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Local news startups are overcoming the evils of corporate chain ownership - The Boston Globe
Feb 10, 2023 | BostonGlobe.com
At a time of intense polarization at the national level, local news can be a way to bring us together.
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Thoughts on the Python packaging ecosystem
Feb 10, 2023 | pradyunsg.me
My response to the discussion topic posed in Python Packaging Strategy Discussion Part 1 had become quite long, so I decided to move it to write a blog post instead. This post then started absorbing various draft posts I’ve had on this topic since...
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Bush demanded billions for AIDS in Africa at his 2003 State of the Union. It paid off.
Feb 08, 2023 | NBC News
President George W. Bush stunned the world by proposing what many thought impossible: providing wide access to HIV treatment in poor countries devastated by AIDS.
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The future of local news is “civic information,” not “declining legacy systems,” says new report
Feb 04, 2023 | Nieman Lab
"In this vision, the community librarian facilitating conversations around authoritative, trusted digital news is as celebrated as the dogged reporter pursuing a scoop."
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Exclusive: Supreme Court justices used personal emails for work and 'burn bags' were left open in hallways, sources say
Feb 04, 2023 | CNN
New details revealed to CNN by multiple sources familiar with the court's operations offer an even more detailed picture of years-long lax internal procedures
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Journalistic Lessons for the Algorithmic Age – The Markup
Feb 04, 2023 | themarkup.org
A farewell letter from Julia Angwin
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Meta Was Scraping Sites for Years While Fighting the Practice
Feb 03, 2023 | www.bloomberg.com
SQL should be your default choice for data engineering pipelines
Jan 31, 2023 | www.robinlinacre.com
SQL should be the first option considered for new data engineering work. It’s robust, fast, future-proof and testable. With a bit of care, it’s clear and readable.
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How many sexual assaults are reported in BPS? The answer is murky. Here’s why. - The Boston Globe
Jan 31, 2023 | BostonGlobe.com
In district documents, BPS defines sexual misconduct as “sexually inappropriate comments and/or behaviors of any kind.”
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NASA plans to retire the International Space Station by 2031 by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean | CNN
Jan 30, 2023 | CNN
Inside the rockets that NASA and SpaceX plan to send to the moon
Jan 30, 2023 | Washington Post
In the way they are manufactured, financed and designed to work, NASA’s SLS and SpaceX’s Starship represent two very different approaches.
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Surfboard shaper brings his American on-the-job expertise home | Hanga-Aro-Rau
Jan 26, 2023 | hangaarorau.nz
Pickup trucks have gotten bigger, higher-tech — and more dangerous
Jan 24, 2023 | www.axios.com
America has a unique love affair with pickup trucks — the Ford F-150, for instance, has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for more than 40 years. During that time, pickups have changed significantly: they’ve become bigger, more high-tech — and...
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If you ever want to read The Winds of Winter, pray for the New York Giants
Jan 21, 2023 | Polygon
A theory
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