{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Charles R. Twardy","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/ctwardy","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"38841","username":"ctwardy","bio":"Machine learning, philosophy of science, reasoning, judgment &amp; decision-making, forecasting.  Middle-aged dad. Once and future hiker. Learning handstands. ","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":49,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png"},"items":[{"id":"88045138","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnBrady\">@JohnBrady</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/tinyroofnail\">@tinyroofnail</a> Thank you for the reminder. McPhee is wonderful. If you like aviation The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed comes to mind.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/88045138","date_published":"2026-04-11T12:36:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-11 12:36","date_timestamp":1775910975,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87761976","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ctwardy\">@ctwardy</a> I remember fondly getting to William of Ockham and realizing that “angels dancing on heads of pins” was (related) serious grappling with limits and infinity before modern mathematics. Thanks to Professors Grant and Walbridge and Spade back in 1996.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/87761976","date_published":"2026-04-07T12:46:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 12:46","date_timestamp":1775565997,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87760423","content_html":"<p>I am slowly scanning old files and came across two page discussion of this medieval logic puzzle:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Socrates is whiter than Plato begins to be white.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I put the puzzle to Claude. Not bad.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/15308/2026/29e350d194.png\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2026/04/07/i-am-slowly-scanning-old.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T12:13:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. 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Therefore they never interfere with each other?</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway\">1</a> Speedway is just over 4km long and about 17m wide  for or 68K m^2.<br>\n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_500\">2</a> Typically 33 cars<br>\n<a href=\"https://motorsport.tech/motorsport/indycar/understanding-the-modern-indycar\">3</a> The cars are nearly 5m x 2m.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/86504481","date_published":"2026-03-19T02:22:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. 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Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 22:00","date_timestamp":1772056840,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85029642","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> I think it’s that AI is shovels. Not shovel merchants spending so much they employ the poor, but shovel <em>buyers</em> making faster-better-cheaper medicines and food with the new shovels.<br>\nOil or electricity may be a better analogy. And outline the limits.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/85029642","date_published":"2026-02-25T21:51:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 21:51","date_timestamp":1772056299,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84457660","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>Between this, the impossible numbers in the original laboratory study of cognitive dissonance, and a recent failure to replicate a basic dissonance effect, things aren’t looking great for [cognitive dissonance].¹ But that only makes me believe in it harder!</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>~<a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/experimentalhistory/p/i-swear-the-ufo-is-coming-any-minute?r=19i8kd&amp;utm_medium=ios\">Adam Mastroanni</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2026/02/17/between-this-the-impossible-numbers.html","date_published":"2026-02-17T18:37:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-17 18:37","date_timestamp":1771353430,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84149934","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/chadkoh\">@chadkoh</a> those are adorable</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/84149934","date_published":"2026-02-12T21:22:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-12 21:22","date_timestamp":1770931362,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84149842","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/sundogplanets@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@sundogplanets</a></span> awesome! Great photo too.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/84149842","date_published":"2026-02-12T21:20:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. 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Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-12 12:33","date_timestamp":1770899583,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84043444","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/wcaleb\">@wcaleb</a>  <a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> 🙂</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/84043444","date_published":"2026-02-11T13:38:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. 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Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-11 13:35","date_timestamp":1770816911,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83998332","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/wcaleb\">@wcaleb</a> Also <a href=\"https://tannerhodges.com/blog/borges-story-about-a-guy/\">Borges story about a guy</a></p>\n<p>I think I saw that on micro.blog but cannot find it here now.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/83998332","date_published":"2026-02-10T21:39:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-10 21:39","date_timestamp":1770759556,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83997602","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/wcaleb\">@wcaleb</a> hah!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/83997602","date_published":"2026-02-10T21:22:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-10 21:22","date_timestamp":1770758551,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83997517","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/sundogplanets@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@sundogplanets</a></span> Ah! Thanks for the correction. Clear now.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/83997517","date_published":"2026-02-10T21:20:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-10 21:20","date_timestamp":1770758458,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83932477","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/sundogplanets@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@sundogplanets</a></span></p>\n<p>Startling! Once satellites were rare and useful - of course more were better. And cube sats meant schools could join. Joy!   I never imagined we’d soon reach 4 days before needing avoidance maneuvers. So many moons in my telescope.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/83932477","date_published":"2026-02-09T22:26:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-09 22:26","date_timestamp":1770675988,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83170661","content_html":"<p>Concept by Terry Godier <a href=\"https://micro.blog/tg\">@tg</a> that I didn’t know I needed. HTT <a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a></p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/15308/2026/0fac22ec2e-m.