• April 25

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  metafilter.com

  Maybe you'd meet somebody out, remotely checking the answering machine plugged into your landline for messages....

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  metafilter.com

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• February 22

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• February 7

  Stop Using Zip Codes for Geospatial Analysis (2019)

  

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