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My kid drew Beabadoobee

word of the day

One year after President Trump’s election victory, it’s clear: he and Defense Secretary Hegseth have weakened our alliances, politicized our military, and made America less safe.

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

Au goûter des poires au four, fourrées avec la caramel tarte à l'érable offert par @chanuage.bsky.social sur sablé. C'est délicieux ! @bubulle.bsky.social @jeandupond.bsky.social @solinaya.bsky.social

Mid-‘90s

Just ever so blasphemous, on Emil du Bois-Reymond's birthday, care of artificial intelligence

Reposting this on Emil du Bois-Reymond's birthday today

Emil du Bois-Reymond was born on 7 November 1818. Here is my interview with Joshua Richardson about his importance to the sciences of the mind. www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/emil-du-bo...

I’ve met a few Marxist German bankers.

Cycling with my daughter

I think I need to repost this given the elections

Greatest scientist between Newton & Einstein: James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, died #OTD 1879; formulated Theory of Electromagnetism, four equations which underpin modern information & communication technologies. Monument George Street Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Foundation Edinburgh

The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog?

Dog tongs, once used to remove unruly dogs from the church:

Mood

GOP sale of backbone & loss of moral compass. Some GOPer Congressppl won't even answer their phones. Gov't shut down, don't you know? SNAP now! Feed/help everyone.

Is matter conscious? app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/144378...

How I imagined scholarship

I miss this

Where I go in my mind

Oppedette, its gorge, and its war memorial. The village now has a population of only 50, down from 250 in the 19th century.

I’ve been running this experiment for 27 years.

Updating my LEGO White House

Tried a new restaurant

Lake

Kristi Noem records a new airport video

"Chinese" people in Sans-Souci

Historical research: theory vs practice

The myth of energy transition news.cnrs.fr/articles/the...

Chengdu, 2006

Rewatched "Only God Forgives." My take: culture and history are stronger than family and feelings.

Citizens Kane: Alfred Krupp and William Randolph Hearst. They build gigantic, tasteless houses and died unloved.

This morning

Windy today

Fall colors

Tuna my neighbor caught in his home town in Mexico. The dressing is olive oil, lemon, soy, shallot, and caper.

Magritte edition

Pirate baby, 2010

Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.

Now that there are no more jobs at all academia has finally become meritocratic

The first paper I wrote in graduate school isn’t that bad. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

What we always order after we go for a hike

Germany dreaming of Italy

View of Como

Continental Divide looks bleak

Boreas Pass Road near Breckenridge

Grove