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The stubborn scarcity of female breadwinners
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/07/13/the-stubborn-scarcity-of-female-breadwinners
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Half the truth: defending public education requires more honesty, not less | Pearls and Irritations
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/half-the-truth-defending-public-education-requires-more-honesty-not-less/
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My Ordinary Life: Improvements Since the 1990s · Gwern.net
https://gwern.net/improvement
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New Acquisitions: Tolkien and Éowyn Between Two Wars (PPP Moot Keynote) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
https://acoup.blog/2026/01/03/new-acquisitions-tolkien-and-eowyn-between-two-wars-ppp-moot-keynote/
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Why is gynecology still using a Civil War-era tool?
https://19thnews.org/2026/07/revolutionizing-gynecology-iud-pain/
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How effective are vaccines at stopping deadly bird flu from spreading? - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-06-25/avian-influenza-h5n1-vaccine-effectiveness/106831626
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We used to be able to buy things in this country
https://dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to-be-able-to-buy-things
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I’m a Eurovision superfan, but this year’s contest brings only sadness. I won’t be tuning in | Dave Keating | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/16/im-a-eurovision-superfan-but-this-years-contest-brings-only-sadness-i-wont-be-tuning-in
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Deciphering Glyph :: Adversarial Communication
https://blog.glyph.im/2026/06/adversarial-communication.html
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Bit Rot Doesn't Always Increase Entropy – A Story from the Archives - Google Bug Hunters
https://bughunters.google.com/blog/bit-rot-doesnt-always-increase-entropy
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50-Year Reread of The Lord of the Rings – 4: Pippin and Merry – Prospective Cultures
https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/50-year-reread-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-4-pippin-and-merry/
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Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
https://andyweirauthor.com/#project-hail-mary
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The Age of Extremophiles
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/the-age-of-extremophiles-331674257/
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Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard, by Amy Remeikis
https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Where-It-All-Went-Wrong/Amy-Remeikis/9781761822117
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Skill nostalgia
https://aeon.co/essays/the-radical-reasons-why-you-dream-of-making-things-by-hand
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Seeing Other People, by Diana Reid
https://publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/seeing-other-people-by-diana-reid/9781761151705
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No, 1 in 6 People Do Not Have Long COVID
https://gidmk.substack.com/p/no-1-in-6-people-do-not-have-long
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Life at the end of the metaverse
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/73949/life-at-the-end-of-the-metaverse
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You're Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype
https://peoples-things.ghost.io/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype/
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Brainstorm, by Richard Scolyer with Garry Maddox
https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Richard-Scolyer-Brainstorm-9781761471490
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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
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/20/a-moment-that-changed-me-hiv-diagnosis-survived-40-years
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Part One: Jimmy Savile: Britain's Unending Nightmare
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-jimmy-savile-britains-unending-330154698/
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How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi: A case study in self-sabotage
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/
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Part One: Robert Maxwell: How Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad Ruined Science - Behind the Bastards | iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-robert-maxwell-how-ghislaine-274165028/
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