How a dangerous stew of air pollution is choking the United States
Fires and droughts in the western states are getting worse — and they’re combining with industrial sources to threaten air quality and people’s health.
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We’re Out of Movie Stars. Whose Fault Is That?
There are fewer films now that allow an actor to grow a persona and a Tom Cruise level of stardom. It’s a crisis, and the movies know it.
2022-12-05 — The Prepared
George Cave on the limitations of job titles, how car-first thinking permeates language, and why company names can no longer “consist of or include computer code.”
I Taught ChatGPT to Play Overrated/Underrated
It took about three minutes.
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States of Matter — The Prepared
An interview with material scientist Mark Miodownik.
Life on Titan May Signal Early Life in the Universe
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has a surface temperature of 94 degrees Kelvin above absolute zero, about a third of Earth’s. Titan is…
Giant 'rogue wave' hits Antarctica-bound cruise ship, leaving one dead and four injured
| USA TODAY Show Caption Hide Caption US Coast Guard rescues man after cruise ship fall A US Coast Guard helicopter rescued a man who was reported to have…
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Building Fast and Slow Part II - The World Trade Center
Part II in our series comparing the construction of two Tallest Building in the World projects - the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center. See here for Part I. Unless otherwise noted, information and quotes are from “City in the Sky: The Rise and Fall of the World Trade Center”
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Under Deconstruction: The State of Shopify’s Monolith
It’s been 18 months since we talked about our Rails modular monolith. We lay out the current state of the work, and things we’d do differently if we started again.
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Adam Sandler Brings Down the House With Hilarious Gotham Awards Acceptance Speech: ‘F— Every Other Comedian’
Adam Sandler lit up the 32nd annual Gotham Awards on Monday evening with his acceptance speech for the performer tribute award at the New York ceremony. The…
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TITAA #36: Skulls and Pentimenti
Skulls Around John Dee - Mastodon - New Models - Image Captions - 3D Pics - Text Gen News - Great TV
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Murder and Loathing in Las Vegas
The employees of the Clark County public administrator's office were at odds over their ambitious boss, Robert Telles. Then Vegas’s biggest newspaper ran an exposé on the chaos, the reporter behind the story turned up dead—and Telles was charged with his murder. Now his staff is left wondering: How did it come to this?
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Squash Merges and Commit Messages on main
A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
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Thoughts on Stanford's academic freedom conference (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed
Hollis Robbins shares her takeaways from that academic freedom conference at Stanford.
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2022-11-28 — The Prepared
Spencer Wright on the projects — and the tools — that sustained him in 2022.
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How I used A / B testing to hack my kids
“I wonder how we can get them to sleep more.” This simple thought, expressed by my wife, not even a question, became a challenge to me. My…
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The Case for the Self-Driven Child
In a new book, an argument for giving children more of a sense of control over their lives
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Henry
Note: I wrote all of this except the last paragraph in April or May of 2017. I changed names as well, except for Henry’s. I’m on the bus to go see my son Henry at the hospital. I have to take him in…
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Notes on Saudi Arabia
Edits – Various comments based on feedback. In August, I spent a week in Saudi Arabia. I started in Jeddah, drove to Taif, drove to Abha, and then drove 600 miles to Riyadh. I wanted to go to…
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Ruth Asawa and the Mythical Basketmaker of Mexico | Elaine Luther
On the origins of Ruth Asawa’s method for creating her suspended wire sculptures. Ruth Asawa in 1973, photo by Mimi Jacobs. The Myth There is a myth about Ruth…
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Building Fast and Slow: The Empire State Building and the World Trade Center (Part I)
The Empire State Building was completed in 1931. At a height of 1250 feet [0], it was the world's tallest building, exceeding the recently completed Chrysler building by 202 feet. It would hold that title for the next 39 years, until 1970 when it was surpassed in height by another New York skyscraper, the under-construction World Trade Center, which would reach a height of 1368 feet on the North Tower. The World Trade Center would hold that title for just 3 years, after which it would be su...
