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1. Inside the Virgin Galactic spaceport sending the mega rich into space

   (1372 words)

   ~science

   • space
   • branson
   • space exploration

   6 votes
2. Art Spiegelman: Golden age superheroes were shaped by the rise of fascism

   (1720 words)

   ~books

   • comics
   • fascism
   • cultural history

   11 votes
3. Why a Grape Turns Into a Fireball in a Microwave

   (898 words)

   ~tech

   • microwaves

   8 votes
4. How to construct palindromes

   (678 words, Aug 4 2019)

   ~creative

   • writing

   6 votes

5. Comment on Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech in ~tech

   asteroid (OP) 5 days, 4 hours ago Link Parent

   It makes me feel as though the author honored every voice. (I realize that sounds a little earth-mothery, but there ya go.)

   It makes me feel as though the author honored every voice. (I realize that sounds a little earth-mothery, but there ya go.)

   4 votes
6. 'My nerves are going fast': The Grapes of Wrath’s hard road to publication

   (984 words)

   ~books

   • literature
   • steinbeck
   • writing

   3 votes

7. Comment on Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech in ~tech

   asteroid (OP) 5 days, 10 hours ago Link Parent

   We agree emphatically. That is excellent journalism, showing how each party involved responded, and the manner in which the company changed over time. I said, "Oh, NOW I get it!" at the end.

   We agree emphatically. That is excellent journalism, showing how each party involved responded, and the manner in which the company changed over time. I said, "Oh, NOW I get it!" at the end.

   4 votes
8. Supercharging the Band-Aid: Five futuristic bandages that could take wound healing to the next level

   (817 words)

   ~science

   • medicine

   3 votes
9. Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech

   ~tech

   • google
   • silicon valley
   • diversity
   • long read

   22 votes
10. How to make your fitness tracker count steps more accurately

    (823 words)

    ~health

    • fitness

    8 votes

11. Comment on Lady Gaga to fund 162 classrooms in Dayton, El Paso and Gilroy in ~news

    asteroid (OP) August 12 Link Parent

    I agree that it sucks that this has to be done. But I certainly cheer that someone is doing it.

    I agree that it sucks that this has to be done. But I certainly cheer that someone is doing it.

    4 votes
12. Imported Cheese Prices Are About to Double Due to Proposed Tariffs

    (707 words, Aug 6 2019)

    ~food

    • cheese
    • tariffs
    • economy

    12 votes
13. Disappointed Love and Dangerous Temptations: Textile Factories and True Crime

    (1234 words, Aug 8 2019)

    ~books

    • women
    • fiction.historical
    • fiction.true crime

    4 votes
14. Lady Gaga to fund 162 classrooms in Dayton, El Paso and Gilroy

    ~news

    • uplifting
    • lady gaga
    • music
    • usa
    • education

    15 votes
15. The high bandwidth memory standard, HBM2E: The E Stands for Evolutionary

    (1981 words)

    ~tech

    • memory
    • hardware
    • standards

    6 votes
16. NY Times public editor: The readers versus the masthead

    (1436 words)

    ~news

    • media
    • journalism
    • new york times

    11 votes
17. Despite Being a Best-Selling Author, Jane Austen Was Paid Very Little

    (234 words)

    ~books

    • writing
    • literature
    • jane austen

    6 votes
18. Letters of the Damned: Exorcising the Curse of the Petrified Forest

    (1709 words, Jul 29 2019)

    ~enviro

    • environment
    • curse
    • travel

    4 votes
19. You can now play the original Diablo in a web browser

    (413 words, Jul 31 2019)

    ~games

    • diablo
    • retrocomputing

    14 votes
20. 8 crime writers who wrote other forms of literature, including literary novels, memoirs, and even works of history

    (1284 words, Jul 22 2019)

    ~books

    • fiction.crime

    7 votes