James Bradbury
JAX team: github.com/google/jax. Previously MetaMind/@SFResearch, @Stanford Linguistics, @Caixin. Spends too much time reading about Things that are Happening.
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Why Reopening Schools Has Become the Most Fraught Debate of the Pandemic
Popular writers and academics have dismissed words of caution from epidemiologists about coronavirus transmission among children.
The Election’s Big Twist: The Racial Gap Is Shrinking
Racial and ethnic divides? Actually, Biden is making gains with white voters, and Trump with nonwhite ones.
Spy agency ducks questions about 'back doors' in tech products
The U.S. National Security Agency is rebuffing efforts by a leading Congressional critic to determine whether it is continuing to place so-called back doors into commercial technology products, in a controversial practice that critics say damages...
Trump Escalated Obama’s War in Yemen
New statistics show that Trump launched 231 airstrikes or ground raids in Yemen during his first four years. Obama launched 255 in all eight of his.
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Amy Coney Barrett’s First Votes Could Throw the Election to Trump
A sinister argument from Bush v. Gore returns with a vengeance.
Inside Decades of Nepotism and Bungling at the N.Y.C. Elections Board
Some staffers read or watch Netflix at the office, while others punch in and then go shopping or to the gym, current and former employees said.
October Verified Voter Omnibus - Multiparty Democracy - Echelon Insights
Updates on the 2019 Multiparty Democracy model from our October Verified Voter Omnibus Survey.
When Falling Behind on Rent Leads to Jail Time
Evictions in Arkansas can snowball from criminal charges to arrests to jail time because of a 119-year-old law that mostly impacts female, Black and low-income renters. Even prosecutors have called it unconstitutional.
The Tortured Self-Justification of a Trump Enabler
How an anonymous Republican squares his love of power with his contempt for the president.
It's been a thousand years since Colorado has burned like this
Colorado's three largest wildfires in history have been in the past three months. Wildfires on this scale are exceedingly rare without a boost from climate change.
How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping ground
A new generation of scientists have uncovered barrels containing DDT, a toxic pesticide banned decades ago, dumped into the deep ocean.
Trump Had One Last Story to Sell. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Buy It.
Inside the White House’s secret, last-ditch effort to change the narrative, and the election — and the return of the media gatekeepers.
The Unsinkable Maddie Stone, Google's Bug-Hunting Badass
The Project Zero reverse engineer shuts down some of the world's most dangerous exploits—along with antiquated hacker stereotypes.
Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet
In a landmark antitrust complaint, the Justice Department is targeting a secretive partnership that is worth billions of dollars to both companies.
WSJ News Exclusive | Health Agency Scraps Coronavirus Ad Campaign, Leaving Santa Claus in the Cold
A federal health agency halted a public-service coronavirus advertising campaign funded by $250 million in taxpayer money after it offered a special vaccine deal to an unusual set of essential workers: Santa Claus performers.
Texas early voting numbers: Turnout in the state's biggest counties
The Texas Tribune is tracking cumulative early voting and mail-in ballot totals during the 2020 general election in the state’s largest counties.