Commentary - on archaeology and small mundane discoveries ~humanities.history Article 578 words, published Jan 7 2024 4 votes
Israel is murdering Palestinian journalists in Gaza – The pattern of killing cannot be denied. Is there a lack of sympathy because the victims aren’t American or European? ~misc Article 1053 words 35 votes
Paris is saying 'non' to a US-style hellscape of supersized cars – and so should the rest of Europe ~transport Article 902 words 82 votes
Hannah Arendt would not qualify for the Hannah Arendt prize in Germany today ~misc politics Article 1935 words 27 votes
Blasphemy laws have returned to Denmark – even fanatical Quran-burners must remain free ~humanities religion Article 1305 words, published Dec 12 2023 28 votes
The old new way to provide cheap housing ~design urban planning architecture Article 1078 words 18 votes
UAE corruption beyond description means COP28 is likely over before it starts — Bill McKibben ~enviro Article 3633 words 23 votes
What am I thankful for this year? Amazing scientific discoveries. ~science medicine Article 1037 words 19 votes
Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden's powerful unions ~transport Article 1059 words 23 votes
Opinion: US infrastructure law offers too little progress on climate and equity ~transport Article 763 words 9 votes
Iceland volcano won't spew more carbon than humanity – social media is once again filling up with such claims, as it always does when volcanoes make news ~enviro Article 77 words 15 votes
Net neutrality is about more than just blocking and throttling, don't be fooled by attempts to limit the discussion to these concepts ~tech Link 27 votes
Why the US never saves money on health care ~finance Article 903 words, published Oct 2 2023 25 votes
Europe’s coming reckoning on immigration – large-scale immigration is the only thing that can prevent Europe from becoming an empty amusement park ~misc politics Article 1915 words, published Oct 28 2023 35 votes
The unexpected climate policy that could tackle both national debt and China: Carbon pricing has the potential to become a bipartisan policy ~enviro climate change Article 917 words, published Oct 26 2023 26 votes
Everything I know about the tech industry I learned from baseball ~sports.baseball Article 1795 words 5 votes
On the inadequacy and obsolescence of US laws protecting student privacy - threatening intellectual freedom to explore ideas ~life education.higher Article 1455 words 6 votes
Some call us ungrateful middle-class feminists – but this is why women went on strike in Iceland ~life.women Article 650 words 26 votes
How native English speakers can stop confusing everyone else ~humanities.languages Article 290 words 26 votes
Even the French are giving up on arthouse films. Is this the end of a cinematic era? ~movies Article 939 words 13 votes
Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him ~tech internet Article 648 words 84 votes
Forgotten to return your library book? Don’t worry about it [library fines are falling out of fashion] ~books libraries Article 290 words 23 votes
Revenge of the nerds is a fantasy, it’s the jocks who have more successful careers ~life work education.higher Article 300 words, published Oct 15 2023 13 votes
‘Gobsmackingly bananas’ record temperatures are dividing scientists ~enviro climate change Article 77 words 14 votes
What happens when a woman chooses career dominance over her relationship ~life.women Article 966 words 24 votes
I’m going to war for Israel. Palestinians are not my enemy. ~misc politics Article 932 words 32 votes
The robots are coming, but older workers have less to fear than they might think ~finance Article 306 words, published Oct 8 2023 7 votes
Your next excuse is on platform five – German train travel has become an experience worthy of Kafka ~transport Article 1183 words 43 votes
The US library system, once the best in the world, faces death by a thousand cuts ~books libraries Article 649 words 39 votes
We can’t wait thirty more years for another breakthrough in the Middle East ~misc politics Article 290 words 7 votes
Money Stuff: FTX might have found some money ~finance cryptocurrency business Article 77 words 6 votes
Sam Bankman-Fried was reckless from the start and SEC settlements are more generous in September ~finance cryptocurrency Article 77 words 11 votes
Without a college degree, life in America is staggeringly shorter ~life education.higher Article 1513 words 21 votes
Real men share the housework: what Britain can learn from the domestic bliss of Scandinavia ~life family parenting relationships Article 867 words 31 votes
How to argue against identity politics without turning into a reactionary ~misc politics.identity Article 2217 words 68 votes
Dear drivers, steady as you go at 20mph. And welcome to the future. ~transport Article 757 words, published Sep 20 2023 35 votes
Europe’s rightward drift is not set in stone: our new research should give hope to the left ~misc politics Article 1472 words 12 votes
US food banks face increased demand - are about to lose funding source ~life Article 724 words 12 votes