* The need for heat pumps and other non-methane-gas energy technologies.
* How bad government policy fuels the infant formula shortage.
* “Casting out the wolf in our midst.” Long, poetic, concerning violence and deep history, and possibly not wholly right but of great interest anyway. Not politically correct, either. I’m subscribing to Razib’s RSS feed.
* Why people can’t stop adding “lol” to texts.
* Robots are writing poetry, and many people can’t tell the difference.
* “The ACLU has lost its way:” something so obvious I’m tempted not to link it—but I also used to be a member.
* On Bayraktar drones and the man behind them. New Yorker, seems thorough.
* “The Ghost Writer’s Mistress: New York psychoanalyst and novelist Arlene Heyman recalls her youthful relationship with Bernard Malamud.” Am surprised to see this.
* Until Feb. 2022, many of democracy’s critics seemed to be gaining traction; since then, we’ve been reminded of democracy’s virtues, among them the ability to peacefully transfer power and remove insane rulers. Autocracies don’t have these features and consequently are prone to the kinds of extreme negative outcomes that generally don’t occur in democracies. Being able to correct mistakes is important.
* The mysterious disappearance of revolutionary mathematician Alexander Grothendieck.
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