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<p><a href=\"https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-obligation\">Link</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2026/01/29/concept-by-terry-godier-that.html","date_published":"2026-01-29T22:08:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-29 22:08","date_timestamp":1769724483,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83131230","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn\">@ReaderJohn</a> yes, thank you.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/83131230","date_published":"2026-01-29T12:46:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-29 12:46","date_timestamp":1769690762,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83017505","content_html":"<p>Love for…</p>\n<p>Part of a non-Tolkien thread on micro.blog; this post reminded me of the TeaWithTolkien community.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/calebgreene\">@calebgreene</a>\n<a href=\"http://teawithtolkien.bsky.social\">@teawithtolkien.bsky.social</a></p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/15308/2026/eb0a7a3cff-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"494\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2026/01/27/love-for-part-of-a.html","date_published":"2026-01-27T23:14:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-27 23:14","date_timestamp":1769555699,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82945497","content_html":"❝  \n\nThat Western civilisation as we know it owes a very great deal to those, Augustine not least, who generated a vision of work, prayer and belief that overcame the decay and collapse of the Roman Empire. \n\n\nPaul Monk, [Why the fall of Rome and a Nobel winner offer hope in a world in crisis](https://www.... <a href=\"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2026/01/26/that-western-civilisation-as-we.html\">ctwardy.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2026/01/26/that-western-civilisation-as-we.html","date_published":"2026-01-27T01:24:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-27 01:24","date_timestamp":1769477055,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82706782","content_html":"<p>Andrew Sullivan today.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/15308/2026/17dd152630.png\" width=\"425\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2026/01/23/andrew-sullivan-today.html","date_published":"2026-01-23T17:54:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-23 17:54","date_timestamp":1769190882,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81798990","content_html":"Paul Monk, writing about hope and peril for Venezuela in The Australian quotes Ellsberg:\n\n\"There are situations, Ellsberg observed, …“in which the US government, starting ignorant, did not, would not learn. There was a whole set of what amounted to institutional ‘anti-learning’ mechanisms working to preserve and guarantee unadaptive and unsuccessful behaviour: the fast turnover in personnel; the lack of institutional memory at any level; the failure to study history; to analyse or even record operational experience or mistakes; the effective pressures for optimistically false reporting at every level... <a href=\"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2026/01/10/paul-monk-writing-about-hope.html\">ctwardy.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2026/01/10/paul-monk-writing-about-hope.html","date_published":"2026-01-11T02:38:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-11 02:38","date_timestamp":1768099110,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81796078","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jean\">@jean</a> impressive</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/81796078","date_published":"2026-01-11T01:27:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-11 01:27","date_timestamp":1768094862,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81362880","content_html":"❝  \n\nThe problem with all of us being so much more a hive mind than we realize is that knowledge problems that ripple across our a information ecosystems can become not just threats to individuals with weak character or bad habits, but the equivalent of colony collapse.†\n\n\n~Erin Kissane [Landslide: a ghost... <a href=\"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2026/01/04/the-problem-with-all-of.html\">ctwardy.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2026/01/04/the-problem-with-all-of.html","date_published":"2026-01-05T02:21:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-05 02:21","date_timestamp":1767579715,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80903888","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781250238917/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>In the last year or two, listened to A.K. Larkwood’s fantasy trilogy: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781250238917\">The Unspoken Name</a>,  <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781529032826\">The Thousand Eyes</a>, and <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781250372390\">The Serpent Gates</a>. I enjoyed the characters and the world, the soft magic based on old flawed gods, and the complex relationships. Excellent narration.  📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/12/28/in-the-last-year-or.html","date_published":"2025-12-28T21:57:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-28 21:57","date_timestamp":1766959068,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80903138","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780008433949/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finally read (or listened to Andy Serkis read) <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780008433949\">The Silmarillion</a>[ by J.r.r. Tolkien 📚.  I can add little to all that has been written on it, but I recommend:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Paul Monk’s interview on LOTR { <a href=\"https://www.nickfabbri.com/bloom/paulmonkonthelordoftherings\">Fabbri</a> | <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/bloom/id1381295642\">Apple</a> | <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/1uBa4E5nUNp7hMa9gH6PlZ\">Spotify</a> }</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://www.teawithtolkien.com\">Tea with Tolkien</a> - Essays, books, guides, community</li>\n</ul>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/12/28/finally-read-or-listened-to.html","date_published":"2025-12-28T21:46:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-28 21:46","date_timestamp":1766958393,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80902657","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780062190413/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Early this year, read 2/3 of <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780062190413\">Seveneves</a> by Neal Stephenson 📚.\nI found the struggle to secure a future in the face of imminent catastrophe excellent science fiction and human drama. I skipped the speculative evolution, though a friend suggested I revisit it as Stephenson’s take on <em>Dune</em>. Maybe.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/12/28/early-this-year-read-of.html","date_published":"2025-12-28T21:39:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-28 21:39","date_timestamp":1766957963,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80902470","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780691192284/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Earlier this year, finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780691192284\">The Infidel and the Professor</a> by Dennis C. Rasmussen 📚as an audiobook. Recommended by a fellow History &amp; Philosophy of Science graduate. I had read Hume ages ago but focused on causation and Newton. This was most welcome context. Excellent.