In December, last year at Polly Farmer we had a visit from Jono (check out his awesome site) to show us how to do Claymation. Here are some of the results. I did the nerdy maths one and the kids did the more creative ones.
Saturday duck report
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There will be no Caturday Felid report today, though I have several
incomplete versions in draft. Instead, I need to bring you up to date on
Esther and her...
To Make America Great Again, Start Here
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*Our status quo is so thoroughly corrupt that it's no longer even seen as
corruption, it's just BAU--business as usual. *
*It's a big ask, but let's depol...
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...
GOP spending bill: how many people have to die?
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from Dean Baker That’s the question Republicans in Congress are debating as
they struggle to put Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill (BBB)” in final
form to...
The War Beneath the War
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In this dynamic interview, economist Michael Hudson unpacks the deeper
forces behind the U.S. war on Iran. Far beyond regional tensions, Hudson
argues th...
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...
The end of US democracy
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I’ve held off posting this in the hope of coming up with some kind of
positive response, but I haven’t got one. When I wrote back in November
2024 that Tru...
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...
Counting with Categories
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You can see some lecture notes for a minicourse on combinatorics that I’m
teaching at the Summer School on Algebra at the Zografou campus of the
National T...
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...
Tiny Countries Should Not Exist
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There is no good reason for tiny countries to exist, and we should stop
making more of them.
The World Bank classifies 40 countries as 'small states' on t...
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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