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Sunday Good Reads for June 9th, 2024 [1]

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Date: 2024-06-09  

I will be having some tests run next week, so the newsletter may be sparser than usual.

Dollar Stores are killing their workers in order to make their executives rich.

Bizarre armor from Mycenaean Greece turns out to have been effective | Ars Technica: Science is cool.

Trump Witnesses Have Received Financial Benefits From Trump Businesses, Campaign — ProPublica: Elite corruption in this country is completely out of control.

How Lucas Oil Stadium turned into a swimming pool for the U.S. Olympic Trials - The Athletic (nytimes.com): I love stories about how people make neat things. And an Olympic swimming pool in a football stadium is a neat thing.

Q&A: Journalist Maureen Ryan Wants to Burn Hollywood Down (substack.com): Excellent interview, as usual, from Cole Haddon with the author of a book about how Hollywood allows abuse to flourish.

‘I’m sick of it!’ The diabolical reality of being one of the few working-class people in TV | Television | The Guardian: And it’s not any better over the pond.

After Jan. 6, Twitter banned 70,000 accounts. Misinformation plummeted. - The Washington Post: Deplatforming works.

Headphone Boy by Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta - Tales & Feathers Magazine (augurmag.com): A sweet love story

jane of my existence - by Allison Epstein (substack.com): History is full of dirtbags, and Allison is going to show us the hilarity behind every one.

Karen Hao Combats Company Stonewalling about AI’s Resource Demands - The Open Notebook: Profile of the lengths a reporter has had to go through to find out how bad AI is for the environment.

New camera design can ID threats faster, using less memory | Ars Technica: Science is not only cool, but it can also save your life.

Ars chats with Precision, the brain-chip maker taking the road less invasive | Ars Technica: A look at a company trying to do brain chip interfaces responsibly.

Some People with Insomnia Think They’re Awake when They’re Asleep | Scientific American: New research shows a form of insomnia is less perception that previously thought.

Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives (theconversation.com): Apparently, a lot more survived than popular history would lead you to suspect.

Have a great week, everyone!

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