without looking it up guess the country

A vexillologist is a person who knows, without looking it up, what the word “vexillologist” means.

Had a dream last night that the United States’ existing space programs were replaced with a large and very sturdy rubber band.

In Philadelphia. On the Schuylkill River the rowers go on the left side of the river.

If you made me President of Harvard I would change the school motto from “veritas” to “YOU MISS 100 PERCENT OF THE SHOTS YOU DON’T TAKE!!”, all caps, two exclamation points.

Something to consider: “aegilops” is the longest work in English with letters in alphabetical order, and “spoonfeed” is the longest reverse-alphabetical word.

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not totally shocked about the National Divorce but a little surprised that the liberal coalition is getting beer, military logistics, the Pope, football, and Plato

Good thread on Palantir. Palantir is unique, but elements of this mindset are not hard to find in Silicon Valley, in the parts of higher ed that seek SV’s favor, and elsewhere. Tricky times if you work in higher ed and view your mission as helping people learn to how to think and do research.

creating an agentic AI system that will plan and execute all of the tasks involved (concept, pitch deck, hiring actors to play founders, negotiating term sheets, et cetera) to complete an early funding round for an entirely bogus startup based on a novel agentic AI idea

if you want a warm overcoat get one made in a cold place

well, you know, come to think of it, maybe

April rowing in Boston

Saw a “LUIGI 2028” bumper sticker for the first time on my commute to work today. We may have some turbulence ahead.

Trump is not reliable about either war or peace. It’s not strategy and it’s not a plan, he just enjoys lying for its own sake, messing with everyone, Americans included and his supporters in particular.

lunatic

My grandfather’s brother (he is the older man near the middle) with his chess club, maybe 1979-80

Not quite Swan Lake but getting there.

Kristi Noem’s husband

yeah I’m sure his training and diet program involve a ton of potato chips.

ok so it’s like a carbon tax, but we give the proceeds to Iran

Me doing karaoke last night. Bringing smiles to people’s faces with my singing abilities

what if God had, like, a whole bunch of sons, and Jesus was the one where the whole resurrection gambit actually worked, so that’s the one that we remember now

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS WITH NORTH TEXAS’ WILDEST EASTER EGG HUNT 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

IN CASE OF FIRE LENGTHEN TIBIA

Great analysis from America’s second handsomest economist 👇

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“I cannot predict the future.” - Ted Streleski

I’m sure that you all already realize this, but “cursive handwriting” is an anagram for “WITCH NUDES ARRIVING”

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American politics are hard to figure out until you realize that the median American voter is someone who wants socialism, but only if it can be just for white people, otherwise anarcho-libertarianism.