Despite his gloomy, austere prose, Colm Tóibín is jolly, garrulous, and likes to gossip
Despite his gloomy, austere prose, Colm Tóibín is jolly, garrulous, and likes to gossip
The erasure of Black studies. Facing political pressure, universities are turning their backs on Black intellectual life
The erasure of Black studies. Facing political pressure, universities are turning their backs on Black intellectual life
What can Schrödinger's cat, Bayesian inference, and the neuroscience of time reveal about how we experience the present?
What can Schrödinger's cat, Bayesian inference, and the neuroscience of time reveal about how we experience the present?
Gullible, Cynical America . "They'll insist...
Gullible, Cynical America. “They’ll insist that you can’t trust scientists, because they’re part of the conspiracy. The podcaster selling you his special creatine gummies, though? He seems trustworthy
"In today's new Gilded Age, the 900-plus...
“In today’s new Gilded Age, the 900-plus billionaires in the US have far too much influence over our elections, our economy, our government policies and our news media, and it’s urgent for Americans t
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The AI campus gender wars ahead
A call to cancel first-year writing
The most famous line in literature doesn’t mean what ‘Hamnet’ thinks it means
Robert N. Watson at the Los Angeles Review of Books: No doubt Paul Mescal, playing Shakespeare, wanted to say “To be, or not to be”—what actor wouldn’t want his turn? And it’s not surprising that Hamn
The Holocaust History Podcast : "In this episode,...
The Holocaust History Podcast: “In this episode, I talk with Andrea Pitzer about the long, global history of the concentration camp and its evolution over time. We talk about what the definition is,
2026 Women's March Madness Predictions
Silver Bulletin odds for every round of the tournament, powered by our new COOPER ratings.
The Louvre has the Mona Lisa. Here's what other...
The Louvre has the Mona Lisa. Here’s what other institutions consider their Mona Lisas. For instance: the National Portrait Gallery in London has a portrait of William Shakespeare and MoMA has the Gol
Monday links: debased indices
Coffee Break: AIPAC, Crypto, Gambling, AI Money Coalitions Up The Dark Money Game in Dem Primaries
With Israel's popularity nosediving among Democrats, AIPAC is having to up its dark money game to impact primaries, often in concert with AI and crypto interests.
How Beer Brewing Revolutionized Modern Statistics
Raise a glass to William Sealy Gosset The post How Beer Brewing Revolutionized Modern Statistics appeared first on Nautilus.
The Machine Rumor Mill
Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad at Digital Dopplegangers: A few weeks ago, a curious story began circulating among software developers. Scott Shambaugh, an engineer working on an open-source project rejected
The 20 Best Food Scenes in Movies . Ratatouille, Big...
The 20 Best Food Scenes in Movies. Ratatouille, Big Night, When Harry Met Sally, Tampopo, etc. What’s missing?
Why Read the Classic Books?
An Interview with Naomi Kanakia
Tiny Puppet Sound
Would you like to watch a puppet DJ a chill set of French house music in a cool workplace meeting space? Trick question because of course you would. This went right into my Underscore collection. (via
Do We Need God? Steven Pinker vs. Ross Douthat Debate
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Did You Miss the Value Trade?
The value trade has already started…did you notice? via @verdadcap The post Did You Miss the Value Trade? appeared first on Meb Faber Research - Stock Market and Investing Blog.
"Pay enough, and you can jump to the front of the...
“Pay enough, and you can jump to the front of the queue for almost anything.” Concierge Nation: Welcome to White-Glove America. “Exclusivity — even if it comes at the cost of social cohesion — is the
Will America ever turn away from imperial arrogance?
George Scialabba at Commonweal: Besides invading other countries, there are other ways to defy international law. The U.S. embargo of Cuba, begun in 1960 and continuing to this day, has caused incalcu
Life and Death
What life's sanctity demands
"This Is Not The Computer For You"
Maybe it’s because I’m a little bit allergic to hype, but I just now got around to reading this review of the Macbook Neo by Sam Henri Gold that absolutely everyone has been recommending and, well, th
Silicon Valley Is Drifting Farther and Farther Right
Silicon Valley’s rising right-wing intelligentsia has plenty of money and a willingness to do the intellectual dirty work of some of the world’s most open reactionaries. Silicon Valley’s rising right-
Unlocking Hidden Value
How Corporate Language Reveals the Future of Intangible Investment
Marcus Aurelius’ Advice For Taming Our Anger (Part 2)
four gifts from the Muses, Apollo, and Aurelius himself
Adviser links: trust and relationships
Mondays are all about financial adviser-related links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at...
The Trump regime is deliberately destroying the...
The Trump regime is deliberately destroying the scientific community in the US. “This is not efficiency. This is not streamlining. This is the systematic elimination of scientific stewardship at the w
A Sit-Down with the $12 Trillion Brokerage Boss
Everything you need to know about the state of Charles Schwab in 2026
Economic Questions: The Thorstein Veblen Question
A timely recap of Thorstein Veblen's theory of conspicuous consumption and its implication.
Pluralistic: Tools vs uses (16 Mar 2026)
Today's links Tools vs uses: Don't fall for it. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Amazon coders x Amazon warehouse workers; Bruces's ETECH speech; Steven King x unions; Tax-f
The Math That Explains Why Bell Curves Are Everywhere
The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day. The post The Math That Explains Why Bell Curves Are Everywhere first appear
The Most Disruptive Company in the World
From Time Magazine: In a hotel room in Santa Clara, Calif., five members of the AI company Anthropic huddled around a laptop, working urgently. It was February 2025, and they had been at a conference
Trump’s Gas Prices
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How to Be a Lichen: Adaptive Strategies for the Vulnerabilities of Being Human from Nature’s Tiny Titans of Tenacity
When I was a child, little delighted me more than the magical green garlands draping from the pine trees, which I made into wreaths and mustaches to roam the mountains of Bulgaria as a miniature Orlan
Anthony Bourdain’s Life In Fiction And The Kitchen
Lizzy Harding at Bookforum: IN 1999, AT THE AGE OF FORTY-THREE, ANTHONY BOURDAIN had all but given up hope that he would ever be recognized as a major talent in anything. For the man who would soon be
Why Modern Movies Feel So Empty
Contemporary cinema no longer believes in Goodness, Beauty, or Truth
Hope Springs Eternal
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ImportAI 449: LLMs training other LLMs; 72B distributed training run; computer vision is harder than generative text
Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on arXiv and feedback from readers. If you’d like to support this, please subscribe. Subscribe now Can LLMs autonomously refine oth
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