Bubbles
Latest Posts
Richard Hanania is usually on the mark, but misfires in his recent post, “Why Socialism Isn’t Coming to America.” Beneath the paywall, he parrots tired arguments about the national debt and spending: “We’re already running a $1.9...
Every great band has shit songs. It's mystifying - you would think greatness would be like a tap, you could just turn it on and out it comes. You would think also that being in such proximity to greatness - having produced it - the group...
Schematic drawing shows car lanes and new widerpedestrian areasThe arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice--THEODORE PARKER, 1853 (later made famous by Martin Luther King, Jr.)(8/27/2026) The 8th Avenue bridge is...
So … after exploring the contracts it is time to try the “full” module 4. Since I want to get into the weeds, this is going to use the 4G4 victory conditions, requiring the launch of a desperation starshot (or a ton of fuel for a regular...
An attacker took advantage of a bug in the authorization logic for the BounceBit layer-1 blockchain, allowing them to transfer around 286.5 million BB (~$3 million) from nine wallets. BounceBit halted the blockchain shortly after, then...
More of a walkabout than a cruise, here is my track from the just-completed 29 day sail in Maine. Apparently the people who control the weather did not get my message with plans to sail to Portland and back. The weather did not...
This morning we had a couple of light showers, then a few flashes of lightning with a passing cluster of showers and storms. That occurred just a little before dawn. The rain didn’t amount to much here in Mount Joy, but it was nice to...
This is another article in my “Take the antidote” series against AI hype. Read parts one here and two here. We’re going to be using the questions laid out in part one to navigate this story.Earlier in August, the media reported on EVO 2,...
This is another article in my “Take the antidote” series against AI hype. Read parts one here and two here. We’re going to be using the questions laid out in part one to navigate this story.Earlier in August, the media reported on EVO 2,...
Encountering websites or even the idea of them are great starts toward making one. Stronger incentives include not only enjoying their designs, but also reading text, viewing images, or listening to media embedded within. These...
AKA I wish I lived like a monk, but in order to do that I have to be that monk. I'm 33 years old and I'm not getting any younger; my gynecologist told me a couple of years ago (the first time I met her, actually) that "Once you hit 30...
It’s all starting to feel a bit 2016 again, as on successive days we have to process the deaths of Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Yayoi Kusama, three people who in their own very different ways, channelled their art as much into being...
I uninstalled NetNewsWire from my iPhone today. Last night, as I was dozing off, I had this feeling, this feeling that I've had many times in the past, that reading so much on the web may not be a good thing. Like I'm not getting the...
Radio access networks to merge in wholesale joint venture2degrees and One NZ say they plan to merge their radio access networks in a jointly-owned wholesale business.The transaction will be subject to approval from the Commerce...
2nd Place, City Scenes, State Fair of Texas 2026. Three of my photos just won ribbons at the State Fair of Texas. They were printed at 11x14" on foam core. One was shot on an 18-year-old DSLR, the other two on a four-year-old iPhone....