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4 years ago+10 10 0The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Nunnally Johnson
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4 years ago+18 18 0‘If we don’t burn it, nature will’: Georgia blazes old fears, leads nation in prescribed fire
In the face of more intense and frequent wildfires, federal land managers consider adopting burning practices the Southeast has been successfully using for decades. By Maya Miller, Samantha Max.
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How-to
4 years ago+6 6 0Five Models for Making Sense of Complex Systems
Make this wacky world make sense. By Christina Wodtke.
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Expression
4 years ago+9 9 0The pleasures of Pauline Kael
The centenary of her birth provides a good opportunity to look back at the peerless career of a film critic remembered for her acuity, fierceness and idiosyncrasy – a writer whose brilliant insights and withering put-downs inspire loyal adulation and ...
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How-to
4 years ago+11 11 0Five Ways to Make Your Organization More Welcoming to [Gender] Non-Binary People
Here are 5 tips to help support non-binary people in your workplace, based on my own experience.
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4 years ago+24 24 0The Forgotten Operating System That Keeps the NYC Subway System Alive
Vintage technology has powered the innards of the NYC subway system for decades—and sometimes, it surfaces in interesting ways. This one’s for you, OS/2 fans. By Andrew Egan.
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4 years ago+4 4 0What universities can learn from one of science’s biggest frauds
Detailed analysis of misconduct investigations into huge research fraud suggests institutional probes aren’t rigorous enough. By Holly Else.
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4 years ago+4 4 0Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst
Talk about @BestOfNextDoor.
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Current Event
4 years ago+3 3 0Floridians Are Suing a Cop Fired for Planting Drugs in Their Vehicles
Thanks to the diligence of one assistant state attorney, 119 cases were thrown out and the officer is under state investigation. By Katie Rose Quandt.
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Current Event
4 years ago+4 4 0Texas court says photographer has no recourse against university copyright infringement
The University of Houston got a big win this week when a state appeals court agreed to reverse a lower court ruling that would have allowed a Houston photographer to sue the university for using an aerial photograph the university used to promote its ...
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4 years ago+23 23 0FacebookCoin is a Trojan Horse of Corporate Oligarchy
Allowing any person or company this sort of control is absolute insanity. By Michael Krieger.
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4 years ago+7 7 0Climate Change: Why is it So Often “Sooner than Predicted”?
It’s increasingly clear that our situation is worse than we’ve been told, perhaps far, far worse. By Kollibri terre Sonnenblume.
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Current Event
4 years ago+4 4 0Critics Lament as 126 House Democrats Join Forces With GOP to Hand Trump 'Terrifying' Mass Domestic Spying Powers
The Democrats who voted against this common sense amendment just threw immigrants, LGBTQ folks, activists, journalists, and political dissidents under the bus by voting to rubberstamp the Trump administration’s Orwellian domestic spying capabilities. ...
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Expression
4 years ago+18 18 0The Woman Who Revealed the Missing Link Between Viruses and Cancer
Today, vaccinating against cervical cancer is routine. But before Sarah Stewart, scientists dismissed the idea of a cancer-preventing vaccine as ludicrous. By Leila McNeill.
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4 years ago+12 12 0Let’s Play War
Could war games replace the real thing? By Jonathon Keats.
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4 years ago+4 4 0Software below the poverty line
Open source infrastructure is a commons, much like our ecological systems. By André Staltz.
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Current Event
4 years ago+20 20 0The [U.S.] One Percent Have Gotten $21 Trillion Richer Since 1989
The bottom 50% have gotten poorer. By Eric Levitz.
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Video/Audio
4 years ago+40 40 0 x 1Impeachment
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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Analysis
4 years ago+24 24 0"War with Iran Will Be Totally Fine," Says Person Who Thought War with Iraq Would Be Totally Fine
Who is Reuel Marc Gerecht? By Shane Ryan.
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Expression
4 years ago+29 29 0The Con Man Who Could Be Anyone He Wanted
Jeremy Wilson spent years crisscrossing the country and inventing new identities. A war hero, an MIT grad, a Hollywood journalist, an IRA operative—Jeremy has claimed to be all those things and more. And oh, what a mess he's made. By Guy Lawson.