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Post-Scarcity Web Mapping with Protomaps - Brandon Liu, Protomaps
Nov 08, 2023 | YouTube
Post-Scarcity Web Mapping with ProtomapsBrandon Liu, ProtomapsThe Protomaps vector basemap is an open-source cartographic product designed for free reproduct...
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The Simpsons Is Good Again
Nov 08, 2023 | Vulture
After 34 seasons, 750 episodes, and a decades-long funk, the beloved show innovated its way back to popularity and relevance.
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What Israel should do now
Nov 04, 2023 | Vox
Israel’s current approach is clearly wrong. Here’s a better way to fight Hamas — and win.
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Crisis at Marvel: Jonathan Majors Back-Up Plans, ‘The Marvels’ Reshoots, Reviving Original Avengers and More Issues Revealed
Nov 04, 2023 | Variety
Marvel has enjoyed a nearly uninterrupted string of hits ever since it started independently producing its movies with 2008’s “Iron Man.”
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The AI Market is Firming Up Fast
Nov 02, 2023 | Drew Breunig
Making humans data, making data human.
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Analysis | How to know when it’s politically acceptable to discuss guns
Oct 30, 2023 | Washington Post
Curious when there’s been a window during which it’s okay to politicize mass shootings? Our calculator can help!
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The surprising scientific weirdness of glass
Oct 30, 2023 | Vox
Three mind-bendy conversations about glass later, I see the sublime in my windowpanes.
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Martin Scorsese proves Quentin Tarantino is wrong about aging directors
Oct 30, 2023 | Polygon
Scorsese keeps making standout movies he couldn’t have made when he was younger, for so many reasons
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Opinion | Stephen King: The Maine Shootings Show We Are Out of Things to Say
Oct 29, 2023 | www.nytimes.com
What would it look like if 42% of the buildings in my city were gone?
Oct 28, 2023 | www.jeremiak.com
Mysterious bylines appeared on a USA Today site. Did these writers exist?
Oct 28, 2023 | Washington Post
Staff writers at Reviewed think management published AI stories under the names of non-existent writers. Parent company Gannett denies it.
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Serving a custom vector web map using PMTiles and maplibre-gl
Oct 24, 2023 | til.simonwillison.net
Protomaps is "an open source map of the world, deployable as a single static file on cloud storage". It involves some very clever technology, rooted in the PMTiles file format which lets you create a single static file containing vector tile data...
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Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant
Oct 19, 2023 | Business Insider
In 2021, Thiel, a top tech investor and Trump megadonor, began a secret life as a confidential FBI informant.
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Smoke, Screened: As U.S. wildfires pollute the skies, a loophole is obscuring the impact. Can it be fixed?
Oct 18, 2023 | MuckRock
Everyone agrees it’s time to change the Clean Air act's exceptional events rule, but has different solutions.
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What you need to know about the loophole hiding the extent of US wildfire pollution
Oct 16, 2023 | the Guardian
Exceptional events rule has become ‘regulatory escape hatch’ for states that want to meet federal air-quality standards
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Revealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans
Oct 16, 2023 | the Guardian
Major investigation shows local governments are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Clean Air Act, leaving more than 21 million Americans with air that’s dirtier than they realize
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Pickleball vs BJJ: Fighting for mainstream popularity
Oct 13, 2023 | Bloody Elbow
How has pickleball gotten so darn popular and what can grappling learn from it?
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Massachusetts literacy: Outmoded methods leave students struggling
Oct 11, 2023 | BostonGlobe.com
Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet here, in the birthplace of public education, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.
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