“They just don’t name ‘em like they used to”.

Another great yarn by ⁦Brian Klaas⁩ open.substack.com/pub/brianklaas…

Come for the origin story of the name for Bluetooth and the insanely cool explanation for the logo…stay for one of the weirdest stories in English history about the scattered remains of King Cnut (with a little dose of Sweyn Forkbeard for good measure). forkingpaths.co/p/the-bluetoot…

Everyone who has a BRAIN (or fancies themselves having such) needs to read this.

'Humans...are capable of the most astonishing feats of cognition, externalized outside our minds across vast stretches of time and space. But we are also capable of breathtaking stupidity, imagining that it's a good idea to turn over a nuclear arsenal to Donald Trump.'

I have written something that I suspect you'll enjoy about the evolution of stupidity, octopus intelligence, bumbling bank robbers who thought they were invisible, and the differences between the cognition of an average porpoise and Marjorie Taylor Greene: forkingpaths.co/p/the-evolutio…

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Tez Steinberg arrived in Australia yesterday, rowing solo from Hawaii, 5,000 miles just using oars, for charity. What an incredible achievement. I donated here: unitedworldchallenge.givingcircles.io/?r=website

This is a fascinating article. I might be prepared to welcome our cephalopod overlords.

'Our understanding of human history is a battle between contingency and convergence. Do stable, long-term trends drive change? Or does history pivot on the tiniest details?' —Brian Klaas

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“But I wore the lemon juice”.
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Wonderfully entertaining again from ⁦⁦⁦Brian Klaas⁩
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This is brilliant

The Evolution of Stupidity (and Octopus Intelligence), by Brian Klaas open.substack.com/pub/brianklaas…

Finally got my hands on my own copy of this wonderful book by Chris French 🇺🇦 - debunking the cranks (respectfully) and showcasing the science around conspiracy theories, the paranormal, and other 'weird shit.' amazon.co.uk/Science-Weird-…

I have written something that I suspect you'll enjoy about the evolution of stupidity, octopus intelligence, bumbling bank robbers who thought they were invisible, and the differences between the cognition of an average porpoise and Marjorie Taylor Greene: forkingpaths.co/p/the-evolutio…

People of Britain: Absolute highway robbery over on Amazon UK today as you can get a steal of a deal--FLUKE is the Kindle Daily Deal today, so you can get your digital hands on it for just 99p. Go on, it's a third of the price of a Gregg's Sausage Roll. amazon.co.uk/Fluke-Chance-C…

I am only half-way through this book. I can't put it down. Get it, read it, give your mind a tasty snack.

I regret to inform you that Elon Musk is at it once again, making boneheaded decisions, and proving yet again that he has long benefited from “the myth of the Secret Genius,” as I explain here: forkingpaths.co/p/the-myth-of-…

Thought this was fantastic. Quite a lot to process which is exactly how I like to feel on reading such a book!

When I got British citizenship a few weeks ago, we donned some novelty Union Jack birthday hats, and asked a passing woman to take our photo. She hesitated, frowned, looked suspiciously at us, then said: “You’re not with the Brexit Party are you?”

A true welcome to Britain.

Elise Stefanik, regrettably, is in the news again. She is the perfect example of a political remora—a species of fish that feeds off the skin flakes of a larger, more powerful fish for sustenance: forkingpaths.co/p/the-rise-of-…