mymarks
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How the Glorious Revolution crushed the NIMBYs
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-abolishing-the-stakeholder-state-caused-the-industrial-revolution/
Early modern Europe’s property rights held back growth not because they were too weak but because they were too strong and too rigid.
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Heat muddles animal brains - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/they-call-it-stupid-hot-for-a-reason-heat-muddles-animal-brains/
As temperatures rise, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn. This must explain Texas and Floridal.
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Graham Platner for Senate on X: "A message from my wife Amy: https://t.co/dbDqjssevp" / X
https://x.com/grahamformaine/status/2060870067189932409
Amy Gertner, Platner's wife, says to leave their private life alone.
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Israel is no longer ‘shooting and crying’
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/26/israel-is-no-longer-shooting-and-crying
Today, the pretence of crying while shooting has completely disappeared, replaced by the reality of Israelis being gleeful while shooting. A society that celebrates so gleefully the use of some of the most atrocious forms of violence known to humanity does not possess the capacity to reform from within. It is a society that is incapable of healing itself and becoming a normal member of the region. The only solution is to take away the rewards of its violence. Today, Israel continues to reap the rewards of its settler colonial conquest of Palestine, as well as parts of Syria and Lebanon. These rewards come in the form of increased weapons sales, growing economic relations with powerful regions such as the European Union, and continued political support for Israel across mainstream Western political, social and cultural institutions.
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AI and the Foushee/Allam race
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/05/23/ai-industry-super-pacs-are-intervening-midterm-congressional-races/
Nida Allam, a 32-year-old Democrat, was fighting a close North Carolina primary when a barrage of ads swept in. Over five days in February, the blitz across TV, radio and social media painted the incumbent, Rep. Valerie Foushee, as a liberal crusader. “She is leading the fight to hold ICE accountable,” one ad said of Foushee, who co-chairs a Democratic House commission on artificial intelligence.