Arthur Van Siclen
@arthurvansiclen.com
Rock climbing, nature, meditation 🌲
I’ll say it again: ICE agents are the least intelligent and least competent men in America. They are too stupid to work normal jobs, and they lack the executive function required to do anything else.
ICE agents are too unintelligent to hold normal jobs, so they take up this one.
Seriously, these are people with IQ’s around 70 or 80. They are too stupid to even know what they are doing. No employer in good standing wants them around and this is where they end up.
Seriously, these are people with IQ’s around 70 or 80. They are too stupid to even know what they are doing. No employer in good standing wants them around and this is where they end up.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 25, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I’ll say it again: ICE agents are the least intelligent and least competent men in America. They are too stupid to work normal jobs, and they lack the executive function required to do anything else.
“…sustaining the shared information commons”
Compelling essay by Hamilton Mann for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-ai-power...
Compelling essay by Hamilton Mann for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-ai-power...
The AI-Powered Web Is Eating Itself | NOEMA
Without a framework of “Artificial Integrity,” AI search platforms risk collapsing the information commons that made the web possible.
www.noemamag.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
“…sustaining the shared information commons”
Compelling essay by Hamilton Mann for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-ai-power...
Compelling essay by Hamilton Mann for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-ai-power...
"In mathematical terms, the relationship is not linear — the first few minutes of patience bring the most gains, as they introduce enough slack in the system to match compatible routes and orders."
By Carlo Ratti for @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/62fa...
By Carlo Ratti for @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/62fa...
How to unclog our cities
Instant deliveries take their toll on urban centres but rewarding a few minutes’ delay can help
www.ft.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:03 AM
"In mathematical terms, the relationship is not linear — the first few minutes of patience bring the most gains, as they introduce enough slack in the system to match compatible routes and orders."
By Carlo Ratti for @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/62fa...
By Carlo Ratti for @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/62fa...
“So, how far down the scale of complexity does cognition actually go?”
By Conor Feehly in @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-surprisi...
By Conor Feehly in @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-surprisi...
The Surprisingly Lifelike Behavior Of Mindless Material | NOEMA
New ways of studying the origin of life are leading to a better understanding of consciousness and the mind.
www.noemamag.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:26 AM
“So, how far down the scale of complexity does cognition actually go?”
By Conor Feehly in @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-surprisi...
By Conor Feehly in @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-surprisi...
ICE agents are too unintelligent to hold normal jobs, so they take up this one.
Seriously, these are people with IQ’s around 70 or 80. They are too stupid to even know what they are doing. No employer in good standing wants them around and this is where they end up.
Seriously, these are people with IQ’s around 70 or 80. They are too stupid to even know what they are doing. No employer in good standing wants them around and this is where they end up.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
ICE agents are too unintelligent to hold normal jobs, so they take up this one.
Seriously, these are people with IQ’s around 70 or 80. They are too stupid to even know what they are doing. No employer in good standing wants them around and this is where they end up.
Seriously, these are people with IQ’s around 70 or 80. They are too stupid to even know what they are doing. No employer in good standing wants them around and this is where they end up.
"Eventually, I stopped making resolutions altogether... The desire to work on myself never went away. It simply lost its appetite for spectacle. And so, in place of resolutions, I turned toward ritual."
Excellent short essay by Suleika Jaouad.
open.substack.com/pub/post/p/a...
Excellent short essay by Suleika Jaouad.
open.substack.com/pub/post/p/a...
Against resolutions
Suleika Jaouad on ritual, repetition, and the fantasy of starting over
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:48 AM
"Eventually, I stopped making resolutions altogether... The desire to work on myself never went away. It simply lost its appetite for spectacle. And so, in place of resolutions, I turned toward ritual."
Excellent short essay by Suleika Jaouad.
open.substack.com/pub/post/p/a...
Excellent short essay by Suleika Jaouad.
open.substack.com/pub/post/p/a...
“A growing ecological movement sees the solution in bioregionalism: the idea of reorganizing social and economic life around the natural boundaries of the ecosystems that host and sustain us.”
By @dougbierend.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/inside-the-p...
By @dougbierend.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/inside-the-p...
Inside Bioregionalism’s Tech-Driven Revival | NOEMA
As the climate crisis deepens, an old green dream is returning — with new tools and technologies.
www.noemamag.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“A growing ecological movement sees the solution in bioregionalism: the idea of reorganizing social and economic life around the natural boundaries of the ecosystems that host and sustain us.”
By @dougbierend.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/inside-the-p...
By @dougbierend.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/inside-the-p...
Autumn 2025. Village-to-village walks, lake views, risotto, vino, boulders.
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Autumn 2025. Village-to-village walks, lake views, risotto, vino, boulders.
We are always at square zero.
“But letting go and—crucially—reengaging with new goals, was found to restore purpose and well-being.”
Hugh Riddell, in a story by Molly Glick for @nautil.us
nautil.us/the-surprisi...
Hugh Riddell, in a story by Molly Glick for @nautil.us
nautil.us/the-surprisi...
