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Why lesbians die younger than straight women...
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Possible UFO over NYC baffles passenger flying out of LaGuardia...
'The announcement we've found alien life could be just couple of years away...
SOUTHWEST to Exit Four Airports as BOEING Problems Ripple Through Industry...
First human spaceflight...
Iran expands public crackdown on women and girls, sparking public anger...
Why nearly intact missiles being found in Israel desert...
'Europe could die': Macron urges stronger defenses, economic reforms...
Blades fall off Moulin Rouge windmill in Paris...
'ERA OF PEACE IN EUROPE OVER,' WARNS KYIV...
German army to ready US troops on NATO's eastern front...
Mystery Death of Texan Who Fought for Moscow Sparks Outrage in Russia...
Poland turns on Ukraine: Threatens to send thousands of refugees back to fight...
Taylor Swift: Why You Gotta Be So Mean?
You Can't Overstate Media's Covid Coverage Failure
What's Happening in America's College Campuses Is Horrific
A New Set of 'Four Questions' for Anti-Israel Protesters
Competition, the American Way
Why Did Cars Get So Expensive?
Biden Wins NABTU Backing as Its Leaders Attack Trump
The Fantasy of Open Borders
Democrats Target Ted Cruz To Stave Off Senate Disaster
'Reverse Coattails' Won't Rescue Biden
What Democrats Want Out of the Trump Trial
The Tricky Judgments on When To Loosen
Secret Service Scuffle Prompts DEI, Vetting Scrutiny
Katherine Maher's Color Revolution
Kennedy Now Threatens Biden and Trump
Links for the intellectually curious, ranked by readers.
Nigerian woman faces jail for giving tomato paste bad review on Facebook
Judge Acquits Backpage Co-Founder Michael Lacey on Most Counts
Google Earning Q1 2024 [pdf]
John Carmack on Meta Horizon OS
Asian American women are getting lung cancer despite never smoking
No Abstractions: our API design principle
Rhyme as Reason
Start Your Own ISP
CatLIP: Clip Vision Accuracy with 2.7x Faster Pre-Training on Web-Scale Data
Parallel Snapshotting: make pg_dump and pg_restore multi-threaded per table
FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules
Jeff Geerling: Corporate Open Source Is Dead
Big telecom used fake and dead people to fight net neutrality, New York AG says
QuestDB (YC S20) Is Hiring a Senior Front-End Engineer
DDC OLED: how to drive a tiny display from an HDMI port. (2022)
Prepared for the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Iran's Appeasers in Washington
The "Better" Civilians of Gaza
The Pro-War Protest Movement
Biden: "The Security of Israel Is Critical. I Will Always Make Sure that Israel Has What It Needs to Defend Itself"
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Calls for Escalation of U.S. Student Protests Against Israel
To Be (Visibly) Jewish in the Ivy League
Israel's Defense Minister Voices Support for IDF Unit Slated for U.S. Sanctions
Qatar, a Leading Sponsor of Terrorism, Is Not an Impartial Mediator
Argentina Asks Interpol to Arrest Iran Interior Minister over Jewish Center Bombing
Dutch Security Service: 10 Terror Plots Foiled in Europe in 2023
Hizbullah TV: Northern Gaza Markets Are Full of Food Supplies
Britain's House of Commons Leader: "UK Can Learn Lessons from Israel on How to Mount a Formidable Defense"
Israel Readying to Evacuate Palestinians from Rafah ahead of Planned Offensive
If You Truly Care about Humanity in the Gaza War, Choose the Side of the Jews
White House Demands "Answers" from Israel after Gaza Hospital Mass Grave Claims
Bird flu in US cows: is the milk supply safe?
NATO is boosting AI and climate research as scientific diplomacy remains on ice
Algorithm ranks peer reviewers by reputation — but critics warn of bias
NIH pay raise for postdocs and PhD students could have US ripple effect
China's Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made
‘Shut up and calculate’: how Einstein lost the battle to explain quantum reality
Scientists urged to collect royalties from the ‘magic money tree’
Hello puffins, goodbye belugas: changing Arctic fjord hints at our climate future
Rat neurons repair mouse brains — and restore sense of smell
Are robots the solution to the crisis in older-person care?
