Saturday, June 8, 2024

Today’s suggested packing lists for 7-week camps can include, inter alia, 2 sets of sheets, 6 towels, 3 pairs of sneakers, 25 pairs of underwear, 25 pairs of socks, sports equipment, toiletries, more than 20 tops and shorts, and 10 pairs of pajamas—split between lightweight and heavy

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These Parents Are Shelling Out to Have Someone Else Pack Their Kids for Camp. By Tara Weiss https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/elite-summer-camp-...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Yamada Kurumi, a client, works at a brothel to earn enough money to visit the clubs, which she does about once a week. She had boyfriends in the past but finds hosts more exciting. She is unsure whether to seek an office job after graduating from college or to carry on with sex work, which pays better.

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The controversial cult of the host club in Japan. The Economist. May 21st 2024 https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/05/21/the-controversia...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

I have one partner now with three kids. He is transmasc, and he’s radical about the way he raises them. They’re radically home-schooled. They’re 17 and nonbinary, 6 and 5. They know everything in age-appropriate ways. They’ve seen their mommy undergo the transmasc experience

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Lessons From a 20-Person Polycule . Interviews by Daniel Bergner, photographs by Anne Vetter. The New York Times, Apr 2024.  https://www.nyt...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

'Soberising' the enemy with a nuke or two, avoiding escalation — Leaked Russian military files reveal criteria for nuclear tactical strikes

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Leaked Russian military files reveal criteria for nuclear strike. Max Seddon and Chris Cook in London https://www.ft.com/content/f18e6e1f-5c...
Friday, February 2, 2024

Unelected elites such as lobbyists, civil servants, journalists, and the like overestimate a lot how much the general population agrees with their own political views

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The people think what I think: False consensus and unelected elite misperception of public opinion. Alexander C. Furnas, Timothy M. LaPira. ...
Monday, January 15, 2024

Treatment of the Taiwanese in Chinese Communist Documents and Statements: 1928-1943

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The Chinese Communist Party and the Status of Taiwan, 1928-1943. Frank S. T. Hsiao and Lawrence R. Sullivan. Pacific Affairs, Vol. 52, No. 3...
Friday, January 5, 2024

People self-servingly inflate the moral value of randomly assigned personality traits they believe they possess

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People self-servingly inflate the moral value of randomly assigned personality traits they believe they possess. Andrew J. Vonasch, Bradley ...
Thursday, January 4, 2024

Reproductive Strategies and Romantic Love in Early Modern Europe

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Reproductive Strategies and Romantic Love in Early Modern Europe. Mauricio de Jesus Dias Martins & Nicolas Baumard. Archives of Sexual B...

Genetic variants underlying human bisexual behavior are reproductively advantageous

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Genetic variants underlying human bisexual behavior are reproductively advantageous. Siliang Song & Jianzhi Zhang. Science Advances, Jan...
Saturday, December 16, 2023

“Can’t ignore 150m conservative Americans.” I was astonished by the fury of my Times colleagues. I found myself facing an angry internal town hall.

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When the New York Times lost its way . James Bennet. The Economist, Dec 15 2023. Are we truly so precious?” Dean Baquet, the executive edito...