Fall of Civilizations

History with Cy

Historia Civilis

History Time (check out this one on the Amazon)

The Entire History of the Earth (super interesting and atmospheric broad geological history playlist)

The heavy weed smokers I know are all capable of taking breaks for things more trivial than the threat of serious jail time (ie taking a break to lower tolerance, taking a break while looking for a new job, etc).

This could be a really big deal

Yeah I would have done much better in high school like this, though I don’t think AI will eliminate the poster projects unfortunately.

That’s what they’re doing for my SO’s big introductory class in the humanities. No homework, quizzes, or papers. Short answer exams done in a special testing center.

Really sucks for people who were decent at essays and turning in assignments on time but not great at exams.

With context the report says that the decline predates covid

People quickly turn to explanations such as the impact of the COVID pandemic, but a decline in reading was already visible well before the pandemic hit. We cannot say for sure, but declining levels of reading for enjoyment and the shift towards digital reading – skimming social media feeds and rapidly processing information – may be compromising the ability of students to engage with complex texts and data.

I always advise people crying ‘two-sideism’ to just use a translator to read their papers themselves. No extra commentary required.

They should use a vertical mouse at least!

Just to highlight the good actors too:

For one thing, Arctic announced a price rollback after securing its refund, saying this will continue until “every single dollar Arctic received […] has been paid back to our customers.”

Panic, maker of the Playdate handheld, has taken a bolder stance, offering refunds to those who bought its console and were charged extra for its tariffs. Company co-founder Cabel Sasser said last month, “It’s just not our money to keep.”

I agree it’s impolite to photograph or take video of people without permission regardless of the rules where you live. It’s additionally impolite to post it online without getting permission first.

What expertise did they rely on to come to this particular set of limits?

I would have hoped the list would look more like

-Meta must divest entirely from the social media arm of their business

-Prosecutions for each decisionmaker who ignored internal evidence that their products were causing harms

When you find out are you allowed to care in retrospect?

You’re welcome! It stands out against its citation chasing peers by having no sign in necessary or freemium functions. This blog is a bit dated but it’s a librarian who’s been keeping a list of the citation chasing options incl. their database coverage and such.

Zotero is great! I love how many tools and integrations people have built for it. Inciteful (citation chaser) is a favorite. It lets you graph paper associations from a folder of related papers and then suggests related papers based on that. It’s designed to help people build bibliographies, but it also functions as an interesting way to visualize a paper’s impact and genealogy.

“Tensions were brought into focus” when Israel bombed the shit out of their neighbors for something they thought they might do.

Inventing something to eat again