Air-travel climate-change emissions detailed for nearly 200 nations
Garden-variety fungus is an expert at environmental clean-ups
Ancient DNA traces family lines and political shifts in the Avar empire
How gliding marsupials got their ‘wings’
Bioengineered ‘mini-colons’ shed light on cancer progression
Kuwait’s PM will serve as emir’s deputy if emir is abroad - KUNA
Israel pounds Gaza as West Bank violence surges
Iran’s Khamenei praises ‘success’ of military after Israel attack
Israeli PM Netanyahu says he will fight any sanctions on army battalions
Hamas says US military aid to Israel ‘green light’ for Gaza ‘aggression’
Emir of Qatar begins Asia tour with state visit to Philippines
Sudan’s horrific war is being fueled by weapons from foreign supporters of rival generals, UN says
Iran president to visit Pakistan, boost ties: Islamabad
Sultan of Oman to visit UAE on Monday - WAM
Gaza officials, Hamas say 50 bodies exhumed at hospital
A quarterly magazine of urban affairs, published by the Manhattan Institute, edited by Brian C. Anderson.
Baby Blues
Democratic states lead the U.S. birth dearth.San Francisco Conservatives
10 Blocks podcastThe Deep-State Virus
A recent book chronicles how critical theorists captured American intelligence agencies.Inflation’s Last-Mile Problem
Total spending in the economy and nominal wage growth can help us see whether monetary policy is on track.The Pyrrhic Victory of “Gender Identity”
By obscuring the definition of “women,” the Biden administration’s new Title IX rules undermine the very people whom the law was intended to help.<strong>Penelope Fitzgerald</strong>, long expected to produce works of genius, only began writing serious fiction at the age of 62. How come?
<strong>Penelope Fitzgerald</strong>, long expected to produce works of genius, only began writing serious fiction at the age of 62. How come?
Imagine a robot’s version of the <strong>history of the world</strong>: machinic developments, heroic software engineers, new chip architecture
As you navigate the cul-de-sacs of modern coupledom, Laura Kipnis has some advice: <strong>Don’t divorce a memoirist</strong>
“A death by bureaucracy.” Why is the University of Oxford shuttering its <strong>Future of Humanity Institute</strong>?
Dwight Garner on <strong>Joseph Epstein</strong>: “His sentences read as if they were written by a sentient tasseled loafer and edited by a sentient bow tie”
In 1953, <strong>Margaret Macdonald</strong> advanced a bold theory: “Philosophical theories are much more like good stories than scientific explanations”
US agency FCC bars Chinese telecoms carriers from offering broadband services
TikTok ban: ByteDance would rather shut app down than sell, insiders say
Wary US Supreme Court could extend Donald Trump’s immunity bid past November election
European Parliament slams Hong Kong’s jailing of EU national on security charges, calls for freeing of Jimmy Lai
No imminent US sanctions on Chinese banks for their trade with Russia: Janet Yellen
Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit China in May as Moscow seeks to bolster ties with Beijing
Baltimore bridge disaster tests supply chains’ resilience but pandemic lessons ease impact
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns, paves way for new government
New York appeal court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial
French President Emmanuel Macron warns ‘Europe could die’ as he calls for stronger defences
Brain candy for Happy Mutants
Truth Social's inflated $5 Billion valuation will leave MAGA minion investors broke, says finance expert
Taliban announces it will start stoning women to death in public
Deadly AM radio tower experiment: hot dog speaks on contact
Trump spokesperson proudly wears T-shirt with loud, "blonde" neo-Nazi message
Calling all students! You can snag this student-friendly HP Chromebook for less than $70
EV owners are shocked that tires wear out
NY Times continues forgiving Justice Thomas
Discover the explosive overlooked art of fireworks packaging
Georgia GOP official who cried "stolen election" voted illegally 9 times, and is a felony check forgery convict
Elon's most recent "significant" changes to "X" are not significant
"The short skirt that you chose to wear encourages fantasy" — 75-year-old professor's sick email to honors presentation student
Marjorie Taylor Greene confuses Biden with Obama, and it's more than just delusional — as in racist (video)
Cosplaying cowpoke Lauren Boebert failing out of her new district
Sam Bankman-Fried imprisoned for 25 years and ordered to pay $11.2bn
What should I ask Paul Bloom?
