"[T]he main effect of the most important lifesaving technology in the history of coal mining was to increase the efficiency of the mines while preserving existing probabilities of death and injury" washingtonpost.com/opinions/inter… via The Washington Post

Hoe gaan kinderen om met fouten maken? Dat hangt af van hun school, ontdekte deze neurowetenschapper decorrespondent.nl/15551/hoe-gaan… via De Correspondent

Grote geheimen, bizarre bedragen en dom toeval: een inkijkje in de wereld van de voetbaltransfers decorrespondent.nl/15556/grote-ge… via De Correspondent

Peuken goedkoper en boeken/sporten duurder, zo kennen we Nederland weer

"Reagan’s job was making myths. The problems came when people believed them" newyorker.com/magazine/2024/… via The New Yorker

James Earl Jones, the prolific film, TV and theater actor whose resonant, unmistakable baritone was most widely known as the voice of “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader, died Monday. He was 93. bit.ly/3TkCdw4

De mens neemt de ruimte over – maar op aarde groeit het verzet decorrespondent.nl/15559/de-mens-… via De Correspondent

Komt een bedenker van de grootste misdaadserie uit de geschiedenis bij de dokter decorrespondent.nl/15557/komt-een… via De Correspondent

"For those who do not reread, a book is like a little life. When it ends, it dies—or it lives on, imperfectly and embellished, in your memories" theparisreview.org/blog/2024/09/0… The Paris Review

Grote mensen moeten kinderen laten vallen decorrespondent.nl/15562/grote-me… via De Correspondent

Russia’s Espionage War in the Arctic newyorker.com/magazine/2024/… via The New Yorker

Prima dat Pieter Omtzigt eventjes rustig aan doet vanwege mentaal veeleisende werkdruk. Minder prima dat hij 3000 euro boete wil geven aan elke student die hetzelfde doet.

"Walters was principal deputy undersecretary for memorial affairs — an incomprehensible collection of nouns parading as adjectives, but Walters was all verb" washingtonpost.com/opinions/inter… via The Washington Post

De BBB draait en neemt pijnlijke landbouwmaatregelen. Het lijkt erop dat minister Wiersma (BBB) de landbouwplannen van haar voorganger Adema (CU) in grote lijnen overneemt. De veestapel moet kleiner. nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/09…

Xbox chief Phil Spencer stated in a memo to the 650 laid off staff that the goal when acquiring Activision Blizzard was to “minimize disruption” while “enabling them to do their best work.” This, after laying off 1,900 employees earlier this year. bit.ly/4elu56F

"Reality is a hell of a sous-chef" youtube.com/watch?v=-YypAr… via Last Week Tonight

The Complicated Rise of the Right in Germany’s Left-Behind Places newyorker.com/news/dispatch/… via The New Yorker

Wat houdt het demonstratierecht in? youtube.com/watch?v=OEjgbK… via De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach

Lula, Maduro, and a New Cold War in Latin America newyorker.com/news/the-lede/… via The New Yorker

"As of 2019, [Canadian] homeowners born between 1955 and 1964 now have an average net worth of $1.4 million—seven times that of non-homeowners born during the same period" macleans.ca/society/the-ja… via Maclean’s Magazine