Let's Talk About Fertilizer
We don't need the Strait? Tell it to farmers
Saturday discussion post
Make a Good Guys list
Good Guys win on Wall Street all the time. It just doesn't get that much attention. Plus - the S&P 500 is breaking down technically for the first time since May 2025...
This Is a Poem That Heals Fish: An Almost Unbearably Wonderful Picture-Book About How Poetry Works Its Magic
"A poem ... is when you are in love and have the sky in your mouth."
Who’s ahead on the generic congressional ballot?
Our constantly-updating tracker of polls for the most important indicator in the race for Congress.
How popular is Donald Trump?
Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump — and all presidents since Truman.
How popular is Elon Musk?
Silver Bulletin favorability ratings for the world's richest man.
Dostoevsky's Warning About Loneliness
And the dangers of the imagination
Namibia’s Workers Spearheaded Its Fight for Independence
After more than a century of German and South African rule, Namibia finally gained its independence on this day in 1990. Working-class struggles and organizations played a vital role in the country’s
10 Novellas That Will Change Your Life
Short books you can read in one sitting—and think about forever
Saturday links: the solar solution
Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out...
Why did it take a NYTimes investigation?
How a statewide political curriculum dampens serious scholarship
Long overlooked as crucial to life, fungi start to get their due
As efforts to study and conserve fungi expand, researchers say a "shroom boom" is underway.
The Inheritors of an Unfinished Revolution
Growing up after the monarchy’s fall, Nepal’s youth are confronting a republic that transformed political institutions while leaving the underlying social order intact. (Narayan Maharjan / NurPhoto /
Three Ways to Change Your World. Right Now.
Launching the Network of Networks.
Reading List 03/21/26
Damage to the Ras Laffan LNG facility, housing bubble risks, North Korea’s naval production, Bezos’ $100 billion for manufacturing automation, and more.
With Chuck Norris, the Meme Was the Message
Twenty years before Donald Trump was posting AI images of himself as a king, the internet learned how to meme by exaggerating the masculine superiority of Chuck Norris. What began innocently with “Chu
China is quietly looking weaker
Xi Jinping's paranoia, rapidly changing technology, and the limitations of China's system could cut short the Chinese Century.
Top Links 1048 Central bank divergence. AI crash. How big is Iran? Sloterdijk on Habermas
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Links 3/21/2026
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Iran War: Trump Escalates via Preparation for Ground Assault; Israel Takes More Pounding, Husbands Air Defenses; Coming Helium, Jet Fuel Shortages; Prospects for Vastly Higher Oil Prices
Trump gives trademark mixed signals as the US moves to deploy special forces in the Iran war in the face of kinetic and economic losses.
Talking With Robin Brooks
Trying to figure out the Hormuz shock
The Philosopher and the Tsar
When G. W. Leibniz Went to Work for the Russians
Trump Wants a “Video Game War” in Iran
Donald Trump has resurrected the military fantasy of the “video game war,” waged mostly through high-tech, lethal air power with few US casualties. But his administration may have miscalculated the ea
Trump Doesn't Remember What He's Done
But others do
Before the Punk Rockers, There Were the Working-Class Teds
British class society had a dress code: the rich could be flashy, but workers were expected to wear a drab uniform. In the 1950s, England’s working-class Teddy Boys and Girls boldly donned pompadours
Michael Hudson: Iran, Israel, and World War III
Michael Hudson provides a deep dive into US foreign policy and its use of dollar dominance.
Many ACA Customers Are Paying Higher Premiums. Most Blame Trump and Republicans, Poll Finds.
ACA premium hikes and loss of Covid-era additional support are creating a coverage crisis, deservedly adding to Republican midterm woes.
The Conversation With Sebastian Junger I Want to Have
Life is a complicated thing buried in the simplicity of having no choice but to live it.
When Your Parents Are Dying: Some of the Simplest, Most Difficult and Redemptive Life-Advice You’ll Ever Receive
"Death makes human beings seem like very small containers that are packed so densely we can only be aware of a fraction of what's inside us from moment to moment."
the monthly digest - vol 1
a curated collection of books, research, articles, objects, and cultural things worth your time this month.
The Compound and Friends: Are We in a Bear Market?
In defense of having a dumb thing to care about
It’s your civic responsibility to have a March Madness bracket.
A cartographer posits that our maps should be messier ....
A cartographer posits that our maps should be messier. “The idea that we must have a crisp line dividing one country from another is often inaccurate when it comes to what states are actually claiming
How a Simulated Dinosaur Nest Revealed Prehistoric Parenting Strategies
These paleontologists got crafty The post How a Simulated Dinosaur Nest Revealed Prehistoric Parenting Strategies appeared first on Nautilus.
Live with Phillips P. OBrien
A recording from Phillips P. OBrien's live video
This is a diabolical phishing attack . "That...
This is a diabolical phishing attack. “That generated a real case ID, and triggered real Apple emails to my inbox, properly signed, from Apple’s actual servers.”
Ignoring the Noise is Impossible
Two ways to deal with noise. The post Ignoring the Noise is Impossible appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...
"There should be a simple rule for being a thinker," says Cal Newport. "Don’t let AI write anything for you. Writing is to cognitive health what steps are to physical health"
"There should be a simple rule for being a thinker," says Cal Newport. "Don’t let AI write anything for you. Writing is to cognitive health what steps are to physical health"
Ibram X. Kendi treats racist ideas as an all-powerful means of control, and the realities underlying right-wing grievance as exaggerated — if not illusory
Ibram X. Kendi treats racist ideas as an all-powerful means of control, and the realities underlying right-wing grievance as exaggerated — if not illusory
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