"I will ensure that America has the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world" - Kamala Harris

Single best description of AI I’ve ever read, from the great Ted Chiang.

Barely snapped a pic of this Grey Heron on Maynooth University South Campus this morning before it flew off

we used to be able to see andromeda

.細野晴臣 Haruomi Hosono _information’s classic solo debut ‘Hosono House’ turns 50. We’re celebrating with a new compilation of reinterpretations, ‘Hosono House Revisited’, out November 1st. Featuring Mac DeMarco, John Carroll Kirby, Pearl & The Oysters, Jerry Paper & more. Pre-order vinyl today.

Crazy to me that this stuff is a culture war nexus. This is a minor pedagogical choice! There’s some small trade-off between speed and explanability; absolutely mysterious to me why people would have strong feelings about where one lands on it.

the prospect of facing armed combatants instead of starving refugees transforms israel's eager babykillers into conscientious objectors

CNN tried to do a sympathy piece on IDF soldiers and then like halfway through the article you find out this guy was a D9 bulldozer driver who regularly drove over people while they were alive.

2¹³⁶²⁷⁹⁸⁴¹−1, discovered today, is the largest known prime. It's a Mersenne prime (2ᵖ-1), which are easier to find. It took nearly 6 years for the GIMPS software to find it after the previous largest known prime. It was also the first Mersenne prime found using GPUs.

Opening pages of a compendium of Euclid’s first book. Please enjoy these helpful in-text illustrations of square, rectangle etc…

I like the bit where he says these children’s drawings promote hate, while pointing at a load of paintings that say “peace” and prominently feature doves.

noting you do to reduce your impact on the climate will ever compensate for the existence of americans

These babies won’t be included in Gaza’s official death toll, proving once again how 45,000 is a severe undercount. Yet they’re dead because Israel displaced them, destroyed Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure, and insists on punishing millions with no end in sight. Merry Christmas.

The Baltimore Sun, Maryland, October 1, 1911

I'm bad with names. In my head, I refer to everyone by a unique numeric ID. That unique numeric ID is 27844.