Chris Amico

A strain of influenza appears to have disappeared from the planet since COVID. As a result, U.S. flu vaccines have been redesigned. More →

On the latest “What Works” podcast, Dan and Ellen talk with April Alonso, co-founder and digital editor of Cicero Independiente outside of Chicago. The nonprofit bilingual news outlet c… More →

I realize that many people may not know or care who or what Matt Mullenweg and WordPress are, or why some people are upset about them, but after giving it a lot of thought (okay, about 10 minutes of thought) I decided to write about it anyway. I'm writing this More →

What to keep in mind when choosing colors for a visualization with racial categories so that all readers feel respected. More →

The Guidon, Norwich’s student-run newspaper, has been barred from publishing for the entirety of the fall semester. The situation has raised concerns about censorship on campus. More →

The evolution of baseball’s perfect lineup More →

We always worry about funding for open source projects. It’s nothing new. But recent attention on AI and data and a vibe shift among investors has underlined the issue among OSS developer infrastructure projects. Perhaps the agency model is a way forward. More →

Nobody needs to hear that journalists don't like Trump — give people information they can use More →

As Americans have flocked south and west, more people have been exposed to the risk of hazards like hurricanes, floods, wildfires and dangerous heat. More →

After exposing Mississippi welfare fraud, a journalist and her publication face the former governor's wrath. More →

An overview on matching places across geo datasets, using local tools and embedding models. More →

The political writer — and as of the past four years, a small-business owner — on the upside of unbundling. More →

How thousands of North Korean balloons have dropped garbage on the South More →

Several months ago, Brian Stelter wrote an article (gift link) for The Atlantic exploring how The Washington Post had lost its way. During the Trump years, the Post thrived under the ownership of A… More →

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Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for. More →

Cars without basic theft protections can be as dangerous as cars more than twice their weight. More →

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Python code too slow? You can quickly create a Rust extension to speed it up. More →

Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic active dynamo at Mars’s dead core? No? Well. It’s... More →

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