Thursday assorted links
The Prisoner’s Dilemma of Non-Competes
The Norwegian ban on smart phones in middle schools
Why do I prefer current airport procedures?
It’s happening, Reid Hoffman AI twin edition, wwrgs?
Wednesday assorted links
Imagine recording and storing everything you read
What can LLMs never do?
What is the proper policy toward tourists?
More Tuesday links
Four Thousand Years of Egyptian Women Pictured
Tuesday assorted links
Hiring discrimination sentences to ponder
Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture
Rumors and news on everything Apple since 1997
The Worst of WWDC - Apple's biggest missteps on the way to success
Apple Card promotion offers users 10% cash back on Nike purchases
FCC votes to restore net neutrality protections in the United States
Spotify is still complaining about Apple's EU App Store rules
Patrick Wardle teams up with ex-Apple researcher to boost Mac security for all
If you're seeing canceled Apple iPhone trade-in notifications today, you're not alone
Blowout deals: grab a 24-inch iMac for $799 while supplies last
Congo demands that Apple prove iPhone doesn't use conflict materials
Apple bids farewell to Frank Casanova after pivotal 36-year tenure
Spotify's second iOS app update attempt in EU fails to pass App Store review
New iPad Air & iPad Pro models are coming soon - what to expect
Spring iPhone sales slip to lowest activation share in years
Opinions on corporate and brand identity work.
Announced: Brand New will Shift to Subscription Model
Spotted: New Logo for Blue Islands
Linked: Louis Vuitton Architecture
Noted: New Name and Logo for St. Louis City SC
Reviewed: Friday Likes 339: From Studio MPLS, Wade and Leta, and Unifikat Design Studio
Spotted: New Logo and Identity for Vitkus Clinic by Tandemo
Spotted: New Logo and Identity for Netgen by IDnaGroup
Linked: Biden &Harris &Decimal
Noted: New Logo and Identity for Correos de México by Carl Forsell
Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for BERA by How & How
Spotted: New Logo for Playtika
Spotted: New Logo and Identity for The 19th by Page 33 Studio
Linked: Objects may be Closer than they Ap-pear
Noted: New Logo and Identity for Zappos Adaptive by Eric&Todd
Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for Lot61 by Smörgåsbord
Biting the hand that feeds IT
ByteDance 'would rather' torpedo TikTok than sell it off
FCC votes 3-2 to bring net neutrality back from the dead
Detecting drift and dealing with the Silicon Valley mindset
Two cuffed in Samourai Wallet crypto dirty money sting
TSMC says first 1.6nm chips coming in 2026
Spotify claims Apple wants 'tax' for in-app pricing tweak
DARPA's latest toy is a 20-foot, 12-ton tank that drives itself
City council audit trail is an audit fail after disastrous Oracle ERP rollout
SK hynix breaks Q1 revenue records on back of AI boom
Russia, Iran pose most aggressive threat to 2024 elections, say infoseccers
Meta's value plummets as Zuckerberg admits AI needs more time and money
Atos hopes for lifeline as refinancing saga set to drag on into May
experiments in refactored perception
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet
My essay The Extended Internet Universe, where I coined the term “cozyweb” (probably in my top 5 most successful memes) is featured in this cute little collectible book, The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet put together by Yancey Strickler (whom you may have heard of as the cofounder of Kickstarter). Yancey’s essay, The Dark Forest […]Stack Map of the World
I’ve been buried neck deep in work stuff this week, but I did find time to make this stack diagram of the world, inspired by the xkcd Dependency cartoon. Randall Munroe draws better than me, but in my favor, I use more colors. Did you know most of the high-purity quartz needed for the semiconductor […]Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes
I started reading Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes while I was in Istanbul last November and finally finished it last week. It’s a really solid and absorbing book, and far too dense and rich with detail to zip through, which is why I read it a dozen or so pages a […]