Erasmus: Social Engineering at Scale - by Martin Sustrik
James Watson: From DNA pioneer to untouchable pariah | STAT
Basic fashion intuitions for trans women: Shape
Culture leaders ‘unwilling’ to police which toilets people use - BBC News
Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case
The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings: A within-person field experiment - PubMed
This internet poll is breaking men’s brains!
Staring into the abyss as a core life skill | benkuhn.net
It turns out you’re never too old to go Interrailing around Europe | Phil Mongredien | The Guardian
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*): “I know people like to make fun…” - Infosec Exchange
Backblaze: A Loss-Making Data Storage Business Mired in Lawsuits, Sham Accounting, and Brazen Insider Dumping
HDR‑Infused Emoji | sharpletters
Plotlands – the struggle for land and affordable housing | critical place
COVID is doing the rounds again - by David R. MacIver
‘We Were Caught in a Storm We Didn’t See Coming’: Strix Sisters Speak Out After Jezebel Controversy - News, Paganism, U.S., Witchcraft, World
https://uxdesign.cc/to-benefit-from-ai-your-organizations-learning-loops-must-evolve-5b6145415f6a
Accountability is not Blame
How to come up with blog post ideas
Why I have office hours and why you should too
Music theory for nerds
Why do you do the things that you do?
11 Reasons Not to Become Famous (or “A Few Lessons Learned Since 2007”)
Writing a book: is it worth it?
Destigmatize being dumb - Defender’s Corner
Accountability sinks | A Working Library
The day piracy changed
How a survey glitch replaced ‘yes’ with ‘forks’ | Pew Research Center
Foundations
Travel Time Map | Drive Time Radius & Other Modes
I’ve Been Meaning to Call - by Paul Crenshaw - Melt With Me
“‘Considered Harmful’ essays considered harmful” essays considered harmful - Mort’s Ramblings
Reflections on Palantir - Nabeel S. Qureshi
Take a hike; lessons from my incredible 500 mile walk across the UK - Trans Writes
30 Years of Notebooks
Open Source Genetic Database Shuts Down to Protect Users From ‘Authoritarian Governments’
Eject disk.
“A manifesto for everyone stuck in the system that keeps crashing you.”
“You’re not burned out because you’re weak. You’re burned out because you’ve been relevant, valuable, over-functioning for too long—inside systems that reward your ability to endure dysfunction and call it leadership.”
you need to be agencymaxxing
How to be More Agentic - by Cate Hall - Useful Fictions
How to Increase Your Luck Surface Area (Ultimate Guide) - Sam Matla
How the Internet Gets Inside Us | The New Yorker
Happy 2025, Here’s Something Mad That Happened.
Ratchet effects determine engineer reputation at large companies | sean goedecke
A real Good Samaritan - BBC News
Your Family: Past, Present, and Future — Wait But Why
About - The Integral Guide to Well-Being
A Neighborhood of Infinity: You Could Have Invented Monads! (And Maybe You Already Have.)
“ROI” is the wrong way to sell your product
This Is the Person Selling Your Product | Stay SaaSy
The NIPS experiment
On not being a radical medicine skeptic, and the dangers of doctor-by-Internet « The Story’s Story
‘The government has been too terrible to make fun of’: Peter Capaldi on satire, politics and privilege | Peter Capaldi | The Guardian
Pog’s Blog: Which Really Useful Boxes stack?
(PDF) Chains of Affection: The Structure of Adolescent Romantic and Sexual Networks1
There is way too much serendipity — LessWrong
Having a non-autistic brother (extended version) - YouTube
Singing The Blues - by Scott Alexander - Astral Codex Ten
In Loving Memory of Square Checkbox @ tonsky.me
Becoming Data Driven, From First Principles - Commoncog
When and Why People Conceal Infectious Disease - Wilson N. Merrell, Soyeon Choi, Joshua M. Ackerman, 2024
Remote work won, don’t let anyone gaslight you to believe otherwise
Return-to-Office Mandates by Yuye Ding, Mark (Shuai) Ma :: SSRN
Traditions of the Bar: Dos and Don’ts [2023 Update] | Yet Another Blogging Barrister
Very Ordinary Men | The Point Magazine
Payfac in 1,000 words - by Matt Brown - Matt’s Notes
Torment executioners in Reno, Nevada, keep tormenting us with their publications. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Creator Flywheels – The Operating System for Your Business | Nathan Barry
Lies, Damned Lies, and Manometer Readings—Asterisk
The Big Split: Overground Line Names - London Reconnections
スマホ (USB) で動くプラズマアークライター
シャポコ🌵 on X: “スマホの充電端子に刺して動くUSBアークライター USB arc lighter that works by sticking it into the phone’s charging terminal https://t.co/z4RFcDSjSO https://t.co/AMF56NacA0” / X
‘Not letting me on Snapchat was the best thing my mum ever did for me’: how to talk to your kids about social media | Parents and parenting | The Guardian
How to be a -10x Engineer
Why scrapping VAT on sunscreen and public EV charging would be an expensive waste of money - Tax Policy Associates
Cultivating And Destroying Agency
Work with me
A Message to Garcia
Nobody Cares
How To Avoid Bad Startup Culture
Terry Pratchett and the Maggi Soup Adverts | Stuffed Crocodile
Esperanto, Toki Pona, Swahili, Indonesian | Derek Sivers
Trier social stress test - Wikipedia
Today is my Birthday! I got ADHD - Alan Pope’s blog
She Stole $54 Million From Her Town. Then Something Unexpected Happened. - POLITICO
The Bujold Nexus - The Vorkosigan Saga Reading Order Debate: The Chef Recommends
The Natron Theory
glasgow/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md at main · GlasgowEmbedded/glasgow
Beards and Masks? — LessWrong
How to Use Power - Commoncog
My friend Michael | ntoll.org
Hole store
Acausal Trade - LessWrong
The Open Source Torment Nexus
The Startup Drake Equation
Beans and Noses — Archive of UIE/Brainsparks
Rich vs. King in the Real World: Why I sold my company
Corporate “DEI” is an imperfect vehicle for deeply meaningful ideals – charity.wtf
The “Talk vs Walk” workshop
Impostor Syndrome: Why I felt like a fraud, and how I overcame it
Debanking (and Debunking?)
