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            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7483</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[A Philosopher’s One-Word Theory to Explain Why the World Feels So Weird]]></title>
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            <updated>2026-07-18T04:52:27+00:00</updated>
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            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Why is gynecology still using a Civil War-era tool?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://19thnews.org/2026/07/revolutionizing-gynecology-iud-pain/" />
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            <updated>2026-07-13T12:42:06+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7481</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Part One: Carl Schmitt: The Mind Behind Modern Fascism - Behind the Bastards | iHeart]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-carl-schmitt-the-mind-276486999/" />
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            <updated>2026-07-12T05:54:31+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7480</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Part One: Robert Maxwell: How Ghislaine Maxwell&amp;#039;s Dad Ruined Science - Behind the Bastards | iHeart]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-robert-maxwell-how-ghislaine-274165028/" />
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            <updated>2026-07-12T05:54:08+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7479</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir]]></title>
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                <![CDATA[Andy Weir is the New York Times bestselling author of The Martian, Artemis, Project Hail Mary, and Cheshire Crossing.]]>
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            <updated>2026-07-12T05:51:50+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7478</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[What if It’s Not the Phones?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/phones-haidt-play-gray/687846/" />
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            <updated>2026-07-12T03:01:25+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7477</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Skill nostalgia]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://aeon.co/essays/the-radical-reasons-why-you-dream-of-making-things-by-hand" />
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            <updated>2026-07-09T10:58:57+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7476</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Seeing Other People, by Diana Reid]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/seeing-other-people-by-diana-reid/9781761151705" />
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            <updated>2026-07-05T05:14:12+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7475</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage, by Belle Burden]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.belleburden.com/books" />
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            <updated>2026-07-04T01:38:23+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7474</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Deciphering Glyph :: Adversarial Communication]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://blog.glyph.im/2026/06/adversarial-communication.html" />
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            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.]]>
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            <updated>2026-06-30T19:35:43+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7473</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Brainstorm, by Richard Scolyer with Garry Maddox]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Richard-Scolyer-Brainstorm-9781761471490" />
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                <![CDATA[Brainstorm - Richard Scolyer]]>
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            <updated>2026-06-29T10:32:57+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7472</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[How effective are vaccines at stopping deadly bird flu from spreading? - ABC News]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-06-25/avian-influenza-h5n1-vaccine-effectiveness/106831626" />
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            <updated>2026-06-28T04:16:45+00:00</updated>
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            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7471</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The last continent: how deadly bird flu travelled the world before landing on a remote Australian beach | Bird flu | The Guardian]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/28/bird-flu-travelled-world-remote-australian-beach?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" />
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                <![CDATA[The H5N1 virus has now reached every continent on the planet. What does it mean for some of the world’s unique species?]]>
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            <updated>2026-06-28T04:13:19+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7470</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Life at the end of the metaverse]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/73949/life-at-the-end-of-the-metaverse" />
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            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg built a future that nobody wanted. Tech bosses are repeating his mistake]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-06-27T08:14:52+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7469</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Elon Musk alone isn’t responsible for Belfast&amp;#039;s racist pogrom]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/elon-musk-belfast-pogrom-lee-hurley" />
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                <![CDATA[The violent response to an attempted murder would have happened regardless of Musk, Lee Hurley writes.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-06-21T18:16:55+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7468</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[What one country&amp;#039;s experiment says about attempts to boost birth rates]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yzdr4ygdno" />
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            <updated>2026-06-16T05:56:31+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7467</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Introducing — Autistic AF With Grace Tame]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/ladies-we-need-to-talk/introducing-autistic-af-with-grace-tame/106723584" />
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            <updated>2026-06-14T16:00:52+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7466</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi: A case study in self-sabotage]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/" />
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            <updated>2026-06-13T22:00:39+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7465</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Know Your Enemy: Joan Didion, Conservative, with Sam Tanenhaus - Dissent Magazine]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-your-enemy-joan-didion/" />
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            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Why did Joan Didion love Barry Goldwater but hate Ronald Reagan? Historian Sam Tanenhaus helps make sense of Didion&amp;#039;s conservatism.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-06-13T18:48:26+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7464</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Part One: Jimmy Savile: Britain&amp;#039;s Unending Nightmare]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-jimmy-savile-britains-unending-330154698/" />
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            <updated>2026-06-13T18:47:22+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7463</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The Age of Extremophiles]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/the-age-of-extremophiles-331674257/" />
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            <updated>2026-06-13T18:46:05+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7462</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The Ten Year Affair, by Erin Somers]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.erinsomers.com/books" />
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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[BOOKS]]>
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            <updated>2026-06-09T00:34:28+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7461</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[You&amp;#039;re Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://peoples-things.ghost.io/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype/" />
