$60/MWh for advanced nuclear electricity is achievable: GE Hitachi Executive(utilitydive.com)

156 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 267 comments

Xylazine, a dangerous new drug fuelling Canada’s opioid crisis(macleans.ca)

114 points by fortran77 3 years ago | 257 comments

Let the internet be grimy(tedium.co)

104 points by ecliptik 3 years ago | 104 comments

ChromiumOS Developer Guide, Programming languages and style(chromium.googlesource.com)

62 points by pjmlp 3 years ago | 39 comments

OpenSAFELY is a secure, open-source platform for analysis of health records data(opensafely.org)

82 points by murkle 3 years ago | 8 comments

‘Hot Ones’ Was a Slow Burn All Along(nytimes.com)

68 points by mooreds 3 years ago | 35 comments

Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died(pgdp.net)

572 points by ron_k 1 year ago | 86 comments

A Distributed Proofreaders wiki memorial page announcing the death of Dr. Gregory B. Newby, longtime CEO of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

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.

Gilgamesh by Simon Armitage review – an ancient epic is brilliantly translated(theguardian.com)

176 points by benbreen 17 days ago | 53 comments

Guardian review of Simon Armitage's new verse translation of the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, praising it as a visceral tour de force.

Daniel Kahneman has died(washingtonpost.com)

931 points by mrjaeger 2 years ago | 285 comments

Washington Post obituary reporting the death of Daniel Kahneman, Nobel-winning psychologist and pioneer of behavioral economics.

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

382 points by rhaynes 12 days 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.

John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died(scanalyst.fourmilab.ch)

1015 points by jdougan 2 years ago | 204 comments

Obituary forum post on Scanalyst announcing the death of John Walker, Autodesk founder and Fourmilab creator, on February 2, 2024, with a biography.