Noted: Wallada bint al-Mustakfi Wallada bint al-Mustakfi - WikipediaWikimedia Foundation, Inc.Contributors to Wikimedia projects I detect a good story here. HT: Bruce Sterling on bluesky (bruces.bsky.social)
Noted: Outdated Climate Change Debates Great stuff from Noah. It's long since time we stopped making a false dichotomy out of "the economy" and "decarbonization"—I started to observe the decoupling in 2007! Our climate change debates are out of dateSolar and batteries are going to win, and our
Noted: ¡El Assico! Starpower Iowa-Iowa State always brings out the "best worst football" both teams will play against each other all year. This collection of yahoos attending feels about par for the course!
Plague of the Moon (1994) In which I play a 1994 adventure game that could very well be a Lamentations of the Flame Princess scenario... nunsploitation and all...
Risk: Crooked Values Another bevy of philosophically interesting risk management insight from Spitznagel’s book. Part 2.
Noted: WotR Counteroffensive Checkin Perseverance and Adaptation: Ukraine’s Counteroffensive at Three Months - War on the RocksOn June 4, Ukraine launched its long-awaited offensive. The operation has proven to be a test of Ukrainian determination and adaptation. Despite stiffWar on the RocksMichael Kofman Rob Lee and Michael Kofman are a couple of the