Sagan on sceptics. While true, the paragraph would have to be rewritten for the 2020s: being a sceptic has become ambiguous (enter vaccine and mask scepticism), in addition to superstition and pseudoscience there is just plain bad science (HCQ, surgisphere)… you get the idea 📚
Edward Teller is a prime example that you can be a world-class physicist and also as dumb as a rock. Sagan, on the other hand, was well aware of the turkey problem 📚
Sagan on the perceived benefits of not pursuing truth. He would’ve gotten into so much trouble two years ago 📚
A brief experiment with Drummer reminded me how fun it was to write short, untitled, tweet-like posts throughout the day without having to be exposed to social networks. Drummer itself was too high-maintenance for the 2020s me, but Micro.blog is a (paid) service whose focus is — and the name does give it away — short, untitled, tweet-like posts with a light layer of social networking.
Which is to say, my old domain is now resurrected as a micro blog with a snazy Edward Tufte-inspired design. The RSS you get there should include updates from this blog, so subscribe to either but not both.
Back to microblogging. Making blogs fun again!
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice (…) in practice there is.
On Twitter, there is no difference between Twitter and the real world; in the real world there is.
Sagan on science and anti-science. This kind of language could get you into trouble nowadays. 📚
American NIMBYism runs deep
On the other hand, this view from Mt Vernon is worth preserving
The Top articles feature of Twitter Blue is well worth the price! Now if only there was a Twitter Blue+ that removed promoted tweets (or a way to get Top articles into 3rd party clients)…