"Levine wondered—although it was just speculation—whether our differences in memory might help to explain why I am drawn to nonfiction and Eric to fiction." Best to keep that speculation in mind as you calibrate the map of this excellent essay... theamericanscholar.org/you-must-rem...

"These agents do several things: verify design quality, scope assessment, completeness, documentation gaps and all the hidden assumptions that exist in the spec. All relevant findings discovered... www.alexself.dev/blog/automat...

Ukraine is not losing. And for Russia, that's a major defeat. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

... Index, sentinel array, transition marker (3-part integration): I youtu.be/i91RX2LhY8s?...

"[T]hese historic IPOs and the humanity-impacting potential of their technologies now rely on the precarious scaffolding of a few founders’ good intentions." *** "The hubris is not in believing transformative technology can be built. It is in believing that www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s offer to negotiate an end to the war and reiterated the Kremlin’s commitment to fulfilling its war goals. (1/10) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar060526

"What I’m getting at is that anybody who talks without stuttering and silences about the great matters of life and love and getting through the day is being untrue to them." 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...

"Musk is trying to boost SpaceX’s AI story ahead of next week’s offering to show that the company is getting at least some return on its hefty investment in multiple data centers in and around Memphis. SpaceX said in its prospectus that www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/g...

I love the passing of time Never for money Always for love youtu.be/Fb2q141rMNE?...

A government of shallow, glib sociopaths striving to get an "Attaboy" from other shallow, glib sociopaths.

"Professor Jonathan Heeney, who led the research at Cambridge’s Department of Veterinary Medicine, emphasized that this trial marks the first time a vaccine designed entirely by computer simulation has been tested safely in humans." bioengineer.org/breakthrough...

Mood. youtu.be/DbS-pisHfpg

The determination comes after the Trump administration initially estimated 50,000 workers would be moved to the newly established Schedule Policy/Career. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sflJ... | fedscoop.com/federal-posi...

I'm really getting tired of this shit. This has become virtually thematic in my recent exchanges with Claude (4.8 High, in this case)…

Latest on @darkreading.bsky.social DR Technology: Bugcrowd Launches EU Data Residency Option For Evolving Data Sovereignty Needs https://zpr.io/QnaMzDQwHFWJ #DRTechnology #darkreading #cybersecurity

Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...

"The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom" was published last month. Here's one review... artsfuse.org/328724/book-...

There are genuinely useful things that this tech can do and the reflexive belief that this is all inherently bad or has absolutely no use is one that is going to result in the unilateral disarmament of the left in technology spaces. It's a force multiplier when you know what you're doing.

It's too fragile. Moving it for any reason other than "preservation and restoration" (Isabelle Attard) exposes it to unacceptable risk. Surely it can be preserved in climate-controlled, minimal-handling French storage closer to Bayeux than London, www.france24.com/en/live-news...

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Mood. youtu.be/sgnu7km5gdA?...

Congratulations to everyone who said it would get this bad. Your prize is watching everyone who disagreed now claim no one could have predicted it would get this bad.