Pelagic Argosy
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It stands out to me because it shows a hopeful future while not passing over the harms of the present and leaving space for the oppressed to exercise agency. There's a recognition of a need for hard work to build this future, it's not born from a single revolution or toppling of evil individuals.
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It stands out to me because it shows a hopeful future while not passing over the harms of the present and leaving space for the oppressed to exercise agency. There's a recognition of a need for hard work to build this future, it's not born from a single revolution or toppling of evil individuals.
I really like Marge Piercy's Women at the End of Time. Contrasts the experience of contemporary 70s NYC as a poor, addicted, mixed race woman who becomes caught up in the prison/medical/child services complex with a far future eco-feminist utopia that could exist.
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I really like Marge Piercy's Women at the End of Time. Contrasts the experience of contemporary 70s NYC as a poor, addicted, mixed race woman who becomes caught up in the prison/medical/child services complex with a far future eco-feminist utopia that could exist.
It's no accident that the discussion of sexual violence focuses on these relatively rare cases. Railing against them isn't threatening to the patriarchal family, instead it justifies further clamping down on children's (and adult women's) autonomy and access to influences from outside the family.
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It's no accident that the discussion of sexual violence focuses on these relatively rare cases. Railing against them isn't threatening to the patriarchal family, instead it justifies further clamping down on children's (and adult women's) autonomy and access to influences from outside the family.
You say regression, I say re-embrace of long neglected communication technology
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
You say regression, I say re-embrace of long neglected communication technology
I've been reading a bio of Chiang Kai-Sheck (Victorious in Defeat) and what I'd give for a game that captured the 30s nexus of political, social, ideological, personal conflict playing out at every level from the street to armies to back-room deals at the highest level.
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I've been reading a bio of Chiang Kai-Sheck (Victorious in Defeat) and what I'd give for a game that captured the 30s nexus of political, social, ideological, personal conflict playing out at every level from the street to armies to back-room deals at the highest level.
The only good Mad Man was Pete, eventually.
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The only good Mad Man was Pete, eventually.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Extremely annoying lack of detail on how it works or is attached without the fabric...
November 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Extremely annoying lack of detail on how it works or is attached without the fabric...
Chiles has definitely gone round the bend, it just presents for him as constant bafflement with the world and strong opinions about umbrellas.
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Chiles has definitely gone round the bend, it just presents for him as constant bafflement with the world and strong opinions about umbrellas.
Or to be the "supervisor" to a large number of robots that work well enough to only need occasional human intervention.
Cetainly not the only example, but a recent one I saw: restofworld.org/2025/philipp...
Cetainly not the only example, but a recent one I saw: restofworld.org/2025/philipp...
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Or to be the "supervisor" to a large number of robots that work well enough to only need occasional human intervention.
Cetainly not the only example, but a recent one I saw: restofworld.org/2025/philipp...
Cetainly not the only example, but a recent one I saw: restofworld.org/2025/philipp...
I don't know why they picked the name, but they were started by a lead company as an application for their product. Some ads don't look, uh, great in retrospect.
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I don't know why they picked the name, but they were started by a lead company as an application for their product. Some ads don't look, uh, great in retrospect.
Roasted barley tea is legit.
I'd imagine some herbal teas were drunk too?
I'd imagine some herbal teas were drunk too?
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Roasted barley tea is legit.
I'd imagine some herbal teas were drunk too?
I'd imagine some herbal teas were drunk too?
Plus de novo protein design is one of the applications where the buzzy ML techniques like LLMs and stable diffusion are useful. There's promising applications, just not the chatbot stuff that's getting pushed hard.
October 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Plus de novo protein design is one of the applications where the buzzy ML techniques like LLMs and stable diffusion are useful. There's promising applications, just not the chatbot stuff that's getting pushed hard.
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*everybody knew even back then that type theory was repugnant*
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
*everybody knew even back then that type theory was repugnant*
Efficiencies everywhere for those with eyes to see
October 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Efficiencies everywhere for those with eyes to see
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Unfortunately I have found out. Fuck!
October 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Unfortunately I have found out. Fuck!
There was an anus image identification paper a few years back. Finally, an application!
October 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
There was an anus image identification paper a few years back. Finally, an application!
Cloaca for accuracy
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Cloaca for accuracy
A primary challenge to a vulnerable incumbent who keeps making the base mad. What else is expected to happen?
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A primary challenge to a vulnerable incumbent who keeps making the base mad. What else is expected to happen?
And congress for 40+ years refusing to push its authority over war via the War Powers Act, out of worry they might lose the legal battle and not have that rhetorical stick.
October 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
And congress for 40+ years refusing to push its authority over war via the War Powers Act, out of worry they might lose the legal battle and not have that rhetorical stick.
Obama used the 2001 AUMF as justification, but also a large part of how the US got to this point was getting used to accepting whatever paper thin legal justifications the executive put forward if it's at all related to the military or national security.
October 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Obama used the 2001 AUMF as justification, but also a large part of how the US got to this point was getting used to accepting whatever paper thin legal justifications the executive put forward if it's at all related to the military or national security.
Isn't that the dataset a bunch of historical economics work relies on?
October 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Isn't that the dataset a bunch of historical economics work relies on?
Producing new knowledge and promoting it are totally different questions. Most scientific knowledge production doesn't get splashy news coverage either, let alone accurate coverage.
Devereux himself is an example of public history done well. Or historical podcasts like Mike Duncan and Patrick Wyman
Devereux himself is an example of public history done well. Or historical podcasts like Mike Duncan and Patrick Wyman
October 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Producing new knowledge and promoting it are totally different questions. Most scientific knowledge production doesn't get splashy news coverage either, let alone accurate coverage.
Devereux himself is an example of public history done well. Or historical podcasts like Mike Duncan and Patrick Wyman
Devereux himself is an example of public history done well. Or historical podcasts like Mike Duncan and Patrick Wyman