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Building a wide news commons - Ben Werdmuller writes a piece about local news. How things were, how they have changed with social media, and how he hopes it plays out. Lots of interesting ideas and cool examples. Caffs not Cafes sounds cool, covering London caffs. I'll have to check it out later when I'm online again. Glad to come across this article via my RSS reader. It had been a while since I openned it. I think Ben is part of the HN bloggers feeds collection. werd.io #

The Fed, The Treasury, The White House…Who's Really in Charge of the Economy? - James Lavish takes a look at each of these entities in turn, asking what makes them tick, in order to attempt to figure out who's in charge. It's an unbelievably enlightening piece, which will leave you with your mouth wide open in astonishment at the insanity of it all. jameslavish.substack.com #

From browser brat to backend boss: Will WASM win the web wars? - I'm struck by how WASM seems to be following javascript's path. Get it working clientside, then move it to the server and start adding APIs for available hardware interfaces. Personally though I'm more interested in the possibilities for running developer tools in the browser, be able to build for the browser entirely from the browser. I want to be able to build my static website locally from a browser. theregister.com #

CSS Grid Systems with CSS Grid - Why aren't there more frameworks that make good use of CSS Grid? Andrew Walpole believes the answer is quite simple and might suprise you. andrewwalpole.com #

Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells - Scientists have created what amounts to a fake 14 day old human embryo. No fertilized eggs or a womb required. Just lab cultured and human skin stemcells - "When the scientists applied secretions from these cells to a commercial pregnancy test, it came out positive." - Synthetic intelligences and biologies on the horizon. Mindblowing. Also where is the .il domain based out of? (Update: Answer - Isreal) wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il #