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/12/28/earlier-this-year-finished-reading.html","date_published":"2025-12-28T21:35:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-28 21:35","date_timestamp":1766957759,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80902377","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780760763131/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780760763131\">A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains</a> by Isabella Lucy Bird 📚\nA friend recommended this exceptional 19th-Century travelogue of a British lady traveling alone in the Rocky Mountains back in the log-cabin days. A compilation of letters home, Bird is an excellent writer and keen observer.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/12/28/finished-a-ladys-life-in.html","date_published":"2025-12-28T21:33:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-28 21:33","date_timestamp":1766957600,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80902221","content_html":"Finished reading: Entheóphage by Drema Deòraich 📚\n\nI bought it from the local (Virginia) author last year at Convivial. It’s now at 4.8 on Goodreads, with one review saying “Michael Crichton meets ecofiction in this scarily plausible medical thriller.” There is some Andromeda Strain but it didn’t quite lan... <a href=\"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/12/28/finished-reading-enthephage-by-drema.html\">ctwardy.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/12/28/finished-reading-enthephage-by-drema.html","date_published":"2025-12-28T21:28:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-28 21:28","date_timestamp":1766957284,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80492525","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> wow! Glorious.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/80492525","date_published":"2025-12-21T19:07:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-21 19:07","date_timestamp":1766344029,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"79687039","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>My oversight makes some sense—I was in academia at the time, where guaranteed suffering for uncertain gains is the name of the game. But I think a lot of us have Acceptable Suffering Ratios that are way out of whack. We believe ourselves to be in the myth of Sisyphus,…</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>~<a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/experimentalhistory/p/the-drug-that-taught-me-how-much?r=19i8kd&amp;utm_medium=ios\">Adam Mastroiani</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/12/09/my-oversight-makes-some-sensei.html","date_published":"2025-12-09T23:22:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-09 23:22","date_timestamp":1765322546,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79311631","content_html":"<p>Yglesias’ <em>Slow Boring</em>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>What’s gone up is not the cost of living relative to a single earner’s wages, but the opportunity cost of the second adult not working.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Interesting.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/12/04/yglesias-slow-boring-whats-gone.html","date_published":"2025-12-04T13:01:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-04 13:01","date_timestamp":1764853288,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79197027","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn\">@ReaderJohn</a> I’ve enjoyed that channel. Pointed us to Strong Towns.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ctwardy/79197027","date_published":"2025-12-02T22:02:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-02 22:02","date_timestamp":1764712937,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"75959305","content_html":"<p>A <a href=\"https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/\">reflection on Chesterton’s fence</a> from Farnam Street.</p>\n<p>The fence:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.”</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/10/16/a-reflection-on-chestertons-fence.html","date_published":"2025-10-17T00:06:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-17 00:06","date_timestamp":1760659601,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"71340254","content_html":"<p>this comment by Colin Corbett seems a good explanation.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/15308/2025/42e480d48c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/08/15/this-comment-by-colin-corbett.html","date_published":"2025-08-15T22:42:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-15 22:42","date_timestamp":1755297763,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"71339597","content_html":"<p>Huh. Didn’t expect that.\nHTT Ted Sanders.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/15308/2025/aa1ef11cfb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"504\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/08/15/huh-didnt-expect-that-htt.html","date_published":"2025-08-15T22:36:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-15 22:36","date_timestamp":1755297399,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"67904976","content_html":"<p>I’ve been writing Python for 25 years. 🐍</p>\n<p>So why do I still forget that <code>.split()</code> <em>follows</em> the string while <code>.join()</code> precedes it?</p>\n<p><code>','.split('8,9')</code> is <em>not</em> what I want.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/06/30/ive-been-writing-python-for.html","date_published":"2025-06-30T15:53:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-30 15:53","date_timestamp":1751298790,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66925305","content_html":"<p>Note: read this paper: stronger LLMs exhibit more cognitive bias. If robust, that would be a very promising result., as I noted in my comment to  Kris Wheaton <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kwheaton_as-llms-are-increasingly-able-to-match-or-activity-7340385505076801537-OXWE\">here</a>.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.licdn.com%2Fdms%2Fimage%2Fv2%2FD4E22AQFjUc0oC3mcqg%2Ffeedshare-shrink_800%2FB4EZd5Jt8DHcAg-%2F0%2F1750084280596%3Fe%3D1752710400%26v%3Dbeta%26t%3DfP1tEUWVNI08mIApk7OtwxLAqb9jFdt_GNg-tvAa-GM\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/06/16/note-read-this-paper-stronger.html","date_published":"2025-06-16T21:34:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-16 21:34","date_timestamp":1750109681,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"65320004","content_html":"<p>So much Mountain Laurel!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/15308/2025/499e61a932-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/05/26/so-much-mountain-laurel.html","date_published":"2025-05-26T18:45:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-26 18:45","date_timestamp":1748285105,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"65319954","content_html":"<p>On <del>Weather</del> Chimney Top, in WV.\nA wonderfully hard (for me) and rewarding hike.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/15308/2025/6b46abd35d-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/15308/2025/2da96a845e-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ctwardy.micro.blog/2025/05/26/on-weather-chimney-top-in.html","date_published":"2025-05-26T18:44:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Charles R. Twardy","url":"http://ctwardy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F93cff25606a0d91a900e665e18c46f88%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ctwardy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-26 18:44","date_timestamp":1748285062,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}