@pluralistic Cory, absolutely loved Picks & Shovels. Looking forward to even more Martin Hench in the future.

Not relevant to P&S, but gives me strong vibes of both Eastern Standard Tribe and Walkaway universes: have you ever looked into _Meshtastic_ LoRa networking? (off-grid, low power, open source, mesh text comms)

Meshtastic looks like something that would appear on a Cory Doctorow Venn diagram…

@Moltz re: 3D printing software, I settled on FreeCAD … while modestly steep learning curve, the online tutorials are excellent (actually found it easier than Fusion360 to get my head around).

Although it does have a Win95/Linux aesthetic, I’m sick of being locked into proprietary software, file formats (see above for Fusion, which seems to be steadily restricting its free license) and even OS.

FreeCAD runs great on my Mac, but reassuring to know it’d be the same on Linux or Windows…

Make Cavities Great Again? 🦷🤦‍♂️

“Utah Could Become America's First State To Ban Fluoride In Public Water”

NB: recent Australian study found no sig difference in childhood IQ from fluoridated water. → https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00220345241299352

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/01/2316220/utah-could-become-americas-first-state-to-ban-fluoride-in-public-water

#idiocracy

Why do experts seem less certain than everyone else? (Why is there surging expertise rejection?)

In anaesthesia, embracing uncertainty means knowing what you don't know. We don't control - we adapt, modify, and respond to complex systems.

Exploring how true expertise means being comfortable with complexity and change, and why intellectual humility defines real experts:

➡️ https://www.metajournal.com/blog/115/experts-embrace-uncertainty

#expertise #uncertainty