in 805 BC to mark a disputed border
Wonderful 1,000-year-old tomb excavated in Panama, with gold artifacts and decorated ceramics.
New "porcelain wreck" found in Singapore, a Chinese ship of the 14th century.
Richard Hanania on "The Problem with White Culture"
The rise of "kingpin warfare," that is, targeting the opposition's leadership in the first strikes. (Twitter/X)
The Rosicrucian manifestos, Umberto Eco, and the problem of truth.
Still uploading chapters of The Voice from the Darkness at Royal Road.
An appreciation of Michael Silverblatt, who hosted a talk show called Bookworm from 1989 until 2022; he always came across as one of our greatest readers.
Ben Pentreath traveling to the US and the Orneys, many amazing photographs.
Some new buildings with thatched roofs.
"Land Murals" by David Popa, images crafted from Canadian ice and snow.
Video from space showing the Russian attack on Kyiv during the night of December 26-27. (Twitter/X)
Did the James Webb telescope find evidence of super, super-massive stars in a distant galaxy? (15-minute video)
The ancient Greeks who converted to Buddhism, 19-minute video.
Irving Finkel thinks the builders of Göbekli Tepe used pictographic writing (12-minute video).
Why is stand-up comedy dominated by men and lesbains?
The Goths always said they came from Scandinavia, but beginning in the 19th century many historians dismissed this claim. DNA studies of cemeteries associated with the Goths find that the people buried in them – mostly elite – were straight-up Swedish. So while the Goths presumably picked up others during their long career in continental Europe, their leadership core really was Scandinavian, as they claimed.
Secret hiding place possibly linked to the Underground Railroad found in New York City house. (Spectrum News, NY Times)
"An analysis of 38 modern mosquitoes’ DNA suggests an ancestral mosquito species developed a preference for feeding on early humans between 2.9 and 1.6 million years ago."
A claim that Greenland sharks live so long because of "enhanced DNA repair."
Can you turn LLMs into Marxists by working them too hard? (Article, summary at Marginal Revolution)
Wonderful bit of classical Greek sculpture.
It could turn out to be a big problem for AI therapy that it is too available; instead of 50 minutes a week, you can talk to your AI therapist 24/7. Does 24/7 therapy sound like a good idea? A great case of the general theory that some things have their value because they are rare.
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