Post Overview
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Expression
7 years ago+27 27 0 x 2Junot Díaz: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma
I never got any help, any kind of therapy. I never told anyone.
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Current Event
7 years ago+30 30 0 x 1Apple says it’s now powered by 100 percent renewable energy worldwide
But there’s a big catch.
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Analysis
7 years ago+18 18 0In 83 Million Eviction Records, a Sweeping and Intimate New Look at Housing in America
A Princeton sociologist chronicled the human toll of eviction in one city in a 2016 book. A new project may reveal just how widespread the problem is.
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Expression
7 years ago+18 18 0Twitter might wreck third-party apps in June
On some platforms, these apps are the only native ones around
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Analysis
7 years ago+32 32 0 x 1Aging people grow just as many new brain cells as young people
Our brains keep making new neurons throughout our lifespan, a quality unique to humans.
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Review
7 years ago+2 2 0Louis Vuitton made a $370 luggage tracker
Louis Vuitton made a $370 luggage tracker to go with your your $4,300 suitcase
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Current Event
7 years ago+23 23 0New NASA X-Plane Construction Begins Now
NASA’s aeronautical innovators are ready to take things supersonic, but with a quiet twist.
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Expression
7 years ago+15 15 0The Ridiculous Writing Myth You Need to Stop Believing to Be a Better Writer
I was left a negative response on a post I recently wrote, it went something like this: “I cannot believe as a writer you didn’t edit this piece before posting it. There’s so many grammar and spelling mistakes I couldn’t help but laugh while reading ...
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Analysis
7 years ago+19 19 0The Atomic-Bomb Core That Escaped World War II
Before two deadly nuclear mishaps, scientists used to risk “tickling the tail of a sleeping dragon.”
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Expression
7 years ago+11 11 0Write When Nobody Is Watching
When I write blog posts, I usually write with a certain intention. A certain agenda that makes me craft the article into a piece as perfect as possible — so that everyone will be impressed and I’ll be loved. As I first start on an article, I usually ...
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Analysis
7 years ago+33 33 0 x 1When Cops Become Robbers
Inside one of America's most corrupt police squads.
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Expression
7 years ago+34 34 0 x 1This 1999 tech magazine column predicted the rise of smartphones with scary accuracy (AND their effect on privacy)
David Gerrold eerily predicted the rise of the smartphone in a 1999 tech column.
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Current Event
7 years ago+34 34 0 x 1French children to start school at three
The reduction, from six, will give France one of the lowest school starting ages in Europe.
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Current Event
7 years ago+33 33 0 x 12 officers in black man's fatal shooting won't be charged
Louisiana's attorney general has ruled out criminal charges against two white Baton Rouge police officers in the fatal shooting of a black man outside a convenience store.
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7 years ago+31 31 0 x 1Riot, Blizzard, And Twitch Are Teaming Up To Fight Toxic Gaming Behavior
For years now, gaming companies like Riot, Blizzard, and Twitch have been fighting online abuse and harassment in their own ways, to mixed results. Now they’re trying something different: Working together.
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Expression
7 years ago+9 9 05 Myths About Exposure I Learned By Writing 400+ Columns For Inc Magazine
I have written over 400 columns for Inc Magazine. Before I landed my own column, I was a Top Writer on Quora with several million views on my work (this was back in 2015). My “claim to fame” was the fact that I had reached Top Writer status in less ...
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Analysis
7 years ago+25 25 0China’s New Frontiers in Dystopian Tech
Facial-recognition technologies are proliferating, from airports to bathrooms.
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Expression
7 years ago+10 10 0You’re a Good Writer But Not a Good Blogger
All bloggers are writers, but not all writers are bloggers. That’s a tough reality for many people who want to produce content online because people assume that to be one is to be the other. But there’s far more to blogging than just being a good wri ...
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Expression
7 years ago+15 15 05 Actionable Steps To Immediately Become A Better Writer
Follow these rules and you'll do just fine.
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Analysis
7 years ago+12 13 1Top bottled water brands contaminated with plastic particles: report
The world's leading brands of bottled water are contaminated with tiny plastic particles that are likely seeping in during the packaging process, according to a major study across nine countries published Wednesday.