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How to Drift Through the Indie Web Instead of Doomscrolling
There are corners of the internet that still feel alive; you just have to know where to look. A digital dƩrive with Alex C. from Blog Therapy
Links 3/29/2026
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Iran War: More Signs of a Long Conflict and Resulting Severe Economic Damage
The latest Iran war update: both sides dig in, virtually assuring at least a long-ish conflict and economic devastation.
Top Links 1056 Fertilizer plants out. Warehousing people. Overcoming modernity. Normcore.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Is America Suffering from the āResource Curseā?
Why the U.S. is the ālast big petrostateā and why thatās bad for everyone
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Silence (Chinmoku) (1971) Run Time: 2H 9M Plus Jazz!
Silence is a movie about faith and its loss.
Beavers Can Turn Streams Into Carbon Stores ā We Measured How Much
Natural engineers can quietly help river landscapes store more carbon for decades to come.
Yes, the "New York Times" Has Really Weird Cultural Coverage. Why Do You Ask?
As an institution, it seems that it really does not like that my cousin Phil Lord and his partner Chris Miller keep making movies that push back against the beliefs that the audience is dumb and...
CROSSPOST: RICHARD BALDWIN: Why Didnāt Trumpian Tariffs Wreck the World Trade System?
Richardās subhead: āBecause World War Trade didnāt spread.ā It is very true: World War Trade did not spread. Other countries recognized that it was not any sort of semi-rational mercantilist...
Chartbook 438: "The continuation of critical theory by narrative means" - Alexander Kluge and the anti-realism of feelings.
14 February 1932 ā 25 March 2026
Links 3/28/2026
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Iran War: More Escalation ā US Strikes Iran Steel Plants, Israel Sends Third Missile at Iran Nuclear Plant; Yemen Joins War
Today's Iran war update: the escalation dynamic intensifies as economies all across Asia are the first to bleed out
Top Links 1055 Trump as the Duke of York. The OpenAI ecosystem. Boost-phase interception & the first AI-war.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Talking with David Roberts
Climate, energy, and America left behind
Book Review: How Genetics Shapes Our Ideas About Vice and Blame
IMHO, the book "Original Sinā makes a wildly unsound case for the genetic roots of sin, vice and guilt, and our attitudes toward punishment.
Plentiful, high-paying jobs in the age of AI
A timely repost, with some needed clarifications.
The Vibe-Horsing Coal-&-Steam Revolution of the 1700s
It was steam-engine pioneer James Watt coined and quantified āhorsepowerā as a sales gimmick to sell steam engines. The point was that steam engines could replace your power-horses, not multiply...
Coffee Break: East Asia and the War in West Asia, RIP Metaverse, Cetacean Doulas, and Social Sycophancy
Part the First: The War in West Asia Viewed from East Asia.Ā The daily updates compiled here have been essential for cutting through the fog of war associated with the current War in West Asia.Ā Many
The Controversy Over Deep-Sea Mining, Explained
Deep-sea mining backers want metals for clean tech. Indigenous Pacific Islanders call it a threat to life, culture, and the ocean itself.
The Worst and the Dumbest
Has the U.S. military been Kudlowized?
Why 'New' Value Stocks Outperform: The Hidden Driver Of Value Investing
On average, about half of value and growth stocks are new each year as they are not categorized as value or growth over the previous two years.
Weekly Dose of Optimism #186
NASA Goes Nuclear, Terraform, Arbor Turbines, Flu Vaccine, Chicken Egg Drugs + Science Breakthroughs + Extra Doses
Top Links 1054 The frozen housing market. Wearing Cuba down. Dead fire rekindled & Trumpian power as a source of enchantment.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Links 3/27/2026
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Iran War: Trump Faffs About, Extending Deadline for Strike Threat by 10 Days as US Military and Energy/Materials Shortfalls and Shortages Expected in Weeks; Iran Allows Transit of Trapped āFriendlyā Ships
Today's Iran war update: Trump and his inner circle seem astonishingly oblivious to accelerating damage to the economy and the military.
The Trump Administrationās Supposed āWarā on Latin Americaās Drug Cartels Has a New Name: āOperation Total Exterminationā
While the War Department is currently focused on partner-led deterrence operations, it does not not rule out unilateral US strikes across Latin America.
The End of Immigration
Americans despise ICE, but itās āsucceedingā nonetheless
Two Verdicts in Two Days: How American Courts Are Rewriting the Rules for Big Tech and Children
Will two verdicts against tech platform operators over the danger to children lead to a tidal wave of lawsuits? That jury is out.
The War on Iran Cannot Be Explained by Material Interests Alone
The War on Iran, observed beyond geopolitics: power, belief, and history shaping conflict beyond material interests
Australiaās Fuels Dependence Turns Into a Crisis
Australia is on its way to becoming the first advanced economy major victim of the Iran war due to baffling policy choices.
The Incredible Structural Alpha
How Smarter Portfolio Design Beats the Factor Zoo
Links 3/26/2026
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Iran War: Accelerating Economic Damage Creates Urgency on Strait of Hormuz Closure; Shambolic US Assault Preparations Continue; Iran Demands Recognition of Sovereignity Over Strait; Houthis Set to Strangle Red Sea Traffic if US Makes Ground Attack
Trump's fight with the Iran war tar baby is at great risk of creating even more dangerous escalation.
THING YOU OUGHT TO KNOW: Historian Patrick Wyman Does Podcasts
& Patrick Wyman's relatively new āPast Livesā podcast is excellent: ā¦
Satyajit Das: The Modern āShare the Scrapsā Economy
A clinical look at the extractive behavior that all that share, erm, sharing economy talk obscures.
Top Links 1053 The costs of the Iran war. VW to make the Iron Dome. Hegemony is what you make of it & Sarkozy's prison notebooks.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Off Today
Too much going on
AI has the worst sales pitch I've ever seen
"Our product will make you economically useless, and possibly kill you" is not a value proposition.
How the US Became an International Serial Killer
An Iran-focused update on America's shameful, destabilizing status as global killer in chief
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