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"These systems, then, learned to associate my name with the demise of a prominent chatbot. In other words, they saw me as a threat." Kevin Roose The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/08/30/tec…
"He veils his intelligence in a fog of stagy absentmindedness: his famous catchphrase, before clinching the case, is 'Just one more thing.'" J. W. McCormack, The New York Review of Books #longreads nybooks.com/online/2024/08…
"More than a dozen therapists said insurers urged them to reduce care when their patients were on the brink of harm, including suicide." Annie Waldman Maya Miller Duaa Eldeib Max Blau zisiga mukulu Tony Luong @ProPublica NPR projects.propublica.org/why-i-left-the…
"What is required is nothing less than a true love of God and neighbor, which no machine can generate." Arlie Coles Plough Quarterly #longreads plough.com/en/topics/life…
"Lee stepped into the male-dominated world of detective work later in life, like a real-world Miss Marple from Agatha Christie’s novels." Patricia Wen Globe Magazine bostonglobe.com/2024/08/14/spe…
"Here at the eastern edge of that region, the supremely ravaged tallgrass prairie might be the first of those grasslands to completely disappear. This is why, on our bit of land, we destroy trees." Sarah Smarsh Orion Magazine orionmagazine.org/article/prairi…
Windell "Curole and his team were doing the unthinkable: largely self-funding a massive flood control effort." —Katie Thornton for The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/ar…
"For men like me, spin is hard. Not just the workout, but the vulnerability: letting go of competition and leaning into the group, a dying of self so the room can revive." Raleigh McCool on loneliness, masculinity, and finding connection in spin class: longreads.com/2024/09/05/spi…
"'Would you mind if I take off my wig?' asked my great-aunt. On an afternoon steamy enough to wilt lettuce, she lounged on the screened porch of her red brick house in Richmond, Virginia, and whipped off her crown of glory." Shane Mitchell Bitter Southerner bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024/o…
"The Good Council was different: Engelhorn’s millions were held in a trust and would be distributed in strict accordance with the council members’ instructions." Joshua Yaffa The New Yorker newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…