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            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[By Lee Vinsel

I&amp;#039;m reposting this essay I wrote in 2021 because the online blogging platform Medium has apparently changed its policies and people are having trouble accessing the original. Hopefully, I&amp;#039;ll find a better, more durable solution soon. I&amp;#039;m reposting it unaltered, even though I would unsurprisingly do some]]>
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            <updated>2026-06-07T19:40:20+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7460</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Bit Rot Doesn&amp;#039;t Always Increase Entropy – A Story from the Archives - Google Bug Hunters]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://bughunters.google.com/blog/bit-rot-doesnt-always-increase-entropy" />
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            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[This blog post takes us back to 2010, retracing and incident where a statistical anomaly led to the discovery of a subtle flaw in the way we were using a security-critical library.]]>
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            <updated>2026-06-05T07:16:42+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7459</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[rsync and outrage]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-outrage-d9849599e5a0" />
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            <updated>2026-06-03T09:06:22+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7458</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Types of Fun]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.thechatner.com/p/types-of-fun" />
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            <updated>2026-06-02T11:06:39+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7457</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[No, 1 in 6 People Do Not Have Long COVID]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://gidmk.substack.com/p/no-1-in-6-people-do-not-have-long" />
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            <updated>2026-05-31T00:05:56+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7456</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[AI Isn&amp;#039;t Management. Try Explaining That to Matthew Prince]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/ai-isnt-management-try-explaining" />
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            <updated>2026-05-26T20:52:28+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7455</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard, by Amy Remeikis]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Where-It-All-Went-Wrong/Amy-Remeikis/9781761822117" />
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            <updated>2026-05-26T02:58:26+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7454</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Eight Questions About the Maldives Dive Accident]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/eight-questions-about-maldives-accident" />
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                <![CDATA[Five Italian divers died in a cave at 55 m. Before anyone delivers a verdict, here are the questions Just Culture demands we ask first — and why their sequence matters.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-24T12:27:58+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7453</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Part One: Dr. Sleep: The Australian Psychiatrist Who Made People Sleep Themselves To Death]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-dr-sleep-the-australian-325386876/" />
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            <updated>2026-05-23T12:27:20+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7452</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Grit — If Books Could Kill]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040953/episodes/19100483-grit" />
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            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[In 2013, education reformers tried to help poor students the using the best tool at their disposal: The 16th most popular Ted Talk.Special thanks to Marcus Credé! Where to find us: Our PatreonOur merch!Peter&amp;#039;s newsletterPeter&amp;#039;s other podcast, 5-4Mike&amp;#039;s other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSo...]]>
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            <updated>2026-05-23T12:25:14+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7451</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[New Acquisitions: Tolkien and Éowyn Between Two Wars (PPP Moot Keynote) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://acoup.blog/2026/01/03/new-acquisitions-tolkien-and-eowyn-between-two-wars-ppp-moot-keynote/" />
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                <![CDATA[Hey folks! I am working on finishing up some things this week, so I thought I would post the text of the keynote I gave at the Prancing Pony Podcast Moot earlier this December. I&amp;#039;ve made some minor edits to conform a bit more to the form of a blog post, but this remains very…]]>
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            <updated>2026-05-23T11:41:49+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7450</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Terry Pratchett - Charlie&amp;#039;s Diary]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/03/terry-pratchett.html" />
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            <updated>2026-05-23T09:14:16+00:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7448</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[My Ordinary Life: Improvements Since the 1990s · Gwern.net]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://gwern.net/improvement" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7448"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[A list of unheralded improvements to ordinary quality-of-life since the 1990s going beyond computers.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-23T08:10:43+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7447</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[A moment that changed me: My diagnosis seemed like a death sentence – how have I survived for another 40 years? | Aids and HIV | The Guardian]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/20/a-moment-that-changed-me-hiv-diagnosis-survived-40-years" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7447"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[To HIV researchers, I am an ‘elite controller’ – someone whose immune system has enabled them to live for decades without symptoms or medication. I hope that one day science will understand this tiny but lucky minority]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-20T10:53:42+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7446</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[I’m a Eurovision superfan, but this year’s contest brings only sadness. I won’t be tuning in | Dave Keating | The Guardian]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/16/im-a-eurovision-superfan-but-this-years-contest-brings-only-sadness-i-wont-be-tuning-in" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7446"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Mismanagement and political campaigning have sucked the joy out of an event meant to bring people together]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-17T13:29:11+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7445</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The Kaiser and a &amp;quot;Mediocre Man&amp;quot; Theory of History]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.deadcarl.com/p/the-kaiser-and-a-mediocre-man-theory" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7445"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-16T17:33:22+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7443</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Half the truth: defending public education requires more honesty, not less | Pearls and Irritations]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/half-the-truth-defending-public-education-requires-more-honesty-not-less/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7443"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Criticism of public schools is not entirely wrong – but by ignoring unequal conditions, it misdiagnoses the problem and misplaces responsibility.