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1. One Bad Apple

   1469 points • 515 comments • aug 08, 2021

2. Apps Getting Worse

   794 points • 569 comments • aug 08, 2021

3. Major U.K. science funder to require grantees to make papers immediately free

   745 points • 92 comments • aug 08, 2021

4. A street snack that has baffled botanists

   474 points • 194 comments • aug 08, 2021

5. Why I Wrote PGP (1999)

   415 points • 175 comments • aug 08, 2021

6. Space Station incident demands independent investigation

   388 points • 122 comments • aug 08, 2021

7. I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week leading to 1929

   314 points • 240 comments • aug 08, 2021

8. Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in science

   304 points • 247 comments • aug 08, 2021

9. Screw You, Microsoft Edge

   286 points • 144 comments • aug 08, 2021

10. Big Tech are supposed to be the plumbers, not patricians of internet discourse

    284 points • 228 comments • aug 08, 2021