The canine gaze. Dogs in Western art are surrogate viewers and compositional anchors
The canine gaze. Dogs in Western art are surrogate viewers and compositional anchors
That presidential biography, narrative of a shipwreck, or forgotten war story? âThe days when dad books reigned supreme are goneâÂ
That presidential biography, narrative of a shipwreck, or forgotten war story? âThe days when dad books reigned supreme are goneâ
What is happening to publishing?
Literature's new AI scandal and why good non-fiction books will always matter
Itâs Not Neofeudalism, Itâs Hypercapitalism
One of the most persistent left shibboleths is the notion that productive investment is giving way to unproductive speculation, leading to the âhollowing outâ of the industrial economy and the decline
Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic: What Happens Next
A quick review of the last 6 months
Argentina Through the Eyes of Polish Writer Witold Gombrowicz
Mercedes Halfon at Literary Hub: The scene is something like this: one leaden winter morning the Chrobry, a luxury liner that set sail in Poland and has been traveling across the Atlantic Ocean for ov
Stories vs. Statistics
How to tell finance stories. The post Stories vs. Statistics appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...
Disney erased FiveThirtyEight
Nothing on the internet lasts forever. But Disneyâs 10-year mismanagement of FiveThirtyEight is its own story.
Tuesday links: the end of securities regulation
From Compute Overhang to Compute Crunch
The state of AI in Q2 2026, part 2
Cucumbers used to be called "cowcumbers" ....
Cucumbers used to be called âcowcumbersâ. Iâm sorry, what?!
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse â Ukraine Drone Escalation Peril
Distributed drone warfare is changing escalation dynamics in dangerous ways. NATO-enabled long-range strike capability may create false confidence that pressure on Russia can be increased incrementall
Sean Carrollâs Mindscape Podcast: Christian List on Free Will and Levels of Reality
Sean Carroll at Preposterous Universe: Did I have any freedom in choosing this particular podcast guest? At the level of particles, fields, and the fundamental laws of physics; no. At the level of hum
No reparations for Black Americans. No student loan...
No reparations for Black Americans. No student loan forgiveness. No UBI for average Americans. But reparations, treason forgiveness, and UBI for the Jan 6th insurrectionists & criminals who attacked C
A Seat on the Rocket Ship
The students who booed AI at graduation were right. It probably won't matter.
Socialist Juliana Bennett Is Running for Wisconsin State House
New Yorkâs democratic socialists typically get most of the national media attention. But socialists have also been quietly winning elections across the Midwest over the last few years. That includes i
NASA Astronaut Films Spectacular Fireball Over Earth
The crewman captured the light show while waiting on a supply craft The post NASA Astronaut Films Spectacular Fireball Over Earth appeared first on Nautilus.
What Is Agile Government?
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On the heels of turning Orwell's Animal Farm into a...
On the heels of turning Orwellâs Animal Farm into a kidsâ movie, Alexandra Petri imagines other dystopian source material for family flicks. âAndy Serkisâs Maus: Talking mice? Great. Talking mice and
The Little-Known Nuclear Deal That Could Help Our Climate Crisis
The post The Little-Known Nuclear Deal That Could Help Our Climate Crisis appeared first on NOEMA.
Factcheck: Trumpâs false claims about the IPCC and âRCP8.5â climate scenario
Among a flurry of posts on social media last weekend, US president Donald Trump declared... The post Factcheck: Trumpâs false claims about the IPCC and âRCP8.5â climate scenario appeared first on Carb
"Somewhere between 'Letâs catch up...
âSomewhere between âLetâs catch up soonâ and âSorry, life has been hecticâ, adult friendship became one of the most emotionally significant and least discussed losses of modern life.â
Thinking Historically about the Future
The present is a proto-past to multiple possible futures â and anticipating which futures we might get is best done using classical historiographical methods, with the temporal telescope reversed
The Half Newsletter
Who has time for a whole one?
An analysis of what makes young people more likely to commit crimes tears down the influential assumption that character is the main factor
Christopher Browning at Nature: In Stanley Kubrickâs film adaptation of the 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange, gang leader Alex DeLarge is portrayed as an ultraviolent miscreant. Once imprisoned, he is su
Book Club: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Session 2)
Here's the link to join...
NestlĂŠ Killed Millions of Infants
How a baby food seller may have caused more deaths than war across a number of years
The fake courtesy machine is a wooden hand-cranked...
The fake courtesy machine is a wooden hand-cranked contraption that types âI hope this email finds you wellâ over and over again. Jacquard loom & player piano vibes.
These Three Newly Discovered Mammals Survived the Extinction Event That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs
And we followed in their tiny footsteps The post These Three Newly Discovered Mammals Survived the Extinction Event That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs appeared first on Nautilus.
The Fiscal Deficit Trap: Why the Standard Recession Playbook No Longer Works
The war in Iran has elevated recession risk in the US, and it is not from a position of fiscal strength â a shift that changes what investors have thought they knew about how recessions end.
Research links: the index rebalancing trade
Tuesdays are all about academic (and practitioner) literature at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last weekâs edition including a look at...
Marcin Wichary on how to get more fun and utility from...
Marcin Wichary on how to get more fun and utility from your keyboard experience. âBreak all the rules. Youâre designing for the audience of one.â
Amazon Is Bleeding the Post Office Dry
Finn Green works for the US Post Office as a rural carrier associate in and around Ojai, California. On a typical Monday, Green and other carriers deliver Amazon packages for hours without overtime p
Immigrants and revolutionists
This advert designed by Typographic House in 1969 features a quote by FDR that should not be so prescient today.
How to Predict an Earthquake
In the trenches with a paleoseismologist The post How to Predict an Earthquake appeared first on Nautilus.
The Earthquake Illusion
Why we think quakes are becoming more frequent The post The Earthquake Illusion appeared first on Nautilus.
Seneca on Grief and the Key to Resilience in the Face of Loss: An Extraordinary Letter to His Mother
"All your sorrows have been wasted on you if you have not yet learned how to be wretched."
Are People Just âLower-Value Human Capitalâ?
In case you did not get the memo, human capital is now officially inferior.
Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise . The Pudding...
Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise. The Pudding analyzed 200,000 similes from popular fiction. âThe clichĂŠs are obvious, marked by a single tall spike that overshadows the others.â
Climate Action Can Win Majorities
Corporate Democrats have spent the last year and a half trying to deflect blame for their partyâs 2024 losses away from themselves and toward their ideological opponents. Perhaps the most consistent t
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