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A thoughtful reflection on trust, expanding its scope beyond the world of agential beings, featuring defensive driving and Roscoe’s chicken & waffle house.
Sanitation, human rights, aging and other invisible scaffolding of NYC life explored through artist in residency programming
A very cute Bloomsday event in the heart of SF, with a fun history lesson about how an Irish engineer started MUNI
Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year - Our World in Data
(ourworldindata.org)
A reminder
An incredible update, perhaps the start of a flood of new genetic therapies
Interesting new tool to help innovation policymakers with a gorgeous UX
My first podcast on the wonderful new Memo to File from Luke Fehily and Tom O’Connor
Low-carbon electricity sources grew faster than demand in 2025, pushing fossil fuels into decline - Our World in Data
(ourworldindata.org)
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Remarks by the President on the completion of the Human Genome Project — The White House
(clintonwhitehouse3.archives.gov)
Interesting relic to reflect on in 2026
Fascinating progress on the use of in vivo gene editing therapy to protect against heart disease
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Nice natural experiment to assess the causal effect of financial assistance on homelessness.
Great index for assessing the frontier drug discovery efforts along the neglectedness and impact axes, tho it is missing a metric to gauge tractability
A sad piece to have to write, but sadder still to look away
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