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How lithium gets from the earth into your electric car.
This Washington Post article is an engaging, multimedia, tutorial that covers the entire process. Highly recommended. ~ learn more
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The difference between soil and dirt.
Our kid schooled us on this earlier this week. Soil is living; dirt is dead. ~ learn more
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Emma Willard’s maps of time.
If you think infographics are cool, you’ll love this! “Emma Willard (1787–1870), a leading feminist educator whose innovative maps of time laid the groundwork for the charts and graphics of today.” ~ learn more
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Are aircraft carriers obsolete?
“In a recent post, I made the assertion that aircraft carriers were still the queens of the ocean and that long-range anti-ship missiles would become less relevant due to inexpensive countermeasures. Many disagreed, specifically citing some posts by Steve Hsu. […]
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How Citadel harnessed the weather to claim hedge fund crown.
“In 2018 Ken Griffin’s Citadel hired a group of scientists and analysts whose weather forecasts were more accurate than those of most meteorological offices. … The bold bet on raw materials has paid off, helping Citadel make a record $16bn […]
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The USDA’s treasure trove of agricultural data.
Here’s one example, the Broiler Market News Report. It is a 4 page summary of the market for “broiler” chickens. ~ learn more
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Sweepstakes parlor.
I just learned about these backdoor gambling operations (the industry might not agree with this characterization). “They began to appear in the Southern United States some time around 2005, and quickly proliferated.[1] Purchased entries are redeemed using computers at the […]
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Chinese selective censorship of the Big Bang Theory.
“So the question has to be asked: what kind of content has been removed, and why? To find out, I compared 100 episodes of the original version of The Big Bang Theory with the edited Youku version to understand what […]
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Wife economics.
I discovered this post on Kvetch, a substack newsletter by Australian investment manager Misha Saul. “Monogamous marriage is a powerful social technology that distributes wives more equitably. Without monogamy, successful men hoard wives and sire more children and there are […]
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What is Anglish?
“Anglish is a kind of English which prefers native words over those borrowed from foreign languages. Anglish is linguistic purism applied to English.” ~ learn more