David Ascher

“What moved knights to war was desire to do deeds of valor augmented by zeal for the faith, not the gaining of a political end by force of arms. They were concerned with the action, not the goal—which was why the given goal was so rarely attained.” (Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror)

Lovely chapter. Totally relatable as someone living in a small rural community

@uneheuredepeine.bsky.social est-ce que tu as vu cet article ? www.nature.com/articles/s44... "A female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%)."

From my friend Kyle. This is essential reading for all Americans. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

More than *anything* the people who actually know how technology works, who actually build things, wish that people would treat LLMs like every other technology, and be normal about them. Don't build a religion about them, don't force them on people, don't ignore the problems. Just be normal.

Ruby Central said some really concerning things today. I don’t think they’re representing the situation accurately. andre.arko.net/2025/10/09/t...

Yay!

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

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THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck. So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/

Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR)

Forever timeless

And so on…

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