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To Build A Better Ballot
an interactive guide to alternative voting systems
From Explorable Explanations
CaseCite – Free RAG caselaw research and document analysis for lawyers
CaseCite is a source-available, self-hosted legal caselaw research & document analysis platform. - thomasunise/casecite
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Parable of the Polygons
an interactive story about how we divide ourselves, from the bottom up
From Explorable Explanations
Syrian Journey
an interactive nonfiction, where you make the same choices refugees face
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Angelos Arnis
A strategic designer who builds the structures and conditions for holistic and resilient systems that enable impact, cross-functional collaboration, and intentional change. I am using design to create more equitable conditions for the planet and its people.
From personalsit.es
Peter Kropotkin’s Memoirs of a Revolutionist (1899)
The memoirs of an aristocratic man revolutionised into an anarchist communist.
From The Public Domain Review
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland (1915)
A utopian novel where men are no longer necessary.
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Ben Werdmuller
Writing at the intersection of technology, journalism, and community.
From personalsit.es
The Search Committee
Two big, long-in-the-making additions to this site today. Whee! The first is the addition of House committees and their transcripts. Committees can be really interesting. Even though this current Parliament certainly doesn't mark their heyday, they're still the most productive part of the House.…
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Sizing Chaos
The inter-generational struggle to find clothes that fit more than a tiny portion of women.
From The Pudding
The #openweb is a network of links, not silos
Ten years ago, I wrote about a problem that was already undermining the #openweb, that nobody was linking to anybody. The incentives were all moving in the wrong direction. #Mainstreaming platforms had little reason to send people towards alternative sources, while grassroots projects were left…
From Kagi Small Web
Pillowfort closing in December
I’m terribly sorry to bring this news to you. This is, genuinely, the hardest decision I have ever made in my life, and I have put off doing it for as long as I could. While we did have many people reach out about the non-profit initiative, for which I am grateful, it became apparent that we…
From Waxy.org links
Inequality in Equal Land
Adam Nash has a good post on wealth inequality: …Every year, we pull the most recent data from the US Census on household wealth, cut by age. …invariably, the students’ initial response is a reaction to the apparent disparity in wealth between households based on age. For many students, it just…
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Jeremiah Lee
I work in tech, fight for digital rights and the environment, kiss dudes, cycle, lift heavy things, and don’t eat animals. Swedish immigrant, US American emigrant.
From personalsit.es
What are my key issues to look for in today’s budget?
What are my key issues to look for in today’s budget? In no particular order and with some issues undoubtedly overlooked, start with these, none Read the full article...
From Kagi Small Web
Kelvin P. Idanwekhai
I'm interested in Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning, Brains, Computational Chemistry, Social and Post-modern Issues.
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Samuel East writes about getting laid off from Plex, only 60 days in
I've just been laid off from Plex, roughly 60 days after starting, having already been made redundant from 3SS earlier this year. Some honest thoughts on AI-driven workflows, hire fast fire fast, and how we're treating the people who build the software.
From Waxy.org links
Kate Compton's Casual Creators
Kate Compton talks about casual creators and tool usage.
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God – real-time control room for LLM agent societies (EMNLP 2026 demo)
Govern, Observe, Direct - a real-time control room for agent societies - XiaoLuoLYG/GOD
From Show HN
How Voting Is Like a Klein Bottle
A new topological model connects a centuries-old voting paradox to a surface with no distinct inside or outside. The post How Voting Is Like a Klein Bottle first appeared on Quanta Magazine
From Quanta Magazine
How religions evolved? Charts, Maps, Citations
A family tree of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism on one chart: 180 dated firsts, 140 branches and schisms, each dated by its first surviving evidence and linked to the cited chapter. Free poster, CC BY.
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SimCity, but with Permits
Build the city of your dreams. Subject to approval. A free city builder about zoning, hearings, lawsuits and reelection.
From Show HN
we become what we behold
a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles
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How arbitrary is the Electoral College?
Redraw state boundaries with 2016 US election data.
From Awesome Explorables
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