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The most popular story in Massive Science’s history made this exact point: massivesci.com/articles/sex... Also, the top traffic source for it was the search query “xxx sex” and had a bounce rate waaaay lower than you’d expect it to.

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move fast and lorem ipsum sit amet

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Writing a perfectly-balanced code comment looks and feels like poetry.

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Loved this story: a community kitchen is providing education and opportunity in a Indy neighborhood that's otherwise a food desert. This is how you do it!! mirrorindy.org/aspire-highe...

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ugh never mind www.thedailybeast.com/musk-says-he...

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“The ATF is not legally permitted to keep a searchable digital database of gun sales […] When a crime is called in and the ATF is asked to trace a gun’s serial number, it can take a week of rifling through the paperwork to trace the gun.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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I'm thrilled to announce that I'm now Head of Product for @muckrock.com. I'll be working to support a growing ecosystem of useful reporting tools and continue investing in essential services like @documentcloud.org. In this moment, transparency and accountability have never been more important.

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IRS free filing is opening for residents of 25 states this year (predictably, Indiana is not participating!). If you’re lucky enough to live in a state that is, consider it this year. civic-texts.ghost.io/direct-file-...

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rare photo of the first bike party

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I wanted to catch up on Nieman Lab's 2025 Predictions while traveling next week, so I needed an offline copy. Since their website is CC-BY-NC-SA, I turned it into a single, 500-ish page PDF. You can download it for yourself, here: allanlasser.com/posts/2025-0...

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This article marks the first time we've used @documentcloud.org on @bhamwatch.bsky.social, meaning the report is available to view and peruse on our website!

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When the “wild caught” sardines have the “non-GMO” butterfly on the packaging

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omg I’ve wanted this for years! Looks super handy 💯

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New from me and @tyfenwick.bsky.social: Years of mismanagement has hampered the Indianapolis Housing Agency's ability to provide subsidized housing to low-income residents. We spent six months trying to understand why. mirrorindy.org/broken-housi...

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While 2024 fossil emissions were slightly down for the EU and US, there's no foreseeable decrease globally.

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also about a decade late to the party but The Mushroom at the End of the World freakin rips

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been thinking recently about how it *feels* to experience exponential change, and how that makes it so you can’t really know what to expect allanlasser.com/posts/2024-1...

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For most of this year, I've been working with Chris Amico and @muckrock.bsky.social on a total redesign of DocumentCloud. It's nearly done, in beta, and ready to use. I'm very proud of our work, and we went into more depth on the why and how: www.muckrock.com/news/archive...

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Dealing with health insurance in literally any capacity is a galling, debasing humiliation for every American, an insulting slog of unwinnable absurdity that should cause anyone unironically calling this the “greatest country in the world” to spontaneously combust.

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