ken
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Oh, this is too cute
December 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Oh, this is too cute
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For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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of course this is the usual incoherent Trump nonsense, but it’s not just him
we are fifteen (15) years into Obamacare and not a single Republican has ever articulated a coherent alternative
we are fifteen (15) years into Obamacare and not a single Republican has ever articulated a coherent alternative
NEW: Donald Trump says he wants ACA funds to end after 2025
“I’d rather not" extend them, he tells reporters on AF1. "I don’t want to extend them for two years. I’d rather not extend them at all."
He wants cash to go "directly" to people. Unclear how that'd work.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
“I’d rather not" extend them, he tells reporters on AF1. "I don’t want to extend them for two years. I’d rather not extend them at all."
He wants cash to go "directly" to people. Unclear how that'd work.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump says he would 'rather not' extend Obamacare tax credits 'at all'
The president said he prefers to let the Affordable Care Act subsidies expire on schedule at the end of December, saying if anything he wants the money to go to "the people directly."
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
of course this is the usual incoherent Trump nonsense, but it’s not just him
we are fifteen (15) years into Obamacare and not a single Republican has ever articulated a coherent alternative
we are fifteen (15) years into Obamacare and not a single Republican has ever articulated a coherent alternative
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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imagine if all tech ceos were like this instead of being greedy to the point of absurd evil
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
imagine if all tech ceos were like this instead of being greedy to the point of absurd evil
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light has a quality called “polarization” which corresponds to the direction of the electric field in the wave
many animals have eyes adapted to see polarization—but with some effort, human discernment of light polarization is a learnable skill!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiding...
many animals have eyes adapted to see polarization—but with some effort, human discernment of light polarization is a learnable skill!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiding...
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
light has a quality called “polarization” which corresponds to the direction of the electric field in the wave
many animals have eyes adapted to see polarization—but with some effort, human discernment of light polarization is a learnable skill!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiding...
many animals have eyes adapted to see polarization—but with some effort, human discernment of light polarization is a learnable skill!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiding...
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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people as things, that’s where it starts
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
people as things, that’s where it starts
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
This is me
Sombtimes i just needtu be in a boks by myselve
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is me
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me when the AI bubble bursts
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
me when the AI bubble bursts
Battlezone. And I wrote the Atari 800 version
November 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Battlezone. And I wrote the Atari 800 version
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I am living for the sumo wrestlers having fun playing tourists while preparing for the sumo tournament in London
October 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I am living for the sumo wrestlers having fun playing tourists while preparing for the sumo tournament in London
Definitely worth a read
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Definitely worth a read
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the trick to getting a lot out of college is picking a topic that’s so difficult and confusing that you can’t reasonably teach it to yourself
otherwise it’s just “business school jr” aka a big expensive networking retreat
otherwise it’s just “business school jr” aka a big expensive networking retreat
October 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
the trick to getting a lot out of college is picking a topic that’s so difficult and confusing that you can’t reasonably teach it to yourself
otherwise it’s just “business school jr” aka a big expensive networking retreat
otherwise it’s just “business school jr” aka a big expensive networking retreat
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we would all be much better off if the crimes committed by the rich for their own amusement were treated more seriously than the crimes of desperation and necessity committed by the less fortunate
October 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
we would all be much better off if the crimes committed by the rich for their own amusement were treated more seriously than the crimes of desperation and necessity committed by the less fortunate
This is a fabulous place
Yesterday, I was lucky to be able to spend a couple hours at the Connections Museum with Sarah Autumn.
I had a stupid grin on my face the entire time!
Even after a couple hours, we just barely scratched the surface of what's there. It's unbelievably awesome.
www.telcomhistory.org/ConnectionsS...
I had a stupid grin on my face the entire time!
Even after a couple hours, we just barely scratched the surface of what's there. It's unbelievably awesome.
www.telcomhistory.org/ConnectionsS...
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is a fabulous place
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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A great piece that hasn’t aged a day since 1941.
Play the game the next time you’re in a room full of people. I’ve played it. I think for some people it’s almost a reflex. “Which one of you would call the Gestapo on me, and which would watch, relieved, as I was taken from my home in the night?”
Play the game the next time you’re in a room full of people. I’ve played it. I think for some people it’s almost a reflex. “Which one of you would call the Gestapo on me, and which would watch, relieved, as I was taken from my home in the night?”
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A great piece that hasn’t aged a day since 1941.
Play the game the next time you’re in a room full of people. I’ve played it. I think for some people it’s almost a reflex. “Which one of you would call the Gestapo on me, and which would watch, relieved, as I was taken from my home in the night?”
Play the game the next time you’re in a room full of people. I’ve played it. I think for some people it’s almost a reflex. “Which one of you would call the Gestapo on me, and which would watch, relieved, as I was taken from my home in the night?”
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Let’s talk about what real strength looks like—and how Trump’s MAGA “alpha male” act is the opposite of it. 🧵
September 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Let’s talk about what real strength looks like—and how Trump’s MAGA “alpha male” act is the opposite of it. 🧵
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Far as I can tell, Robert Redford was:
* successful at everything he tried
* genuinely intelligent & insightful
* desired by women
* envied by men
* an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with
* a tireless, lifelong philanthropist
... and he died peacefully in his sleep.
10/10 life. No notes.
* successful at everything he tried
* genuinely intelligent & insightful
* desired by women
* envied by men
* an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with
* a tireless, lifelong philanthropist
... and he died peacefully in his sleep.
10/10 life. No notes.
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Far as I can tell, Robert Redford was:
* successful at everything he tried
* genuinely intelligent & insightful
* desired by women
* envied by men
* an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with
* a tireless, lifelong philanthropist
... and he died peacefully in his sleep.
10/10 life. No notes.
* successful at everything he tried
* genuinely intelligent & insightful
* desired by women
* envied by men
* an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with
* a tireless, lifelong philanthropist
... and he died peacefully in his sleep.
10/10 life. No notes.