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"In a passionate speech at the National Book Awards, the science fiction author, who was picking up a lifetime achievement award, takes aim at publishers who put profit before art"

"We all remake our genre every time we write it. But we’re building on what’s gone before. Le Guin expanded the possibilities for all of us, and then she kept on doing that."
A brief article on the author's life, and legacy, on the occasion of her death, by Jo Walton.

Santa Cruz Island and Santa Rosa Island were overrun by feral pigs after ranching shut down and cattle and sheep were removed. Since 2007, the ecosystems have rebounded, from multi-layer vegetation to formerly endangered foxes.

"In venture capital, you are what you fund."
Tagging this as Business Ethics because it demonstrates a *complete lack* of them.

"A plant virus distributes its genes into eight separate segments that can all reproduce, even if they infect different cells."

Discussion thread on the article written by the guy whose family research turned up a disturbing number of nazis.

"Inside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in Granbury, Texas An 824-page investigative file offers a visceral picture of an officer’s attempt to prosecute librarians..."

"Use of arsenic sulfides for yellow, orange/red hues adds to artist's known pigment palette."

"Imagine a house where the drywall, flooring, fireplace, and light fixtures are all made by companies that need continuous access and whose failures would cause the house to collapse. You’d never set foot in such a structure, yet that’s how software systems are built. It’s not that 100 percent of the system relies on each company all the time, but 100 percent of the system can fail if any one of them fails."

"Three methods strive to retain the bean's flavor while removing its caffeine. "