Articles by littlexsparkee
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San Diego rents declined following surge in supply (kpbs.org)

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California has more money than projected after admin miscalculated state budget (kcra.com)

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OpenAI Is Working with Consultants to Sell Codex (wsj.com)

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Rise in Young Men's Religiosity Realigns Gender Gaps (gallup.com)

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Experts warn climate change will make parts of Israel uninhabitable in decades (ynetnews.com)

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When Your Digital Life Vanishes (newyorker.com)

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The Impact of New Housing Supply on the Distribution of Rents (uchicago.edu)

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Venture capitalist Ron Conway says he has 'rare' cancer (sfstandard.com)

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AI boom is city's weirdest tech boom, says S.F.'s chief economist (missionlocal.org)

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Projected warming will exceed the long-term thermal limits of rice cultivation (nature.com)

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Observational constraints project a ~50% AMOC weakening by end of century (science.org)

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Project Maven Put A.I. Into the Kill Chain (newyorker.com)

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Can Sponge Cities Save Us from the Coming Floods? (newyorker.com)

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Global human population has surpassed Earth's sustainable carrying capacity (iop.org)

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Researchers Secure NSF Grant to Test Ancient Fern as Carbon Offset Soln (2025) (stonybrook.edu)

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Rancho Gordo trademarks 'bean club,' tells others to stop using it (sfchronicle.com)

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Fusion power unlikely to become competitive (nature.com)

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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead If Vaccines Vanish (propublica.org)

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The Powerful Men Who Think Introspection Is Dumb (theatlantic.com)

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Who's driving Waymo's self-driving cars? Sometimes, the police (techcrunch.com)

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American AI Jobs Risk Index (tufts.edu)

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Global terrorism falls to a decade low but Western fatalities surge (visionofhumanity.org)

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Mezcal's popularity is booming in the US, with a growing env cost in MX (apnews.com)

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How to Tax the Ultrarich (rooseveltinstitute.org)

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Shooting-Free Days Decline in Major U.S. Cities (columbia.edu)

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India's 20 years of GDP misestimation: New evidence (piie.com)

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Study: Data center water needs emerging as new AI 'bottleneck' (sfexaminer.com)

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Data center water spikes could cost billions (ucr.edu)

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Faulty urine tests may have inflated alcohol levels in California criminal cases (sfchronicle.com)

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Stabilizing timelagged climate impacts rqrs net-negative emissions for centuries (iop.org)

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Insights into US life expectancy stagnation from birth cohort mortality dynamics (pnas.org)

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Corpus Christi, Texas, Shows How Not to Manage Water (bloomberg.com)

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Study finds 77% of US national parks are highly vulnerable to climate change (phys.org)

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Rare Earths Norway says estimate of Europe's biggest deposit jumps 81% (reuters.com)

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Buckle Up for Bumpier Skies (newyorker.com)

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Low fertility may persist and could be good for the economy (nature.com)

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Smartphone market forecast to decline this year due to memory shortage (idc.com)

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Fentanyl makeover: Core structural redesign could lead to safer pain medications (scripps.edu)

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Memory Mania: How a Once-in-Four-Decades Shortage Is Fueling a Memory Boom (semianalysis.com)

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Nearly half of L.A. County's pavement may be unnecessary, new map finds (latimes.com)

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The Republicans Made Peace with Science (theatlantic.com)

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Unaffordable Housing Impacts How Americans Consume, Work and Invest (bloomberg.com)

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The risk of higher US inflation in 2026 (piie.com)

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What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn't Know, Either (newyorker.com)

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The double standards driving our housing crisis (vox.com)

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Renting is cheaper than owning in every major U.S. metro (axios.com)

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Who sets the Doomsday Clock? (popularmechanics.com)

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Did a celebrated researcher obscure a baby's poisoning? (newyorker.com)

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Scientists think they've discovered how humans could recover lost vision (popularmechanics.com)

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Comparing AI agents to cybersecurity professionals in real-world pen testing (arxiv.org)

