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2023

ted chiang on non-conscious machines 04-Jun

propublica's scotus risk assessment 02-Jun

climate fixes and disney's unexpected solarpunk 30-May

digital surveillance, unix colors, and twitter's right turn 30-May

digital panopticon: a decade after snowden's revelations 28-May

translation errors and toxic green: star wars canon and lawn culture 27-May

litter boxes for cat-identifying students 26-May

pedal politics: how cyclists actually subsidize our roads 23-May

poverty, empty skyscrapers, and musk's censorship 22-May

ride-share realities: minnesota's driver wage reform 21-May

elegant simplicity: the internet's underspecified genius 21-May

cisco's paper millionaires and worthless options 15-May

crypto cultism: when financial prophecies fail 13-May

pizza pioneers: new york's innovative pop-up scene 12-May

wheels of change: buses as climate heroes and atwood unleashed 08-May

ai moat erosion: google's leaked memo and llama's ripple effects 07-May

pen nostalgia: when writing tools lose their magic 30-Apr

thirsty cattle: how livestock feed drains the colorado river 23-Apr

housing hypocrisy: affordable homes vs million-dollar sales 22-Apr

packets through time: 25 years of internet evolution 22-Apr

minnesota's changing climate: local effects of global warming 19-Apr

last squeak tonight: chuck e. cheese's surprising hoa drama 11-Apr

global power bills: comparing electricity costs across borders 10-Apr

digital vulnerabilities: intelligence leaks and car hacking concerns 09-Apr

virtual shards: how gaming history might have coined a database term 08-Apr

perennial promise: rice's revolutionary second harvest 08-Apr

road rage reimagined: snl's brilliant traffic altercation sketch 04-Apr

ai whispers, ssh puzzles, and vc dilemmas: tech's troublesome trinity 25-Mar

corporate charity or market strategy: lilly's insulin price cuts 19-Mar

sisyphean smiles: finding joy in life's absurd boulder-pushing 13-Mar

from routers to returns: cisco's financial pivot 05-Mar

dark sides: pink floyd at 50, deepfakes, and ai's language illusions 04-Mar

lost in the maze: google's mouse problem 02-Mar

vanishing stars: the rapid decline of night sky visibility 21-Jan

pedal resistance and fediverse privacy: cycling tech and mastodon search 12-Jan

crypto griftapalooza and bean science: odd pairings 05-Jan

urban cycling survival: reading the language of cars 04-Jan

2022

mastodon ethics and book banners: digital and literary migrations 22-Dec

ticket master, profit monster: the monopoly everyone loves to hate 22-Dec

labor's decline: the direct line to economic inequality 20-Dec

public land barricades and internet decay: digital and physical commons 11-Dec

hidden treasures: git's forgotten notes feature 27-Nov

cursive extinction and mental hygiene: digital age challenges 25-Nov

putin's rightward push and early puberty concerns 31-Oct

when hobbies become nightmares: plant obsession spirals 23-Oct

uruguay's sustainable path and covid's recurring reality 08-Oct

exhausting explanations: why 'white lives matter' shirts are racist 05-Oct

atomic close calls: america's nuclear arsenal safety crisis 04-Oct

the onion's supreme brief: satire meets jurisprudence 03-Oct

cultural battlegrounds: black hobbits and russian trolls 25-Sep

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