How Technology Is Rewriting the Way We Write
On how the use of technology, as in typing and computer-based editing, compared to the effects of composition via handwriting.
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Satyajit Das: Book Essay: “At the Risk of Being Pedantic…?”
The pedantic might relish that their vice can be a bit slippery to pin down.
Read more...Progress in Understanding Early-Onset Cancers?
Cancer has been recognized as an environmental disease since the first description of chimney sweep’s cancer by Percivall Pott in 1775. The primary social determinant of this disease is described well in this article Lancet Oncology (Abstract then unfortunately a paywall), even if the “social determinants of health” are anathema during our MAHA Moment. More […]
Read more...The Mathematical Secrets Hidden at the Heart of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família
Is Gaudi’s tremendous Barcelona cathedra, the Sagrada Família. fractal? Or simply mathematically stylized?
Read more...A New Epstein Island in Albania? Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s Zionist-Mafia-Linked Bunker Resort
A billionaire bunker in a notorious sex trafficking hub backed by Persian Gulf money, Zionists, Epstein pals, US spooks, and the mob. Does something smell fishy?
Read more...A Short History of Sportswriting: The Clues Are on the Billionaires’ Scorecards
A retrospective on US sportswriting, with a focus on class warfare.
Read more...Ex-CIA Officer John Kiriakou Breaks Down Spy Movies
CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou talks spy tradecraft.
Read more...What’s in the Price of a Gallon of Gas?
Energy crises are good times for oil refiners—not so much for the rest of us.
Read more...Coffee Break: Scientists Being Bad and Good, the Moon, and More Ancient Archaeology
Part the First: Dealing with Scientific Misconduct. Trust in science has declined during my professional work life. Some, but not all, of this is due to misconduct by scientists, as it should be. The recent case of Sylvain Lesné is one of the more spectacular examples. We have discussed this previously. Dr. Lesné published a […]
Read more...Satyajit Das: Book Essay: Walter Benjamin – Leftist Outsider, Man of Letters
An overview of the acutely observant, enigmatic and quixotic writer and thinker, Walter Benjamin
Read more...They Speak for the Trees: Meet the ‘Petal Protectors’ Guarding NYC’s Cherry Blossoms
Touching or shaking the fragile flowering cherry trees can harm them. Volunteers on Roosevelt Island make sure that doesn’t happen.
Read more...Coffee Break: The Fallacy of ESG, Baseball, Deep Education, and More AI Follies
Good afternoon. Time for a break. Given the wall-to-wall coverage by Yves and others here, nothing explicit on this Good Friday about the Ramadan War in West Asia. Instead, herewith a few reflections during holy season of the three great Abrahamic traditions. Part the First: Ethical Capitalism? Some argue about whether business can be ethical. […]
Read more...Beavers Can Turn Streams Into Carbon Stores – We Measured How Much
Natural engineers can quietly help river landscapes store more carbon for decades to come.
Read more...Coffee Break: Lifestyle Medicine, More Quackitude, Ancient Manuscripts, Gut Health, and the Epstein Class
Part the First: Nutrition and Medicine. The current Secretary of Health and Human Services is not wrong in his emphasis on nutrition (a stopped analog clock is right twice a day). I don’t know where Lauren Rice is attending medical school in New York City, but her editorial take seems about half right in I’m […]
Read more...Why We Ignore the Warnings That Could Save Us
Warning signs are often visible long before catastrophe strikes.
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