"of all the DNA principals, Erwin Chargaff would have been the most interesting to have dinner with." #BobTheScientist https://blobthescientist.blogspot.com/2014/08/chargaff-rules-ok.html

@ouguoc i try to be a 5-HT2A receptor agonist if i can.

i have come to the conclusion that i am an amateur tagonist. a rank amateur.

@costrike what is your handle there? I have been kind of brokenly half-following people via the very limited RSS feeds they offer. I'll sure add you!

"Intuitions and models developed in a lower-density world - such as that which produced all our traditions of economics - likely underestimate the significance of externalities." #Metaphysiocrat https://concretepossibleworld.substack.com/p/externalities-scale-superlinearly

a good line from an obituary of Gene Lewis, one of the most remarkable teachers and mentors i was once fortunate to have. i only learned yesterday of his passing, and i am sad about it.

“He outlived Henry Kissinger but not Mel Brooks, and he probably would have been fine with both outcomes.”

https://www.heraldtribune.com/obituaries/psar0822496

#NewCollege

tired: inventing the future.
inspired: reinventing the future.

Is NASA’s Artemis program really this bad?

see #MaciejCeglowski https://idlewords.com/2024/5/the_lunacy_of_artemis.htm

@politicsbot this is about an abortion ban, not an election ban.

“the monopolist is like a politician who wins power – whether through greatness or by deceit – and then gerrymanders their district so that they can do anything and gain re-election. Even the noblest politician, shorn of accountability, will be hard pressed to avoid yielding to temptation.” @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/18/market-discipline/

@sqrtminusone@emacs.ch it is right! i guess the feelz is a matter of opinion.

right but it feels so wrong:

scala> None.forall( _ => false )
val res0: Boolean = true

Chris Peel @chrisp has put together a really great history of US income tax schedules, including an animated graph of effective rates. https://github.com/chrisvwx/pub/blob/master/tax/README.md

there is only one homeland and we all share it.

the humans are a little better in person.

@Catvalente i had a friend endure it. she went to so much trouble for the privilege. but in the end it wasn't badass enough.

wreak and reek make an impressive homonym pair.

@Transportist the M&Ms do. definitely.

the ethos of the discourse has hardened; these days it’s “by any memes necessary”.