All the Dominant Models Are Collapsing
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*Every nation is operating on models that are collapsing without those at
the controls being aware that the implicit assumptions of their models no
longer ...
Some music from Johnny Mathis
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Johnny Mathis, one of the two or three greatest male pop singers of our
era, turns ninety this year, and he’s still with us. I heard a song of his
the othe...
2025 in music (Spotify)
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It’s December, which means it’s Spotify Wrapped time. What does Spotify
think I’ve listened to this year? Spotify’s definition of a genre feels
almost ludi...
Deliberate Internet Shutdowns
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For two days in September, Afghanistan had no internet. No satellite
failed; no cable was cut. This was a deliberate outage, mandated by the
Taliban gove...
Happy Chanukah
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This (taken in Kiel, Germany in 1931 and then colorized) is one of the most
famous photographs in Jewish history, but it acquired special resonance
this we...
The Ceasefire Charade
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An analysis of why the so-called US–NATO ceasefire proposal functions as a
political narrative rather than a genuine peace initiative. Michael Hudson
arg...
A good summation of the VPRI STEPS project
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I learned about STEPS from the ViewPoints Research Institute (VPRI) in
about 2008. It’s goal was to create a usable office system, from the ground
up (incl...
Improved My Feedreader’s Writing to the Web
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I use a personalised feedreader (running on top of a self-hosted instance
of FreshRSS‘s API that handles the RSS subscriptions) since about 4 years.
My fee...
Adventures with Deep Research
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How my AI report on housework started well, then went off the rails I’ve
long been interested in the topic of housework, as you can see from this
Crooked T...
Energy Predictions 2025
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Printable pdf. It’s been a few years since I wrote a broad post on energy,
so I’m providing an update in one easy to read place. More detailed
specific pos...
Pride and posting
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[image: The university district in Seattle, with a post rain shower rainbow
amidst a cloudy sky.]A view from the UW Tower, on a sunny Autumn day.
Like most...
If NAPLAN was football, we’d cheer the goals
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Image source: MS PPT
This week, 2025 school National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy
(NAPLAN) data was made publicly available via the My Scho...
Too many promises; too few future physical goods
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The world is filled with financial promises, including loans, pensions, and
even the market value of stocks. So far, the system seems to be working,
but in...
Summer Research at Topos
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You can now apply for the 2026 Summer Research Associate program at the
Topos Institute! This is a great opportunity. Details and instructions on
how to ap...
Harvey at 90: A Verso Series
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From the Verso website: This month, in honour of David Harvey‘s ninetieth
birthday, we’re publishing a series of short essays on David’s unparalleled
contr...
Back to the future!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6CLlNfjoew Times Radio’ Apr 17, 2025
Interview with General Ben Hodges Trump’s ‘failure’ in Ukraine risks war
with Russia ...
Captain Scott’s 1912 Antarctic tragedy
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by Mila Zinkova Reassessing The Coldest March by Susan Solomon On Thursday,
29 March 1912, Captain Scott (1914) made the final entry in his Journal. He
w...
Some musings on reality motivated by the age of AI
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Is there anyone at home? Is the chess program on your phone conscious? Is
ChatGPT5 a conscious agent? Will ChatGPT9 be conscious? Most people would
answer ...
Thoughts by a non-economist on AI and economics
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Crossposted on lesswrong Modern humans first emerged about 100,000 years
ago. For the next 99,800 years or so, nothing happened. Well, not quite
nothing. T...
The Final Step of the Scientific Method
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An ideology that cannot be defended by means of evidence and deductive
logic, will inevitably be enforced by violence. You shall know them by
their habit: ...
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