words 12 votes
The 175-year history of speculating about President James Buchanan’s bachelorhood and possible homosexuality ~humanities.history Article 2192 words 6 votes
The message of measles - As public-health officials confront the largest outbreak in the US in decades, they’ve been fighting as much against dangerous ideas as they have against the disease ~health medicine Article 8361 words 9 votes
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Anthony Levandowski, former Uber self-driving car executive, indicted for alleged theft of trade secrets from Google ~transport Article 426 words 9 votes
Twitch suspends popular leftist streamer after controversial 9/11 comments ~tech social media Article 1961 words 19 votes
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Transgender and gender nonconforming people say they have been pressured to expose their genitals during TSA searches at airports ~lgbt transgender Article 4293 words 14 votes
A tourist infected with measles visited Disneyland and other Southern California hotspots in mid-August ~health Article 625 words 15 votes
Modesto protesters outnumber Straight Pride supporters at tense but peaceful rally ~lgbt Article 1387 words 9 votes
America is obsessed with beef. But it has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge ~finance economics Article 1420 words, published Aug 19 2019 9 votes
Inside America’s dysfunctional trillion-dollar fighter-jet program ~tech Article 4600 words, published Aug 21 2019 8 votes
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Rob Messel from the US strutted his way to success at the annual Air Guitar World Championships in Finland on Friday ~music Article 423 words, published Aug 24 2018 5 votes
Trump plans to open US consulate in Greenland despite row over offer to buy ~news denmark.greenland politics usa Article 526 words 6 votes
Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir is open to a meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence – should the visit be extended ~news iceland politics usa Article 4 votes
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US patriotic correctness will doom us all – Drew Magary on the Trump administration’s troopification of everything ~misc politics Article 1957 words 8 votes
US President Donald Trump says he's raising tariffs on China after its retaliation ~finance Article 9 votes
Les Moonves, Kevin Tsujihara and the art of Hollywood self-sabotage ~movies Article 912 words 2 votes
How the liberal utopia of Portland became the center of a rightwing war in the US ~misc politics Article 1439 words 14 votes
Qantas 'research flights' to test nineteen hour non-stop London, New York to Sydney routes ~transport Article 594 words 8 votes
Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has announced that she will skip US Vice President Mike Pence's visit – opting instead to keep prior commitments ~news iceland politics usa Article 11 votes
Donald Trump, QAnon and an impending judgment day: Behind the Facebook-fueled rise of The Epoch Times ~news china usa politics journalism Article 3195 words 11 votes
Free speech tropes - Common misstatements, misconceptions, and bad arguments about the First Amendment in American media ~misc Article 2325 words 9 votes
Donald Trump has cancelled a state visit to Denmark after the nation's prime minister said Greenland was not for sale ~news denmark politics usa denmark.greenland Article 650 words 16 votes
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Taylor Swift plans to re-record her back catalog to regain control of her masters ~music pop Link 12 votes
1968 Democratic National Convention Chicago police riots ~humanities.history Article 2415 words 4 votes
Why is Joe Rogan so popular? He understands men in America better than most people do. The rest of the country should start paying attention. ~life.men Article 5473 words 30 votes
The Big Business of Scavenging in Postindustrial America ~enviro recycling Article 6013 words 5 votes
Silicon Valley's crisis of conscience: the private retreat centers where Big Tech goes to ask deep questions ~tech Article 6795 words 5 votes