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This article appeared in Inside Higher Ed, July 8, 2026. For the first time since he started teaching Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory nearly two decades ago, Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano gave his...
On a whim last Saturday I went up to the deep cut rail trail in Westmoreland. Two years ago the trail had suffered lots of flooding when a huge stone slab broke loose from the canyon wall and dammed a main drainage channel. I wanted to...
Most influencers, creators, and professionals use Instagram to offer some service or product to their audience. In order to attract a wider audience, these individuals write a certain keyword at the end of their post(e.g., INTERESTED)...
Hydration with Altitude The Water the Mountains Kept for ThemselvesFor millennia, the Dolomites have held a secret. Not the snow. Not the stone. The water. Filtered through ancient limestone, rested in subterranean aquifers, and released...
It’s been a while. There is a blank page and I don't know what to write. This is mostly me thinking out loud. After a bunch of weeknotes, a proper journal post starts to feel a bit high-stakes. Weeknotes are easy; just log what happened....
Recently I’ve been tidying up the subtitles in my local media library. There are two popular file formats for subtitles: SRT (SubRip Subtitle) and WebVTT (Web Video Text Tracks). I’ve been standardising on WebVTT because it works with...
NYCSim is a truly impressive digital twin for New York City. Part real-time spatial platform and part living sandbox, this browser-based simulator allows you to explore a virtual Manhattan from the comfort of your own home. By pulling in...
"Joe Hill (Live at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, 1969)" by Joan Baez Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song makes you feel like you're part of something bigger? Joe Hill by Joan Baez This old...
Let's set the Wayback Machine to Palos Verdes, California, to visit Marineland of the Pacific! Marineland of the Pacific was a public oceanarium and tourist attraction located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast in Los Angeles County,...
Sub-processor lists publicly leak the SaaS stack of any B2B company. Learn how to read them to uncover the tools your competitors use - and get alerted when they switch.Want to know what SaaS stack a B2B company runs on? You don’t need a...
Mermaids revisitedOne morning recently the Resident Wise Woman and I, finding ourselves in the middle of nowhere in northern Herefordshire, realised we were not far from Ludlow. Lunchtime was looming so we decided to make our way there...
Up at 9.30a.m. A nice morning again. Ron and Jane came at 12 noon. Took Nell and I there for the day. Jane was very funny. She was in her pool.
Sayid 0.8 is out! It’s the third release since I brought Sayid back from the dead a couple of weeks ago, and it has a clear theme: making the tool easy to pick up. The revival releases were mostly about the engine - bounding the...
caught a gorgeous sunset our first night in Victoria Highlight of the week: went to Phillips Backyard Music Festival in Victoria to see Angine de Poitrine (and Modest Mouse)! Looking forward to: chilling at home this weekend 1% nicer:...