Jeff Norris
@thumbtech.bsky.social
Avid reader & observer. Professional amateur.
Gift links appreciated ...
December 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Gift links appreciated ...
Emphasis on *existing tech*. Lots of innovation in the space. Generally speaking, if the Norwegians (otherwise drowning in renewable and fossil resources) are playing with it, it probably doesn't suck.
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Emphasis on *existing tech*. Lots of innovation in the space. Generally speaking, if the Norwegians (otherwise drowning in renewable and fossil resources) are playing with it, it probably doesn't suck.
Matt Dunlap is a very good candidate and would likely have given Golden a real run for the money. Dunlap is an actual Democrat, but may be a better candidate than Golden against LePage, who assumes he can just ride the Trump train to DC. (It is CD2, so he may be right.)
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Matt Dunlap is a very good candidate and would likely have given Golden a real run for the money. Dunlap is an actual Democrat, but may be a better candidate than Golden against LePage, who assumes he can just ride the Trump train to DC. (It is CD2, so he may be right.)
Definitely true on both counts. But Platner will fade, and Mills unlikely to inherit much of his support. RCV will play a role here.
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Definitely true on both counts. But Platner will fade, and Mills unlikely to inherit much of his support. RCV will play a role here.
Here it is not clear whether the stated aim of the programs is from the perspective of the critics, the author, or the programs' creators and teachers. The actual aim is to shed light on the subjects. Including (and explicitly recognizing) multiple perspectives is merely the means to an end.
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Here it is not clear whether the stated aim of the programs is from the perspective of the critics, the author, or the programs' creators and teachers. The actual aim is to shed light on the subjects. Including (and explicitly recognizing) multiple perspectives is merely the means to an end.
Thank goodness for ranked-choice voting!
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Thank goodness for ranked-choice voting!
But you are questioning the role of race in the preferences of voters?
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
But you are questioning the role of race in the preferences of voters?
Do you recognize that history is rife with examples of racially discriminatory election laws that never explicitly cite the race of the voter?
October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Do you recognize that history is rife with examples of racially discriminatory election laws that never explicitly cite the race of the voter?
With focus on "violence", feels like a companion/sequel to Douglas North, where her so-called "dysfunctional state" really describes a transition to his "natural state". www.google.com/books/editio...
Violence and Social Orders
All societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing ...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
With focus on "violence", feels like a companion/sequel to Douglas North, where her so-called "dysfunctional state" really describes a transition to his "natural state". www.google.com/books/editio...
This discussion circles around disease/cure/treatment of the body politic. Klein can't admit that lauding an aggressive cancer for "winning" is obviously a fail, and that defeating that cancer, while a noble pursuit, may in fact kill the patient. Give me Dr. Coates any day.
October 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This discussion circles around disease/cure/treatment of the body politic. Klein can't admit that lauding an aggressive cancer for "winning" is obviously a fail, and that defeating that cancer, while a noble pursuit, may in fact kill the patient. Give me Dr. Coates any day.
Some fun election result data here: www.maine.gov/sos/election...
Election Results 2018 | SOS
November 6, 2018 - General Election - Ranked-choice officeRepresentative to Congress - District 2 (Excel) - Results Certified to the Governor 11/26/18Representative to Congress - District 2 (Excel) - ...
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September 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Some fun election result data here: www.maine.gov/sos/election...
Don't sleep on flying private
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There’s Nothing More Corrupting Than Flying Private
Want to understand the motives of our mercenary elite? Take a trip on a private plane, writes Tina Brown.
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July 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Don't sleep on flying private
www.thefp.com/p/flying-pri...
www.thefp.com/p/flying-pri...
Good context presented by David Frum and Tina Brown on the contemporaneous episode of David Frum show. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
Why Do Billionaires Go Crazy?
Tina Brown on how extreme wealth warps minds. Plus: hopes and fears after Trump’s strike against Iran’s nuclear program.
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June 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Good context presented by David Frum and Tina Brown on the contemporaneous episode of David Frum show. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
737 Max is the mother of all Venn diagrams where many trends across technical, cultural, political, industrial and economic areas converged. As such, it is not really a good example to use here IMO. But for airplane nerds, this is a classic presentation: youtu.be/V5_GENu6aqg?...
Children of the Magenta
YouTube video by 737Aviation
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June 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
737 Max is the mother of all Venn diagrams where many trends across technical, cultural, political, industrial and economic areas converged. As such, it is not really a good example to use here IMO. But for airplane nerds, this is a classic presentation: youtu.be/V5_GENu6aqg?...
Before that debate, one should resolve their views on creative destruction, right?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativ...
Creative destruction - Wikipedia
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June 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Before that debate, one should resolve their views on creative destruction, right?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativ...
Yes! Big eye roll when I saw that. Hey maybe the "reproducibility" challenge is similar, but the reasons for this are completely different.
May 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Yes! Big eye roll when I saw that. Hey maybe the "reproducibility" challenge is similar, but the reasons for this are completely different.
If Maine elects a MAGA senator (and there*are* plenty of Trumpers up here), then the pooch is truly screwed.
May 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If Maine elects a MAGA senator (and there*are* plenty of Trumpers up here), then the pooch is truly screwed.
Anyone from Portland can see that is a piece of a casco bay ferry. Probably was tied/snagged by rope to pier as ferry pulled out and the thing finally busted and was shot into the parking lot. Reminder that ropes under tension are powerful! (Young fisherman from downeast killed last week by rope.)
May 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Anyone from Portland can see that is a piece of a casco bay ferry. Probably was tied/snagged by rope to pier as ferry pulled out and the thing finally busted and was shot into the parking lot. Reminder that ropes under tension are powerful! (Young fisherman from downeast killed last week by rope.)
Exactly! In a democracy, voters have no agency. That would be crazy!
April 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Exactly! In a democracy, voters have no agency. That would be crazy!
Yes indeed! It appears the result count is itself BS ... Since two wrongs make right, my BS-o-meter is actually definitive, perhaps even "award winning"!
web.swipeinsight.app/posts/google...
web.swipeinsight.app/posts/google...
Google Now Fully Removes Result Count from Search Page
Google has completely removed the results count from its search results page, a feature that previously displayed the number of results found for a search query. This change, which was initially teste...
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April 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Yes indeed! It appears the result count is itself BS ... Since two wrongs make right, my BS-o-meter is actually definitive, perhaps even "award winning"!
web.swipeinsight.app/posts/google...
web.swipeinsight.app/posts/google...
Using my unofficial and totally not definitive BS-o-meter, google:
"AI" site:waymo.com = 159 results
"AI" site:tesla.com = 22,900 results
"AI" site:waymo.com = 159 results
"AI" site:tesla.com = 22,900 results
April 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Using my unofficial and totally not definitive BS-o-meter, google:
"AI" site:waymo.com = 159 results
"AI" site:tesla.com = 22,900 results
"AI" site:waymo.com = 159 results
"AI" site:tesla.com = 22,900 results
"They thought they were free" ... spoiler: the author did not find many stressed-out ordinary Germans.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/97...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/97...
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45
“When this book was first published it received some at…
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April 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"They thought they were free" ... spoiler: the author did not find many stressed-out ordinary Germans.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/97...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/97...
Then why not find a sponsor to submit a bill in the Maine state legislature, Jared? Support for this federal law, and your confidence in the administrations of states fully assimilated into the federal GOP, reveals a shocking naivete.
April 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Then why not find a sponsor to submit a bill in the Maine state legislature, Jared? Support for this federal law, and your confidence in the administrations of states fully assimilated into the federal GOP, reveals a shocking naivete.