As #DougMuir writes on #CrookedTimber, this is pretty kooky! Fungi - the coolest of the kingdoms! - can't photosynthesize. The idea that you can just add the photosynthesis gene to a thing that can't photosynthesize and have it just kind of *work* is wild!

https://crookedtimber.org/2024/01/19/occasional-paper-purple-sun-yeast/

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Writing about the study on #CrookedTimber, Farrell notes that as the world fills up with "garbage and noise" (he invokes Philip K Dick's delighted coinage #gubbish), "approximately correct knowledge becomes the scarce and valuable resource."

https://crookedtimber.org/2023/07/25/51610/

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Getting to speak to both the law school and the computer science school within a space of months is *hugely* gratifying, a real vindication of my theory that the virtues of my breadth make up for the shortcomings in my depth.

I'm getting a similar thrill from the domain experts who've been reviewing *Red Team Blues*. This week, @mariafarrell posted her #CrookedTimber review, "When crypto meant cryptography":

https://crookedtimber.org/2023/05/11/when-crypto-meant-cryptography/

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Also, Paul opens his review with "I can’t possibly say enough good things about Cory Doctorow’s new novel." I mean, who can complain about *that*?

I was also very gratified by @henryfarrell's *#CrookedTimber* review, which says some very nice things about the way I work in technical detail, and suggests that this technique is one that all kinds of technical experts, policy wonks and scientists could learn from:

https://crookedtimber.org/2023/04/27/red-team-blues-and-the-as-you-know-bob-problem/

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