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That made-up FIFA peace prize... I can't even find the words.
December 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
That made-up FIFA peace prize... I can't even find the words.
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One's commitment to free speech can only be measured by the protection they would afford to the ideas, comments, jokes, and opinions that they dislike. That's it. That is the foundational principle.
If you think you're entitled not to be offended or annoyed, then you have the mind of a child.
If you think you're entitled not to be offended or annoyed, then you have the mind of a child.
September 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
One's commitment to free speech can only be measured by the protection they would afford to the ideas, comments, jokes, and opinions that they dislike. That's it. That is the foundational principle.
If you think you're entitled not to be offended or annoyed, then you have the mind of a child.
If you think you're entitled not to be offended or annoyed, then you have the mind of a child.
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Today is International Literacy Day, "to remind policy-makers, practitioners, and the public of the critical importance of literacy for creating more literate, just, peaceful, and sustainable society."
September 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Today is International Literacy Day, "to remind policy-makers, practitioners, and the public of the critical importance of literacy for creating more literate, just, peaceful, and sustainable society."
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In a hyper-transactional personalistic regime, anything is possible. There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies. Allies turn, opponents submit. What's favored today is out of favor tomorrow. No governing principle supersedes favor and fealty. Don't anchor to any assumptions.
June 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In a hyper-transactional personalistic regime, anything is possible. There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies. Allies turn, opponents submit. What's favored today is out of favor tomorrow. No governing principle supersedes favor and fealty. Don't anchor to any assumptions.
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Fintwit archive, 2016.
May 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Fintwit archive, 2016.
Looking forward to person-specific AI. An AI trained on everything a particular person (living or dead) has ever written and spoken. Imagine engaging in a fluid, open-ended conversation with any great mind you admire. Chat with Munger on business/investing, Sagan on science and philosophy, etc.
May 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Fintwit archive, 2016.
April 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Fintwit archive, 2016.
Happy Passover to my friends!
April 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Happy Passover to my friends!
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A cartoon by Liza Donnelly. #NewYorkerCartoons
April 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A cartoon by Liza Donnelly. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Is it time to move beyond the model of the universal patient?
Medical Benchmarks and the Myth of the Universal Patient
From growth charts to anemia thresholds, clinical standards assume a single human prototype. Why are we still using one-size-fits-all health metrics?
www.newyorker.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Is it time to move beyond the model of the universal patient?
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Government works best when it's mostly invisible, asserting itself only when necessary while keeping the cogs of civic life turning. Being forced to think about governance, and by extension politics, is a parasite on productivity.
April 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Government works best when it's mostly invisible, asserting itself only when necessary while keeping the cogs of civic life turning. Being forced to think about governance, and by extension politics, is a parasite on productivity.
I didn’t say. He did.
“ the beautiful clean coal”
“ the beautiful clean coal”
April 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I didn’t say. He did.
“ the beautiful clean coal”
“ the beautiful clean coal”
Yes!
Needing people to agree with you is a reliable source of unhappiness.
March 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Yes!
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No one wants to think about politics all the time. They just want to go about their business. Denying them that is a form of bad governance.
March 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
No one wants to think about politics all the time. They just want to go about their business. Denying them that is a form of bad governance.
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Begun, the trade war has...
March 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Begun, the trade war has...
I haven’t seen the WH nominated ambassadors to Hollywood.
Shouldn’t they attend this important ceremony? #MelGibson #JohnVoight
Just asking.
Shouldn’t they attend this important ceremony? #MelGibson #JohnVoight
Just asking.
March 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I haven’t seen the WH nominated ambassadors to Hollywood.
Shouldn’t they attend this important ceremony? #MelGibson #JohnVoight
Just asking.
Shouldn’t they attend this important ceremony? #MelGibson #JohnVoight
Just asking.
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In this culture of rampant consumerism, the library is a bastion of counter culture. There one can check out things for free. Great books filled with profound ideas are all available for free.
March 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In this culture of rampant consumerism, the library is a bastion of counter culture. There one can check out things for free. Great books filled with profound ideas are all available for free.
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One benefit of civil society is not having to think about politics all the time. I resent being denied that right.
February 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
One benefit of civil society is not having to think about politics all the time. I resent being denied that right.
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US . 🇺🇸
The country that was!
Never thought I would hear the children say :
“ When I grow up I don’t want to be the President of the USA.
The country that was!
Never thought I would hear the children say :
“ When I grow up I don’t want to be the President of the USA.
Teddy Roosevelt once referred to John Tyler as a "politician of monumental littleness."
Don't know why that came to mind.
Don't know why that came to mind.
February 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
US . 🇺🇸
The country that was!
Never thought I would hear the children say :
“ When I grow up I don’t want to be the President of the USA.
The country that was!
Never thought I would hear the children say :
“ When I grow up I don’t want to be the President of the USA.
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Words To Live By Number 193
February 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Words To Live By Number 193
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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
February 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
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Kidding aside, the Gulf naming is a non-issue. The Saudis call the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Gulf. S. Korea calls the Sea of Japan, the East Sea. The name change is a nod to nationalists and a test. Who complies? Who complains? Supporters and opponents, alike, are being played. That's just him.
February 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Kidding aside, the Gulf naming is a non-issue. The Saudis call the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Gulf. S. Korea calls the Sea of Japan, the East Sea. The name change is a nod to nationalists and a test. Who complies? Who complains? Supporters and opponents, alike, are being played. That's just him.
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Very unwelcome news! H5N1 genotype D1.1 6 identified in 6 Nevada dairy herds. This is NOT the strain that's been circulating on farms so far. It's the strain that sent a 13yo girl in Canada to ICU, and that killed a man in Louisiana. Very bad time for a public health comms blackout.
Dairy herds in Nevada test positive for newer bird flu strain that’s been linked to severe human infections | CNN
Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with severe infections in humans, according to the Nevada Department of Agriculture.
www.cnn.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Very unwelcome news! H5N1 genotype D1.1 6 identified in 6 Nevada dairy herds. This is NOT the strain that's been circulating on farms so far. It's the strain that sent a 13yo girl in Canada to ICU, and that killed a man in Louisiana. Very bad time for a public health comms blackout.