The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up
The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up: Ditching or adjusting goals in the face of adversity might often be the best thing for us.
nautil.us
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We are always at square zero.
“But letting go and—crucially—reengaging with new goals, was found to restore purpose and well-being.”
Hugh Riddell, in a story by Molly Glick for @nautil.us
nautil.us/the-surprisi...
Hugh Riddell, in a story by Molly Glick for @nautil.us
nautil.us/the-surprisi...
The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up
The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up: Ditching or adjusting goals in the face of adversity might often be the best thing for us.
nautil.us
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“But letting go and—crucially—reengaging with new goals, was found to restore purpose and well-being.”
Hugh Riddell, in a story by Molly Glick for @nautil.us
nautil.us/the-surprisi...
Hugh Riddell, in a story by Molly Glick for @nautil.us
nautil.us/the-surprisi...
"The sun delivers more energy to Earth every five days than all known fossil fuel reserves combined. As we shift from using fossilised sunlight to real-time solar power, the challenge is no longer energy capture, but energy storage."
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Silos for Sunshine: we've mastered harvesting the sun, but storage is the gamechanger | Ember
The shift to renewables represents an agricultural revolution for energy, moving from searching and extracting scarce fuels to harvesting abundant sunlight in place.
ember-energy.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"The sun delivers more energy to Earth every five days than all known fossil fuel reserves combined. As we shift from using fossilised sunlight to real-time solar power, the challenge is no longer energy capture, but energy storage."
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Pragmatic essay by drug historian David Herzberg for @nytimes.com (gift link below)
“Prohibition has actively made drugs more dangerous. This was not a grand drama of good and evil, but a predictable result of bad policy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
“Prohibition has actively made drugs more dangerous. This was not a grand drama of good and evil, but a predictable result of bad policy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Opinion | I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Pragmatic essay by drug historian David Herzberg for @nytimes.com (gift link below)
“Prohibition has actively made drugs more dangerous. This was not a grand drama of good and evil, but a predictable result of bad policy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
“Prohibition has actively made drugs more dangerous. This was not a grand drama of good and evil, but a predictable result of bad policy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Reposted by Arthur Van Siclen
Minimal's upcoming release prominently features Apple Intelligence's Writing Tools. Preview the powerful new feature on our TestFlight and watch for Minimal 1.22 on the Mac App Store and iOS App Store 🖤
blog.minimal.app/ai-writing-t...
blog.minimal.app/ai-writing-t...
Writing Tools + Apple Intelligence
At Minimal we deliberately took our time to decide how we would integrate with Generative AI. There is a lot of hype, and we wanted to let the dust settle before building Large Language Models (LLMs) ...
blog.minimal.app
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Minimal's upcoming release prominently features Apple Intelligence's Writing Tools. Preview the powerful new feature on our TestFlight and watch for Minimal 1.22 on the Mac App Store and iOS App Store 🖤
blog.minimal.app/ai-writing-t...
blog.minimal.app/ai-writing-t...
“The social function of criticism is too valuable to lose… the three-way relationship between artists, critics, and audiences must be carefully restored, if we want the 21st century to produce meaningful artistic innovations.”
Celine Nguyen, @asteriskmag.bsky.social
asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...
Celine Nguyen, @asteriskmag.bsky.social
asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...
Is the Internet Making Culture Worse?—Asterisk
The decline of criticism might explain the sense that our culture is stagnating. How can we bring it back?
asteriskmag.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“The social function of criticism is too valuable to lose… the three-way relationship between artists, critics, and audiences must be carefully restored, if we want the 21st century to produce meaningful artistic innovations.”
Celine Nguyen, @asteriskmag.bsky.social
asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...
Celine Nguyen, @asteriskmag.bsky.social
asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...
Are any economists stepping up and implementing the new analytical method for our changing world? I’d love to tune in.
This essay is a great first step, and as the author notes, “A new approach is needed.”
By @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-critical...
This essay is a great first step, and as the author notes, “A new approach is needed.”
By @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-critical...
The Urgent Need For Revolutionizing Economic Statistics | NOEMA
Donald Trump’s abandonment of honest economic statistics highlights what’s been true for a while: The way we measure economic activity has long been inadequate for modern political challenges.
www.noemamag.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Are any economists stepping up and implementing the new analytical method for our changing world? I’d love to tune in.
This essay is a great first step, and as the author notes, “A new approach is needed.”
By @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-critical...
This essay is a great first step, and as the author notes, “A new approach is needed.”
By @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-critical...
“We have reached the apotheosis of the colonial age, a time when extractive institutions and administrative reach have been so perfected that they now span the globe.“
Impeccable read by @henrywismayer.bsky.social featuring @lukekemp.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...
Impeccable read by @henrywismayer.bsky.social featuring @lukekemp.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...
Humanity’s Endgame | NOEMA
A new history of societal collapse by an expert in existential risk argues that our globalized society is edging toward the precipice.
www.noemamag.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“We have reached the apotheosis of the colonial age, a time when extractive institutions and administrative reach have been so perfected that they now span the globe.“
Impeccable read by @henrywismayer.bsky.social featuring @lukekemp.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...
