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Walmart is the most popular grocery store chain nationwide.

Pandemic overhiring + AI-generated cuts at the entry level = A bad year to be an IT pro says Janco

“Imagined Communities” is far weirder than you remember.

We won’t reverse the damage done by Trumpism—like the attack on the Capitol—by doubling down on authoritarian policies like surveillance, policing, and censorship. We need to address systemic injustice at its root.

NAFTA and USMCA have dramatically reshaped Mexico.

I reckon most of us have certain books, movies, TV shows, music, podcasts, and other media that we turn to when we need some comfo

Progressives have abandoned the working class and embraced the oligarchs.

We live in very interesting (economic) times.

Put it into perspective: Back in the 1930s, you’d spend tens of thousands in today’s money crossing the Atlantic from New York to the UK. The whole thing

How S Group became Finland’s most dominant retailer

Why having children is a moral dilemma.

Book notes on "Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge" by John Willis

Authoritarian Republicans, ineffectual Democrats, and a clueless media

New maps show how much more crowded the sea is than previously known.

Tech and the liberal arts have always been at war. Don’t assume Silicon Valley will win.

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform our world, revolutionize industries, and shape our…

The year in review.

I remember the first time I was ever scared in my life

The democratic world is sleepwalking once again towards military disaster

Substack Can Solve Its "Nazi Problem" by Not Being the Publisher of Nazis

Empiricism, algorithms and smartphones are out – astrology, art and a life lived fiercely offline are in

The jury got a taste of code review as they examined a falsified "insurance fund" and the infamous FTX → Alameda Research "backdoor".

Facial ID is being used to detain and ban sex workers from entering the country—and it’s a harbinger of a rapidly encroaching surveillance state fueled by artificial intelligence.

I’m not claiming all of these will work, but they’re worth a shot: Gap Year Internship There’s plenty of really bright high school students who you could hire pretty easily. They’d be really cheap to hire, scrappy, and if they’re looking for internships as a high schooler, they’re probably going to be better than a lot of college students. In fact, if you can keep them coming back every summer during college, by the time they graduate, they’ll be pretty damn impressive.