January 14, 2022
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A conversation with Josh Wardle, creator of viral hit Wordle – TechCrunch
“The internet loves an unlikely success story, and as we approached the new year, one came around the corner to delight us with a simple idea, and a short game…”
January 13, 2022
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A Grand Unified Theory of Buying Stuff
“Years ago, I asked a friend what kind of case she planned to buy for her shiny new flip phone. She paused, a little offended. “I don’t like to buy stuff for my…”
January 12, 2022
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Horror and Hormones, Grief and Gore, in “Yellowjackets”
““Yellowjackets,” an arch survival drama on Showtime, is ostensibly centered on a mystery that’s planted in the pilot: Who was the girl running for her life as…”
January 9, 2022
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Perspective | Democracy is on the brink of disaster. For voters, it’s politics as usual.
“It was the scariest of times, it was the stablest of times. Contemporary American politics offers an unsettling study in contrasts. On the one hand, Donald…”
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Portia’s Season 5 Apartment on Search Party — Charlene Wang de Chen
“Dory surprises the gang in Portia’s Season 5 apartment As fans of Search Party know, Portia’s apartment gets a design transformation each season. Portia’s…”
January 8, 2022
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“Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don’t think I’ve ever actually said the words “get off my…”
January 7, 2022
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“If you enjoy Mothers Under the Influence, I invite you to subscribe for $5/month. Subscribers will get occasional extra editions with weirder, more personal…”
January 5, 2022
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The next US civil war is already here – we just refuse to see it
“Nobody wants what’s coming, so nobody wants to see what’s coming. On the eve of the first civil war, the most intelligent, the most informed, the most dedicated…”
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Analysis | Some say the U.S. is headed toward civil war. History suggests something else.
“A year has passed since supporters of Donald Trump launched a physical assault on the Capitol as Congress was formally counting the electoral college ballots. A…”
January 3, 2022
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Tech questions for 2022 — Benedict Evans
“Sometimes the centre of gravity in tech is very clear – everything is about PCs, or the web, or smartphones. But at other times, there are lots of things going…”
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Opinion | Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now
“The Editorial Board Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now Jan. 1, 2022, 11:00 a.m. ET Credit… Nina Berman/Redux Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift…”
January 2, 2022
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Is Bluetooth holding back Apple’s AirPods? We asked the man who made them
“First, a qualification: Gary Geaves isn’t quite “the man who made the AirPods”, and I’m sure he’d never describe himself as such. He is, though, the fabulously…”
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Presentations — Benedict Evans
“What mattered in tech this week? Once a week, I send an email newsletter to over 150,000 people – what happened in tech that actually mattered, and what it…”
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Two NFT copycats are fighting over which is the real fake Bored Ape Yacht Club
“A pair of non-fungible token projects are testing the boundary between plagiarism and parody. Digital marketplace OpenSea has banned the PHAYC and Phunky Ape…”
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“These days so much of my free time is booked with calls to explain to people outside the software industry why crypto assets are such a destructive force and…”
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We Surveyed Experts on Democracy. They’re Worried About the U.S. Turning Even More Authoritarian.
“As Trump’s Big Lie festers among the Republican Party and political norms continue to erode, we at The New Republic are pretty concerned about the future of…”
December 31, 2021
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“Selection of political officials by random sample from a pool of candidates “Demarchy” redirects here. It is not to be confused with démarche . In governance ,…”
December 29, 2021
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The New Get-Rich-Faster Job in Silicon Valley: Crypto Startups
““It’s the perfect storm,” Carter said. “The momentum we’re seeing in this space is just incredible.” Carter is part of a wave of executives and engineers…”
December 25, 2021
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How Many Books Does It Take to Make a Place Feel Like Home?
“There’s a reason that some people won’t let go of their physical books — and a new term for it: ‘book-wrapt.’ Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have…”
December 23, 2021
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We’re About to Lose Track of the Pandemic
“As the Omicron variant sprints to dominance across the United States , the country’s ability to track the resulting infections is about to evaporate. There are…”
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Gray Hair Can Return to Its Original Color—and Stress Is Involved, of Course
“Credit: Getty Images Few harbingers of old age are clearer than the sight of gray hair. As we grow older, black, brown, blonde or red strands lose their…”
December 21, 2021
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“African music has been part of America’s cultural DNA since roughly 1619. But in 1982—the year Michael Jackson’s seismic “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”…”
December 17, 2021
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But Who Tells Them What To Sing?
“Adrian Daub | Longreads | September 2021 | 21 minutes (5,894 words) When a new trailer for the Marvel film Black Widow dropped in April of this year — after the…”
December 16, 2021
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America Is Not Ready For Omicron
“America was not prepared for COVID-19 when it arrived . It was not prepared for last winter’s surge. It was not prepared for Delta’s arrival in the summer or…”
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““We specifically chose this transparent floatie for Jeremy because I hoped that if we got the angle of the sunlight right, it would do this incandescent…”
December 15, 2021
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Toyota opens up about its battery EV strategy, shows off new SUVs
“Enlarge / Toyota is playing EV catchup, but it’s evidently been busy behind closed doors working on some ideas, as seen above. Noriaki Mtsuhashi/N-RAK PHOTO…”
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“From: Robin Sloan To: The Media Lab Sent: November 2021 Kvindedansen i Megara, 1888-1889, Niels Skovgaard It’s possible you have, in recent months, seen…”
December 6, 2021
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“The Balkanization of media will continue, until it doesn’t Douglas Rushkoff Nov 15 · 5 min read Photo: Luke Jones/Unsplash As we all predicted back in the…”
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Opinion | Why international election observers would give Wisconsin a failing grade
“Laura Thornton is director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. On Nov. 10, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and…”
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The TikTok Algorithm Knew My Sexuality Better Than I Did
“Despite being a Social Media Manager and having an embarrassing relationship with my screen time reports, as soon as I became aware of the rise of TikTok, I…”