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Pervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent (nature.com)

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Comparing AI Agents to Cybersecurity Professionals in Real-World Pen Testing (arxiv.org)

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Why a College Fighting for Survival Is Slashing Econ and Physics Majors (bloomberg.com)

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Cities made a bet on millennials – but forgot one key thing (vox.com)

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The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism (ft.com)

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Bubble or Nothing (publicenterprise.org)

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Chaos and lies: Why Sam Altman was booted from OpenAI according to new testimony (theverge.com)

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Would Zohran Mamdani's Rent Freeze Keep Rent-Stabilized Apartments Empty? (newyorker.com)

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Most of the world has recently set all-time heat records (theclimatebrink.com)

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Europe is saying no to electric scooters. The data says not so fast (washingtonpost.com)

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Experts call for immediate cuts to water use from the Colorado River (kpbs.org)

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iPhone is better at stopping scams thanks to iOS 26 (vox.com)

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Modern Dentistry Is a Microplastic Minefield (theatlantic.com)

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US mines are throwing away critical minerals (grist.org)

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As C-Suite Salaries Skyrocket, So Does the Cost to Replace CEOs (bloomberg.com)

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Immigrant Population in U.S. Drops for the First Time in Decades (nytimes.com)

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Battery prices are falling, so why are electric cars still so expensive? (nature.com)

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The Dangerous Legal Strategy Coming for Our Books (theatlantic.com)

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Beef prices are spiraling. Meat lovers aren't deterred – yet (washingtonpost.com)

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Fed up with U.S. health care costs, these Americans moved abroad (washingtonpost.com)

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Are Marathons and Extreme Running Linked to Colon Cancer? (nytimes.com)

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The Rainforests Being Cleared to Build Your R.V (nytimes.com)

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Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying (nytimes.com)

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The Global Lobster Rush Might Break the Industry (bloomberg.com)

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The Powerless Brokers: Why California Can't Build Transit (circulatesd.org)

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California unemployment rises to 5.5%, worst in the U.S. as tech falters (sfchronicle.com)

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Earth's climate is approaching irreversible tipping points (economist.com)

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Black metal could give a heavy boost to solar power generation (rochester.edu)

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U.S. alcohol consumption drops to a 90-year low, new poll finds (sfchronicle.com)

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Americans Are Getting Priced Out of Homeownership at Record Rates (bloomberg.com)

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China's unemployed young adults who are pretending to have jobs (bbc.com)

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California police departments are turning to a controversial applicant pool (sfchronicle.com)

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The brutal trade-off that will decide the future of food (vox.com)

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Canada Gave Citizens the Right to Die. Doctors Are Struggling to Meet Demand (theatlantic.com)

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Why Hasn't Medical Science Cured Chronic Headaches? (newyorker.com)

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Perfect pesticide? RNA kills crop-destroying beetles with unprecedented accuracy (science.org)

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Little-known leguminous plant can increase beef production by 60% (2022) (embrapa.br)

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Newsom says CA will hold special election to combat Trump, TX redistricting (sfstandard.com)

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Rats wreaks havoc on California almonds – industry suffers $300M in damage (sfchronicle.com)

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Why So Many Women Are Quitting the Workforce (time.com)

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Does the Stock Market Know Something We Don't? (theatlantic.com)

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Eaton fire could have been prevented, utils fought removal of old power lines (latimes.com)

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The Pain of Perfectionism (newyorker.com)

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Wildfire Evacuation from Berkeley Hills Could Take over 4 Hours, Study Finds (theconversation.com)

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Was the Renaissance Real? (newyorker.com)

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Rate, price drops won't substantially improve affordability (zillow.com)

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“No tax on tips” is an industry plant (newyorker.com)

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A Tiny 29-Pound Electric Motor Just Beat Everyone in Power Density (popularmechanics.com)

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Rooftop Solar Is a Miracle. Why Are We Killing It with Red Tape? (motherjones.com)

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Introduction to the Fundamentals of Amazon Redshift (redshift-observatory.ch)