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Nolan’s new film appropriates the names of characters but is neither Homer nor his Odyssey

A lot of noise just to try and leverage the Homer brand, to jump onto a woke train (if there is one) and to capture viewers. But really of very little value in its own right. It has nothing really to do with Homer or to The Odyssey.

Will Stegra go the way of Northvolt?

I am not very convinced that Stegra has any real business concept beyond milking EU subsidies and regulations as far as that can go. This is a conversation with Gemini.

The Constraints of Freedom: A metaphysical meandering

There is no freedom which does not structurally include its own constraints, its own prison. Biology enables the freedom to live and then imprisons the living to physical and biochemical constraints. A human is free to be a human but is then imprisoned within human capability. My senses enable me to observe the world but only within what my senses can detect. Cognition enables all our…

Musk’s SpaceX compared to Bezos’ Blue Origin

Blue Origin and SpaceX are the two primary leaders of the private space industry, but they differ significantly in their operational philosophy, development speed, and current capabilities. As of April 2026, here is a comparison of the two companies.

Will I be able to buy a “car which drives me” when I am 80?

If I were buying a car today I think the only available choice would be a Tesla (probably 80/20 in favour of a Model Y over a Cybertruck). In 2 years though it could be a choice between a Mercedes and a Tesla (20/80 ?).

International myth

Excellent image. Captures what I think about the sanctimony and lies around the false concept of international law.

Justified Coercion: The Purpose of Law and Legal Systems / 4

The purpose of the legal system is to manage the inevitable conflict between individual desire and social necessity, using just enough force to keep the peace and just enough "sanctimony" to make that force palatable.

The New York Times is a terrible rag but worth 2€/month

I still have my 2€/month subscription for the NYT and if they try to increase it I will end the subscription. (They have tried many times but so far have always reverted to offering me the 2€/month when I have cancelled in response). It is worth about 2€/month. But no more.

Rubio speech at Munich Security Conference Feb 2026

Secretary Rubio Delivers Remarks to the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany

The now withdrawn EPA endangerment finding was politics not science

On February 12, 2026, the EPA under the Trump administration finalized a rule to withdraw the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding. A doubling of atmospheric CO2 levels from around 400 ppm to 1000 ppm, with oxygen content remaining unchanged, would have minimal direct health impacts.