This week’s Saturday Contemplation invites you to notice what often goes unseen — the quiet moments that make up a life. From the hum of a familiar room to the light shifting across a wall, we explore how impermanence turns the ordinary into something sacred. Gratitude, after all, begins with paying attention. In honor of the two-year anniversary of When We Die Talks, all Saturday Contemplations from October are available to everyone — a small thank-you for being part of this project and for ...

The provided text is an excerpt from a 2025 Medium article by Greg Twemlow titled "When the Gods Went Missing," which argues that modern civilisation is unsustainable because it has lost the practice of "counsel." Twemlow defines counsel as the ethical exchange between wisdom and power that ensures decisions are guided by conscience, not merely profit or procedure. The author uses the 2018–2019 Menindee fish kill in Australia as a central parable, illustrating how "gross negligence" and

In August we launched a redesign of the EA Funds website. The main goal was to improve overall perception and make the site feel modern, trustworthy, and more consistent with the effectivealtruism.org brand. We also wanted to aim the site more towards donors, increase transparency around grantmaking and evaluation, and improve overall usability.View the EA Funds website We've been making incremental improvements since launch and will continue to do so. The update includes: Improved messaging and

This article at Our World in Data arguing in favour of "cage free" hens includes this graph from the Welfare Footprint Project (which spoke at EAG 2023) which has a nice breakdown which concludes that cage free aviaries are the most humane option of three types of hen housing studied. However, according to this analysis, hens in furnished cages have the lowest prevalence of excruciating conditions- not cage free. Moreover I am not convinced the tables for disabling and excruciating conditions

Sommerferien! Zeit, um durchzuatmen, die Seele baumeln zu lassen und neue Energie zu tanken. Gemeinsam mit einem Erholungsforscher und einem Theologen schauen wir uns an, was es zur Erholung braucht und welche Impulse die Bibel uns dazu liefert.

Ceci est une traduction du livre de Terry Bourricius “ Le problème avec les élections : Pourquoi tout ce que nous savons à propos de la démocratie est faux”. La traduction a été faite avec l’accord de Terry Bourricius mais ce dernier n’a ni lu, ni validé cette traduction.Ce podcast a été crée par Décider Autrement, mouvement qui vise à penser différemment la démocratie et à remettre en question notre système de décisions collectives.Musique: Dolling de Cybersdf. Source:

I've created a highly specific and actionable privacy guide, sorted by importance and venturing several layers deep into the privacy iceberg. I start with the basics (password manager) but also cover the obscure (dodging the millions of Bluetooth tracking beacons which extend from stores to traffic lights; anti-stingray settings; flashing GrapheneOS on a Pixel). I feel strongly motivated by current events, but the guide also contains a large amount of timeless technical content. Here's a

Key regulators have agreed to let the company kill its profit caps and restructure as a for-profit — with some strings attached This is the full text of a post first published on Obsolete, a Substack that I write about the intersection of capitalism, geopolitics, and artificial intelligence. I’m a freelance journalist and the author of a forthcoming book called Obsolete: Power, Profit, and the Race to Build Machine Superintelligence. Consider subscribing to stay up to date with my work. This

Click here to reply to @SeekingPlumb "But deciding like to measure people, this is like getting to exactly the psychology of what's harmful when it comes to like there is an element of clinical narcissism that's genetic. And it's a matter of like, when those things are switched on, switched off. But part of it is also how the child is parented."

The Chinese and Americans are currently negotiating a trade deal. There are plenty of ways to generate a win-win deal, and early signs of this are promising on many fronts. Since this will be discussed for real tomorrow as per reports, I will offer my thoughts on this one more time. The biggest mistake America could make would be to effectively give up Taiwan, which would be catastrophic on many levels including that Taiwan contains TSMC. I am assuming we are not so foolish as to seriously

🌟Episode SummaryHello, my beautiful, luminous souls, and welcome back! 👋✨Have you ever found yourself in that familiar loop of manifestation—trying to “raise your vibration,” do all the things, and yet constantly asking the Universe, “...but when?”I was in that exact place about a year ago now, searching for a “magic formula” and was convinced that I could rush the process if I just tried hard enough.But recently, my Soul Support Squad delivered a message that was so profound, it shifted my entire

Join the Angry Dad as he dives into the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people. In this episode, he discusses how real friends support you and why it's critical to distance yourself from those who bring negativity into your life. Discover how changing your circle of influence can lead to personal and professional growth. Plus, hear about the benefits of Everyday Fit Life and Max Performance Peptides with discounts available for listeners. Tune in for this motivational talk, packed

Der Astronom Johannes Kepler Galileo und die Unmoral der empirischen MethodeVon Rosemarie und Ralf SchauerhammerDie sogenannte empirische Methode, der die moderne Naturwissenschaft angeblich so viel, ja nach Meinung vieler sogar ihre Existenz verdankt, ist nicht nur inkompetent, sie ist auch Ausdruck einer unmoralischen Geisteshaltung. Wer Keplers Aussagen zum sechseckigen Schnee verstanden hat, der muss sich zum Beispiel über die dummdreiste Art wundern, mit der Isaac Newton behaupten konnte,

I've been curious about how good LeelaPieceOdds is, so I downloaded a bunch of data and graphed it. For context, Leela is a chess bot and this version of it has been trained to play with a handicap.This is BBNN odds, meaning Leela starts without bishops and knights. I first heard about LeelaQueenOdds from simplegeometry's comment, and I've been playing against it occasionally since then. LeelaPieceOdds is the version with more varied handicap options, which is more interesting to me because

Substack version here: https://andreinfante.substack.com/p/when-will-ai-transform-the-economy A caricature of a common Twitter argument: ”Hey it seems like language models can do a lot of humanlike cognitive tasks, look at this impressive example! That seems like something that would transform the economy.” “Well, smart guy, these things have been out for a couple of years now. Why isn’t the economy transformed yet?” This does strike me as a little bit mysterious. The models can do impressive

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Are UFOs defying the laws of physics, or is there a hidden science we’ve yet to understand? In this episode of The Parallax Effect, we explore the mysterious craft reported by pilots and witnesses, delve into the claims of Bob Lazar, NASA, and Dr. Steven M. Greer, and examine the whispers of technology hidden in secret programs. Join us as we question reality, explore the unknown, and let the stories speak for themselves. The truth may be closer than you think.

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