Donald Sutherland has died(bbc.com)

301 points by toomuchtodo 2 years ago | 110 comments

Astronaut Thomas Stafford has died(apnews.com)

152 points by jnord 2 years ago | 54 comments

The 'banned' Star Trek episode that promised a united Ireland(bbc.co.uk)

47 points by 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 2 years ago | 32 comments

San Francisco fire chief fed up with robotaxis that mess with her firetrucks(latimes.com)

105 points by tafda 3 years ago | 99 comments

Texas death row inmate at mercy of supreme court, and junk science(theguardian.com)

215 points by YeGoblynQueenne 3 years ago | 160 comments

Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades(latimes.com)

654 points by ValentineC 10 months ago | 499 comments

Los Angeles Times business article reporting Warren Buffett stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway after six decades.

Patrick Stewart taught us what good men do with power(vox.com)

382 points by rhaynes 23 hours ago | 291 comments

Vox essay by Ian Millhiser reflecting on Patrick Stewart's death and how Jean-Luc Picard modeled responsible use of power in a post-Cold War era.

Private equity is buying everything from vet offices to tech conglomerates(theverge.com)

482 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 312 comments

A Verge Decoder interview with prosecutor Brendan Ballou on how private equity buys companies from vet offices to tech firms, why the system is broken, and fixes.

Jake Seliger has died(marginalrevolution.com)

908 points by A_D_E_P_T 2 years ago | 189 comments

Alex Tabarrok's Marginal Revolution post remembering writer Jake Seliger after his death from cancer, noting his advocacy for faster drug development.

I miss thinking hard(jernesto.com)

1166 points by jernestomg 9 months ago | 633 comments

A personal blog post venting that the author rarely spends days thinking hard about difficult problems anymore, tagged as an opinion piece on AI.

Elon Musk's foundation is opaque, miserly and self-serving(economist.com)

12 points by kensai 16 days ago | 2 comments

An Economist business article arguing that Elon Musk's charitable foundation is opaque, gives away little, and serves Musk's own interests.

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better(ourworldindata.org)

363 points by colonCapitalDee 2 years ago | 265 comments

Max Roser essay on Our World in Data arguing the world is simultaneously awful, much better than before, and capable of becoming much better.