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            <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/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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                <![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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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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                <![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>
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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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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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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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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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            <updated>2026-05-26T20:52:28+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <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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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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            <summary type="text">
                <![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.]]>
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            <updated>2026-05-24T12:27:58+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <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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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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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…]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-23T11:41:49+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <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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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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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" />
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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[A list of unheralded improvements to ordinary quality-of-life since the 1990s going beyond computers.]]>
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            <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" />
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            <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" />
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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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            <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" />
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            <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/" />
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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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            <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/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/" />
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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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                <![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" />
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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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            <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" />
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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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            <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/" />
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            <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" />
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            <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/" />
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                <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/" />
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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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            <updated>2026-04-28T09:07:26+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" />
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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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            <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/" />
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                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
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            <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/" />
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            <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/" />
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            <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>
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            <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" />
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                <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>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7415</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[How Artemis II’s Earthset photo compares with the iconic Earthrise image from 1968]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://theconversation.com/how-artemis-iis-earthset-photo-compares-with-the-iconic-earthrise-image-from-1968-279966" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Artemis II astronauts updated the iconic 1968 image during their 2026 loop around the Moon.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-09T08:42:08+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7414</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Asteroid Hosts All Ingredients for DNA and RNA - Eos]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://eos.org/articles/asteroid-hosts-all-ingredients-for-dna-and-rna" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Samples collected from asteroid Ryugu contain the four genetic “letters” of DNA, reinforcing the hypothesis that the chemical origins of life were present when…]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-08T22:20:25+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7412</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[William Shatner experienced profound grief in space. It was the overview effect : NPR]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/23/1130482740/william-shatner-jeff-bezos-space-travel-overview-effect" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[William Shatner was excited to go to space last year. He didn&amp;#039;t realize he&amp;#039;d be overwhelmed with sadness and go through &amp;quot;the strongest feelings of grief&amp;quot; that he&amp;#039;d ever experienced.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-07T04:11:39+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7411</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Why would a patient trust a peptide more than a statin? | STAT]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/03/peptides-statins-research-trust-bpc-157/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7411"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[With peptides like BPC-157, we are seeing &amp;#039;the wholesale substitution of consumer enthusiasm for clinical evidence.&amp;#039;]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-05T12:06:57+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7409</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam Green]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://bethmathews.substack.com/p/why-so-many-control-rooms-were-seafoam" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7409"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-31T10:42:26+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7407</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Katherine Rundell · Consider the Greenland Shark]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n09/katherine-rundell/consider-the-greenland-shark" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7407"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[I am glad not to be a Greenland shark; I don’t have enough thoughts to fill five hundred years. But I find the very...]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-29T10:47:49+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7406</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[‘It wears away at the pay packet’: Grandmothers cut work hours to do free childcare]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/it-wears-away-at-the-pay-packet-grandmothers-cut-work-hours-to-do-free-childcare-20260217-p5o33f.html" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7406"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-28T06:25:14+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7405</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Cringe Is Good, Earnestness Is Strength]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.liberalcurrents.com/cringe-is-good-earnestness-is-strength/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7405"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[On irony poisoning and the importance of being earnest.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-28T05:54:23+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7404</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Collections: Why Celebrimbor Fell but Boromir Conquered: the Moral Universe of Tolkien – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://acoup.blog/2025/04/18/collections-why-celebrimbor-fell-and-boromir-conquered-the-moral-universe-of-tolkien/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7404"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[This week (and probably next) I want to talk a bit more Tolkien, but in a somewhat different vein from normal. Rather than discussing the historicity of Tolkien&amp;#039;s world or adaptations of it, I want to take a moment to discuss some of the themes of Tolkien&amp;#039;s work, which express themselves in the metaphysical architecture…]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-27T01:24:50+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7403</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Lindy West, Elizabeth Gilbert and the Nightmare of the Personal Essay Industrial Complex]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.pajiba.com/celebrities_are_better_than_you/lindy-west-elizabeth-gilbert-and-the-nightmare-of-the-personal-essay-industrial-complex.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=bluesky" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7403"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-24T04:50:19+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7402</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Cul de sac politics: Have the Australian Greens hit a strategic dead-end?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.jonathansri.com/greensdeadend/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://liber.puzzling.org/links/7402"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[mary]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Why aren&amp;#039;t the Greens offering a stronger challenge to the political establishment?]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-22T01:15:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
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