Outcome Orientation as a Cure for Information Overload - Commoncog
What it costs to run a Coworking space in Brighton (and how much The Skiff is making) | by Jonathan Markwell | The Skiff
Don’t call it a Substack. - Anil Dash
The Cloud Is Just My Basement’s Computers - Aeracode
The 10 Rules of Being Human
Loudly Give Up, Don’t Quietly Fade — LessWrong
A Stupid Self-Compassion Life Hack - by Ozy Brennan
Social Dark Matter — LessWrong
Invisible Pie Labor.
The PARA Method: The Simple System for Organizing Your Digital Life in Seconds
‘How do you reduce a national dish to a powder?’: the weird, secretive world of crisp flavours | Snacks | The Guardian
Using Anki with Babies / Toddlers : r/Anki
cohost! - “Let’s dig into this wannabe vamp king”
I can’t sleep
Why it’s nice to compete against a large, profitable company
Homepage | European Alternatives
6 lessons I learned working at an art gallery
TBM 325: Skeptoptimism – Thinking Slow, Acting Fast
Eighty Percent · jml :: Jonathan Lange
Data-Informed, NOT Data-Driven — Ant Murphy
4 Levels of Data Proficiency - Itamar Gilad
Teaching My Younger Self to Program - by Shoshannah
Facebook’s Little Red Book
“The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion” – Joyce Arthur’s page
The men who like women and the men who don’t. Yes we can tell.
Causing a stink: reflections on my viral PhD - New Statesman
‘I’m stuck. Get me outta here!’
Write down what you’ve done | What’s new
CausalImpact
Rest Isn’t the Opposite of Work — Remote Work Prep
“Founder Mode” and the Art of Mythmaking – charity.wtf
The importance trap
In praise of the feijoa, New Zealand’s most socialist fruit | The Spinoff
On Complicated… - by EMILY WILSON - EMILY’s Substack
Full Restitution, Empty Promises - Bleak House Revisited
Baby Evacuation Aprons
Odessa, TX Just Put $10,000 Bounties On Trans People Using The Bathroom
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr | The Guardian
Collecting open secrets - by Carmen - Altered
Political News for Normal People. | What The Fuck Just Happened Today?
There Are Only Three Mindsets: Which Are You? — midwesternish
Stress can disrupt memory and lead to needless anxiety — here’s how
Removing stuff is never obvious yet often better
Improving Team Morale is not an Objective
Culture as a Driver of Success (or Failure)
RDEL #78: Does removing author identity in code reviews reduce bias?
