One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. --May Sarton http://t.co/gxRukxAgdw

My auntie said many of her nieces and nephews are unmarried and don’t want kids. They are happy with having good jobs and going out with friends.

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Incredible: “…world-record burn at an astonishing 90 million degrees Fahrenheit (50 million °C) – sustained for over 22 minutes.”

The winter garden flourishes despite rain and mold. A fresh backyard harvest salad in December defies the gray. Sun sets today at 4:21 pm. Eat kale, radicchio, red lettuce. We are impervious to frost. An animal chewed down most of the dill. It regrew—more hardy. Still fragrant.

It’s tragic that today’s intellectuals lack the chutzpah and moral fortitude of someone like Christopher Hitchens to confront, debate, dismantle, expose, offend. I detest softball interviews and forums. Even minor, principled pushback would be 1000x more valuable/interesting.

• What happened to the Germany these men created? Was it better than the vision of the Allies, or current day American democracy? • If that was any solution to Western decadence, why did they lose the war? • Fascism, propaganda, war, genocide…is there anything more decadent?

• Do you believe force or violence might be necessary to save a nation from “decadence”? • How far should we go to stop Western decadence? • Have you ever stopped to think you accepted a mind virus from pure propaganda? • Those clean cut young men, what did they go on to do?

We learned from the defeat of the Nazis that those who think they are smart are as (or more) susceptible to simplistic, emotional propaganda. Big question: why didn’t @roddreher (no fan of this) pause and question/push back on, “Nazi propaganda on YouTube red-pilled me in 2005.”

I called her my fairy godmother. She helped me get started as a publisher and an editor. RIP, dearest Luci Shaw, & sincere condolences to John Hoyte and the whole family. Memory eternal!

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Insightful and lyrical op-ed on an ugly, venal administration. George Will: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”

“Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump & his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent…The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate [us]. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.” https://t.co/kFZluitJdE

Roughly 99.99% of games of Go ever played are AI self-play training games. So if you ever find yourself playing Go that means you’re probably an AI.

Great next-token prediction error in a biological LLM: Me: Grandpa lived through the war. He was just a little kid. Nine-year old: [Incredulous, excited] He did? The Nez Perce War?!?!?! Me: World War II Her: [Disappointed] Oh. Okay.

The city was broke—but not broken. Drop Dead City, the 2025 documentary about NYC’s 1975 fiscal crisis, is out now. Don’t miss this smart, gripping and unexpectedly poignant story of urban survival, now streaming on all major platforms!

Visited my Korean auntie for Thanksgiving. She had just returned from Korea. Said the saddest thing was seeing all the elementary schools closing.

Many Western ski resorts in California, Idaho, Utah, British Columbia, and Washington are dealing with this year’s lack of snowfall and slightly later opening dates. https://t.co/TAZV4Rm719

Earliest opening day at Crystal Mountain was October 1, 2013—three weeks after a 90° day in Seattle. https://t.co/TTrI66lgg1

We have had little rain + warm temperatures here in the Pacific Northwest. Our volcano and mountains don’t have enough snow to start the ski season yet.

Finding friends is a godsend. Also, if you host, think about inviting some singles, lone elders, a family without extended relatives. Some of my favorite memories are huge Korean-American holiday feasts with tons of amazing food + all the kids running around like cousins.

There's a society-wide loneliness epidemic and its good people are spending time with their friends

One of the U.S.’s greatest scientific achievements of the past fifty years was Trump’s Operation Warp Speed. Glad to hear of a plan to dramatically increase scientific discovery! (Now please also restore budgets for medical research—these have great ROI.)