sean dreilinger

"...large differences in LGBTQ identification by political ideology. 21% of liberals identified this way, compared with 3% of conservatives. There were also significant gender differences: Women were almost twice as likely as men to identify as LGBTQ." nyti.ms/3CY0nYw

"This rising “technofascism”, as critics of the time had called it, was temporarily staved off by the dotcom stock market crash of 2000...The Silicon Valley titans of 2025 are following the same blueprint." bit.ly/3Ev3h7e

"It has been a long time since a song simply arrived as a head-turning surprise...Now that social media has engulfed culture, pop songs are...pitched as the latest plot twist in a performer’s continuing... reality series, otherwise known as a career." nyti.ms/3W21nRP

"...none of the people allegedly working for the Ashland Daily Tidings existed, or at least were who they claimed to be. The bylines...were put there by scammers using artificial intelligence, and in some cases stolen identities, to dupe local readers." bit.ly/4fosRYI

"Our cognitive limits are real...In the end, it’s up to us...to put safety over connectivity. The simplest solution? Accept that you’re not as good at multitasking as you might think, and keep your focus where it belongs: on the road." bit.ly/49donmb

"If each retailer acts out of rational self-interest, and nudges forward their sales a little each year, the collective problem becomes a little worse each season." econ.st/49iqJ31

"Behind the colourful descriptors designed to capture each subtle note are the qualities valued by enlightened oil entrepreneurs: flavours that were proxies for low acidity...suitable as a long-lasting lubricant or lamp fuel..." bit.ly/3B482n0

"posture-enhancing devices – from biometric posture ‘trainers’ that connect to your smart phone, to chairs and even bras – account for approximately $1.25 billion spent annually worldwide...aided and abetted by gullible media reports..." bit.ly/3ZprZOu

"...while quantum computing will almost undoubtedly topple many of the most widely used forms of encryption used today, that calamitous event won’t happen anytime soon...people should take steps not to get steamrolled by the PQC hype train." bit.ly/4hxSIzC

"Using these assumptions, the researchers calculated that among these randomly-typing monkeys, there is just a 5% chance that a word as simple as “bananas” would occur in the lifespan of one chimpanzee." cnn.it/48vAkTU

"The reality is that even if we ease the endless permitting delays and begin cutting red tape, we will still be faced with a distressing fact: The construction industry is not very efficient when it comes to building stuff." bit.ly/4ebNart

“...they said...if this is a systemic issue, why are you the first people we’re seeing?...We said we're not 100% sure, but we suspect people are afraid, because all businesses on the internet... rely on Google for the lifeblood that is their traffic." bbc.in/3YECRaV

Almost anything goes on social media — as long as it doesn’t make billionaires feel even a little bit unsafe cnn.it/4fi1obu

"...an initiative designed to ensure that undergraduates across all majors on campus are equipped to understand and address climate change." bit.ly/4gMwdX8

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books bit.ly/3TRQyAq

"Beneath the strange and alienating flood of machine-generated content slop...a thriving, global gray-market economy of spammers & entrepreneurs, searching out and selling get-rich-quick schemes and arbitrage opportunities, supercharged by generative AI." nym.ag/4eqnqZu

"...the study authors noted that the use of AI was a “game changer,” in terms of reducing the amount of labor required to narrow down the search. It allowed the “focus to shift to valuable, targeted fieldwork on the Nazca Pampa,” according to the study." cnn.it/3TLs5ga

Malcolm Gladwell Holds His Ideas Loosely. He Thinks You Should, Too. nyti.ms/3ZHDLV3

F.T.C. Study Finds ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Social Media Users nyti.ms/4gEL5GX

Is it better to be an early bird or a night owl? econ.st/3zFK0Ot