Something has happened to my blog
I don’t pay much attention to site stats, actively avoiding digging into them. I’m not interested in optimizing for traffic, or that SEO nonsense, but as the administrator for this site…| Pharyngula
回国随感
疫情之后第一次回国，短短两周走了四个城市，见到了很多亲朋好友，吃到了许多人间美味，观赏了不少各色美景和演出。这里不是为了向别人装逼的朋友圈，也不是为了对自己留纪念的日记本，就写一些抽象一点的碎碎念吧。| 一言堂
如何做一杯手工咖啡
我这个人的性格有一个自相矛盾的地方。一方面，我愿意亲力亲为，做一些其实用钱就能解决的事情，例如写一些自己用的 小工具 , 自己 砍树劈柴烧 等等，但另一方面，我又相当懒，连 猫都养不好 。我的信条是自己的生活一定要自己做主，绝不接受千篇一律的大路货，但在质量差不多的时候，自己能少麻烦些就少麻烦些。我每天早上都要喝一杯咖啡，那我的咖啡是怎么来...| 一言堂
读《陶庵梦忆》（二、锺山） | JustGoIdea
细读张岱《陶庵梦忆·锺山》：从四人袖中所志的天命气魄，到祭殿里「莫惊驾」的屏息荒诞，再到最后「不得一盂麦饭」的归零。一个目击者如何用账本式的精确，记下一个王朝散去之前的所有不对劲。| JustGoIdea
America lost the Mandate of Heaven | the singularity is nearer
What does it mean if a country is winning?| the singularity is nearer
The age of snarky UI
Your devices are all judging you. They’re just too polite to say it directly.| thoughtbot
When “lol” becomes a way to soften real frustration
Tension: We’ve weaponized casual language to disguise genuine discontent, turning authentic frustration into performance-friendly communication. Noise: Digital communication…| DMNews
Civilization Is Not the Default. Violence Is. - by Santi
On feudalism, Pax Americana and the changing world order| apropos.substack.com
Chinese towers and American blocks - Works in Progress Magazine
China builds towers in a park, while America builds squat mid-rise blocks. The difference comes down to regulation, not culture.| worksinprogress.co
我的旧照片（第1集） – Yanwei's Blogs
2026年4月11日 May 6, 2000 2000年5月6日，26岁，住在18号楼5层。电脑买的是联想天蝎…| Yanwei's Blogs
How funerals keep Africa poor - David Oks
Why the poorest people in the world spend fortunes burying their dead| davidoks.blog
Legibility is Ruining You
Legibility is Ruining You| jimmyhmiller.com
Hasan, Me & Racial Ambiguity | Çaki's Series Of Tangents
Case Study 1: Me Before we start let's clarify my background, I am of Turkish Cypriot descent, a third generation product of the diaspora following the atte...| Çaki's Series Of Tangents
Your sign-up form is a weapon | Bytemash
How bots used our sign-up and forgot password pages to bomb real people's inboxes, and what we did to stop it. A practical guide to subscription bombing for founders and developers who think CAPTCHA is an "I'll do it later" task.| bytemash.net
Why Florence Started the Renaissance - by Tomas Pueyo
A combination of geographic luck, network effects, and vagaries of history. Can we replicate them today?| unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com
Collections: That Dothraki Horde, Part IV: Screamers and Howlers – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
This series is now available in audio format. You can find the playlist here. This is the fourth part of a four part (I, II, III, IV) look at the Dothraki from George R. R. Martin’s A Song of…| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Miscellanea: The War in Iran – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any spec…| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Your bridge to wealth is being pulled up - Daniel Homola
For two centuries, the credential system gave intelligence a route to heritable capital. Artificial intelligence is closing that route. This essay builds the argument from first principles - with probability theory, interactive simulations, and a prediction specific enough to be falsifiable - and puts a number on the window that remains.| Daniel Homola
"Collaboration" is bullshit.
This newsletter is free to read, and it’ll stay that way. But if you want more - extra posts each month, access to the community, and a direct line to ask me things - paid subscriptions are $2.50/month. A lot of people have told me it’s| Westenberg.
The last Andy Weir movie I will ever waste money on
The commenters here are persuasive. I dissed Andy Weir and his new movie, and I was told that it was entertaining and I should give it a chance. So I did. I went to the theater to see Project Hail …| Pharyngula