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While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading The Onion Predicts Real Life on NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission Thoughts on the love affair with buses More trains please, and stop whining about the cost Can Free Transit Work in a Real City? Railway files for bankruptcy after crash So many companies use this trick – shift assets to a new […]
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Stuff worth reading Why YouTube buffers: The secret deals that make—and break—online video. “Verizon has chosen to sell its customers a product that they hope those customers don’t actually use” Science to be key factor in lawsuit against oil and gas companies for coastal loss Long term monitoring is important for science – and good […]
Bulbs from my mother
From 3QD: What the Old Woman Said I will tell you this. There was a garden by the pump. Fallow land given me. My father built flowerbeds. Offshoots of paths. Geometric patterns. Cuttings. Bulbs from my mother. The texture of earth. Stone. The smell of water. I could grow anything. I will tell you this. […]
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Stuff worth reading Is Organic Agriculture ‘Affluent Narcissism?’ How murderers tell stories: director Joshua Oppenheimer on ‘The Act of Killing’ What happens during the dying process? Does Europe Exist? Skepticism is a nicer word than hatred: say what you mean and be careful of the spelling. These two 15-year-olds chased down a kidnapper on their […]
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Stuff worth reading How to understand the career trajectory of Larry Summers Fake it til you make it Too few cooks for NYC’s Elite Kitchens Pay employees shit then act surprised when you can’t get employees who know what they’re doing
While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading Why Don’t Americans Take More Vacations? Blame It on Independence Day History ruins all the holidays. Is long-term solitary confinement torture? We jail and torture an enormous proportion of our population. Marion Bartoli wins Wimbledon, defeating Sabine Lisicki <3 Dwelling on the positives The tenure track is hard, but if you love […]