I did see a streetcar running on that line that had seven fingers on its left hand...

Don’t know about snobbery, but I think this take ignores the onslaught of coercive tech that undermines kids’ enjoyment and skill at reading. We fill our house with books and went hoarse reading to them when they were young. I wrote them books tailored to their interests. It’s not enough.

It has to be both - cultivate homegrown researchers and attract from around the world, and give them all incentives and support to stay here long term.

Amazing. What kind of beer was the hippo drinking?

Good pie or bad, pie consistently delivers more than it promises, unlike cake, which promises more than it delivers.

I grew up in rural Nova Scotia. The Milky Way was available every clear night. There were many things I didn't fully appreciate as a kid about Lunenburg County, but the night sky wasn't one of them — I always knew it was magic, and that that magic was actually science.

Nope! That would diminish its annoyingness.

I’ve been getting these too, and I’ve realized they’re messing with my ability to pitch freelance work - I start to worry my pitches sound like an LLM, and I get paralyzed trying to reestablish my natural voice.

I’d like to hear more about this semicolon.

I use Voice Memos (iPhone app) and Trint (cloud based automatic transcription service). No complaints.

I have opinions on this! The rarity of blue pigment is super-interesting, but everything blue to the human eye is "true blue." Blue eyes, blue skies, and blueberry pies are all blue for different reasons (and yes, pies are more purple than blue) but inasmuch as they're blue, they're true blue.

Also “no more stars.”

The Swingle Singers: All the Swingle Ladies.

I feel the same way about BOOZEMOBILE.

Sorry, man. It’s maddening. Hope it’s mild and you have a full recovery.