Day: February 27, 2025, 1:26 AM

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Chill Music

People react oddly to how I consume music. One reason is because I have no set playlists. Every single playlist I make is unique and ephemeral. I never save them. I also don’t use Spotify, which seems de rigeur now in people’s minds. I also don’t listen to albums (generally hate them) and rarely listen to much that is beyond 10 years old.

A friend wanted me to share my playlists with her and was incredulous when I said I didn’t have any. But I do not.

This works for me but as with many areas of life, I recognize that I am puzzlingly unusual.

Chill Links

Art and music are not mere diversions or entertainments. They are profound expressions of human experience, written and interpreted in the language of emotion. They speak to truths that logic alone cannot fully capture or convey.

Trump’s Foreign Policy Has Completely Departed From Reality.

U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu.

Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience.

RFK Jr’s confirmation begins America’s Dark Ages.

Europe’s impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green transition?

What the new German government means for Ukraine.

Helium in the Earth’s core.

The ivory tower’s drift: how academia’s preference for theory over empiricism fuels scientific stagnation.

Last night Republicans voted to gut Medicaid and SNAP to give more tax breaks to the wealthy. This will be disastrous for the country and for many people. Evil.

The US is now the enemy of the west.

Germany can turbocharge Europe’s renewal – if it will only seize this moment. Doubtful, but shit — somebody should try.

Jeff Bezos is muzzling the Washington Post’s opinion section. That’s a death knell. Was already muzzled. Now just being murdered outright.

The findings reveal that 10- to 11-year-olds who engage heavily with social media, video games, texting, and videos show a greater risk of symptoms such as inflated self-esteem, decreased need for sleep, distractibility, rapid speech, racing thoughts, and impulsivity — behaviors characteristic of manic episodes.