Weekend Special: Olive Oil
A reading list on olive oil and its ancient history, health benefits, societal aspects, and the modern challenges facing olive farmers.
The Slow Scroll
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Immigrants Dying In Marijuana Farms & Making Friends
Featured Articles Jiaai Zeng Died Weeks After Starting Work at an Oklahoma Marijuana Farm. His Family Wants Answers. In another example of very good investigative journalism from ProPublica, this piece tells the story of the death of Jiaai Zeng, a Chinese immigrant working on an Oklahoma marijuana farm. It expands
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The Lie Detector Lie and Exploitative Adoption Practices
Featured Articles What the All-American Delusion of the Polygraph Says About Our Relationship to Fact and Fiction In what I think is the best read of the week, Justin St. Germain interweaves a personal story with our complex relationship with the truth and memory. It is about polygraphs, sure, but
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A History of Bronx and FDA for AI
Plus how the US president has always been above the law, some Kundera influences, and prisons failing to deal with extreme heat. In better news, promising cancer treatment breakthroughs.