# lambert (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover lambert. Page: Feed: --- ## [Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-21](https://thejackpot.blog/node/TodaysWaterCooler20260821) _2026-08-21 · lambert · (untitled)_ Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-21 Topic(s) Water Cooler lambert Fri, 21 Aug 2026 - 12:12 Don’t Miss These (1) “How AI Destroys Institutions” • The expected ROI. (2) “Post-Primary Recap: The Fall of the Resistance and the Rise of the DSA” • Extraordinary. (3) “The Art of the Self-Deal” • When you’ve lost Nooners… (4) “The actual epistemic crisis” • When everything is slop… Birdsong of the Day Moar… ## [Why working‑class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world](https://thejackpot.blog/node/Whyworking%E2%80%91classpeopleaccountforaround1oflawmakersintheUS%E2%80%93andonly2intheaveragedemocracyaroundtheworld) _2026-08-21 · lambert · (untitled)_ Why working‑class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world Topic(s) Politics Class Cross-Post lambert Fri, 21 Aug 2026 - 12:00 “Why working‑class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world” \[Noam Lupu and Nicholas Carnes, The Conversation (CC BY-ND 4.0)\]. Both major… ## [Words of the Day, 2026-08-21](https://thejackpot.blog/node/WordsoftheDay20260821) _2026-08-21 · lambert · (untitled)_ Words of the Day, 2026-08-21 Topic(s) Words of the Day lambert Fri, 21 Aug 2026 - 10:00 On this day (1831): Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery. \* \* \* Secret . From my OED app: “/ˈsiːkrɪt / ▸ adjective not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others: how did you guess I’d got a secret plan? the relationship was kept secret from the world for five years . ▪… ## [Friday Cat Blogging, 2026-08-21](https://thejackpot.blog/node/FridayCatBlogging20260821) _2026-08-21 · lambert · (untitled)_ Friday Cat Blogging, 2026-08-21 Topic(s) Friday Cat Blogging lambert Fri, 21 Aug 2026 - 07:00 “DOGE’s Screwworm Legacy May Be Tons Of Euthanized Cats And Dogs” \[ TechDirt \]. If you somehow haven’t heard of this, screwworms are actually a fly that lays its eggs by burrowing into the flesh of other animals. Those animals are mostly cattle, sometimes household pets, and even occasionally humans. It’s… ## [Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-20](https://thejackpot.blog/node/TodaysWaterCooler20260820) _2026-08-20 · lambert · (untitled)_ Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-20 Topic(s) Water Cooler lambert Thu, 20 Aug 2026 - 14:00 Don’t Miss These (1) “What Are Bond Markets Telling Us? ” • Not to worry. (2) “The DSA sweet spot: highly educated, downwardly mobile. ” • Pre-1789? (3) “Sailor Charged With Murdering Shipmate Aboard Carrier USS John F. Kennedy. ” • High-T? (4) “Inside Big Tech’s Frantic Race to Quell the Growing Backlash to… ## [Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’](https://thejackpot.blog/node/QATechBillionaires%E2%80%99AISpaceEmpireFantasiesAre%E2%80%98AnInsidiousFormofClimateDenial%E2%80%99) _2026-08-20 · lambert · (untitled)_ Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’ Topic(s) Politics Tech Climate Cross-Post lambert Thu, 20 Aug 2026 - 12:00 “Crime makes you stupid.” —Detective Frank Pembleton, “Homicide: Life on the Street.” Lambert here: This article is from February 2026, but useful in showing how crazed and delusional our billions-addled tween-boy-fantastist Silicon… ## [Words of the Day, 2026-08-20](https://thejackpot.blog/node/WordsoftheDay20260820) _2026-08-20 · lambert · (untitled)_ Words of the Day, 2026-08-20 Topic(s) Words of the Day lambert Thu, 20 Aug 2026 - 10:00 On this day (1908): America’s Great White Fleet arrives in Sydney, Australia, greeted with a tremendous welcome; 221 American sailors desert to stay in Australia. \* \* \* Outage . From my OED app: “/ˈaʊtɪdʒ / ▸ noun a period when a power supply or other service is not available or when equipment is closed down:… ## [Why does singing feel so good? And is it good for your health?](https://thejackpot.blog/node/WhydoessingingfeelsogoodAndisitgoodforyourhealth) _2026-08-20 · lambert · (untitled)_ Why does singing feel so good? And is it good for your health? Topic(s) The Arts Serendipity Cross-Post lambert Thu, 20 Aug 2026 - 07:00 Lambert here: Maybe I should start singing in the morning, along with the birds. It seems almost embarassing, but why not? On another note, this is a travel day for me, so I may not be able to put up an original post, though I will try! \* \* \* “Why does singing… ## [Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-20](https://thejackpot.blog/node/GoodnightMoon20260820) _2026-08-20 · lambert · (untitled)_ Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-20 