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  • Woke Light

    Let’s hold on to that core belief that we’ve cracked the code and glimpsed some underlying pattern in this confusing world — but never at the expense of someone else’s different reading of the same mess.

  • What’s in a Name

    Scientific naming often wanders between aptonym and nonsense. Asymptotic freedom sits somewhere in between: oddly beautiful once you know what it means.

  • Backfeeding

    I rather like the odd word backfeeding. It restores a sense of movement and reciprocity to a term that had gone static.

  • Git Gud

    Warum einfach, wenn’s auch schön kompliziert geht?

  • False Ends and Grand Finales

    When Bob Hund walked on stage at Zinkensdamm , I knew in my bones it was the last time. I wish I were wrong, but I don’t think I am.

  • Bye Bye Birdie – I’ll Take It From Here

    After five years and 1790 days of Duolingo, I’m not quitting Japanese—but I am saying goodbye to the green owl.