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ESA, CAS release first images from SMILE; officially begin science operations
Following its launch in May and a multi-month commissioning period, the joint European Space Agency… The post ESA, CAS release first images from SMILE; officially begin science operations
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Divergence with a Vengeance
The 19th century was more important than I previously thought
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Sunday assorted links
1. New London play about Keynes. 2. Aphantasia, and looking at buildings. 3. AI and job growth in Africa. 4. On Nussbaum, opera, and liberalism. 5. Congress seeks to speed up energy permitting (NYT).
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My blurb for Ethan Mollick’s new book
I was asked to blurb it for the AIs, and so this is what they got: Humans like those who appreciate them, and who are not too afraid of them. Perhaps the AIs are somewhat similar? Well, my
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How to Use AI to Survive (and Even Enjoy) Meetings | Sam Stephenson
Watch now (33 mins) | Granola’s co-founder on the AI habits that help him show up prepared, plus how his team avoids AI slop and burnout
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My Pitch for the New Season of Doctor Who
With the news that the BBC are tendering for a new series of Doctor Who, I thought I'd write down what I want from the show. This is, to be fair, pure fan-service wankery with zero chance of being
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Does Costco Cause Cancer?
In December 2025, researchers led by Yazan Alwadi at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health published a paper in Environmental Health that claimed to find that cancer incidence increased for
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The Pendulums of Data
The Weekend Windup #48 - Cool reads, events, links, and more
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Getting critical
I’d heard a lot about critical theory but didn’t really understand what was being talked about. The Frankfurt School of the 1930s wasn’t really a school. It was philosophers and academics who
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Marital sorting by class and race
Americans rarely marry outside their race or class group, a pattern with well-documented implications for inequality and intergenerational mobility. Limited exposure may partly explain these low
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Do the elderly prefer robotic care?
The Japanese elderly, to be clear: Population aging and shortages of long-term care workers have increased interest in care-giving robots and information and communication technology (ICT). This
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We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything
Here's a product feature which the world is going to need a whole lot more of over the coming months and years: **default hard budget caps**. I'm talking about the feature of pay-by-usage services
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ESA to pursue crew transport and space stations as European launchers come online
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently started investigating options for a European-led space station. The… The post ESA to pursue crew transport and space stations as European launchers come
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September sponsors-only newsletter
I just sent the September edition of my [sponsors-only monthly newsletter](https://github.com/sponsors/simonw/). If you are a sponsor (or start a sponsorship now) you can [access it
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New Zealand, Colorado, and a Lunch in Boulder
I've fallen in love with New Zealand. On October 16, NZ investors and advisors are coming to Boulder for an Active Investor Plus roadshow lunch.
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Saturday assorted links
1. Rewarding failure? 2. An excellent Brian Potter explainer on how matrix algebra is used in both LLMs and robotics. 3. Chat with Mircea Cărtărescu. 4. It seems the expansion of remote work
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Florian Schneider, RIP
One of the titans, and yes from the BRD. The post Florian Schneider, RIP (https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/10/florian-schneider-rip.html) appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION
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Uniformity
Consistency costs extra. If you want to buy machine screws or widgets that are exactly the same to five decimal points, you’ll pay a premium for that. In exchange, you’ll get parts that are
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The second Trump presidency is a world-historic failure
How did Trump fumble so badly?
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Words to live by?
In the past year American markets have digested the largest-ever initial public offering (SpaceX), equity raise by a public company (Google) or a foreign firm (SK Hynix), private-funding round
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New issue of Econ Journal Watch
Volume 23, Issue 2, September 2026 In this issue: “China shock” fragility: According to David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson (2013), the “China shock” hit the United States from 1990
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Daily Reading List – October 2, 2026 (#880)
Today's links look at how React Native solved a problem nobody had, whether you can SEO your way into an AI agent's recommendation, and why redesign doesn't happen enough.
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Rex's Dino Store
**Museum:** [Rex's Dino Store](https://www.niche-museums.com/119) Located just before the turnstiles in the Grand Army Plaza subway station at the north end of Brooklyn's Prospect Park is this
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