April 7, 2021
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The Long Term iPhone 12 Camera Review — Lux
“I use my phone like most people. I scroll through my social media feeds, order from overpriced delivery apps, and even make the occasional phone call. But in…”
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“Ben Sandofsky Dec 15 · 22 min read We make the most popular RAW camera for iPhone, so when Apple revealed their new ProRAW image format, we were beyond excited.…”
April 6, 2021
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Camera Obscura: Beyond the lens of user-centered design
“Top highlight As the world grows increasingly complex, the limitations of user-centered design are beginning to emerge Alexis Lloyd 9 hours ago · 20 min read…”
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From Annihilation to Acceptance: A Writer’s Surreal Journey
“I. Annihilation March 2012. I’m driving down to Orlando for a conference on the fantastic in the arts. My wife, Ann, is in the passenger seat, reading the…”
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Building the Middle Class of the Creator Economy
“[Hi readers, This essay was published today in Harvard Business Review . Hope you enjoy it, and let me know your thoughts in the comments below! -Li]…”
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Can social media ever be truly “body positive”?
“In the beginning of 2020, Morayo Ogunbayo was aware that the vast majority of women did not look like Kendall Jenner. As a 19-year-old college student, she knew…”
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“Part 1 Decades of Drift White rioters killed hundreds of Black people in a successful attempt to overturn an election in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1898.…”
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What Happens When Our Faces Are Tracked Everywhere We Go?
“Scroll Down Your Face Is Not Your Own When a secretive start-up scraped the internet to build a facial-recognition tool, it tested a legal and ethical limit —…”
April 5, 2021
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What Happened to Pickup Trucks?
“A Ram 3500 pickup truck at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. Such heavy-duty work trucks, once intended for commercial use,…”
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“To what extent are new companies, particularly those in new spaces, pushed versus pulled into existence? Last week I wrote about how Tesla is a Meme Company :…”
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Venture capitalist Albert Wenger on fighting the climate crisis
“The Ideaspace publishes weekly interviews with authors, artists, designers, economists, researchers, venture capitalists, political activists, and others…”
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“Robert Fludd, from Utriusque Cosmi Maioris Scilicet et Minoris Metaphysica, Physica atque Technica Historia , ca. 1617–21. [ Penn Digital Archives ] Embrace the…”
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Ecosystem integrity is neither real nor valuable
“1 INTRODUCTION Conservation biology and restoration ecology are scientific fields built on ethical foundations. Typically, specific interventions have a…”
April 4, 2021
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“The first time the online mob came for me was in 2016. I was live-tweeting my caucus experience, which I was writing about for VICE , during the realignment…”
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““When the formula stops working, you change the formula. ” — Arin Hanson “The era of ‘big government is over’ is over.” — James Medlock I know this post has a…”
April 3, 2021
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Examples of data ecosystem mapping
“This blog post is basically a mood board showing some examples of how people are mapping data ecosystems. I wanted to record a few examples and highlight some…”
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The Weird Science of Loneliness and Our Brains
“Getty Images / WIRED Extreme isolation does strange things to the human mind. In late 1964 Josie Laures and Antoine Senni disappeared into two caves in the…”
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How Audio Pros ‘Upmix’ Vintage Tracks and Give Them New Life
“Experts are using AI to pick apart classic recordings from the 50s and 60s, isolate the instruments, and stitch them back together in crisp, bold ways. When…”
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How Elizabeth Loftus Changed the Meaning of Memory
“Elizabeth Loftus was in Argentina, giving talks about the malleability of memory, in October, 2018, when she learned that Harvey Weinstein, who had recently…”
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If Planet Nine exists, why has no one seen it?
“Strange things are happening at the outer edges of our solar system. An object up to ten times the mass of Earth is pulling others towards it. Is it a planet,…”
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The Pandemic Is Heightening Diet Culture for Men
“Men aren’t part of the body positivity movement, but they need to be Virginia Sole-Smith May 13, 2020 · 15 min read T he first time I hung out with Ryon Odneal,…”
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So your grandmother is a starship now: a quick guide for the bewildered
“Old age is full of lifestyle changes! If you’re lucky enough to have a close relationship with your elders, the physical, mental and emotional changes they’re…”
March 31, 2021
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“Apple is adding two new voices to Siri’s English offerings, and eliminating the default ‘female voice’ selection in the latest beta version of iOS. This means…”
March 30, 2021
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“Growing up in the American West, one inherits a set of myths so grave and insubstantial they can only be passed on in the dark. In gestures and overheard…”
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Getting One Vaccine Is Good. How About Mix-and-Match?
“Researchers are exploring the possible benefits of pairing doses from two different Covid-19 vaccines. A vaccination center inside Salisbury Cathedral, in…”
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A super-famous TikTok star appeared on Jimmy Fallon. It didn’t go great.
“This story is part of a group of stories called If you were on the internet over the weekend, you likely noticed an oddly lethargic video of a woman performing…”
March 29, 2021
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People’s Expensive NFTs Keep Vanishing. This Is Why
“Last month, Tom Kuennen, a property manager from Ontario, coughed up $500 worth of cryptocurrency for a JPEG of an Elon Musk-themed “Moon Ticket” from…”
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When a Friend Is Your Life Partner
“Kirn Vintage Stock / Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic Kami West had been dating her current boyfriend for a few weeks when she told him that he was…”
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A No-Nonsense Guide to Early Retirement – LessWrong
“(Edited 2021-02-28: Added a section on how retirement is risky, and changed a few other sections to provide more context or clarify various trade-offs pointed…”
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Music Sermon: Disco’s Revenge – How Disco Demolition Night Sparked Evolution In Black Music
“For years, disco was the black sheep of music genres. Characterized as schmaltzy and over the top, the sound of polyester suits, platform shoes, and strobe…”