How to Prevent Burnout When Working from Home | by Olivia Bennett | Feb, 2025 | Medium
7 Bold Moves to Defeat the Bloody Feature Factory Before It Burns You Out
Why You are “Always Exhausted” : The Truth About Burnout | by YOUth Time | Apr, 2025 | Medium
This Is How You’re Eroding Accountability - Stay SaaSy
Unpopular Defaults for High-Performing Tech Organizations – Aviv Ben-Yosef
Quick Steps for a Scrum Team to Improve the Process | by Egor Savochkin | Booking.com Engineering | Jan, 2025 | Medium
The Wisdom of Insecurity - by John Durrant
How to feel bad and be wrong - by Adam Mastroianni
Product Development Processes You Might Not have Heard of - Department of Product
AddyOsmani.com - Service Reliability Mathematics
How to create a culture of continuous learning in the workplace - Work Life by Atlassian
TBM 335: “Simple” Dependency Coordination - by John Cutler
What Makes a Good Team? – Accidentally in Code
Respect Your Time, or No One Else Will | by Brian Fink | Jan, 2025 | Medium
The deadline doom loop - by James Hawkins
The Complete Guide to Writing Self-Reviews (That Actually Get Read)
Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Self-Assessments
Sidebar #3: Two Flavors of Medium Risk - Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Jade Rubick - Reliability is all stick, no carrot
Study: Intuitive introverts lead the most successful teams | Spotlight
Alaska Fried Chicken: the UK’s curious approach to naming chicken shops. | Vizzee Rascal
Is It Time To Version Observability? (Signs Point To Yes) – charity.wtf
Banking’s critical functions are vanishing into the cloud
Two Americas, one bank branch, and $50,000 cash
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Face The Productivity Phantom - The Force That Drains Your Team’s Potential
All Projects Are Business Projects
TBM 341: 10 Tips for Turning Around a Platform Team
The Complete Guide to SaaS Pricing Strategy by @ttunguz
When to kill a product: How to stop wasting time and budget
Feedback - by Mike Fisher - Fish Food for Thought
Discworld Rules - by Venkatesh Rao - Contraptions
Sustainable Ebook Strategy | akos.ma
‘It was chaos’: The history of San Francisco’s most unforgettable ad
Why Can’t I Remember My Crush’s Face?
Nate the Snake
The Flying Snowman | Whatever
Judge Uses D&D’s Failure To Make Him Worship Satan To School Florida On Social Media Moral Panics | Techdirt
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - ArchWiki
I’ve Been Paralyzed Since I Was 3. Here’s Why Kindness Toward Disabled People Is More Complicated Than You Think - Facing Disability
ir·regular expressions: Stopping (human) memory leaks
Speedrunning the Skill of Demand - Commoncog
Troubleshooting: The Skill That Never Goes Obsolete — The Autodidacts
Career advice in 2025. | Irrational Exuberance
Burn your title | notes.eatonphil.com
The 10 Biggest Leadership Blindspots Based on 10 Years of Research
Ok. So, You’re Failing – Rands in Repose
Why I Did Not Take A Vacation in 6 Years — And The Burnout That Followed | by Degraphe | Mar, 2025 | Medium
What holds people back from questions and how to overcome it
DRMacIver’s Notebook: Figuring out what hurts
DRMacIver’s Notebook: Victims of metonymy
Superficial auditory (dis)fluency biases higher-level social judgment | PNAS
Easy to criticize, hard to create
Explore vs Execute
DRMacIver’s Notebook: Behaving as if you were trying to succeed
DRMacIver’s Notebook: Well you gotta
DRMacIver’s Notebook: No
How the failing Passport Office was transformed into Britain’s most efficient public service
Inside the BBC’s first ever live Eid broadcast - Hyphen
GrantsWG/Charter - PSF Wiki
Introduction to the Zettelkasten Method • Zettelkasten Method
Mastodon Exit Interview | Rob’s Posts
A Usefully Useless Projection – somethingaboutmaps
The data behind remote work · Intense Minimalism
Several grumpy opinions about remote work at Tailscale - apenwarr
SSEBITDA – A steady-state profit metric for SaaS companies
Wenn der Keller radioaktiv ist - Ebersberg - SZ.de
How identical twins Paula and Bridgette Powers save Australia’s seabirds with ‘Twinnies magic’ - ABC News
The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
The Open Source Nanny – Honest Childcare Insights
Carbon Dating Primer - Funranium Labs
High Agency
Stop Looking for Your “Authentic Self”—It Doesn’t Exist
Put down the compiler until you learn why they’re not buying
I Have a Terrible Memory. Am I Better Off That Way?
Hunting with beagles: Beagling at school and university - The Field
Toblerone theory of knowledge
My stupid noise journey
Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record
TrueUp Remote 200 | powered by TrueUp Tech
‘There is a reason why famous people are often screwed up’: Tim Minchin on quitting comedy | Culture | The Guardian
House Address “Twins” Proximity – The Unusually Named Blog
The Ludic Education - by Shadow Rebbe - Shadow’s
📘 Neurodivergent Lexicon
Internal Family Systems, Unattached Burdens, and spirit possession
How Much Should Startup Founders Pay Themselves?
Thanksgiving – Wayne Hale’s Blog
My Comments Are in the Google Doc Linked in the Dropbox I Sent in the Slack - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
How do you accidentally run for President of Iceland? | by Anna Andersen | Apr, 2024 | UX Collective
Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth’s magnetic field | Frontiers in Zoology | Full Text
Unsafe Lubricants - 52 Popular Lubes Tested for pH & Osmolality • Phallophile Reviews
A Culture that Encourages Isolation Must be Fought to the Death
“Will you fuck off please”. The use of please by London teenagers
The New Midlife Crisis by Matthew Schmitz | Articles | First Things
DRMacIver’s Notebook: Cheeseburger Ethics
Exclusive: Elevated CO2 Levels Directly Affect Human Cognition, New Harvard Study Shows – ThinkProgress
UPON CLOSER INSPECTION – @lovelybones81 on Tumblr