Whatever happened to Romney Republicans?
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Have they changed, or just become their worst selves While Trump is
unpopular with a majority of Americans, his support among Republicans
remains solid. Th...
Mainstream economics — kick it over!
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from Lars Syll The more I learned about economics, the more I discovered a
landscape that is surpassingly strange. Like the land of Mordor, it is
dominated...
Illiquid, Overvalued
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*As "dip buyers" get eviscerated, more dominos fall, and at a tipping
point, the herd realizes the tide has reversed and it's time to sell--but
alas, it's ...
'Indigenous Knowledge' Is Inferior To Science
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*Source*The view that ‘indigenous knowledge’ counts as knowledge in a sense
comparable to real (i.e. scientific) knowledge is absurd but widely held.
Mo...
Why America No Longer Makes Its Own Future
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Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff argue the U.S. is sabotaging its own
economy through reckless tax cuts, rising inequality, and dollar
devaluation. As fo...
Hiding Prompt Injections in Academic Papers
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Academic papers were found to contain hidden instructions to LLMs:
It discovered such prompts in 17 articles, whose lead authors are
affiliated with 14 i...
David Suzuki on Climate Change
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David Suzuki is an 89-year-old Canadian geneticist, science broadcaster and
environmental activist. In this interview he says some things that I’ve
come to...
3 Levels of Culture Fixes
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I see three levels at which we could try to fix cultural drift: specific
cultural trends, cultural evolution process parameters, and meta
mechanism/institu...
Where the fight against energy subsidies stands
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The final "Big Beautiful Bill" failed to truly terminate solar/wind
subsidies. But there is still the opportunity to do so, along with making
other crucial...
A mid-year (non-work) checkpoint
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We’re half-way through 2025, which means it’s a good time to check how I’m
doing against some of the goals I set for the year. Read more I wanted to
read m...
BusyBeaver(6) is really quite large
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For overdetermined reasons, I’ve lately found the world an increasingly
terrifying and depressing place. It’s gotten harder and harder to
concentrate on re...
Machines of Faithful Obedience
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[Crossposted on LessWrong] Throughout history, technological and scientific
advances have had both good and ill effects, but their overall impact has
been ...
NASA Is Worth Saving
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Casey Handmer June 2025 Download a printable PDF. NASA was founded in 1958
in response to Sputnik and the emerging necessity of a robust, government
suppor...
Parallels between Generative AI and Humanoid Robots
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Anyone who reads just about anything these days will know there are two big
things in AI at the moment. They are Generative AI and Humanoid Robots.
There i...
European Far Right are Russian Quislings
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We need to strongly oppose pacifist opposition to European re-armament. The
latter is urgent and essential to defeating Russian fascist aggression in
Ukrai...
Re. software engineering: Seeing the wheel
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Many years ago, I heard Alan Kay talk about software that’s commonly used
as being “a broken wheel.” I had trouble understanding what he meant by
that, but...
Good News Ukraine.
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Sorting out the real situation in the Russo Ukrainian war
https://billkerr1947.github.io/ukraineWar/ “Artillery Conquers, Infantry
Occupies” and drones are...
Papert’s 8 Big Ideas (Lithuanian Translation)
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Translation by Marius Narvilas Aštuonios didžiosios konstrukcionizmo
idÄ—jos Dr Seymour Papert 1999 Pirmoji idÄ—ja – mokytis darant. Visada
išmokstama ger...
Marble Maze Modules
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Beyond the Marble: How Modular Mazes Build Skills and Spark Wonder Building
a marble maze is more than just a fun challenge—it’s a gateway to exploring
a w...
Lifespan extension: separating fact from fiction
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Thinking about longevity practically is a tricky affair. On the one hand,
we have very little definitive knowledge about how to prolong your healthy
years ...
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