Random stuff worth reading on the internet thread

[YOhio]

Oof. That's like 20-plus finger scrolls on my mouse. I'll give it a go later.

No need to read. Just go have a chat with a GenZ white man, especially one fresh out of college looking for work.

[Northwestcoug]

Giving this a bump for NWC and frank.

I don’t think this translates to all industries, but it’s definitely a problem in some.

Oof. That's like 20-plus finger scrolls on my mouse. I'll give it a go later.

[Jeff Lebowski]

In case you haven't read it yet, this article is getting a ton of buzz. Fairly long, but fascinating and disturbing.

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Giving this a bump for NWC and frank.

I don’t think this translates to all industries, but it’s definitely a problem in some.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Interesting...

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[Clark Addison]

I read about half the article then had to do something. Twenty minutes later I went back to read the rest and my company had blocked it.

Suspicious.

[Jeff Lebowski]

In case you haven't read it yet, this article is getting a ton of buzz. Fairly long, but fascinating and disturbing.

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[Northwestcoug]

This Onion is great:

Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do things where you’re from, ’round here we have our own way of dealin’ with criminals, and that’s through a rehabilitation-centered restorative justice process.

It keeps getting better.

https://theonion.com/not-sure-how-th...stice-process/

[Northwestcoug]

Insane story of a 65 year old woman with 13 kids, 6 of them after she was 40 and well into her 50s, forged her husband's signature to get more children through IVF surrogacy. She was charged with felonies and the resulting 14-15th children placed in foster care. And their custody is still in limbo.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/m...y-charges.html

[Northwestcoug]

This is a very well written article about how the definition of medical futility of treating previously thought lethal conditions in babies changes as medicine improves. In this case, it is trisomy 18, which 25 years ago I was taught was almost uniformly fatal. It presents many valid viewpoints and does it in a very respectful way.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/m...d=bsky-nytimes

[Northwestcoug]

This is a cool article about a procedure that effectively kills part of the brain to let the rest of it live without seizures, performed on a baby with no other options. There's some brain-y videos that are always amazing to see.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift...N4NGNL2YTYS7Q/

[chrisrenrut]

Crazy southern Utah canyon rescue story from the rescued person, in the Utah Hiking Facebook group, with some amazing pictures.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18qbCTXr8r

[Bo Diddley]

Take twenty minutes out of your day and read this interview with 5 ex-offenders who now are 'peer advocates' for people facing long sentences. They all spent significant time in jail, and now work with the New Orleans public defender's office. They are hopeful examples of success after conviction and are doing inspiring work.

https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/t...m_medium=email

You a speed reader?

Good read. I love the work those men are doing. I have someone close to me who was incarcerated for a time. I tried to spend time each week reaching out.

[Northwestcoug]

Take twenty minutes out of your day and read this interview with 5 ex-offenders who now are 'peer advocates' for people facing long sentences. They all spent significant time in jail, and now work with the New Orleans public defender's office. They are hopeful examples of success after conviction and are doing inspiring work.

https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/t...m_medium=email

[Northwestcoug]

Incredible. Are they using CRISPR?

There's 2 'gene editing' treatments for sickle cell disease, one of them uses CRISPR technology. The patient in this article used a different technology.

Interestingly, neither one of these treatments fixes the DNA defect in sickle cell disease. Instead they ramp up production of different hemoglobin molecules that essentially overwhelm the defective gene's ability to make sickle blood cells.

[BigPiney]

A nice story about the first patient in New York to be cured of sickle cell disease.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...cure-new-york/

Incredible. Are they using CRISPR?