Latest bookmarks (page 2 of 4)

3 Jan www.fastcompany.com
"E-bikes and self-driving cars both entered the year with momentum. Only one maintained it. ... If 2023’s trendline continues, the humble e-bike, not the flashy self-driving car, will be poised to reconfigure American transportation."
28 Nov 2023 www.latimes.com
"A little more than a decade ago, it was a quaint getaway with about 50 wineries, where vineyards thrived in the rocky and porous soil. With its temperate Mediterranean climate, expansive arid landscape, blue skies and few places to sleep and dine, it gradually became an ideal getaway for visitors looking for a rustic alternative to tasting rooms north of the U.S. border."
27 Nov 2023 www.washingtonpost.com
"The president of the D.C.-based Rails-to-Trails Conservancy said the 2021 infrastructure law is speeding up efforts to create protected pathways, lifting lives and communities in the process, and building what he sees as the nation’s new town squares."
10 Nov 2023 www.theatlantic.com
"Technologies such as skyscrapers, airplanes, and sewage systems are fundamental—and confusing. These titles explain how they actually work."
1 Nov 2023 www.theatlantic.com
"A new book about the making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" gives life to one of the world’s greatest crowdsourcing efforts."
1 Nov 2023 www.nytimes.com
"City officials in Bologna have closed a city-center square as they study what to do about the Garisenda Tower. A solution could take years."
31 Oct 2023 www.nytimes.com
"There’s history around every curve on the back roads between Los Angeles and Los Olivos, a 100-mile route that meanders through mountains, canyons and star-studded enclaves."
24 Oct 2023 www.theatlantic.com
"If the United States wants to reduce inequality, it’s going to need to take an honest look at a contentious issue."
20 Oct 2023 www.nytimes.com
"A government that does not devote sufficient resources to the future will produce a society that is ultimately less prosperous, less innovative, less healthy and less mobile than it could be."
18 Oct 2023 www.washingtonpost.com
"Most solutions will take years to bear fruit. But if we are to deter war, be victorious if it comes and safeguard our democracy, we will need to maintain a sizable high-quality force of volunteers. That means today’s leaders must act now to entice the next great generation of Americans to serve."