Articles by toomuchtodo
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Leader in smallpox eradication, Dr. William Foege, dies at 89 (pbs.org)

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Why the Japanese bond drama matters for the global economy (axios.com)

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We Asked 300 People About Health Care Costs. The Numbers Are Shocking (nytimes.com)

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Georgia leads push to ban datacenters used to power America's AI boom (theguardian.com)

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Judge rejects DoorDash, Uber bid to block New York City tipping laws (reuters.com)

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Over 1k Arizona teachers resigning plays a part in shortage (azpbs.org)

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Trump's 'unpredictable' policies to fuel multiyear shift from US, Pimco says (ft.com)

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Significant US farm losses persist, despite federal assistance (fb.org)

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NYC Bans Hidden Hotel Fees Ahead of World Cup Tourist Influx (bloomberg.com)

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Congress Imposes Public Utility Rules on UnitedHealth, CVS, and Cigna (thebignewsletter.com)

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Tesla cuts 1,700 jobs at Gigafactory Berlin despite denying it (electrek.co)

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Can Oxygen Conservation Turn Conservation into Profit? (hereandthere.club)

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25% of new cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs – here's who bought them (electrek.co)

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Global Renewables Watch (github.com/microsoft)

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Liu Thai Ker, architect behind Singapore's public housing system, dies aged 87 (bbc.com)

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Why Preserve Books? The New Physical Archive of the Internet Archive (2011) (archive.org)

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Major plumbing headache haunts $13B U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela (npr.org)

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Plunging US Birth Rate Leaves Too Many Colleges with Too Few Kids (bloomberg.com)

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FAA warns on Central, South American flights over potential military actions (reuters.com)

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Trump Delays Plan to Seize Wages of Student Borrowers Amid Affordability Push (bloomberg.com)

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Trump Officials Vow to Keep All US Coal Plants Running (bloomberg.com)

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Detailed map reveals groundwater levels across the U.S. (phys.org)

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Short Supply: Root Causes of Declining Propensity for US Military Service (cnas.org)

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Failed part on UPS plane that crashed in KY failed 4x on other planes previously (apnews.com)

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The U.S. Military Has a 'Hemorrhaging' Retention Crisis (nationalsecurityjournal.org)

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Key US Power Grid [PJM] Cuts Demand Outlook on Overstated AI Boom (bloomberg.com)

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Our First Public Parks: The Forgotten History of Cemeteries (2011) (theatlantic.com)

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2024: Nearly 50% [47.5%] of EU electricity came from renewables (europa.eu)

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Saks Global files for bankruptcy after takeover leads to financial collapse (theguardian.com)

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Equipmentshare.com Inc S-1 (sec.gov)

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Orsted Wins Ruling to Resume US Wind Project Halted by Trump (bloomberg.com)

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Cecil Kelley Criticality Accident (wikipedia.org)

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It's not just China's total population that's falling (economist.com)

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Sodium-ion battery cells near lithium-ion cost parity, set to get cheaper (ess-news.com)

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Hochul and Mamdani Announce Plan to Make N.Y. Child Care Universal (nytimes.com)

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Satellite Images Reveal Venezuela's Methane Problem (bloomberg.com)

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Police Have No Duty to Protect the Public (2022) (prospect.org)

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Retirement of Microsoft Lens (support.microsoft.com)

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Ask Hackaday: Solutions, or Distractions? (hackaday.com)

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Lockheed Martin to more than triple Patriot missile production capacity (reuters.com)

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US Demographic Outlook: 2026 to 2056 (cbo.gov)

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Health care data breach affects over 600k patients, Illinois agency says (nprillinois.org)

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US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Than a Year (bloomberg.com)

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Urban World: Meeting the Demographic Challenge [pdf] (mckinsey.com)

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Highlights from the Comments on Boomers (astralcodexten.com)

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Gatekeepers of Law: Inside the Westlaw and LexisNexis Duopoly (thebignewsletter.com)

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Europe Saw Record Surge in Negative Power Prices in 2025 (bloomberg.com)

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My Tour Through a Particle Detector at Fermilab (whostakingthetrain.com)