Impeccable read by @henrywismayer.bsky.social featuring @lukekemp.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...
“The same principles that allow us to hunt for alien Earths also allow us to comprehend the biosphere as a planetary phenomenon.”
An essay of epic proportions by @miquai.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/what-searchi...
An essay of epic proportions by @miquai.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/what-searchi...
What Searching For Aliens Reveals About Ourselves | NOEMA
Looking for life beyond Earth changes the way we perceive life right here at home.
www.noemamag.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“The same principles that allow us to hunt for alien Earths also allow us to comprehend the biosphere as a planetary phenomenon.”
An essay of epic proportions by @miquai.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/what-searchi...
An essay of epic proportions by @miquai.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/what-searchi...
Reposted by Arthur Van Siclen
60 – 30 – 10 – A technique for focusing and optimally allocating effort.
Read now on the blog (2-min).
blog.minimal.app/60-30-10/
Read now on the blog (2-min).
blog.minimal.app/60-30-10/
60 – 30 – 10
A technique for focusing and optimally allocating effort.
The 60
Choose the single-most important goal in life and dedicate 60% of effort to accomplishing that goal. Once it is completed, re-examin...
blog.minimal.app
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
60 – 30 – 10 – A technique for focusing and optimally allocating effort.
Read now on the blog (2-min).
blog.minimal.app/60-30-10/
Read now on the blog (2-min).
blog.minimal.app/60-30-10/
"The challenge is no longer to prove that solid-state batteries are feasible. That has long since been done in any number of labs around the world. The big challenge now is figuring out how to manufacture these devices at scale..."
@knowablemag.bsky.social
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
@knowablemag.bsky.social
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Will your next EV have a solid-state battery — and improved performance?
Superionic materials have spawned hope for a new generation of power packs for electric cars, with a promise of greater range, faster charges and more safety. But scaling up won’t be easy.
knowablemagazine.org
October 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"The challenge is no longer to prove that solid-state batteries are feasible. That has long since been done in any number of labs around the world. The big challenge now is figuring out how to manufacture these devices at scale..."
@knowablemag.bsky.social
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
@knowablemag.bsky.social
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
“As nature transforms from a backdrop for human affairs into an active force shaping them, greater economic value can be produced from its cultivation than from its exploitation”
and
“Much of nature lies outside the narrow frame of GDP”
Tong Wu for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/investing-in...
and
“Much of nature lies outside the narrow frame of GDP”
Tong Wu for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/investing-in...
Investing In The Ecosystems That Sustain Us | NOEMA
Making the economic case for nature is an essential task for securing development in our planetary age.
www.noemamag.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
“As nature transforms from a backdrop for human affairs into an active force shaping them, greater economic value can be produced from its cultivation than from its exploitation”
and
“Much of nature lies outside the narrow frame of GDP”
Tong Wu for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/investing-in...
and
“Much of nature lies outside the narrow frame of GDP”
Tong Wu for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/investing-in...
“The most effective means of responding to climate change also enhances our physical and economic resilience”
and
“Technology centralizes power; human-scaled design disperses it“
Brian Stone for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-abundanc...
and
“Technology centralizes power; human-scaled design disperses it“
Brian Stone for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-abundanc...
The Abundance Movement’s Blind Spot | NOEMA
What if Americans care more about the cost of climate disasters than carbon-free energy?
www.noemamag.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“The most effective means of responding to climate change also enhances our physical and economic resilience”
and
“Technology centralizes power; human-scaled design disperses it“
Brian Stone for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-abundanc...
and
“Technology centralizes power; human-scaled design disperses it“
Brian Stone for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-abundanc...
“Despite covering just 0.2 percent of the sea floor, seagrasses account for an estimated 10 percent of all the carbon stored by the world’s oceans.”
@reasonstobecheerful.world
reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...
@reasonstobecheerful.world
reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...
A 'Secret Weapon' for Fighting Climate Change Comes Surging Back
Capturing carbon 35 times faster than the Amazon, seagrasses have faced centuries of decline. Now restoration projects across North America are seeing their meadows quadruple in size.
reasonstobecheerful.world
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“Despite covering just 0.2 percent of the sea floor, seagrasses account for an estimated 10 percent of all the carbon stored by the world’s oceans.”
@reasonstobecheerful.world
reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...
@reasonstobecheerful.world
reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...
Reposted by Arthur Van Siclen
“Liberal democracy’s original genius was not merely the ballot box; it was the creation of multiple forums — town meetings, juries, local councils, civic associations — where citizens encountered each other as equals capable of persuasion and compromise...
Cont’d…
Cont’d…
October 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“Liberal democracy’s original genius was not merely the ballot box; it was the creation of multiple forums — town meetings, juries, local councils, civic associations — where citizens encountered each other as equals capable of persuasion and compromise...
Cont’d…
Cont’d…