Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Antifragile
"Authors, artists, and even philosophers are much better off having a vey small number of fanatics behind them than a large number of people who appreciate their work. The number of people who dislike the work don't count - there is no such thing as the opposite of not buying your book, or the equivalent of losing points in a soccer game, and this absence of negative domain for book sales provides the author with a measure of optionality."
This sounds a lot like Kevin Kelly's One Thousand True Fans. Not inferring one copying the other only that when multiple people tell you something is true - follow their advice!
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
KC beat Denver 31-10 last night on MNF and Kenneth Walker III ran for 173 yards and a TD. He's going to be a big difference maker for the Chiefs this year. Meanwhile fans in Seattle say "Why can't we get a RB like that?"
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Quotes for Today
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Monday, September 14, 2026
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Which US states have the most tress per population? Was surprised by New Mexico.
- Cool.
- Kevin Kelly: Robot Basketball. Not sure if I'd watch robot basketball but robot football as the Jetsons prophesied that's completely different.
- The Brennan case keeps growing. Good - put him in jail!
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Admit I confuse Jim and John Harbaugh but wasn't the one who coaches the Chargers supposed to have won and the one who coaches the Giants supposed to have lost yesterday? Not the other way around?
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Quotes for Today
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Sunday, September 13, 2026
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Jonathan Turley: The dangerous evolution of Gavin Newsom.
- Yep, the singularity has begun. The future is already here, it's just not equally distributed.
- Jalen Hurts - the NFL's most cryptic QB.
- Restraint has no price. The problem of using other people's work - but whatever happened to sanding on the shoulder of giants?
College Football Thoughts
Was having these thoughts anyway and figured may as well jot them down and put up on Substack.
Antifragile
"With personal risk, you can easily barbell yourself by removing the chances of ruin in any area. I am personally completely paranoid about certain risks, then really aggressive with others. The rules are: no smoking, no sugar (particularly fructose), no motorcycles, no bicycles in town or more generally outside a traffic free area such as the Sahara desert, no mixing with the Eastern European mafia, and no getting on a plane not flown by a professional pilot (unless there is a co-pilot). Outside of these I can take all manner of professional and personal risks, particularly those in which there is no risk of terminal injury...
So take for now that a barbell strategy with respect to randomness results in achieving antifragility thanks to the mitigation of fragility, the clipping of downside risks of harm - reduced pain from adverse events, while keeping the benefits of potential gains."
You'll have to read the book to understand the barbell strategy. Not bad life advice.
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Somewhere there's someone who developed an AI agent to pick football games to bet on but after huge favorites Oregon and Oklahoma lost yesterday - they are rethinking using the agent for today's NFL action. You know this is true.
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Quotes for Today
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Saturday, September 12, 2026
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- A Chinese national working as a CBP supervisor was caught tampering with the computer network. Put him into Guantanamo! Fire anyone who had a hand in hiring him.
- Jordan Peterson on Charlie Kirk.
- What's really important of Apple's new technology. The dawn of personal AI.
- Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear dog collars.
Why Does E=MC2?
Very cool but the people on board that ship would still have aged the equivalent of 3 millions years wouldn't they?
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Today's college football action is highlighted by the Ohio State vs Texas matchup tonight. But don't sleep on either the Alabama vs Kentucky or Oklahoma vs Michigan games. Both could be filled with action and drama. College football - it just means more.
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Quotes for Today
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Friday, September 11, 2026
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- 9/11 a quarter of a century on.
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali: What Mohammad Atta was trying to tell us. When someone tells you who they are - believe them!
September 11th Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Today is the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Every year we get further from that fateful day we seem to get less angry, sad, and vengeful. Maybe that's a good thing that we look forward and not stay stuck in time. But at the same time I mourn our forgetfulness and fear what the 26th anniversary and beyond may bring.
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Quotes for Today
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Thursday, September 10, 2026
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- VDH: The Democratic Chicken - or the Socialist Egg? He's not wrong.
- Matt Ridley: The forecaster's paradox.
- Barry Melrose - a remembrance. Worth a watch.
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
It was the best of halfs - it was the worst of halfs. In the first half last night Seattle had lots of penalties and the Pats played mistake free. In the second half - Drake Maye threw three interceptions and the Seahawks came back to win the game 13-10.
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Quotes for Today
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