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A meta-thread of some of my favourite Twitter threads! — Michael Nielsen (@michael_nielsen) November 12, 2018 Hat tip: The Amazing Tyler Cowen.

Although most North Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving today, we must never forget that on this day 55 years ago (22 Nov. 1963) President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. What if the presidential motorcade had continued down Main … Continue reading →

During a brief visit to my alma mater UCSB earlier this week (go Gauchos!), my wife Sydjia photographed this bike-path tunnel, which connects the main campus with the seaside college town of Isla Vista. In place of ordinary fluorescent tubes, … Continue reading →

Imagine interstellar trade occurring at the speed of light (or close to light-speed) across galaxies, such as the various constellations pictured below. The economist Paul Krugman imagines just such a science-fiction scenario in a beautiful paper titled “[A] theory of … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year again!, the season when art critics, bloggers, and other assorted public intellectuals and pundits reveal their subjective listings of the best books, best music recordings, best movies, etc. of the year. In place of (or … Continue reading →

What is “street art”? When people talk about street art they are usually referring to large-scale murals painted on walls, but earlier this week, we literally stumbled upon the micro-artwork pictured below, which was painted on a sidewalk on N.W. … Continue reading →