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worth reading: june 22-july 17, 2024
good stuff in this batch!
a few really interesting exposés:
a few really interesting exposés:
- “Fast Crimes at Lambda School” by Benjamin Sandofsky
- “Escape From the Box” by David Dayen
- “‘We’re Living in a Nightmare:’ Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town” by Andrew R Chow and Jake Dockins
really good longform from nymag (clear your cookies + refresh to get past the paywall):
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“Against ‘Women’s Writing’” by Andrea Long Chu
- this one especially is for fellow Rachel Cusk fans!
- “What My Adult Autism Diagnosis Finally Explained” by Mary H.K. Choi
a crazy-ambitious accomplishment in classification and web design:
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“Calculating Empires” by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler
- Kate Crawford (of Anatomy of AI fame) remains a legend
citizen science!
- “Did this citizen scientist develop the perfect, chemical-free lawn?” by Linda Zeldovich (unpaywalled)
commentary on american society (sigh...)
- “Everyone Into the Grinder” by Hamilton Nolan
and two bonus links that I originally deleted because I had mixed feelings on them:
- One Million Checkboxes
- “Priscila, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia” by Lauren Smiley