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Americans Choosing Cremation at Historic Rates, NFDA Report Finds (nfda.org)

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21GW of Solar for California Land That Can No Longer Be Used for Agriculture (cleantechnica.com)

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15,000 churches could close this year amid religious shift in U.S. (axios.com)

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Open Database of Frontier AI Data Centers (epoch.ai)

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GoodPhone Project [Rochester, NY] (goodphoneproject.com)

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New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US (rice.edu)

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BYD Sells 4.6M Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sales Goal (bloomberg.com)

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Teens are having disturbing interactions with chatbots and how to lower the risk (npr.org)

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Discussing Waterworks, Stanley Greenberg's Photos of NY's Hidden Water System [video] (youtube.com)

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Tired of Online? Three Mindsets for a Calmer 2026 (josebriones.substack.com)

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The Well Watchers (motherjones.com)

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Installing Podman on OS X with Homebrew (atamanroman.dev)

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China to deploy humanoid robot for patrolling at the Vietnam border (wionews.com)

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The Positive Climate News You May Have Missed This Year (bloomberg.com)

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Bearer Bond (wikipedia.org)

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Central Park Covered in Snow (westsiderag.com)

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The World Is Awash with Oil and Prices Are Poised to Keep Falling (bloomberg.com)

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Colorado steel mill halts rail shipments to BNSF and UP (trains.com)

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Largest wildlife overpass in North America now open in Colorado (cpr.org)

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Check out the Flock public portal for Albany, Oregon (hh-today.com)

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FAA Warns of Military Aircraft Flying Undetected in Caribbean (bloomberg.com)

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Bedford: FAA lost up to 500 air traffic controller trainees during shutdown (politico.com)

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Ask HN: What open hardware do you wish existed?

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SF's Marina Could Get 790 Homes. Mayor Daniel Lurie Says No. YIMBYs Say Yes (governance.fyi)

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China's Big AI Diffusion Plan Is Here. Will It Work? (mattsheehan.substack.com)

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How Congress Is Wiring Its Data for the AI Era (firstbranchforecast.substack.com)

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Look around: Bubbles are everywhere (bloomberg.com)

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UNC System President Peter Hans confirms all syllabuses will be public records (dailytarheel.com)

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Global Coal Demand Is Stalling, IEA Says (bloomberg.com)

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Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers in and out of Venezuela (bbc.com)

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Offline Is Always Better (josebriones.substack.com)

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U.S. economy adds 64,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate at 4-year high (axios.com)

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Cosmic-ray bath in a past supernova gives birth to Earth-like planets (science.org)

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Radiation-Detection Systems Are Quietly Running in the Background All Around You (wired.com)

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People Are Taking This Unapproved New Weight-Loss Drug [Retatrutide] (wired.com)

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Battery storage hits $65/MWh, a tipping point for solar (electrek.co)

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Texas Files Antitrust Suit Against Epic Systems over Health Data (bloomberg.com)

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Lilly's Experimental Shot [Retatrutide] Cuts Body Weight by 23% in Study (bloomberg.com)

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China Vows to Stabilize Property Market as Crisis Deepens (bloomberg.com)

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JPMorgan: The biggest national security threat may be America's workforce (axios.com)

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Lithium-ion battery pack prices fall to $108/kWh (ess-news.com)

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[flagged] Firewood Banks Aren't Inspiring. They're a Sign of Collapse (newrepublic.com)

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US Job Openings Rise to Five-Month High, But Layoffs Also Up (bloomberg.com)

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Economic Indicators That Predict Recessions (Backtested ~50 Years) (datasetiq.com)

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Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by AI (theindependent.ca)

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Designed for Exploitation (josebriones.substack.com)

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The surprising countries pulling off fast clean energy transitions (cnn.com)

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Greece is teaching Germany how to get government online (economist.com)

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Millions of Americans mess up their taxes, but a new law will help (wakeuptopolitics.com)

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Indie Outdoors (indieoutdoors.com)

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CME Data Center Outage Caused by Human Error, CyrusOne Says (bloomberg.com)

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Redfin's 2026 Predictions: Welcome to the Great Housing Reset (redfin.com)