Luboš Račanský · @banterCZ
197 followers · 497 posts · Server witter.cz
Celtic Fire · @CelticFire
41 followers · 256 posts · Server kolektiva.social

This week’s best alternative long read for me. We were never in control. “The difference between humans and other species is that greed for us is as much an instinct, as it is an institutionalized, perennialized and sophisticated economic system which controls every aspect of our daily needs, and every corresponding natural resource catering to these.” tsakraklides.com/2023/04/07/we

#longread #greed

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Beth P · @BethGMS
178 followers · 747 posts · Server newsie.social
Beth P · @BethGMS
177 followers · 742 posts · Server newsie.social

With pieces like this, I keep coming back to an essay I read years ago by @pluralistic about anti-vaxxers. Their conclusions about the dangers of vaccines may be nonsensical, but their general mistrust of medical, scientific and government institutions is not necessarily misplaced. This makes a very similar point about and government secrecy, especially as the internet makes such secrecy impossible to maintain indefinitely.

thenewatlantis.com/publication

#longread #conspiracytheories

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Esther Schindler · @estherschindler
1078 followers · 2022 posts · Server hachyderm.io

The Early History of Counting: How ancient peoples learned to keep a tally. and worth it laphamsquarterly.org/roundtabl

#longread

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Luboš Račanský · @banterCZ
190 followers · 486 posts · Server witter.cz

Překlad článku Ross Andersen / The Atlantic o v
Osobně osciluji mezi nadšením, panikou a popíráním.

„Předchozí technologické revoluce bylo možné zvládnout i proto, že se odehrávaly během života několika generací“

„hodiny strávené za volantem Uberu je naplňují méně, než naplňovala jejich předchůdce výroba automobilů nebo oceli.. Jak se podobná krize identity projeví na půdorysu vzdělanostní třídy... s sebou však přinese velký hněv“
respekt.cz/tydenik/2023/35/ved 🔓

#ai #tydenikrespekt #longread

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EnidKapelsen · @EnidKapelsen
64 followers · 1461 posts · Server social.cologne

Artificial intelligence, he came to believe, was an “index of the insanity of our world.”

theguardian.com/technology/202

(Also available as Podcast)

#AI #longread #wortzumsonntag

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VM (Vicky) Brasseur · @vmbrasseur
1737 followers · 2357 posts · Server social.vmbrasseur.com
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified: · @bicmay
633 followers · 2783 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

"The brown dog tick, one of the species that transmits Rocky Mountain spotted fever, becomes more aggressive toward humans in seeking blood meals in hotter, drier climates, such as that in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, said Backus, who led a 2021 study that found that the ticks are twice as likely to choose humans over dogs when temperatures rise."
washingtonpost.com/health/inte

#publichealth #IDMastodon #primarycare #Climate #ClimateChange #longread

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Dean Baratta بطبطبط · @TwShiloh
457 followers · 2264 posts · Server mas.to

Fascinating about the problems of - it's a desert country that's growing fast, devoting little to conservation (90% of rainfall is lost, 50% of piped water disappears as leaks or thefts) and has no plan for the future.

placesjournal.org/article/wate

#jordan #water #longread

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Emma the Curious 🧐 · @UnconventionalEmma
517 followers · 2021 posts · Server spore.social

"Dust reveals that the home’s sanctity is a fiction: it threatens its status as a haven from the outside world. The battle against it looks trivial, but subconsciously the stakes are existential."

theguardian.com/news/2023/aug/

#longread

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Esther Schindler · @estherschindler
588 followers · 1335 posts · Server newsie.social

#longread

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IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
305 followers · 2156 posts · Server kolektiva.social
Martine Cam · @martinecam
56 followers · 478 posts · Server mastodon.nl

Acht klontjes suiker in de koffie – dat is vrijheid in een tbs-kliniek
Het Nederlandse tbs-stelsel stokt de laatste jaren. NRC liep drie dagen mee in de Van Mesdag-kliniek in Groningen. Hoe werkt in de praktijk?

nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/08/25/acht-

#longread #tbs

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Firoozye · @Firoozye
122 followers · 1129 posts · Server econtwitter.net

Are hedge fund pioneers facing the end of a golden era? | FT on.ft.com/3P6JxKf

#longread

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giulio rospigliosi · @clementix
258 followers · 3131 posts · Server sfba.social

how a 2021 change in the leadership of the carpenters union produced the biggest change in California housing policy in decades

vox.com/policy/2023/8/21/23831

#longread #housing

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Pixel de Tracking · @pixeldetracking
1398 followers · 1714 posts · Server framapiaf.org

sur Elon Musk, et notamment son énorme pouvoir militaire via Starlink (SpaceX) newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08 👀

#longread

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Beth P · @BethGMS
176 followers · 674 posts · Server newsie.social

The unique human misery that is uniquely possible in a . The US helped to establish this one, at least indirectly, and I truly worry about theocratic forces here, too. It could absolutely happen here. Some might argue, in fact, that with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, legislative movements against LGBTQ+ rights, and the stated intentions of some conservatives to go after birth control next, it has already begun.

newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08

#theocracy #iran #newyorker #longread

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alexandra catalina · @catalina
518 followers · 14934 posts · Server selfy.army

[this individual is currently at high risk of writing a ]

#longread

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Verfassungsblog · @verfassungsblog
4744 followers · 1268 posts · Server legal.social

The AI Act enters the Trilogue. What's at stake? What are the positions of the relevant actors? And how is big tech trying to influence these (in)famously opaque deliberations?

FILIP KONOPCZYNSKI with a for the weekend:
verfassungsblog.de/one-act-to-

#longread

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