Afraid it’s time. Thanks to all of the great conversations and friends here, but it’s too toxic now. stevecrandall at the M site

mostly here these days: @[email protected]

I gave seven copies to friends … highly recommended! Everyone loved it and there have been great follow-up discussions. None have anything beyond intro physics. You’re a great communicator Katie!!

I've probably heard tens of stories about the protests in Iran and China against tyrannical governments ... the techniques that they are developing just keep giving me more hope for a better future for everyone.

youtube.com/watch?v=-wntX-…

Remembering Mad’s candidate for the ultimate sport: madcoversite.com/quiz_olympics.…

Christo-fascism

Sunset a bit later tonight - Crepusculus was yesterday where I live.

The interesting thing here is, to my knowledge, the SC has never defined what God/god/goddess/etc is/are … and exactly what qualifies as religion? (Greg, btw, is a seriously brilliant guy)

A landmark moment in JWST history! Spectroscopically confirmed galaxies in the first few 100 Myrs of the Universe at z>10!!! Huge congrats Brant Robertson Sandro Tacchella and JADES team!
arxiv.org/abs/2212.04480

Britney Griner kneeled during the Anthem.

Paul Whelan was court-martialed by the Marine Corps and received a Bad Conduct discharge after being convicted of multiple counts of larceny, dereliction of duty, identity fraud, false statements, and check fraud.

Happy Crepusculus to those at my latitude! (~NYC) the earliest sunset of the year.

Brittney freed! npr.org/2022/12/08/114…

If NYTimesGuild members don't have a deal soon, we’re asking readers to not engage in any The New York Times platforms tomorrow and stand with us on the digital picket line! Read local news. Listen to public radio. Pull out a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak.

nice piece by Matthew Green on Apple’s encryption announcement blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2022/12/07/app…

No surprise given supply constraints

Guessing TFG flees to the UAE

Units: 1 foe = ten to the fifty one ergs ~ the energy released by a supernova.

an important read

Jonathon Coulton’s Christmas song, Chiron Beta Prime, seems particularly appropriate for EM employees.. (also Amazon and many others)

an interesting conjecture - small pox inoculations and public health and their impact on an emerging independent America nature.com/articles/d4158…