Inoreader offers a well-designed readable interface, good search and discovery options, and a nice set of features that are both beginner-friendly and offer plenty of options for advanced users. via Pocket
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Just when it seemed there wasn't room for one more post-apocalyptic drama or video-game adaptation, The Last of Us came along. The story involves terrifying mushroom-headed zombies, but they are the least of the reasons for the show's impact. via Po…
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How do you make friends? It’s a simple question with a terrifying edge to it, the unspoken assumption being that if you start to tease your technique apart, you might realise that you don’t actually have one. via Pocket
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There was a sign in the Google Reader team’s workspace at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California. “Days Since Cancellation,” it read, with a number below: zero. It was always zero. This was in 2006 or so, back when Google Reader was…
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Many academics cherish an irritating myth: that Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel is an error-strewn and racist endorsement of European imperialism. One mention of Diamond's name is enough to get everyone in earshot to regurgitate their favorit…
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Quite a remarkable video by @WSJ @stephenkalin . The thing that really stands out is that the HIMARS now make up 70% of firepower Ukraine is deploying on its front line. And we are talking about around 20 systems (depending on what they are counting). Tha
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"Stanford now has more than 10,000 administrators who oversee the 7,761 undergraduate and 9,565 graduate students—almost enough for each student to have their own personal butler. "
https://t.co/qCIYHo6Lw2
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MUST READ: The “daylight robbery” in the U.K. wholesale electricity market, where some commodity traders — and Vitol is very prominent among them — are making a fortune by gaming the system (and ‘gaming’ is the charitable term)
https://t.co/UniwFtUT4D
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Hugely interesting, and surprisingly entertaining…. https://t.co/3U92j2AZc1
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