Randy Clayton

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Retired (self-unemployed), somewhat less than mediocre software engineer, slow driver. Interests include reading, machine learning, personal finance.
God, fucking finally something fresh. Go delight your ears with some freaking weird Quebec math rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi-9wS1so&pp=0gcJCcMKAYcqIYzv
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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@counternotions colonoscopy prep
@kottke current issue of Nature has an article which posits “Airplane for the Mind”
“Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments.” https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516079-paediatricians-blood-used-to-make-new-treatments-for-rsv-and-colds/
Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds

Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments

New Scientist
History is making fun of us
@marick four of the ten worst are in my lifetime. Two in just the last 20 years or so.
An armed man issues a directive to an unarmed woman which she does not follow and he kills her instantly with a head shot. People are apologizing for the armed man and saying that the woman didn't follow his directive, therefore, she deserved to die. Does anyone not see a long standing pattern here? Just take a minute and think about it. 😢 #Femicide
“We have, in Western society, managed to simultaneously botch the dreams of democracy, capitalism, social coherence, and techno-utopianism, all at once. It's embarrassing actually. I am embarrassed. You should be embarrassed.” @apenwarr.ca https://apenwarr.ca/log/20211201
100 years of whatever this will be

What if all these weird tech trends actually add up to something? Last time, we explored why various bits of trendy technology are, in my o...

It’s Time to Accept That the US Supreme Court Is Illegitimate and Must Be Replaced. “…so that Americans don’t have to suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule that makes a parody of the democracy they were promised.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/19/us-supreme-court-legitimacy
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced

We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule

The Guardian
An investigation of his personal journals revealed that celebrated neurologist Oliver Sacks fabricated some of his most well-known work. Sacks himself referred to his “lies” and “falsification” in journal entries. https://kottke.org/25/12/the-lies-and-falsifications-of-oliver-sacks
The Lies and Falsifications of Oliver Sacks

In a recent bombshell piece for the New Yorker (archive), Rachel Aviv explored the personal journals of the celebrated neurologist

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