Author: robert.adlington

Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon’s Novel “Gravity’s Rainbow” : Smith, Zak: Amazon.co.uk: Books — Read on www.amazon.co.uk/Pictures-Showing-Happens-Pynchons-Gravitys/dp/097731278X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_so_ABIS_BOOK

A few unfortunate psychological biases hold us back from creating these conversational doorknobs and from grabbing them when we see them. We think people want to hear about exciting stuff we did without them (“I went to Budapest!”) when they actually are happier talking about mundane stuff we did together (“Remember when we got stuck…

People with Gilbert syndrome inherit a mutation in one of their liver enzymes responsible for producing conjugated bilirubin. If less of this enzyme is available, the liver cannot always keep up clearing bilirubin from the body. Official statistics report that up to 7% of the population develop this condition, with males being more affected than…

The 25 Most Iconic Book Covers in History ‹ Literary Hub — Read on lithub.com/the-25-most-iconic-book-covers-in-history/

From the Ministry of Silly Walks to the Lumberjack Song, here are 10 of the reasons the Monty Python team became TV comedy legends. — Read on www.bfi.org.uk/lists/monty-python-10-funniest-sketches

The Elizabeth Line has been transformative for places like Romford, a suburb of eastern London. Romford used to get direct trains to only Liverpool Street: it now has them to most of central London, Heathrow Airport, and the western suburbs. The trains also run twice as frequently as they used to. The rest of the…

An LLM agent runs tools in a loop to achieve a goal — Read on simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/18/agents/

The “debate me bro” playbook is simple and effective: demand that serious people engage with your conspiracy theories or extremist talking points. If they decline, cry “censorship!” and claim they’re “afraid of the truth.” If they accept, turn the interaction into a performance designed to generate viral clips and false legitimacy. It’s a heads-I-win-tails-you-lose proposition…

It’s not just that we are being destroyed, it’s that we are being destroyed for incredibly stupid reasons. There lies the ultimate triumph of the dumbasses! Stalin. Hitler. Mussolini. Trump. All sort of buffoonish men, genuinely disturbed and disturbing men whose own lack of human empathy was capitalized upon by surrounding hordes of enablers, grifters,…

Org charts have traditionally had to be pyramids because translation was expensive. Thick middle layers of managers, coordinators, and analysts existed to carry that cost. When translation becomes cheap, the middle collapses into AI infrastructure. — Read on aparnacd.substack.com/p/most-work-is-translation