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-13T10:56:53+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7442</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The Ruiners, by Ellena Savage]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/The-Ruiners/Ellena-Savage/9781761638817" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7442"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-10T02:52:54+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7437</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[50-Year Reread of The Lord of the Rings – 4: Pippin and Merry – Prospective Cultures]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/50-year-reread-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-4-pippin-and-merry/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7437"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[A blog series in which I reread LOTR 50 years after I first read it, age 10, over the winter of 1975-76. Pippin and Merry come as a double act (not exactly ‘dumb and dumber’, but not a million miles from that either) in the Jackson film version of LOTR, providing both light relief and…]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-09T02:13:53+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7434</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[You Probably Don&amp;#039;t Need To Stress About Hantavirus]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://gidmk.substack.com/p/you-probably-dont-need-to-stress" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7434"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-08T13:30:34+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7433</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[I was afraid to make a submission to the antisemitism royal commission. But silence has consequences too | George Newhouse | The Guardian]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/06/australia-antisemitism-royal-commission-submissions-racism-human-rights-ntwnfb" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7433"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[I work in a sector that speaks out on racism and human rights, yet on this issue I have felt the boundaries of acceptable speech narrow around me]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-06T12:41:47+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7432</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Is Covid still a thing? The risk has waned, but hasn&amp;#039;t vanished | STAT]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/27/is-covid-still-a-thing-expert-analysis-who-needs-vaccine-booster-shot/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7432"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Experts analyze why Covid severity has declined, who still benefits from booster shots, and if a once-feared virus is now more like plain old colds or flu.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-02T06:50:20+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7431</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Losing the War - by Lee Sandlin]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.leesandlin.com/articles/LosingTheWar.htm" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7431"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[World War II has faded into movies, anecdotes, and archives that nobody cares about anymore. Are we finally losing the war?]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-01T09:07:53+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7430</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Woman’s Talkspace therapy app sessions exposed in court]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.proofnews.org/womans-talkspace-therapy-app-sessions-exposed-in-court/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7430"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Talkspace has amassed “one of the largest mental health data banks in the world,” according to reports to investors, containing 140 million message exchanges.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-30T21:21:50+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7429</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr? - Anil Dash]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.anildash.com/2026/04/30/artemis-photos-flickr/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7429"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[A blog about making culture. Since 1999.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-30T05:36:03+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7428</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The Operational Trap]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-operational-trap/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7428"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Like Imperial Japan before us, the United States has substituted tactical and operational planning for strategic thinking.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-28T12:31:46+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7427</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The NDIS’s original sin]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://insidestory.org.au/the-ndiss-original-sin/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7427"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-28T09:07:26+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7426</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance, by Jane Gleeson-White]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.janegleesonwhite.com/double" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7426"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-26T10:18:02+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7425</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The Summer War, by Naomi Novik]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788200/the-summer-war-by-naomi-novik/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7425"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[NATIONAL BESTSELLER • HUGO AWARD FINALIST • In this poignant, heartfelt novella from the New York Times bestselling author of Spinning Silver...]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-25T11:42:48+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7424</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Blond Ambition – Bookforum Magazine]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.bookforum.com/print/3204/blond-ambition-62801" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7424"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-25T03:43:29+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7423</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[&amp;#039;Leaving Neverland&amp;#039; Director on Why Michael Jackson Won]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/leaving-neverland-michael-jackson-dan-reed-1236571986/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7423"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Seven years after his explosive HBO doc, Dan Reed watches Hollywood cash in on a man he calls &amp;#039;worse than Jeffrey Epstein.&amp;#039;]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-24T03:42:05+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7422</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[What Is Woke 2?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-is-woke-2/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7422"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Woke 2 is Woke 1 with an honest relation to power.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-23T12:23:26+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7421</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[How a Navy sailor snapped an iconic Artemis II astronaut photo]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/august-clawson-artemis-ii-photos/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7421"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The photographer who snapped the photos of the Artemis II crew’s return to Earth spent years honing his craft on a Navy aircraft carrier.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-23T12:20:46+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7420</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[A Dark Secret Has Imperiled the New Michael Jackson Movie]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://puck.news/michael-jackson-movie-imperiled-by-a-dark-secret/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7420"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-22T10:47:09+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7419</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want | The Verge]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/nft-metaverse-ai-weirdos" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7419"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[NFTs, the metaverse and AI are the most recent Silicon Valley enthusiasms. Does anyone remember how to build a consumer product?]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-21T09:58:40+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7418</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[When ‘the birdman’ of St James tunnel died, Sydney commuters streamed past his body for days | Housing | The Guardian]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/19/bikram-lama-birdman-sydney-st-james-tunnel-homelessness-ntwnfb" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7418"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Exclusive: &amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;The strange and lonely death of Bikram Lama exposes a glaring gap in homelessness services. What hopes and dreams brought him to Australia, and what went wrong?]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-19T17:39:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
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