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Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system ~humanities Article 5253 words, published Mar 14 2017 9 votes
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Explaining the urban-rural political divide: Why do Democrats so often concentrate in cities? ~misc politics Article 7911 words, published Jul 17 2019 6 votes
Mask off: Crisis and struggle in the pandemic ~health Article 13 241 words, published Jun 8 2020 6 votes
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CyberBunker: The "bulletproof web hosting" company based in a German Cold War bunker that became a dark-web empire ~tech Article 11 053 words 10 votes
An analysis of over 15,000 popular Google searches found that the first organic result is now usually almost halfway down the page, and requires scrolling multiple screen-lengths on mobile to reach ~tech google Article 3972 words 21 votes
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Facebook’s employees reckon with the social network they’ve built ~tech facebook social media Article 4586 words 4 votes