Matt Yglesias' history of the "Great Awokening".
On Twitter/X, a story about potential issues with US Treasury bonds. Via Marginal Revolution.
Seventeenth-century papercuts found under the floorboards.
Does the universe evolve in a way analogous to how life on earth evolves?
Sabine Hossenfelder buries commercial quantum computing, 5-minute video.
Short article on the transformation of the Ukrainian military between 2014 and 2022, by Mark Hertling.
People fighting change: "In Tillman's case, neighborhood activists were able to block his project [75 apartments] for years by demanding he perform studies on the historic significance of his laundromat (turns out there wasn't any) and ensure the shadows cast by his project wouldn't stunt the growth of children at a nearby school (they'll be fine)."
Article on an archive of interviews with Black participants in the great migration out of the South, with sample interviews.
Outsiders love the pink dolphins of the Amazon, but some natives hate and fear them.
Dragon and phoenix symbols in ancient Chinese tomb.
Relics of London's St. Paul's from before the Great Fire.
The mad blogger at Old European Culture takes on the snakes of Göbekli Tepe. I think this guy is a monomaniac, but he knows a lot and I often find his takes intriguing.
Polling on people's public vs. private feelings about capitalism. (Marginal Revolution)
Luke Burgis interviews Luke Collison about aesthetics and why our own art is so discouraging. (Twitter/X)
How wyrd, and Anglo-Saxon word for "fate," became our word "weird."
Review of a new biography of 20th-century Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig, made me curious about him.
My entire fantasy novel, The Voice from the Darkness, is available now on Royal Road. I am planning to publish this on Amazon for fans of physical books.
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