Enrichment rights retained. Stockpiles staying on Iranian soil. The Strait of Hormuz still in play. A close reading of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding reveals how far Washington retreated from its 2025 demands. Read more ›
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes Read more ›
Promotion, activation, and conversation come together when the early adopters have a tool to share a new idea. My new book is out a few months, and it’s a chance to create a share package with swag. There are only 1,000 sets. Each includes 10 first-printing copies of The Knot (with the collectible mini-poster) + […] Read more ›
A personal review of Journey, a game about connection, solitude, and the unexpected impact of sharing an adventure with a stranger. Read more ›
New page New pageThere has been much discussion in the past about how Open Food Facts taxonomies might be represented as Resource Description Framework (RDF) ontologies. This page attempts to bring together a number of motivations and ideas with a view to coming up with a plan of action to implement something. === Motivation === Open Food Facts (OFF) taxonomies contain lots of information which could be of interest to the wider community, for example: * Translations and synonyms in multiple l... Read more ›
Exercise is key to healthy aging, and 30-second sessions of squats and push-ups may be enough to build strength and help you live longer, a doctor said. Read more ›
Prufrock measured his life in coffee spoons. I seem to be measuring mine in glucose sensors. All the music I grew up with makes me cry to hear. It’s the void... Read more ›
As the World Cup gets underway here in the Americas, here’s a look back at a football battle for the ages: Germany vs. Greece in The Philosophers’ Football Read more ›
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We discuss phenomenology associated with turbulent hydrodynamics in quantum fluids from a condensed-matter perspective. We begin with weakly-interacting superfluids, often modeled by a mean-field theory governed by the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Considering the effect of quantum fluctuations beyond the mean-field approximation, we propose a study of many-body quantum effects in turbulent hydrodynamics, especially near zero temperature. We motiva... Read more ›
With the launch of Polymode Sans and the essay collection Identity is Variable, XYZ Type and Polymode Studio have created a queer-centered typeface project that uses typography to explore identity, visibility, and the fluid performance of self. The post appeared first on . Read more ›
There are times when I miss living alone. Not always, not even in sum — in practice, the experience left me anxious, paranoid, lonely — but I do like my own company. There have been times when I’ve shared a place with others and been left alone for half the week, and those were the most harmonious. The issue is that communal life reshapes myself; I am constantly in reaction; there is no more internal monologue, only indefinite ‘nows’ where ingredients sit in a pot, constantly commingling, con... Read more ›
A Uni-Bielefeld web page on the No-3-In-Line problem announced a solution for $(n=70)$ this month. The announcement is available at: Read more ›
"Everything depends on the individual human being, regardless of how small a number of like-minded people there is... on each person... creatively making the meaning of life a reality in his or her own being." Read more ›
Instant summaries sound the death knell for the bullet-point books that prey on our insecurities, says Emma Jacobs for the Financial Times. Read more ›
Why I Built This Cycle For the past few years, I mostly used the sumo deadlift. After decades of pulling conventional, sumo had become my main choice. Then a knee problem forced me to slow down significantly in both squat and deadlift training. As things improved, I did not want to simply go back to […] The post appeared first on <a href=" Read more ›
Hi-fi listening bars have expanded far beyond Tokyo, which was their Ground Zero. They can be found in cities from Miami to London, from Brooklyn to Berlin. Recently, in Birmingham, Alabama, Bart Stephens opened High Dive, a listening lounge and restaurant that does things a little differently. High Dive is intended to be a social place, where people can connect as they listen to music, whether it's live or recorded. "We don't want people to come in and be observers of our show. We want them ... Read more ›
I hope that many readers of this blog will consider contributing to this! ANNOUNCEMENT SEV26 Synthese Topical Collection CFP: Severity and Learning from Error This Topical Collection examines how inquiry learns from error by focusing on a basic principle of evidence in science, statistics, medicine, law, epistemology, and day-to-day learning: a claim is not well-tested, known […] Read more ›
""[An] extraordinary new work of history and memoir . . . Unforgettable." —Gabriel Bump, The Washington Post A lyrical meditation on how Black Americans have envisioned utopia—and sought to transform their lives. How do the disillusioned, the forgotten, and the persecuted not merely hold on to life but expand its possibilities and preserve its beauty? What, in other words, does utopia look like in black? These questions animate Aaron Robertson’s exploration of Black Americans' efforts to rema... Read more ›