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So You Want To Abolish Time Zones @ Things Of Interest
https://qntm.org/abolish

Laudable! Let's take a look at some of the changes that arise from this, through a simple case study: making an international phone call to a relative.

Before abolishing time zones I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. What time is it there? Google tells me it is currently...

 
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Python Software Foundation News: The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-funding-statement.html
 
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S2 E8 Free Solo and More - Alex Honnold on Life and El Capitan | Real Risk
https://realriskpodcast.com/s2-e8-free-solo-and-more-alex-honnold-on-life-and-el-capitan/

S2 E8 Free Solo and More - Alex Honnold on Life and El Capitan

 
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The Yale Review | Amir Ahmadi Arian Goes in Search of Iran's Most…
https://yalereview.org/article/amir-ahmadi-arian-zabihollah-mansouri

Was Zabihollah Mansouri secretly a prolific author?

 
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Why serial abusers like Michael Slater are likely to strike again
https://www.smh.com.au/national/why-serial-abusers-like-michael-slater-are-likely-to-strike-again-20250904-p5msg8.html
 
articles:rec australia gender violence
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I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/05/palestinian-foreigners-protests-campus-ai-ice-trump-us-migrant

I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson

 
articles:rec politics usa
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Is Gender Only a Construct, Hierarchy, or Political Condition?
https://juliaserano.medium.com/is-gender-only-a-construct-hierarchy-or-political-condition-8825c1cd41c3
 
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Interstellar’s second life: how Christopher Nolan’s most divisive film became his most loved | Interstellar | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/21/interstellar-christopher-nolan-film-memes-divisive-most-loved

When Nolan’s space epic was released in 2014, critics picked at the plot holes and scientists picked at the science – now, 11 years later, it’s the internet’s favourite film. Was it just ahead of its time?

 
articles:rec movies space
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world | Childbirth | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/nov/22/free-birth-society-linked-to-babies-deaths-investigation

A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors

 
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Another Australia
https://www.sweatshop.ws/another-australia
 
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Wikipedia volunteers took down a gunman. It’s not the only threat they’ve faced.
https://slate.com/technology/2025/10/wikipedia-editors-conference-gunman-culture-war.html

An armed man at a gathering of the website’s volunteers is just the latest reminder: Editing the internet’s encyclopedia has never been riskier.

 
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N=1: The Inside Story of the First-Ever Hydrogen CCR Dive - InDEPTH
https://indepthmag.com/n1-the-inside-story-of-the-first-ever-h2-ccr-dive/

Dr. Richard Harris, aka ‘Dr. Harry,’ and the Wetmules made the first reported hydrogen (H2) rebreather dive to a depth of 230m/751 ft, in The Pearse Resurgence, New Zealand.

 
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Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim : Clarkesworld Magazine – Science Fiction & Fantasy
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine: Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim

 
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Your Genes Are Simply Not Enough to Explain How Smart You Are - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2025/10/genetics-intelligence-charles-murray/684544/

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.

 
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A Very Private School: A Memoir, by Charles Spencer
https://charles-spencer.com/product/a-very-private-school/

A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed, firsthand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries, as well as his own letters and diaries from the time, he reflects

 
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Is 3I/ATLAS an interstellar comet or a 'hostile' alien spacecraft?
https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2025/comet-3iatlas/

The cosmic traveller flying at 61km/s and steaming with gaseous cyanide is only the third object we’ve detected in our solar system that came from another star. And one Harvard professor believes it may be an alien spacecraft with malicious intent.

 
articles:rec astronomy
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Scientists Prove Justinian's Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
https://www.juancole.com/2025/09/scientists-justinians-continued.html

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as …

 
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How Big Can a Black Hole Get? | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-big-can-a-black-hole-get/

Some black holes get extremely massive. Is there an upper limit to their growth?

 
articles:rec astronomy physics
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, by Omar El Akkad
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777485/one-day-everyone-will-have-always-been-against-this-by-omar-el-akkad/

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 PALESTINE BOOK AWARDS • From...

 
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Swordcrossed, by Freya Marske
https://freyamarske.com/books/swordcrossed/

swordcrossed Now available from Tor and Bramble UK! A USA Today bestseller!A New York Times Best Romance of 2024An Indie Next pickA LibraryReads Hall of Fame pickA LitHub most anticipated book of 2024 Mattinesh Jay, dutiful heir to his struggling family business, needs to hire an experienced swordsman to serve as best man for his […]

 
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Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251111-gough-dreamed-of-a-country-that-never-was-and-asked-why-not

The point.com.au

 
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What AI’s Doomers and Utopians Have in Common - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2025/09/what-ais-doomers-and-utopians-have-in-common/684270/

Those who predict that superintelligence will destroy humanity serve the same interests as those who believe that it will solve all of our problems.

 
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AI and Folk Cartesianism - Part 1: Defining the Problem
https://andymasley.substack.com/p/ai-and-folk-cartesianism-part-1-defining
 
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Giving People Money Helped Less Than I Thought It Would
https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/giving-people-money-helped-less-than
 
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