Monday Message Board
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Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion
and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the
sandpits,...
I have landed. . .
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. . . in Helsinki, the beginning point of our Arctic cruise. I will be
here for a day and a half, and then, as I recall, we fly to Svalbard to
board the s...
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...
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...
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...
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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