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For those interested in what her PhD research is actually about, I managed to track down one of her papers: > Incarcerated Scholars, Qualitative Inquiry, and Subjugated Knowledge: …

Yep, a United Club agent is where I got the idea originally.

Likewise, whenever I book a last-minute flight with only middle seats available, I make sure to ask the agent to place me between two passengers with the same last name.

The woman in the article is living in her car. She could just drive there.

Think about potential drivers in rural areas. I can see this being a key feature that helps Lyft expand into areas with low population density and sparse ridership. Drivers don't w…

> Although Sessions denied that he had acted improperly, he was pressured to resign in early July, with some suggesting that President Clinton was giving Sessions the chance to ste…

Agreed. While I thought the Southwest airlines story was very interesting (fighting court battles for years before operating their first flight!), I could barely make it through th…

The story isn't so simple. Hispanics have a longer life expectancy than non-Hispanic whites in the US, despite having much lower income levels. This is known as the Hispanic Epidem…

Most Americans don't have a passport and have never left the country.

You're in luck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_Resort_Tycoon I used to play it quite a bit when it first came out.

This is really evident when you look at the genetic data from places like Ancestry.com and 23andMe. The states with highest percentage British/Irish are all in the South: http://ww…

Reginald?

But that's the problem. Not only did many of these archaic humans interbreed with anatomically modern humans, but they also had fertile offspring.

If you get anything under 295 ms it gives you the "not sure if you're an actual human being" message. If you get a score of 295-305 ms it claims you have the reaction time of an 18…

A lot of the Gulf states took a similar route. Just look at the rise of the region as an airline hub, location of many satellite campuses, etc.

Yeah, at least with The New Yorker I know what I'm getting myself into. And the authors there are mostly well-established and familiar enough that I can trust there to be some insi…

I wish people would stop making blanket claims about epigenetics like that, but somehow I doubt it will ever happen -- the explanation is just too convenient. I thought this was a …

I'm also in the UK and don't see a paywall. Though I just figured it was because I'm using uBlock.