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Learning Vim: What I Wish I Knew
Conquer it once and for all
Kade Killary
Sep 24
Week 45: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so…
September 23, 2017
Amy Siskind
Sep 24
3 Things You Can Learn From Jeff Bezos About Making Smart Decisions
Zat Rana
Sep 21
How I went from fashion model to software engineer in 1 year
In 2015 I knew almost nothing about coding. Today, I’m a software engineer and a teacher at a code school for kids.
Madison Kanna
Sep 24
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Three Reasons It’s Time to Chill About Russia
Hysteria over Russia’s actions increases the threat of conflict and ignores their context.
Brett S. Morris
Sep 21
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Why Did Princess Diana Mean So Much to My Mother?
To this day, August 31st, 1997 marks the only day in my 26 years of life that I saw my mother cry.
Abby Norman
Aug 31
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Forget all the other reasons you should be riding a bike. This is the one that matters
Tom Babin
Aug 9
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How America’s Healthcare System Got So Jacked Up — and How We Can Fix It
My father served in the U.S. military for the nearly three decades — a few years first in the Army, then twenty-three in the Air Force. By…
Jonathan Clark
Sep 6
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The difference between good photos and beautiful photos
Good photos tell stories. Average photos are just beautiful
Martino Pietropoli
Sep 17
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I thought it was an escape hatch, but instead it was a steel trap
Thoughts on leaving fundamentalism and my husband at the same time
Julie Ruth
Sep 23
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The NYT’s men’s rights story today is very accurate
By ‘accurately’ quoting bigots, without context or rebuttal, The Times perpetuates myths and endorses discrimination.
Ben Wolford
Sep 24
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Trash night
“He watches guiltily from his kitchen window…”
Lizella Prescott
Sep 19
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I thought it was an escape hatch, but instead it was a steel trap
Thoughts on leaving fundamentalism and my husband at the same time
Julie Ruth
Sep 23
Found: CBO Scorer’s Personal Diary
March 20, 2017
Full Frontal
Sep 25
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The NYT’s men’s rights story today is very accurate
By ‘accurately’ quoting bigots, without context or rebuttal, The Times perpetuates myths and endorses discrimination.
Ben Wolford
Sep 24
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School
Or Not
Lisa Renee
Sep 22
8 Men on What It Was Like When Their Partner Had an Abortion
“Being a man in this situation is confusing: You feel guilty for being complicit, but you also feel immense relief”
Angelina Chapin
Sep 25
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How do we use AI for our automated vehicles? Very carefully.
AI isn’t the right tool for every job, but AI can be used to make our systems much more capable and robust.
Glen De Vos
Sep 19
How VR is Revolutionizing the Way Future Doctors are Learning About Our Bodies
Wearing virtual reality goggles, Jordan Holler was hard at work taking apart muscles inside of a body.
UC San Francisco (UCSF)
Sep 19
How do you solve a problem like technology? A systems approach to digital regulation
Digital technologies deserve democratic standards and accountability. At Doteveryone, we’ve been thinking about whether digital regulation…
Rachel Coldicutt
Sep 23
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Amazon bones up on history with eye on ‘smart glasses’
Centuries-old technique — bone conduction — to power group’s new high-tech eyewear
The Financial Times
Sep 21
Robots may take your job, but they can also plan your retirement
Alex Gray, Formative Content
World Economic Forum
Sep 25
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The ethics of adaptation.
Don’t judge a movie by any book.
Flannery Wilson
Sep 24
How to Make a ‘Holding Pen’ for Your Ideas
What’s that, anyways?
Atiba Shaikh
Sep 25
How to Use Satire Like Mark Twain
Writers who use satire to get their point across do so by wielding humor, wit, irony, or sarcasm. They expose an individual or society for…
ProWritingAid
Sep 25
Instead of Aging, Be a Work of Art
What would you say if I asked you to consider yourself a work of art?
Cecilia Dintino
Sep 25
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Writing Moves for Beginning a New Story
When I’m writing a new story, I know one of the most important things I need to do with the beginning paragraphs of my story is to get the…
Tom Farr
Sep 22
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Ping pong, desk beers, and employee benefits
Over the past ten years, I’ve worked with UK tech companies of all shapes and sizes. From the suited and booted “be at your desk by 8am and…
Stevie Buckley
Sep 25
Confessions of a 23-Year Old Thousandaire
A Short eBook About Money & How to Make More of It in Your Twenties.
Cole Schafer
Sep 20
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Choosing between my mother or my startup.
“Mom, fuck off.”
Jon Lee 🤘
Sep 25
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5 Things I Learned Running a Global Network for Women in Tech
By Anjali Ramachandran, co-founder of Ada’s List
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5 Things I Learned
Sep 22
7 minute read to save $100,000 on your app idea.
I love founders. I love the energy they bring to this world. I love how they find business problems to solve in the least (or most…
Nitesh Agrawal
Sep 22
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Nerd Culture and the Star Trek Paradox
Nerds are living in a golden age.
John E. Price
Sep 19
Bisexuality On The Small Screen: Torchwood
The more adult, more sexual and more Barrowman spinoff of nerd favourite, Doctor Who, we were gifted Torchwood in 2006. It was love at…
Re Fab
Sep 16
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How Jimmy Kimmel Found His Political Voice
By Matt Zoller Seitz
Vulture
Sep 22
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Rebecca Skloot Has Too Much Information
The author of The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks discusses the challenges of multi-threaded narratives, the joys of reporting in a Hazmat…
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Workflow
Sep 21
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Why Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Is Awesome as Fuck
Even the spoilers ahead are worth the mention
Ezinne Ukoha
Sep 25
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How To Get Better At One Thing In One Month
A formula that’s guaranteed to work.
Josh Spector
Sep 19
A Ten-Minute Habit To Take Back Control And Change Your Life
It was that time of the year again that I hated. My birthday.
Tim Denning
Sep 16
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How to Hack Your Brain (for $5,000)
The new, new, new age is all about “defragging our nervous systems.”
The New York Times
Sep 21
Rethinking Happiness
Here’s a trick question.
Charles Chu
Sep 17
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What to Do the Next Time You Are Being Cruel to Yourself
We all mess up. We all have bad days. Days where our minds are soured. Sometimes it’s little things that trigger memories of the past or…
Seth Kravitz
Sep 21
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Opinion: Are We Down to President Pence?
The least we deserve is a less exciting finger on the trigger.
The New York Times
Sep 23
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Trump Has Started a Brain Drain Back to India
Indian immigrants are a vital pillar of the U.S. economy, but they’re starting to reconsider their options.
Foreign Policy
Sep 23
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Trump, Presidential? Steph Curry Knows Better.
The next time you hear “He’s finally acting like a commander in chief,” just wait. Some people know better.
Bloomberg View
Sep 24
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They Took a Knee
This weekend, a series of taunting messages from the president led to a widescale protest among players — in the NFL, and beyond.
The Atlantic
Sep 24
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Trump’s Shocking Recklessness
The president’s latest comments shouldn’t be surprising — but his deliberate inflammation of tense situations is no less stunning.
The Atlantic
Sep 24
