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Datasheet: SBCs On the Edge of AI - To reduce latency, single-board computers take inferencing closer to the source
Circuit Cellar

Datasheet: SBCs On the Edge of AI - To reduce latency, single-board computers take inferencing closer to the source

A diversity of missions, size, computing resources and power consumption give designers a range of options for choosing the right board to fit the application.

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August 2024
Review of the Siglent SDS812X HD - 12-bit Digital Storage Oscilloscope
Circuit Cellar

Review of the Siglent SDS812X HD - 12-bit Digital Storage Oscilloscope

After 10 years of experience with his Siglent SDS1202X Digital Storage Scope, Brian was keen to review Siglent's new 12-Bit High Resolution scope, the SDS812X HD.

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August 2024
No Blues with Bluetooth!
Circuit Cellar

No Blues with Bluetooth!

Part 4: Bidirectional communication between peripherals and central devices

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August 2024
5 Juneteenth Celebrations
Real Simple

5 Juneteenth Celebrations

Plan a seriously fun trip that’s rooted in history.

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June 2024
When Science Becomes a Slogan
The Atlantic

When Science Becomes a Slogan

The president of the United States cannot control the trajectory of a hurricane, but he can we learned in 2019-force the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to endorse a trajectory that he invented.

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January - February 2024
Climate Denial Will Flourish
The Atlantic

Climate Denial Will Flourish

On the last Saturday before Donald Trump took office, in January 2017, I watched the controlled chaos of a hackathon unfold in a library at the University of Pennsylvania.

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January - February 2024
The Black Roots of American Education
The Atlantic

The Black Roots of American Education

How freedpeople and their advocates persuaded the nation to embrace public schooling for all

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December 2023
Kennedy and the Lost Cause
The Atlantic

Kennedy and the Lost Cause

In his 1956 book, Profiles in Courage, the future president promoted the southern mythology of Reconstruction. One Massachusetts grandmother wasn't having it.

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December 2023
Against a Sea of Troubles
Mother Jones

Against a Sea of Troubles

Isolated and abused, women in the Merchant Marine are finally speaking out.

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July/August 2023
Who Was Cleopatra's Daughter?
The Atlantic

Who Was Cleopatra's Daughter?

The perils of searching for feminist heroes in antiquity

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June 2023
Adam Smith Wasn't a Progressive
Reason magazine

Adam Smith Wasn't a Progressive

Stop quoting him out of context on taxation, education, and monopoly.

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July 2023
Powerful stories of frontline communities' climate solutions can change the world
Time

Powerful stories of frontline communities' climate solutions can change the world

When you're trying to persuade people to do something important, you can present statistics, policy statements, graphs, and spreadsheets. But without a story that paints a picture of what's at stake, touches the heartstrings, and sparks the imagination to envision possibilities, it's hard to move people to take action. One formula for accelerating transformational change is to amplify the right message from the right messenger at the right moment in time.

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May 08 - 15, 2023 (Double Issue)
Teacher's Pest
Mother Jones

Teacher's Pest

Ron DeSantis has unleashed his culture wars on Florida educators

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May/June 2023
A Matter of Faith
Mother Jones

A Matter of Faith

Conservative Christians gutted abortion rights. Jewish women are suing to save them.

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May/June 2023
Why America Needs To Be 'Open to Debate
Reason magazine

Why America Needs To Be 'Open to Debate

Clea Conner on the need for healthy conflict

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May 2023
A Whale of a Problem
Mother Jones

A Whale of a Problem

Should sustainable seafood assessments care about human livelihoods?

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March/April 2023
'All the Parents Want Is a Chance To Make That Choice'
Reason magazine

'All the Parents Want Is a Chance To Make That Choice'

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears wants state education dollars "to follow the child instead of the brick building."

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April 2023
The Dirty Secrets of Elite College Admissions
Mother Jones

The Dirty Secrets of Elite College Admissions

The Supreme Court is set to kill affirmative action. Just not for rich white kids.

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January/February 2023
Номе Front
Mother Jones

Номе Front

Months after they fled, ukrainians return home, seeking normalcy-or at least closure. Instead they find rubble and dust.

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January/February 2023
A Reporter at Large: Second Nature
The New Yorker

A Reporter at Large: Second Nature

How rewilders in India are working to reverse environmental destruction.

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December 19, 2022
Anti-Woke, Inc.
The New Yorker

Anti-Woke, Inc.

Will skewering corporate do-gooders and civil-rights activists make Vivek Ramaswamy a right-wing star?

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December 19, 2022
The Rise and Fall of Alphabay, Part 2: Into the Trap
WIRED

The Rise and Fall of Alphabay, Part 2: Into the Trap

The stunning culmination of a worldwide quest to capture the dark web's biggest kingpin-and destroy the underworld economy he ruled.

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December 2022 - January 2023
America's Best Online Learning Schools 2023
Newsweek US

America's Best Online Learning Schools 2023

From full university degree programs to professional development courses to classes for hobbyists or those just wanting to learn something new, the range of education available online is enormous. The choices can be daunting.

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November 25, 2022
After Affirmative Action
Newsweek US

After Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court is expected to rule racial preferences in college admissions are unconstitutional. How will that change american schools and society?

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November 25, 2022
Beware the 'New Google'
Newsweek US

Beware the 'New Google'

TikTok's search engine pumps toxic misinformation to its young users

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October 21, 2022
Is Generation Covid Screwed?
Newsweek US

Is Generation Covid Screwed?

Teens coming of age since the pandemic are shunning college in record numbers. The consequences for themand the country-could be dire

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October 07, 2022
"We Caught Our Stalker"
Reader's Digest US

"We Caught Our Stalker"

For five years, he filled their days with dread, their nights with fear. Then they fought back.

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October 2022
Finance for Teens
Reason magazine

Finance for Teens

Our homeschooling family didn’t sign up for this class, but there’s lots to learn from economic turmoil.

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November 2022
A Trial for Tesla's Autopilot
Bloomberg Businessweek US

A Trial for Tesla's Autopilot

A lawsuit over a fatal crash says the EV maker exaggerates its automated driving capabilities

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September 19, 2022
Voyage of the Gross
New York magazine

Voyage of the Gross

Even though every other option is better most of New York's trash still goes into a hole in the ground

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September 12 - 26, 2022