The Extra Mile
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Bad Traffic
Congestion pricing finally went into effect in New York City last week, over 15 years since the idea was first proposed. The new program charges a toll on vehicles (capped at $9/day for passenger vehicles) that drive in the central business district of Manhattan – that is, everything south of
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Apparently there’s been an "incident" at PowerSchool. An incident. A breach. A hack. NBD, just one of the largest ed-tech companies in the world, provider of a student information system for about 16,000 schools (75% of districts in the US), the central piece of digital infrastructure
The Rip Van Winkle Illusion
When Rip Van Winkle awakened and stumbled back to his village, everything was different. His house lay in ruins; most of the people he knew, he quickly discovered, were dead. And yet surprisingly little had changed – surprising, considering he’d slept for twenty years, considering there’d been a rather
Do Not Obey in Advance
Happy New Year! Let's all take a deep breath, because 2025 going to be a weird one. "Do not obey in advance," historian Timothy Snyder cautions. "Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a