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Brainstorm, by Richard Scolyer with Garry Maddox

https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Richard-Scolyer-Brainstorm-9781761471490

Brainstorm - Richard Scolyer

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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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The Ten Year Affair, by Erin Somers

https://www.erinsomers.com/books

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Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage, by Belle Burden

https://www.belleburden.com/books

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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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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/

Criticism of public schools is not entirely wrong – but by ignoring unequal conditions, it misdiagnoses the problem and misplaces responsibility.

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My Ordinary Life: Improvements Since the 1990s · Gwern.net

https://gwern.net/improvement

A list of unheralded improvements to ordinary quality-of-life since the 1990s going beyond computers.

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Grit — If Books Could Kill

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040953/episodes/19100483-grit

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's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSo...

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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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The Kaiser and a "Mediocre Man" Theory of History

https://www.deadcarl.com/p/the-kaiser-and-a-mediocre-man-theory

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Know Your Enemy: Joan Didion, Conservative, with Sam Tanenhaus - Dissent Magazine

https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-your-enemy-joan-didion/

Why did Joan Didion love Barry Goldwater but hate Ronald Reagan? Historian Sam Tanenhaus helps make sense of Didion's conservatism.

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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/

By Lee Vinsel

I'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'll find a better, more durable solution soon. I'm reposting it unaltered, even though I would unsurprisingly do some

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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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Introducing — Autistic AF With Grace Tame

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/ladies-we-need-to-talk/introducing-autistic-af-with-grace-tame/106723584

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AI Isn't Management. Try Explaining That to Matthew Prince

https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/ai-isnt-management-try-explaining