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The Tree in Our Backyard
Alexis Madrigal investigates the old tree in his Oakland backyard, digging into the people who tended it before him and…
The Trek
A thru-hiking community site publishing daily blogs, gear reviews, and trail updates from hikers currently out on long-d…
The UX of LEGO Interface Panels
A design look at LEGO's iconic interface panels, why their stickers, dials and switches teach interface basics, and what…
The Value of Not Getting to the Point
Ken Arneson's essay on why rambling, wandering writing and conversation can lead to better ideas than blunt efficiency,…
The World Has Probably Passed Peak Pollution
Data-driven look at how local air pollution deaths have fallen in many countries, with clear charts and an argument for…
The World's Most Dangerous Toy Edition
A short, entertaining look at fun and danger through 1970s toy airplanes, the hazardous playthings kids once flew around…
The Xylophone Maze
A parent builds a screen-free coding game for a three-year-old using a toy xylophone and Duplo bricks, with photos and t…
Things That Aren't Doing the Thing
A short, punchy essay listing all the ways we feel productive without actually starting the work, from planning and list…
Things to Know If You Get Cancer
A candid, practical and surprisingly warm guide from someone who has been through a cancer diagnosis, with lessons on do…
Things You're Allowed to Do
A much-shared list of small, liberating permissions most people forget they have, from asking dumb questions to quitting…
This I Believe, by Robert A. Heinlein
A short, warm credo by the science fiction author on trust in neighbors, ordinary decency and the obvious things people…
Three Ways to Get Paid
A veteran financial journalist recalls what his father taught him about work and money, in a short and warm essay about…
Thrive in Obscurity
An encouraging essay on why creative mastery begins with years of silence and why you should keep publishing your work e…
To the Senora on the First Floor
A literary letter to an elderly neighbor in a Mexico City apartment building, first noticed during an earthquake, from P…
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Today I Learned That Not Everyone Has An Internal Monologue
A blogger's comic meltdown on learning that many people think without an inner voice, prompting readers to wonder how th…
Touching the Back Wall of the Apple Store
A funny, thoughtful personal story about a teenage mall game of reaching the back wall of a store, and what it says abou…
Trail Journals
A community where long-distance hikers keep public journals of their thru-hikes, letting readers follow a trek day by da…
Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket
A short, kind essay by Oliver Burkeman on dropping the guilt of an ever-growing reading list and dipping into it as a fl…
Tricycle
A Buddhist magazine offering free teachings, meditation guidance, and essays that make Buddhist philosophy accessible to…
Trout Unlimited
A coldwater fisheries conservation group publishing river restoration stories and practical advice for trout and salmon…
Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death
A practical, low-cost yard trick for killing mosquito larvae with a bucket of water and straw, explained with the scienc…
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Uncle Bobby's Wedding
Library director James LaRue's widely shared reply to a patron who challenged a children's picture book, a calm and thou…
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Unnecessariat
A powerful, much-cited essay comparing the American opioid epidemic to the AIDS years and describing the people an econo…
unselfing.social
A short manifesto against the culture of self-celebration, calling on readers to make and share creative work about some…
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