How the world’s first electric grid was built(worksinprogress.co)

97 points by zdw 7 months ago | 30 comments

The Wonder of Modern Drywall(worksinprogress.co)

28 points by zdw 8 months ago | 39 comments

South Korea – A Cautionary Tale for the Rest of Humanity(worksinprogress.co)

19 points by barry-cotter 10 months ago | 27 comments

Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective(worksinprogress.co)

407 points by surprisetalk 8 months ago | 594 comments

A Works in Progress magazine essay arguing that US cities should consolidate and space out bus stops to make buses faster and cheaper to run.

Inflatable Space Stations(worksinprogress.co)

68 points by bensouthwood 11 months ago | 28 comments

Just bury your trash: What if everything we know about recycling is wrong?(worksinprogress.co)

23 points by magoghm 1 month ago | 19 comments

Why Japanese companies do so many different things(davidoks.blog)

828 points by d0ks 5 months ago | 386 comments

A Substack essay by David Oks explaining the internal logic behind why Japanese corporations diversify into so many unrelated businesses.

Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners(aljazeera.com)

120 points by mikhael 29 days ago | 323 comments

Al Jazeera article on Japan raising requirements for permanent residency and tightening rules for foreigners amid a rightward political shift.

Britain's railway privatization was an abject failure(rosalux.de)

419 points by robtherobber 11 months ago | 368 comments

Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung essay arguing that Britain's 1990s railway privatization failed, as the railways now return to public ownership.

Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made(kotaku.com)

796 points by oumua_don17 3 months ago | 332 comments

Kotaku impressions article on Running Train, a Japanese train driving simulator made by a single developer that is drawing glowing Steam reviews.

Japan's push to make all research open access(nature.com)

612 points by sohkamyung 2 years ago | 92 comments

Nature news article on Japan allocating 10 billion yen to institutional repositories to make the nation's publicly funded research free to read.

Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn(theocharis.dev)

1122 points by JeremyTheo 10 months ago | 978 comments

Personal blog post by Jeremy Theocharis recounting a Deutsche Bahn train journey gone wrong, which he likens to being kidnapped, and the 1.50 EUR compensation he received.