Turns Out, There Is a Cabal of Elite Crazies Trying to Control the World(esquire.com)

138 points by throwaway81523 4 months ago | 56 comments

The life, death, and afterlife of literary fiction(esquire.com)

38 points by lermontov 3 years ago | 36 comments

Second ‘impossible’ ring found around distant dwarf planet(nytimes.com)

105 points by Hooke 3 years ago | 58 comments

NSO developed 3 new ways to hack iPhones, Citizen Lab says(washingtonpost.com)

101 points by lisper 3 years ago | 42 comments

Why are debut novels failing to launch?(esquire.com)

101 points by Caiero 2 years ago | 177 comments

401(k) Hardship Withdrawals Tick Up as Inflation Stays High(nytimes.com)

59 points by mooreds 3 years ago | 60 comments

More disabled Americans are employed, thanks to remote work(bloomberg.com)

367 points by petethomas 2 years ago | 199 comments

Bloomberg Businessweek article reporting that employment among disabled Americans has risen thanks to remote work, flexible hours, and other pandemic-era accommodations.

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

12 points by kensai 27 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 42-Year Journey to Bring 'Neuromancer' to the Screen(wired.com)

83 points by Brajeshwar 10 hours ago | 58 comments

WIRED feature with interviews from the cast and showrunners of Apple TV's Neuromancer series on how Gibson's 1984 novel was finally adapted, with Drake as producer.

I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed(jamesdrandall.com)

705 points by jamesrandall 9 months ago | 556 comments

Personal essay by a 50-year-old developer who began coding BASIC in 1983, reflecting on how the craft of programming has changed, including with AI.

Grief gets an expiration date, just like us(bessstillman.substack.com)

427 points by LaurenSerino 1 year ago | 200 comments

A Substack personal essay by Bess Stillman about grieving her husband Jake a year after his death and how society expects grief to expire.

People hooked on vapes try a new way to quit: cigarettes(bloomberg.com)

226 points by alephnerd 1 month ago | 302 comments

Bloomberg Businessweek article reporting that some people addicted to vaping are switching to cigarettes as a way to quit vapes.