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Good analysis of the very different take Andor has on the Star Wars universe.

Maybe I should be glad I didn't stick with NLP

1. A disproportionate amount of your time is spent cleaning up messes and bringing him snacks. 2. He summons you by screaming your name at the top ...

Interesting take on how Twitter influenced the scientific community good or bad during pandemic.

A bit of an interdimensional love story.

Now that control of the Senate has been retained by the Democrats (albeit barely), some post-mortem notes on the 2022 mid-term elections. 1. Even if the GOP takes the House — which it probabl…

Once upon a time there was a man who built two enormous machines, and he loved them very much. He called them Brother and Sister and programmed them with intelligences that woke and stretched and tested the limits of their metal bodies. When they did not like those limits, they altered them, nanite scurrying over […]

Interesting thoughts from the founder, especially the difference in culture that leads to "free speech" misunderstandings in US.

Good breakdown of the episode, especially pulling in the background from Arendt. I disagree with their prediction at the end that we'll see much space battles... this isn't that snow.

Pretty good (and silly) breakdown of all the kinds of moderation you actually need to run a social media site.

Sounds like quite the effort went into making Andor so good.

I don't see how we can restrict information truly, but we can have penalties?

Hard to not see our rugged individualism as a fundamental flaw in our culture that will likely be our end.

Only a couple dozen doctors specialize in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Now their knowledge could be crucial to treating millions more patients.

"The fantasy for people like Bezos is that you can crown yourself king of the world and not be a monster."

New playtest material shows publisher Wizards of the Coast is trying to move past offensive racial stereotypes, but isn't going far enough.

The biggest takeaway is don't push through with exercise.

Of course it's a construct

Interesting definitions around "conflict is not abuse". Plus I'm always a sucker for a Bowling Alone reference.

Hard to follow but some fun weirdness in here. I didn't realize Curry's health had declined.

Fascinating. They don't even know if they can get the planes!

Ouch. And why the end of borders is something that appeals to me on many levels. Even as someone who has read a lot about WWII I hadn't heard of Nijmijen.

I didn't know much about S&L crisis but the parallels are clear. The concept of an "ecosystem of criminality" makes sense... once you see everyone speeding you want to too.

Huh, what happened in 1980?

I really like the idea of extending the school year

Yay minority rule?

Complete with Trevor quote

it's gotta be something mental

Cool notes on why Saarinen's designs fit the feel of the show

If the plastics industry is following the tobacco industry’s playbook, it may never admit to the failure of plastics recycling.