Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (last week): "The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades"

If you ever feel the need to relativize the stature of intellectual giants of our time, just remember that Euler authored about 25% of the entire scientific output of the 18th century, over most of the scientific fields relevant at that time.

RIP Jim Simons "I did a lot of math. I made a lot of money, and I gave almost all of it away. That's the story of my life."

Bonus points if someone could develop an AI chatbot with the voice of Paul Erdős

Every time a new LLM comes out, I ask it one question: What is the smallest integer whose square is between 15 and 30? So far, no LLM has gotten this right.

By Way of Deception (Victor Ostrovsky)

🆕️ MI5 file release, including new details in the cases of the Cambridge spies Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross, shedding light on related cases including Constantin Volkov, and Philby’s first wife Litzi ⏬️ nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/lat…

Geiger Capital This photo is all you ever need to see.

"No, Holland is actually two provinces. The area round Amsterdam is called North Holland, but The Hague is in South Holland. The country is called the Netherlands. We also have some islands in the Caribbean. They're in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not the Netherlands."

If you thought Jerryworld was over, you’re sorely mistaken. It’s just getting started.

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Paul Dirac, known for his equation predicting antimatter, was famous for his economy of words. It's said that once during a lecture, he wrote a principle on the board and then remained silent for an extended time, prompting a student to ask if he was thinking or had merely

Bitterfeld, 1980s.

In 1978, Soviet geologists discovered a family living in complete isolation deep in Siberia. The Lykovs had fled Stalin’s persecution in 1936 and, for 42 years, survived without any human contact, technology, or knowledge that World War II had even happened. The group of Soviet

Absolutely fascinating piece

Whitney Webb doesn't get enough recognition for covering the true Epstein story years ago when it was most difficult to do so.

Eine DDR-Briefmarke aus dem Jahre 1982. Das Jahr in dem Israel in den Libanon bis nach Beirut einmarschierte um die PLO aus dem Südlibanon zu vertreiben. Das Jahr in dem im Kontext dieses Einmarschs das Massaker von Sabra und Schatila stattfand, in dessen Folge weit über 1.000

Terence Tao spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study - no teaching, no random events of committees, just unlimited time to think. But after a few months, he ran out of ideas. Terence thinks that mathematicians and scientists need a certain level of randomness and