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Here’s a story that is both totally absurd and a lesson on how not to think about risk. In the early nineties, the US Environmental Protection Agency got into a fight with a company over a toxic waste dump in New Hampshire. The company...
It's time for even more November 20th, 1980 photos from the grounds of the Disneyland Hotel - photos taken by Lou Perry, and scanned and shared with us by his daughter, Sue B. It's hard to believe that these are over 45 years old!The...
Woman with Hand in Hair, Lee Miller, 1931. I woke up at 6am so here’s a quick link dump before I head out to work. On existential cringe / reading another Ben Lerner book and one of the characters talks about milieu therapy / Slavenka...
Went to Ashford outlet mall with a monstrous toothache in 30°C heat. I didn't make the most of it.87 words · 1 image
Just in time for pride month, wow. [canned studio laughter] I'll admit, this one took longer to write because it's longer than my usual film reviews. In the past, even before this blog, I'd just do short reviews. I've had this sitting in...
Cal Newport has a useful framing for knowledge work: every active project carries administrative overhead. A project includes the work itself, but also the emails, bugs, customer questions, alerts, and old decisions that create ongoing...
It’s real, and it’s the exact opposite of what the far right says it is. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th June 2026 “If you are targeting people on the basis of the colour of their skin,” the Northern Ireland secretary,...
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What they found was remarkable. Over a single winter, this targeted thinning increased snowpack by 30% on north-facing slopes and 16% on south-facing slopes. That additional snow amounted to about 12.3 acre-feet of water—around 4 million...
Reaching out to my younger self to say "it happened". 08h06 from Berlin / Germany
The veteran publication Scientific American has been sold by Springer Nature to a small Canadian scientific publisher. Will it survive? CC-licensed photo by sdobie on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email....
Congress Stands Up to Trump ... and Trump Stands Up to Congress Republican senators are starting to stand up to Donald Trump on a few issues. One of the big ones is the "SAVE America Act," which makes it more difficult to vote in a...
The phantom closure of Bus Stop M has ended, to the relief of many Bow residents. It closed on Saturday for roadworks that never happened, reopened sequentially on Monday morning and was finally given the digital all-clear on Wednesday...
If you love the ease of a quick bread but crave the tender, fluffy crumb of a homemade biscuit, these Biscuit Muffin Breads are about to become your new favourite little kitchen shortcut. This quick Biscuit Muffin Breads bake up soft,...
Pastors are often told that the solution to better AI output is a better prompt. I think that is only partly true. A better prompt can help. But if you have to re-explain your church, your sermon series, your theological boundaries, your...