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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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Tehran's Corruption Has Put the City on the Brink of Catastrophe
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/26/tehran-iran-water-quakes/

Moving the capital is an old idea and a perennial nonstarter.

 
articles:rec iran politics
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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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James Watson: From DNA pioneer to untouchable pariah | STAT
https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/

The complicated story of James Watson, whose landmark DNA discovery with Francis Crick was later overshadowed by his deeply offensive remarks

 
articles:rec history racism science sexism
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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 …

 
articles:rec history medicine
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The government has asked for bold proposals. Maybe it’s time to consider taxing the family home
https://theconversation.com/the-government-has-asked-for-bold-proposals-maybe-its-time-to-consider-taxing-the-family-home-262323

When it comes to improving the fairness of the tax system, this is no time to be squeamish.

 
articles:rec australia finance
Added 2 months ago
Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up
https://mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the-shovelware-why-ai-coding
 
ai articles:rec programming
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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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Halloween candy has a big myth around it. Why do parents still believe it?
https://slate.com/life/2025/10/halloween-candy-sugar-kids-hyper-debunk.html

You may want to keep this news from your kids.

 
articles:rec food Halloween science
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'Second Life' By Amanda Hess Book Excerpt | Marie Claire
https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/books/amanda-hess-second-life-book-excerpt/

In an essay from Amanda Hess's memoir 'Second Life,' she explores her parasocial relationship with the freebirther subculture amid her medicalized pregnancy.

 
articles:rec birth books childbirth
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“Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian draws specific details from my life.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/07/cat-person-kristen-roupenian-viral-story-about-me.html

Since I first read Kristen Roupenian’s viral story, I’ve wondered: How did she know about me?

 
articles:rec literature
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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.

 
articles:rec news violence wikipedia
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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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Giving People Money Helped Less Than I Thought It Would
https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/giving-people-money-helped-less-than
 
articles:rec charity economics
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Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/#

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

 
articles:rec politics usa
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Principles for Global Online Meetings
https://www.mnot.net/blog/2025/10/26/equitable-meetings

Some thoughts about how to schedule online meetings for a global organisation in an equitable way.

 
articles:rec business equity
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Alternate Endings to Hamlet | Jennifer Peepas | Story Club Magazine
https://storyclubmagazine.com/2014/11/05/alternate-endings-to-hamlet-jennifer-peepas/

It was one of those nights we wait all year for, the first night where you can go outside without a coat or a sweater. I walked up Lincoln Avenue after an uncommonly good production of Hamlet, and thinking many thoughts about the play. They’d gotten Hamlet right, which is rare enough that I should…

 
gender media violence
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Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-pr-ed-zitron-profile/

He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.

 
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Emily Witt · Do you feel like a failure? In the Manosphere
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n16/emily-witt/do-you-feel-like-a-failure

The manosphere is confusing, because it’s a place where one can find both benign advice about protein consumption and...

 
books feminism gender
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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

 
articles:rec australia history
Added 3 weeks ago
Is Gender Only a Construct, Hierarchy, or Political Condition?
https://juliaserano.medium.com/is-gender-only-a-construct-hierarchy-or-political-condition-8825c1cd41c3
 
articles:rec gender
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Australian Gospel: A Family Saga, by Lech Blaine
https://lechblaine.com/2024/07/25/australian-gospel-a-family-saga/

Michael and Mary Shelley were glamorous Sydney socialites, who became Christian fanatics and kidnappers. Three of their children - Steven, John and Hannah - were secretly placed into foster care with my parents, Lenore and Tom Blaine. The Shelleys were apocalyptically irritated to discover that the children of God had been fostered by working-class Queensland…

 
australia books:rec memoir
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The senator, the ex-PM and the lobby group: Price’s crusade to remake the Liberals
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/the-senator-the-ex-pm-and-the-lobby-group-price-s-crusade-to-remake-the-liberals-20250911-p5mueu.html
 
articles:rec australia politics
Added 2 months ago
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Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/22/elon-musk-discovers-what-hierarchy-actually-means/
 
articles:rec politics usa
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