Scott Siskind on Scott Adams and "Dilbert," long but extremely interesting.
Perun on the US campaign against the "shadow fleet" and the broader legal and strategic implications, one-hour video.
BBC reporting on divisions within the Taliban leadership.
Richard Hanania, White Woman as Race Traitors.
Ethan Mollick asks Claude to design a very werid game. (Twitter/X)
And from Anthropic, an analysis of the personality of the Assistant, which is what most people interact with. (Twitter/X, paper)
An argument that pursuing status is actually a good idea, because status either is or represents something of real value.
Four academics discuss "viewpoint diversity" in the university: good idea, or cover for a right-wing putsch?
Remembering China's last conquest of Taiwan, in 1683, which also took place in the aftermath of an inconclusive civil war.
People are leaving New Zealand, more than one percent in just the past year. A majority go to Australia, often in search of better pay and job prospects. (NY Times) The GDP is also falling.
Tyler Cowen interviews Diarmaid MacCullough about Christianity, its history, the Reformation, and more, very interesting.
New Japanese minimalist house, stark but impressive.
Pioneering tourists at the battlefield of Waterloo. And the tourists who came to Johnstown to see the aftermath of the famous flood.
Contested American citizenship in 1784: the "Longchamps Affiar".
Matthew Yglesias, The Shocking Collapse of American Vaccination. A good example of what happens when the elite stops pushing back against a common prejudice.
US murder rates falls to lowest level since 1900. I guess that's one good thing about these soft, wimpy kids who refuse to grow up ;-)
Congress pumps new life into the Navy's 6th-generation fighter program, FA-XX, to the tune of $900 million. The White House budget had cut this program by 90%. Budget analysts say we can't afford two separate 6th-gen fighter programs (the Air Force has the F-47), but the Navy says a longer-range stealth fighter is a must-have.
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