“statistically speaking” was that intentional or unintentional humor?
I think this is the only likely scale I will accept going forward.
This is a great tribute to a music hero of mine, Steve Albini. The article calls him “the model of a gracefully aging Gen Xer holding fast to his principles.” He would have something appropriately cutting to say about that. His death at 61 is a loss. slate.com/culture/2024...
The legendary producer, dead at 61, was more than just a rigid minimalist.
Interesting question & not one necessarily solved by searching current legal journalists. Thoughts @dahlialithwick.bsky.social? I’d ask Lisa Tucker, law prof who’s written kids books about SC justices, but she’s not on here.
The enshittification of substack is proceeding at a rapid pace. I’m a paid subscriber on one account. Free on many. Offered me a free view of one post. I downloaded the app. Gave it my phone. Entered multiple codes. But still blocked from the full post.
Maybe a union is not the ideal way to protect athletes in a last place team with no scholarships. But there are many universities where sports are run as ruthless businesses, and athletes deserve more protection. I’m proud of these students helping to create new tools. www.npr.org/2024/03/27/1...
March Madness is in full swing as Men's and Women's college basketball teams across the country compete for the NCAA championship. However, the Dartmouth Men's Basketball team made headlines just befo...
I confess I didn't really properly know about this. Vegetables are losing nutrients due to climate change (it's implied it is also a monoculture issue). And the figures aren't small.
A process called biofortification puts nutrients directly into seeds and could reduce global hunger, but it’s not a magic bullet
Milan is in the middle of an extreme air quality crisis & the public bike sharing has shut down for a week for “review” of its bicycles. My head is about to explode from outrage.
More interesting follow up, building on the "enshittifation" thesis of Cory Doctorow.
If you liked this article, you may also like my follow-up blog post on the decline in information access more broadly:
This morning I published an article on Slate about the decline of reading comprehension and resilience among college-age students. In the piece, I try to defuse the knee-jerk reaction that I must be i...
I saw this decline in phd students, but I moved away from the US just before this time so I don't really have a pre-trend. What we see in the classroom in Europe can't be attributed to phonics approaches in US elementary education, though.
