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I Went to a 'Torture Party' with Polyamorous Bay Area Rationalists

Posted by mtg on Thursday August 06, 2026 @01:04AM
from the archive.ph dept.

https://archive.ph/CdYKX

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My Scammer - I Responded to One of the Spam Texts From a “Recruiter”

Posted by mtg on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @12:48PM
from the slate.com dept.

https://slate.com/technology/2025/08/indeed-job-recruiter-text-message-scam.html

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CDC on depression and mortality: wealth, smoking, exercise reduce risk of death

Posted by mtg on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @07:43PM
from the medicalxpress.com dept.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-cdc-depression-mortality-wealth-death.html

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Spectrolite – Mac app to make colorful risograph prints and zines more easily

Posted by mtg on Monday September 04, 2023 @03:00PM
from the spectrolite.app dept.

https://spectrolite.app

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Wouff Hong

Posted by mtg on Monday August 28, 2023 @05:17PM
from the pacificon.org dept.

https://www.pacificon.org/events/wouff-hong

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A Phoenix record store owner set the audiophile world on fire

Posted by mtg on Friday August 05, 2022 @02:54PM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2022/08/05/mofi-records-analog-digital-scandal/

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Re:A curated list of Music DSP and audio programming resources on Saturday April 24, 2021 @12:10AM (#26922186)

for audio DSLs also check out intonal: https://www.elasticaudio.com/

Standing with Dr. Timnit Gebru

Posted by mtg on Friday December 04, 2020 @12:02AM
from the googlewalkout.medium.com dept.

https://googlewalkout.medium.com/standing-with-dr-timnit-gebru-isupporttimnit-believeblackwomen-6dadc300d382

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CNN preps NewsCo launch by acquiring personalization engine Canopy

Posted by mtg on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @02:15PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/07/cnn-has-acquired-canopy-a-privacy-focused-content-personalization-engine-for-its-upcoming-news-platform/

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An Astros fan listened to thousands of the team’s at-bats for sign-stealing

Posted by mtg on Friday January 31, 2020 @01:35PM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/01/31/an-astros-fan-listened-thousands-teams-2017-at-bats-sign-stealing-was-everywhere/

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Bug in FiveThirtyEight primary election model discovered

Posted by mtg on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:36PM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1222522839745679360

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Cats Is Getting Patched Like a Video Game

Posted by mtg on Thursday December 26, 2019 @01:40AM
from the kotaku.com dept.

https://kotaku.com/cats-is-getting-patched-like-a-video-game-1840595607

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Ravelry, the Facebook of knitting, has banned pro-Trump posts

Posted by mtg on Monday June 24, 2019 @12:58PM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/24/ravelry-facebook-knitting-has-banned-pro-trump-posts-over-open-white-supremacy/

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How the pursuit of leisure drives internet use

Posted by mtg on Saturday June 08, 2019 @03:25PM
from the economist.com dept.

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/06/08/how-the-pursuit-of-leisure-drives-internet-use

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George Zimmerman was just kicked off another dating app

Posted by mtg on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @03:31PM
from the miamiherald.com dept.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article229455604.html

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App Can Tell You the Indigenous History of the Land You Live On

Posted by mtg on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @03:50PM
from the yesmagazine.org dept.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/decolonize/this-app-can-tell-you-the-indigenous-history-of-the-land-you-live-on-20180416

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A Stroke Turned a 63-Year-Old into a Rap Legend

Posted by mtg on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @05:39PM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/01/doctor-rapp/579634/

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Is the Only Way to Make Housing Affordable by De-Commodifying It?

Posted by mtg on Thursday September 27, 2018 @01:54AM
from the eastbayexpress.com dept.

https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/is-the-only-way-to-make-housing-affordable-by-de-commodifying-it/Content?oid=20312922

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Analysis of an electromagnetic attack

Posted by mtg on Sunday September 09, 2018 @08:27PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/titola/neuropa

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Re:Delaware's Odd, Beautiful, Contentious, Private Utopia on Saturday October 28, 2017 @11:28PM (#15577842)

Fairhope! (grew up there)

Class II: Is It Fair?

Posted by mtg on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:49PM
from the casinocenter.com dept.

http://www.casinocenter.com/class-ii-is-it-fair/

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Introducing: Juicero+

Posted by mtg on Friday April 21, 2017 @02:20PM
from the juiceroplus.com dept.

https://www.juiceroplus.com/

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Ex-Professor Says Dismissed Racketeering Case Is Still ‘Devastating’

Posted by mtg on Saturday April 15, 2017 @01:46PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/business/joy-laskar-georgia-tech-racketeering-case.html

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Mission District’s Gray Area Incubates Fugue Machine, a Multi-Playhead Sequencer

Posted by mtg on Thursday October 08, 2015 @08:30PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/08/gray-area-2/

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