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• Charm

  

  Preamble: With royalty commanding so much media attention in the last few days, I thought I'd write my Saturday blog about Henry VIII, considered back in Tudor... Read more

  The 21 february 2026 by   Ashleylister
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• Listeners Systematically Integrate Hierarchical Tonal Context of Music

  Cassano-Coleman, R. Y., Izen, S. C., Piazza, E. A. (2025). Listeners Systematically Integrate Hierarchical Tonal Context, Regardless of Musical Training.... Read more

  The 21 february 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• The Molecular Structure of Thought

  Bytedance just dropped a paper that might change how AI thinks.Literally.They figured out why LLMs fail at long reasoning — and framed it as chemistry.The... Read more

  The 21 february 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Hag Stone Charms

  

  According to the dictionary, charm can mean a quality that makes you like or feel attracted to someone or something. For instance, “she was a woman of great... Read more

  The 20 february 2026 by   Ashleylister
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• Entry-level Jobs at Big Tech Are Disappearing

  Big Tech just quietly repriced the value of a college degree to near zero.The Magnificent Seven (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Tesla) went... Read more

  The 20 february 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• The Reluctant Widow (1946) by Georgette Heyer

  

  Book review (Warning – contains spoilers!) by Val H: The Reluctant Widow is hugely enjoyable: well constructed, pacey and funny. Read more

  The 20 february 2026 by   Erica
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• Buddhism Versus Humanism: What is Life About?

  

  Yuval Noah Harari’s 2015 book Sapiens is a history of civilization, with attitude. Trying to elucidate what’s up with us.One topic is religion, which he deems... Read more

  The 20 february 2026 by   Fsrcoin
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• Friday Fotos: A (strange) Variety

  

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  The 20 february 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Y2K (2024) Movie Review

  

  Y2K – Movie Review First Reaction – Y2K struggles to give us enough horror, comedy or overall feeling of being in the year 2000. Read more

  The 20 february 2026 by   Newguy
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• Using AI to Improve Our Institutional Infrastructure

  Three things that legal and policy wonks should be exploring are how to use AI to improve state capacity, fix liberal democracy, and bust regulatory/legal bloat. Read more

  The 19 february 2026 by   Bbenzon
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