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Social Spam is backed by a microcosm of the modern economy. In order to understand this world, I infiltrated one of the largest communities for spammers with my real Facebook account. Here’s what I learned.

There is more than one way to dice an onion…

Priscila Barbosa came to the US with a dream of making it. Using gig-economy platforms she built a business empire up from nothing. There was just one huge problem.

You’re working on the most complex problem in computer science: fixing permissions on a deployment pipeline. It’s been 4 days you started on that simple task...

Recently the CEO of Github wrote a blog post called Developers reinvented . It was reposted with various clickbait headings like  GitHub CEO...

One man has left a trail of chaos and affiliate links all across the media.

“Positivity culture” is tricky to define but easy to feel, especially for someone like me, whose fatal cancer diagnosis elicits many responses rooted in the desire to evade the discomfort of immine…

One of the greatest rappers of our time in conversation with one of the most lauded culture writers alive. This is André 3000 and Hanif Abdurraqib on freedom, fame, flutes, and the burning question: ‘You gonna put some beats on that shit?’

Facebook has been overrun with AI spam and scams. Experts say Facebook has stopped asking them for help.

Apple touts its network of shredding robots and contractors as a greener way to reuse old gadgets. A lengthy court battle and a Businessweek investigation have cast some light on the recycling industry’s dirty secrets.

The Basque Country’s Mondragón Corporation is the globe’s largest industrial co-operative, with workers paying for the right to share in its profits – and its losses. In return for giving more to their employer, they expect more back

David Frankel’s quixotic quest to stop automated spam calls

Imprimerie typographique, label et maison d’édition, résidence artistique, collectif fluctuant, lieu autogéré.

When I sought help for crippling invasive thoughts, I was told I had a disease like any other. But I wasn’t able to recover until I understood the fallacy at the heart of mental healthcare

A man passes away without a word in the mountains of North Carolina, and his grandson sets out to write about the importance of a seemingly unimportant life.

In March 2024, I ran an experiment in my Portuguese-written blog: I stopped distributing its content on social media (Mastodon, mostly) and messaging apps (T...

Lead programmer talks Lua’s flexibility, challenges, and integration with Defold game engine after 60k lines of code in Craftomation 101.

This Is Not An Essay

I’ve been sitting on this draft for a few days now, partly because I thought it would turn down the bitterness, and partly because I kept as...

Stop falsifying your motivations.

What I found in the mire

Not long ago, during a discussion with a Zoomer colleague about how to find research material, I realized that he had never experienced internet search back when it was good. I tried to explain how it used to be easier to find information from good-faith experts, but I don’t think I really got the point across. Let me try again.

We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels.

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At a recent panel at the 2024 NICAR conference, Karrie Kehoe, deputy head of data and research at ICIJ, offered a series of tips for investigating the true owners of shell companies.

The wild expenses, shady deals, and greed that ruined Vice.

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My job was overwhelming and rich in errors. And it drove home one message: we’re always on the clock