The following piece presents an incomplete timeline of the sociological production of the end of the pandemic over the last year. In Part I, we…
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There are few institutions like Royal Mail. As one of the oldest postal bodies in the world, the 500-year-old company occupies a unique role in Britain’s national life. During the Second World War, its workers defied Hitler’s bombs; showing their determination to secure their service and keep things moving in the midst of the Blitz, […]
Family is horrified to discover Christmas tree is bursting with baby praying mantises (Thanks to EricY)
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Australian Man Explains Why He Let A Spider The Size Of His Face Live In His House For A Year (Thanks to Ralph)
Why Royal Family members get weighed when they arrive for Christmas (Thanks to The Perts)
…they estimated a decline in earthworm abundance of between 33% and 41% in the last quarter of a century, the period for which the best data was available…
Dr Matt Shardlow, of the charity Buglife, said earthworms were essential to healthy soils and productive ecosystems and the decline in UK earthworm populations – at a rate of about 15% per decade since 1960 – was “deeply alarming”.
Woman caught on video throwing monitor at ticket counter employee at MIA (Thanks to pharmaross)
Here you go. (Thanks to Asher Scheiner)
Florida iguanas likely to fall from trees as Arctic chill sweeps Christmas weekend (Thanks to pharmaross, who says "Fire up the grill!")
8:56 a.m. A man was “doing the tweaker dance” while unpacking his suitcase. (Thanks to pharmaross)
Rowdy Beers (Thanks to MOTW)
You don't want to know. (Thanks to pharmaross)
Man with WWI explosive lodged in his rectum sparks bomb scare, hospital evacuation (Thanks to many people)
Americans can tolerate less than 4 hours with family on holidays, survey finds (Thanks to Allen at Division)
Several centralized crypto entities failed in 2022, resulting in the cascading failure of other crypto firms and raising questions about the protection of crypto investors. While the total amount invested in the crypto sector remains small in the United States, more than 10 percent of all Americans are invested in cryptocurrencies. In this post, we examine whether migrating crypto activities from centralized platforms to decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols might afford investors better protection, especially in the absence of regulatory changes. We argue that while DeFi provides some benefits for investors, it also introduces new risks and so more work is needed to make it a viable option for mainstream investors.
- by Psyche Film
- by Giulia Terzian & M Inés Corbalán
- by Scott Hershovitz
- by Ed Simon
New Fed Historian Jonathan Rose explains the importance of connecting the past to the present for monetary policymakers.
Philosophy, AI, and Society (PAIS) is a listserv that aims to “connect philosophers working on AI and related digital technologies, with a particular focus on their societal dimensions.” Run by the Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory Lab (MINTLab), PAIS “is open to anyone with an interest in those topics, and members can post to the list to contact other members. The goal is to help build the Philosophy, AI and Society Network, particularly to share news about events, opportunities, and research activities.” You can sign up for PAIS here. While we’re on the subject, the director of MINTLab, Seth Lazar (Australian National University) will be delivering the Tanner Lectures at Stanford next month on “AI and Human Values.” Further details here.
The central truths revealed to me by psilocybin were all the things my mother tried to teach me.
Yours truly has invited five of his colleagues to share a Christmas lunch with him around the circular dinner table in his kitchen. Unfortunately, two of the colleagues are not on speaking terms with each other, so they cannot be seated together. In how many ways can we be seated around the table?