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Book Review: How Plagues Are Intertwined With Social Justice
Conor Gallagher
Conor here: I think the question posed at the end is one a lot of people are working through, and none of the answers are reassuring. By Ramin Skibba, an astrophysicist turned science writer and fre ...[Continue Reading]
Nakedcapitalism.com
about 1 year ago
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What Is An NPC and Where Did the Term Come From?
Eden Gordon
If youve been on the internet for long enoughor perhaps if theres a teenager or a particularly slang-savvy adult in your lifeyou may have heard someone use the term NPC. This acronym has become one o ...[Continue Reading]
Mental Floss
1 day ago
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Talk Python to Me: #546: Self hosting apps for Python people
Michael Kennedy
My guest this week is Alex Kretzschmar, head of DevRel at Tailscale, longtime host of the Self-Hosted podcast, and co-founder of Linuxserver.io. We cover what self-hosting really means in 2026, the a ...[Continue Reading]
Talkpython.fm
1 day ago
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Terrifying Details Exposed on Who Built Epsteins New Mexico Ranch
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Wow, Jimmy Kimmel, who is in no way funny as attested to by his terrible Television Ratings showed a fake video of the First Lady, Melania, and our son, Barron, like they were actually sitting in his ...[Continue Reading]
The New Republic
1 day ago
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U.S. companies back Sam Altman's World ID even as much of the world pushes back
Ananya Bhattacharya
A Sam Altman-backed technology that many governments rejected is finding traction in the American corporate world. On April 17, World, a project designed to distinguish humans from bots using biomet ...[Continue Reading]
Restofworld.org
1 day ago
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The Supreme Court seems nervous about letting the police track you with your phone
Ian Millhiser
Chief Justice John Roberts and Michael Fischer, Pennsylvania chief deputy attorney general, are displayed on a smartphone during oral arguments before the Supreme Court in 2020. | Andrew Harrer/Bloom ...[Continue Reading]
Vox
1 day ago