BlogFlockSarah Perry | Ribbonfarm | 4th February 2016 | U
Sarah Perry is a contributing editor of Ribbonfarm.
To: Human Subjects Review Board
Re: Universal Basic Income StudyWe propose to give people money for five years. We will have them fill out some surveys.
Recently, Y Combinator announced plans
Sam Bleckley | 22nd November 2011 | U
Sometimes I am startled to realize, in the middle of a discussion, that I have offended or hurt some of the people I’m talking with.
First, know and accept this: I have a friend who is a wizard. He is an ancient…
Kate Wagner | Late Review | 28th January 2026 | U
This essay was written for wehwalt.net, my website about the Ring cycle, but because I realized I haven’t sent out a newsletter this month, I figured I’d send it out here as well.
There is a…
Garrett Bucks | White Pages | 3rd February 2026 | U
Over the past few weeks, I’ve fielded the same question dozens of times, always well-meaning, always anxious. “You’re in contact with activists in Minneapolis. What should we do now in…
Turner Brooks | Paris Review | 4th February 2026 | U
Drawing by Turner Brooks.
I first became aware of the New Haven, Connecticut, coke plant when, one evening, I looked out from the roof of the Yale architecture school and noticed a distant, enormous cloud of steam—so thick it…
NEW RESOURCES
Virginia Tech: New database reveals how Americans use water. “[Landon Marston and Yunus Naseri] have created the United States Water Withdrawals Database, the first nationwide resource to track who is drawing water from rivers, lakes, and underground aquifers, and in what amounts.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
The Register: …
"Apollo 8 saved 1968. Artemis II may work similar magic today."
Jeffrey Kluger for TIME: https://time.com/7346146/artemis-ii-launch-nasa-astronauts-moon-mission/
#Longreads #Space #Moon #NASA #Astronaut #Lunar #OuterSpace #Artemis
"The team even re-created the scent of Christian 'Hell' as described in 16th century sermons, including notes of sulfur and brimstone and a whiff of 'a million dead dogs.'"
Kaja Šeruga for Knowable Magazine: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past
NEW RESOURCES
Reddit: After launching in 2019, my search engine for free 3D assets is now open source. “I built 3Dassets.one in 2019 as a partner website to ambientCG and now decided to make the code public.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
The Register: Latest Vivaldi release surfs a wave of…
"Rebuilding isn’t about recovery; it’s a performance of continuity. Loss only counts if you can prove you want it back."
Anthony Dinh Tran for Los Angeles Review of Books: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/eaton-fire-altadena-house-rebuilding-insurance-damages/
#Longreads #Essay #Altadena #LosAngeles #Fire #Rebuilding #Recovery #Home #Housing
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