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I Was In the London Bridge Terrorist Attacks
Andrew Kent
Jun 9
What It’s Really Like When People Shout At You All Day
True stories from the workers who spend their days on the front lines of frustration.
Beejoli Shah
Jun 5
Why 1 View is Everything
It baffles me how many people think that they are bigger than they actually are.
Gary Vaynerchuk
Jun 9
Inside One Founder’s Personal Fast Club
Seven months and 81 pounds ago, this founder gave up regular meals. Welcome to the new hunger games.
Jessi Hempel
Jun 8
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The Second Amendment: A Duty as Much as a Right
I just bought my son his first air rifle: a Gamo G-Force breech break rifle in .177 caliber (4.5mm) shooting a 12-gram steel ball or pellet…
Fernando Betancor
Apr 12
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What Is Harm?
The philosophical backbone of the campus protest movement
Jeffrey Webb
Apr 17
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The Great American Sequel Machine
Some two-thirds of the way through the cartoonish, overpriced muddle titled Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, sold to us…
Bad Art
May 24
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Why Successful People Learn to Ask for Help
And the three things that always get in the way
Ryan Engelstad
May 24
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Responsiveness or Competence: Choose One
Each occupant of the Oval Office stamps the presidency with his (to date) unique personality. Yet every West Wing resident faces a common…
Luke Thompson
Jun 9
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The 38-Geary: Where the Masses Go to Meet the Masses
The accordion-bellows stretch of the 38-Geary careens and slumps through the new Central Subway’s construction chaos at Union Square…
As the Bus Turns
Jun 9
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George Moscone’s San Francisco
On the corner of Sutter and Steiner Streets, in what was then known as the Western Addition or the Fillmore District of San Francisco, a…
San Francisco: 1978
Jun 8
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One Nation Over God
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible…
Coding the Creator
Jun 8
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Memes Are for Snowflakes
Step Off, Non-snowflakes.
Allie Long
Jun 9
Bookends
from a secret passion to a lasting friendship that holds us both up
Erin Judge
Jun 2
Donald Trump Blocked Me on Twitter
The President of the United States makes decisions that can affect the lives of millions. So far, Trump has put forth efforts to repeal the…
Steve Benko
Jun 9
The art of writing an obituary
Capturing the essence of a life in 1,000 words or fewer
The Economist
Jun 5
Kids
Looking for small, irrational, incompetent, freeloader roommates with rage issues and separation anxiety? Have kids.
Lisa Renee
Jun 9
Technology
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Is Ambient Technology Antithetical to VR?
Last week, Walt Mossberg wrote his final column for Recode.
Hammer & Tusk
Jun 1
Who’s killing the (self-driving) electric car?
And is Detroit leading Silicon Valley astray?
Peter W
Jun 6
How do self driving cars drive? Part 1: Lane keeping assist
You’re sold on self driving cars (SDC), right? You’ve read so much about the future of mobility and how disruptive self driving cars can be…
Eder Santana
Jun 4
Performance Testing in a Distributed Computing World — From Mobile and Beyond
Computing has changed a lot since the days of Digital Watches, Televisions, Telephones and Apollo Spacecraft — where in the software…
Arjun Venkatachalam
Jun 7
Blockchain for the Rest of Us
Bitcoin and its underlying technology blockchain are game changing technologies that are reshaping and revolutionizing the world economy.…
Billy Silva
Jun 2
Creativity
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Stop Trying to Be Successful at Anything (Do This Instead)
You’re Only Killing Your Desire to Create
Blake Powell
Jun 8
Reader Question: What about the Protagonist and the inciting incident?
Question from @SB_Boxing:
Scott Myers
Jun 8
Cormac McCarthy and Curating Theme: How to Drive Your Readers Insane
Powerful themes lead to dynamic symbolism
Christopher La Porte
Jun 2
Damn the Writers, Maybe
Or Should You be a Surgeon or a Poet?
David Snyder
Jun 6
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Enduring Two Years of Botched Surgery
My Columbia MFA Experience
An Outsider’s Guide to Publishing
Apr 19
Entrepreneurship
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What It’s Like Leaving the Corporate World to Start My Own Business
The idea of starting your own business can be a captivating concept. I often daydreamed about what it would be like to create my own…
Ravi Raman
Jun 6
Do you really need a Business Plan ?
Travelling with the map is common sense!
Donna-Luisa
Jun 7
Getting Your Idea Going: Don’t Quit your Day Job
Written by Wil Schroter // Also shared on Startups.co.
Startups Co
Jun 8
Why Being “Patiently Impatient” (Literally) Pays Off
The fine line between being an impatient asshole and knowing that good things take time…
Mitchell Harper
Jun 6
How I traded shoes for the Twitter handle I was dreaming of
A story of kindness and little bit hustle.
Waqas Ali
Jun 6
Culture
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Why People Don’t Like “I Love Dick” (Hint: Because It’s About Women)
Apparently, female sexual desire still too much for prestige-TV audiences to take.
Erin Spampinato
Jun 8
Fear of Words, Love of Labels
I watch a youtube video for my cartomancy students that can prove a point I was making in class last week.
Camelia Elias
Jun 8
The Psychology of Book Titles
What’s in a name? It’s a more complicated question than you might think, because the name of your book can indicate everything from tone to…
Kevin Tumlinson
Jun 9
“Made In America”
“The Sopranos” Finale, Ten Years Later
Jon Schneidman
Jun 9
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The Master of Champagne
Graham Harding is not your ordinary doctoral student. His research revolves around one of the most famous drinks in history: champagne.
Felix Simon
Apr 28
Self
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3 Unusual Happiness Habits Backed by Psychology
How to make happiness an attainable choice
Sandip Roy
May 29
45 Things That Might Help You Be A Better Human
A short list of ways to improve your life and maybe even the lives of others.
Paul Armstrong
Jun 7
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Values-Based Leadership Gone Wrong
How to challenge yourself to reach the next level
Chantal Laurie Below
Jun 8
5 Thought Pills On Practicing Detachment
Where do you go when you take a step back to find peace
Shreya Dalela
Jun 4
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How Improving Your Receptivity To Feedback Can Supercharge Your Career
The one attitude you can’t succeed without
Matt Trainer
May 23
Politics
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In their own words: National Park Service explains impacts of crippling cuts in Trump’s budget
NPS’s own document spells out the devastating impacts this budget would have for our national parks
Jesse Prentice-Dunn
Jun 8
Special Counsel Robert Mueller: The Man Who Could Bring Down Donald Trump
Behind the expert leading the Trump-Russia investigation
Remy Anne
Jun 10
Did Trump Obstruct Justice?
The testimony of former FBI Director, James Comey, has caused debate on whether President Trump should be impeached and removed from office…
Richard Craig Friedman
Jun 9
Does the UK election mean anything for America?
As always, yes and no.
Ryan Bohl
Jun 10
We design healthcare policy exactly wrong
In many cases, designing for the edge case — the least common customer or user — is a bad idea. If you create a product or a policy for the…
Pigs Don’t Fly
May 26
