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No one likes how animals are treated on factory farms. But no one wants to stop eating them.
25+ min ago (828+ words) How we can actually escape the "meat paradox." Of all the hot-button social issues in America, there's one that often flies under the radar but can unleash a torrent of strong feelings " swirling with apparent contradictions " when it surfaces: meat....
You have more time than you think. Here are 5 science-backed ways to find it
40+ min ago (997+ words) There are 8, 760 hours in a year. You can spend them better." If there's one thing Americans can agree on " beyond the fact we hate data centers and love Dolly Parton " it's that we're busier than ever, and it's all too…...
Data centers could actually be good for your hometown
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (1688+ words) The case for the buildings America loves to hate. The only good data center is a canceled data center. Or so a growing number of Americans seem to feel. Throughout the United States, citizens are mobilizing against the construction of…...
How to fall in love with humanity in the age of AI | Vox
23+ hour, 10+ min ago (1359+ words) Tech culture has made contempt for humanity feel enlightened. We can do better. A lot of humans are feeling very down on humanity these days. Maybe you've met them. Or maybe you're one of them. I'm talking about those who…...
How to prepare for a huge disaster when you live in a tiny apartment
1+ day, 10+ min ago (663+ words) No bunker required: Your guide to prepping for natural disasters, pandemics, and more when you live in a city. It often feels like we're on the brink of disaster: Diseases lurk behind every corner and global instability threatens the economy....
Inside the fight over America's data centers
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (994+ words) The ugliest thing I've ever seen: How New Jersey residents feel about a data center in their backyard. Make no mistake: Americans hate data centers. A recent poll from Gallup shows 70 percent of Americans oppose a data center in their…...
Could you spot an AI-written book?
2+ day, 10+ min ago (1018+ words) An author set up an experiment to find out. However you feel about AI writing, it has a few giveaways. According to the writer Imogen West-Knights, "there's things like negative parallelisms'or excessive use of metaphor and similes, especially ones that…...
Trump's brazen plan for a $1. 7 billion slush fund
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (378+ words) Trump will reportedly drop his IRS lawsuit " for a price. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump may have found a new way to repurpose taxpayer money to his own ends. What's happening? Earlier this year, Trump, along with two…...
The 5 most unhinged revelations from Elon Musk's lawsuit against Open AI
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (699+ words) The Musk v. Open AI trial is over. Here are the receipts. Friendship breakups are never easy, but few are as messy and expensive as the collapse of Elon Musk and Sam Altman's once thriving tech bromance. Lawyers tell me that…...
Millions of people voted for these animal welfare laws. Congress is trying to overturn them.
3+ day, 40+ min ago (1235+ words) How the new Farm Bill could keep millions of pigs locked in tiny cages. Last year, nearly 130 million pigs were raised for meat in the US, but they didn't come out of nowhere; they had parents. Or as pork producers…...