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Why does civil society accept a system that condemns today’s children life on a hostile planet? And what can we do about it?

An exploration of ideas that cross between computer science & tech, Solarpunk, and radical forms of political organizing.

The world’s richest man has some embarrassing friends.

Democrats in general and Mayor Pete in particular should have highlighted the disastrous hands-off approach of Trump’s transportation secretary.

Once you know someone’s political party, you can probably guess all kinds of other things about them: the area they live, the car they drive, the podcasts they listen to. In the modern age, citizens seek to bring every aspect of their lives, from their philosophical perspectives to their lifestyle choices, into alignment with their […]

During a 1903 visit, Chief Joseph's itinerary included an epic UW football game and an impassioned plea for justice.

Get smarter about China. Click to read Sinocism, by Bill Bishop, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of readers.

China is the future. We’ve been hearing that for thirty years. It does sound pretty plausible. It took Britain seven generations to industrialize. It took

Articles of Interest is a show about what we wear. Host and producer Avery Trufelman investigates our collectively held beliefs about fashion and explores topics like the intellectual property law behind knockoffs, creation of tartan and the history of plaid, and how a dolls in a rural museum in Washington state saved French haute couture.

A handful of unassuming, ideologically split districts have become hotbeds of political power for both Washingtons.

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Amanda Silberling, writing at TechCrunch, on Twitter's supposed plans to charge users $20/month to be verified: Musk and his buddies view this plan as a way to get people to actually give Twitter money. But by monetizing a symbol that currently has value, they will ultimately remove all of that existing value. Blue checks exist...

Scientists are working on fast-acting nasal sprays to block coronavirus infections — but formulating the sprays is a challenge.

This map is a comprehensive look at both existing and proposed spaceports and missile launching locations around the world.

In the mid-19th century, a pro-slavery minority — encouraged by lawmakers — used violence to stifle a growing anti-slavery majority. It wasn’t long before the other side embraced force as a necessary response.

Obstacles include: space, time, reality.

You can make a thing so perfect that it's ruined.

One thing that allows us to dominate the animal kingdom is our ability to copy what we perceive as successful behavior. This is why most learning is