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Seeker. Striver. Good egg. “Creation signifies, above all, emotion, and that not in literature or art alone... Genius has been defined as an infinite capacity for taking pains.” ~ Henri Bergson
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We're about to have transcripts on CourtListener for over 3.2 million minutes of oral argument recordings. Fully searchable. Read along as you listen. This has been on the to-do list since 2016 and advances in AI finally made it possible. If you want in the beta, drop a DM!

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“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” — James Madison, 4th President of the United States (1809–1817) and principal author of the Bill of Rights

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Nature presents us with 80 "octaves" of light, of which humans can see exactly 1. Bringing the other 79 octaves into view has taken two centuries of effort, but it has transformed our ability to sense our place in the cosmic order. My new Aeon essay: 🧪🔭 aeon.co/essays/willi...

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"Our calculations suggest that the proposed budgetary cuts to the NIH will create a social cost that is 16 times greater than the savings that the administration is attempting to achieve." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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this is the way

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i’ve seen enough: it’s time for NY progressives to line up behind zohran mamdani so we don’t end up with andrew fucking cuomo as our mayor

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Jane Borden's "Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America" develops a simple thesis: The Pilgrims were essentially a doomsday cult who passed on seven key elements of belief that have shaped America ever since. My author interview: 1/13 www.salon.com/2025/05/26/h...

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“Preserving art, literature, and philosophy will require no less than the creation of an environment totally and uncompromisingly committed to abolishing the linguistic alienation created by AI and reintroducing students to the indispensability of their own voice.“

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It is a beautiful song. Also, check out the behavior of these balloons that had been tethered together before being released. (at 3:05) youtu.be/0Hegd4xNfRo?...

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“… to spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of a gun.”

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Just want to reiterate that I’d be very surprised if this happens. Trump can only pardon Chauvin for his federal conviction. If he does, Chauvin gets moved to state prison, where he’d get less protection. To get out, he’d need a state pardon too. And I don’t think Tim Walz is going to do that.

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