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.
Is Life Now a Snack?
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*What's changed isn't our hard-wiring. What's changed is our industrial and
communications technologies' powers to activate and exploit our
hard-wiring. * ...
A Denisovan skull–at last!
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JAC: Greg sent me some thoughts on the new hominin finds involving what
used to be known as Denisovans. I suggested he put up his own post on these
thought...
From Empire to Exit
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The U.S. no longer exports industry — it exports debt. As finance
capitalism collapses, the global majority is choosing production over
predation.
The po...
Raymond Laflamme (1960-2025)
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Even with everything happening in the Middle East right now, even with
(relatedly) everything happening in my own family (my wife and son
sheltering in Tel...
Are pronatalists living on the same planet?
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Pro-natalism (the idea that people, or rather, women, should have more
babies than they choose to do at present) has become an established
orthodoxy,[1]. T...
Polarities (Part 6)
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I’ve been working with Adittya Chaudhuri on some ideas related to this
series of blog articles, and now our paper is done! • John Baez and Adittya
Chaudhur...
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...
Trevisan prize (guest post by Alon Rosen)
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The Trevisan Prize for outstanding work in the Theory of Computing is
sponsored by the Department of Computing Sciences at Bocconi University and
the Itali...
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...
The Magical Mystery of The Beatles
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Ian Leslie has released what looks to be a fascinating book about the
Beatles and more specifically the relationship between Lennon and
McCartney. I though...
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...
Blame: The Original Cryptocurrency
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They tie up heavy bundles of blame and place them on men’s shoulders, but
they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to help, siphoning off from
the g...
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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