Month: July 2020
July 3, 2020
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Substack’s CEO explains why we’re all obsessed with newsletters now
“If it seems like everyone is launching a newsletter these days, well, you’re not wrong. Chris Best, CEO and founder of the newsletter platform Substack, said…”
July 2, 2020
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Our Ability to Process Information Is Reaching a Critical Limit
“The result feels like a mental DDoS attack Eric Ravenscraft Jun 29 · 5 min read Photo by Tayler Smith. Prop Styling by Caroline Dorn. B uzzFeed once called 2016…”
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Rebecca Solnit: Before the Uprising, Comes the Work
“I. The Bonfire The death of George Floyd was a match that lit a bonfire, and how the fuel for the bonfire piled up is worth studying. That is, for a national…”
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Is Police Reform A Fundamentally Flawed Idea?
“In January, Philip McHarris was driving from New Haven to Boston to visit a friend when he saw a familiar sight in his rearview mirror — flashing police lights.…”
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“Last fall, Fiery Cushman and I announced a contest : We would award $1000 ($500 to the author and $500 to the author’s choice of charity) to the author of an…”
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“Covid-19 and metaphors Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, metaphors have been widely used, reflected upon and critiqued as a tool for communicating…”
July 1, 2020
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Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past
“Triso particles are an alien-looking fuel with built-in safety features that will power a new generation of high-temperature reactors. The basic idea behind all…”