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👓 Here are the subjects our reporters enjoy covering the least | Ars Technica
A look at why reporting on some areas of science is just asking for pain.
👓 We Aren’t Ready For Hurricanes Like Florence | Five Thirty Eight
Despite Harvey and Rita and Sandy and Katrina and …
A FiveThirtyEight ChatHurricane Florence is headed for the Carolinas. What should the country do to prepare for storms that are getting stronger? NOAA / GETTY IMAGES cwick (Chadwick Matlin, features editor): Hello, everyone! We’re here to discuss the tremendously big, tremendously dangerous hurricane headed for the coast of the Carolinas. It has been a relatively quiet season — before Thursday, no named hurricane had made landfall in the contiguous 48 — but Hurricane Florence is piercing the calm. Many other sites have great graphics about Florence and the devastation it will likely cause, so we’re here to talk more about the science of what’s happening — and what governments should do about these destructive hurricanes that keep heading for our shores.
First question for you all: What about Florence is most striking for you?
👓 Election Update: Democrats’ Chances In The 13 Romney-Clinton Districts | Five Thirty Eight
Welcome to our Election Update for Thursday, Sept. 13! The biggest update: We now have a Senate forecast to go with our House forecast! The “Classic” version of the Senate forecast currently gives Democrats a 1 in 3 chance of flipping the upper chamber. Meanwhile, the “Classic” version of our House forecast hasn’t really changed much since yesterday: Democrats still have a 5 in 6 chance of winning control. Across thousands of simulations, Democrats’ average gain was 39 seats.
👓 Why Le’Veon Bell Might Make More Money If He Ends His Holdout Now | Five Thirty Eight
Last weekend, Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell sat out the first game of the regular season rather than play under the NFL franchise tag. Slated to earn $14.5 million in guaranteed money in 2018, Bell loses out on $855,529 each week he fails to report. The franchise tag would make Bell the third highest paid running back in the NFL this season — but only if he actually plays. Around the league, there is a wide range of speculation on how long Bell’s holdout will last. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that his sources believe Bell could be back by the end of September, while others note his holdout could conceivably last through Week 10.
👓 The White House Unified On Old Issues — And Then Started New Fights | Five Thirty Eight
The Trump administration has deep internal conflicts. That was true when President Trump was sworn into office, and it’s true now. But the nature of those conflicts has changed: The mostly ideological fights of 2017 seem to have somewhat subsided, while issues around Russia are creating new (and maybe even bigger) fissures.
👓 Significant Digits For Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 | Five Thirty Eight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news.
👓 Analysis | Robert Mueller may have just eliminated one of Trump’s biggest complaints | Washington Post
Philip Bump (Washington Post)Trump likes to complain about the cost of the Mueller probe. It might just have paid for itself.
I read this headline and think that they’ve written it specifically for a one person audience.
👓 Wil Wheaton Has a Listening Problem | Amber Enderton
Wil Wheaton has left Mastodon after facing pressure and hostility from both the community and the staff. Yesterday, Wheaton got bofa’d. A…
👓 Social Media Mobs | inessential
The mob never apologized. Mobs never do.
👓 ‘It’s Like Amazon, But for Preschool’ | Hack Education
A year ago, the richest man in the world asked Twitter for suggestions on how he should most efficiently and charitably spend his wealth. And today, Jeff Bezos unveiled a few details about his plan...
👓 Out there. | Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott (matthiasott.com)Recently, I read two posts within a few days that both resonated a lot with me. The topic of both pieces was the same: Writing. Or more specifically, writing on your own site. The first piece, “Just write.”, is by Sara Soueidan and if you haven’t read the article, I highly encourage you to do so. Besides the general advice that you should just write, no matter if people read it or not, what stuck in my mind the most were those two short sentences:Once I got over my own obstacles, I stopped feeling like I was obligated to meet other people’s expectations. I started enjoying writing again.
👓 Building an Instant Life Plan and telling your personal story | Ben Werdmüller
Ben Werdmüller (Ben Werdmüller)The last couple of months have been full of decision points for me, both personally and professionally. Everything has been on the table, and everything has been in potential flux. Having worked in early stage startups pretty much continuously since 2003, it's possibly been less stressful for me tha...
👓 Montessori School Of Dentistry Lets Students Discover Their Own Root Canal Procedures | The Onion
NEW YORK—Inside the Montessori School of Dentistry, you won't find any old-fashioned cotton swabs, or so-called periodontal charts, or even any amalgam fillings. That's because at this alternative-learning institution, students are being encouraged to break away from medical tradition and discover their very own root canal procedures.
👓 The #SelfieUnselfie Project | Connected Learning Alliance
Mia C. Zamora (Connected Learning Alliance)SelfieUnselfie Project graphic of smartphone outline with "The #SelfieUnselfie Project" written insite Selfies have become the cultural artifacts of our time, a digital mosaic of the diversity of our online lives. And while some say selfies are a mark of a deeply narcissistic culture, others say sel...
This project reminds me about some of the history of funeral photography and the idea of “caskies” as cultural identity I read over the summer.