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Prescription for Pain
Prescription for Pain
One of the most notorious pill mill doctors of the opioid epidemic
·welcometohellworld.com·
Prescription for Pain
High-Tech to No-Tech Vote Counting
High-Tech to No-Tech Vote Counting
Hand-counting ballots is expensive, tedious, time-consuming, inaccurate, and insecure. Some communities want it all.
·prospect.org·
High-Tech to No-Tech Vote Counting
Generative AI and the future of New York
Generative AI and the future of New York
The gen AI revolution will disrupt America’s biggest labor market, but its impact may not be what you expect.
·mckinsey.com·
Generative AI and the future of New York
Welcome to 2034: What the world could look like in ten years, according to nearly 300 experts
Welcome to 2034: What the world could look like in ten years, according to nearly 300 experts
To survey the future, we polled global strategists and foresight practitioners on our most burning questions about the biggest drivers of change over the next decade. Check out their forecasts on everything from the likelihood of war over Taiwan to the future of AI.
·atlanticcouncil.org·
Welcome to 2034: What the world could look like in ten years, according to nearly 300 experts
The myth of America’s decline
The myth of America’s decline
As China struggles and the EU stagnates, the US continues to thrive – even despite its dreadful leaders.
·spiked-online.com·
The myth of America’s decline
Turning the Tables in Minnesota
Turning the Tables in Minnesota
An enduring union-community alliance in the Twin Cities may be a model for progressive victories.
·prospect.org·
Turning the Tables in Minnesota
Social Distortion
Social Distortion
On the fourth anniversary of the pandemic, a look at how America pulled apart as the rest of the world pulled together
·prospect.org·
Social Distortion
Toyetic - 99% Invisible
Toyetic - 99% Invisible
This year marks the 40th anniversary of a lot of landmarks in pop culture, especially sci-fi and fantasy. So many franchises were born in 1984. Some came to define the genre or invent new genres. The great podcast Imaginary Worlds noticed this and produced a three-part series about 1984’s Cambrian explosion of creativity that  landed
·99percentinvisible.org·
Toyetic - 99% Invisible
F1, BowFlex, and Other Fitness Technology Failures
F1, BowFlex, and Other Fitness Technology Failures
Happy Friday! What’s good? I’m back to running, although at a lower volume than usual, trying to slowly work my way back up to my normal mileage (without going back to wearing a watch, thank you very much). As it stands, I’m experiencing more cardiovascular struggle than
·2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com·
F1, BowFlex, and Other Fitness Technology Failures
The Money Is In All The Wrong Places | Defector
The Money Is In All The Wrong Places | Defector
You can always tell who in Hollywood has family money by their Instagrams. People like Dakota Johnson, who have a Hollywood lineage deeper than the Mariana Trench, post only rarely. They post about social justice causes they care about, or personal announcements. Even someone like actress and musician Maya Hawke mostly posts previews of upcoming […]
·defector.com·
The Money Is In All The Wrong Places | Defector
LinkedIn Open Sources OpenHouse Data Lakehouse Control Plane
LinkedIn Open Sources OpenHouse Data Lakehouse Control Plane
At the heart of OpenHouse lies its Catalog, a RESTful table service that offers secure and scalable table provisioning alongside declarative metadata management.
·thenewstack.io·
LinkedIn Open Sources OpenHouse Data Lakehouse Control Plane
It's time to get rid of "crypto"
It's time to get rid of "crypto"
Call me a pedant, but I'm not a fan of the word "crypto". It may have been a serviceable category back in 2011 when there was only one type ...
·jpkoning.blogspot.com·
It's time to get rid of "crypto"