eastern shore of the Black Sea, c. 450 BC
Good primer on ways to limit property tax growth; the best way is called a levy limit.
Sam Harsimony on the technologies that do not impress him, including space manufacturing.
14,000-word essay attempting to explain a new model of how spiral galaxies formed, without much math.
Still uploading chapters of The Voice from the Darkness at Royal Road.
Sabine Hossenfelder on a new model of how the universe began, 6-minute video.
Reviewing foreign chain restaurants in NYC.
Interesting NY Times article on linguistic changes among the young and internet native.
Asking Grok if what the Pope said about AI is true (Twitter/X).
The Trump administration's program of violently interdicting drug boats has had no impact on the availability of cocaine in the US. (NY Times)
PBS video on Sanxingdui, the amazing Bronze Age site in Sichuan that I wrote about here, lots of good information, 55 minutes.
Tyler Cowen hates marijuana but opposes making it illegal again.
The EU publishes a "road map" to phase out animal testing for chemical safety research. About time, considering how useless those tests are for many purposes.
Report on immigrants who found companies in the US: "Immigrants have founded or cofounded 59% (455 of 775) of America’s privately held startup companies valued at $1 billion or more, according to a new National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) analysis."
In Roman York, two infants were buried in imperial purple; nobody knows who they were.
The complicated social science of remote work and forcing people back to the office. I am amazed at the reluctance of some people to say that people are different and no system is best for everyone.
Categorizing anti-woke intellectuals. Tendentious but interesting.
Strange but intriguing article on "anti-humanism" one the queer left, AI, and other matters: "The remarkable implication of this is that pervasive pollution can be recast as a vector of queer liberation."
Ukraine Links
Fairly long and detailed article on Ukraine's "Mid-Range Strike Campaign."
An explanation for Ukraine's recent "good three months" on the battlefield, 16-minute video.
More from Twitter/X on Ukraine's "Logistics Lockdown" initiative along the front.
Grim short video on Twitter/X showing a Russian infantryman's journey to the front line along a path littered with corpses.
Ukraine strikes a modern Russian corvette at drydock in Kronstadt on the Baltic. (Twitter/X)
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