“Flood the zone with shit”: How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy ~misc politics Article 2228 words, published Jan 16 2020 13 votes
Extreme Silicon Valley: A 2:30 AM bus from Salida. Tech employees move all the way into the Central Valley. Private tech shuttles follow. ~life work housing Article 2411 words 6 votes
US President Donald Trump acquitted of two impeachment charges in near party-line vote ~news usa politics Article 2376 words 28 votes
Tony Adams analyzed audio spectrograms corresponding to more than 8,200 pitches from the Astros ~sports.baseball Link 7 votes
Why Democratic leaders still misunderstand the politics of social class ~news usa politics Article 6137 words, published Jan 20 2020 13 votes
The app that broke the Iowa Caucuses was sent out through a beta testing platform ~tech Article 1012 words 10 votes
US FTC files suit to block $1.37 billion acquisition of shaving company Harry’s by Edgewell (owner of Schick) ~finance business Article 490 words 7 votes
The way we work is killing us - An interview with the author of Dying for a Paycheck ~life work Article 1910 words, published Apr 24 2018 15 votes
The rapid rise and sudden fall of a Kratom Kingpin ~life Article 4600 words, published Aug 29 2019 7 votes
Cards Against Humanity has purchased ClickHole, the satire site created by The Onion ~tech internet Article 867 words 15 votes
Why this Swedish cardamom bun is taking New York City by storm | Line Around The Block ~food baking Video 5:38, published Dec 15 2019 4 votes
Voyager 2 engineers working to restore normal operations ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 10 votes
What I learned about life at a company that deals in dead bodies ~life education Article 3252 words 5 votes
Kansas City Chiefs are champs with stunning Super Bowl comeback over San Francisco 49ers ~sports.american_football Article 604 words 12 votes
A pro-Trump blog doxed a Chinese scientist it falsely accused of creating the coronavirus as a bioweapon ~health Article 1284 words 19 votes
Donald Trump’s US border wall, vulnerable to flash floods, needs large storm gates left open for months ~enviro Article 1854 words 7 votes
Donald Trump impeachment: Failed witnesses vote paves way for acquittal ~news politics usa Article 863 words 35 votes
Joe Biden says he will endorse any US Democrat who wins nomination ~news politics usa Article 397 words 14 votes
Roku and Fox make last minute deal for Super Bowl broadcast ~sports.american_football Article 1151 words 6 votes
Got lacteal secretions? Virginia tries to limit the legal definition of milk. ~food drinks Article 416 words 7 votes
Report detailing online activity of US Coast Guard officer accused of domestic terrorism shows extensive searches on white supremacy, conspiracy theories, and thousands of visits to /r/MGTOW ~tech Article 986 words 18 votes
The California Attorney General has requested 35 pieces of information from ICANN regarding the proposed sale of the .org TLD ~tech internet Article 409 words 12 votes
The mysterious drone sightings in Colorado seem to have been a classic case of mass hysteria, with no evidence of illegal drone activity ever found ~tech Article 977 words 15 votes
KFC to sell Beyond Meat's plant-based 'fried chicken' in the southern US ~food restaurants meat Article 358 words 18 votes
E. Jean Carroll, who accused Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s, has made a legal demand for a DNA sample to compare against male DNA on her dress ~news usa politics crime Article 743 words 13 votes
CDC confirms first instance of person-to-person spread of new coronavirus in the United States ~health Article 685 words 13 votes
Why Republicans are suddenly in a rush to regulate every trans kid’s puberty ~lgbt transgender Article 2727 words 14 votes
US Congressional Budget Office annual report projects continued economic growth, but federal deficits and debts reaching levels not seen since just after World War II ~finance Article 1011 words 8 votes
Facebook to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology in Illinois ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 846 words 9 votes
MoviePass and its parent company have both filed for bankruptcy and will liquidate their assets ~movies Article 6 votes
A Guardian investigation of 218,100 Facebook ads reveals how the Trump campaign’s sophisticated social media machine targets conservative voters ~tech facebook social media Article 2517 words 12 votes
Why do cartoon villains speak in foreign accents? ~tv Article 488 words, published Jan 4 2018 7 votes
NPR is asking the State Department to explain its decision to deny an NPR reporter press credentials to travel with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on an upcoming trip to Europe ~news politics usa journalism Article 1006 words 9 votes
NASA selects Axiom Space to build commercial space station module ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 639 words 5 votes
James Webb Space Telescope: Technical challenges have caused schedule strain and may increase costs ~space astronomy Article 571 words 7 votes
Mary Louise Kelly interviews Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo ~news politics iran usa Article 705 words 21 votes
Clearview AI claims its facial recognition software identified a terrorism suspect in New York City last year, but the NYPD says they played no role in the case ~tech Article 4078 words 10 votes
Donald Trump administration's Middle East peace plan calls for creation of a State of Palestine, freeze on new Israeli settlements ~news usa palestine israel politics Article 616 words 7 votes