Topic(s) Goodnight Moon lambert Thu, 20 Aug 2026 - 01:00 “NASA shares first images of SpaceX moon crash site” \[ Popular Science \]: The culprit was a wayward \[SpaceX\] Falcon 9 rocket upper stage, which typically disintegrates upon a guided atmospheric reentry. In January 2025, ferrying two lunar landers during the Firefly Blue Ghost 1 mission drained almost all of one… ## [Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-19](https://thejackpot.blog/node/TodaysWaterCooler20260819) _2026-08-19 · lambert · (untitled)_ Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-19 Topic(s) Water Cooler lambert Wed, 19 Aug 2026 - 14:00 Don’t Miss These (1) “THE BACKDOOR OPTION THAT COULD KEEP THE GOP IN CONTROL OF CONGRESS. ” • Yikes! (2) Democratic socialist notches surprise win in Florida Senate primary: 5 takeaways. ” • Nixon’s the one! (3) “The Trolley Trick: Marginalizing Morality in Elite Education. ” • Thanks, Harvard. (4) Reader… ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Q32hKaL3VaP2) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [Big Tech and the rise of intellectual monopolies](https://thejackpot.blog/node/BigTechandtheriseofintellectualmonopolies) _2026-08-19 · lambert · (untitled)_ Big Tech and the rise of intellectual monopolies Topic(s) Politics Tech Class Cross-Post lambert Wed, 19 Aug 2026 - 12:00 “Big Tech and the rise of intellectual monopolies” \[Tim Christiaens , London School of Economics (CC BY 4.0\]. In The Rulers , Cecilia Rikap argues that Big Tech has moved beyond classic bureaucratic monopoly capitalism. Today’s tech giants rule through networked capitalism and… ## [Words of the Day, 2026-08-19](https://thejackpot.blog/node/WordsoftheDay20260819) _2026-08-19 · lambert · (untitled)_ Words of the Day, 2026-08-19 Topic(s) Words of the Day lambert Wed, 19 Aug 2026 - 10:00 Dad Joke of the Day: As I get older, I remember all the people I lost along the way --\> On this day (43 BC): Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him consul. \* \* \* Journey . From my OED app: “/ˈdʒəːni / ▸ noun (plural journeys) an act of travelling from one place to another: an… ## [Frank Herbert's "Destination: Void" and Artificial General Intelligence](https://thejackpot.blog/node/FrankHerbertsDestinationVoidandArtificialGeneralIntelligence) _2026-08-19 · lambert · (untitled)_ Frank Herbert's "Destination: Void" and Artificial General Intelligence Topic(s) Tech lambert Wed, 19 Aug 2026 - 07:15 Frank Herbert’s little-known Destination: Void (1966) is not part of the Dune canon, but has perhaps even greater relevance to the predicaments of our time. I won’t summarize the plot ( Wikipedia is good ), but (simplifying) the premise is that four scientists have been sent out… ## [Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-19](https://thejackpot.blog/node/GoodnightMoon20260819) _2026-08-19 · lambert · (untitled)_ Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-19 Topic(s) Goodnight Moon lambert Wed, 19 Aug 2026 - 04:01 René Magritte, Souvenir de voyage (c.1962-63). There seem to be several painting with this title (why), but this one has an image of the moon, so… \* \* \* Would it be churlish of me to hope that all the tween boy billionaires lusting to colonize space end up with forbidden fruit, but inedible and made of stone? Add… ## [Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-18](https://thejackpot.blog/node/TodaysWaterCooler20260818) _2026-08-18 · lambert · (untitled)_ Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-18 Topic(s) Water Cooler lambert Tue, 18 Aug 2026 - 14:00 Don’t Miss These (1) “Why does everyone hate data centers?. ” • Because they hate big corporations. Who knew? (2) “Robot book club. ” • Axios Editor hates actually reading books. (3) “We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility. ” • Of course Amazon destroyed the rare books.… ## [Who were the Luddites? Their legacy ripples through politics, cultural commentary and literature](https://thejackpot.blog/node/WhoweretheLudditesTheirlegacyripplesthroughpoliticsculturalcommentaryandliterature) _2026-08-18 · lambert · (untitled)_ Who were the Luddites? Their legacy ripples through politics, cultural commentary and literature Topic(s) Politics Class lambert Tue, 18 Aug 2026 - 12:00 Lambert here: Who were the Luddites? Not the ones who wrote the history. \* \* \* “Who were the Luddites? Their legacy ripples through politics, cultural commentary and literature” \[Brian Lewis, The Conversation (CC BY-ND 4.0)\]. American filmmaker… ## [Words of the Day, 2026-08-18](https://thejackpot.blog/node/WordsoftheDay20260818) _2026-08-18 · lambert · (untitled)_ Words of the Day, 2026-08-18 Topic(s) Words of the Day lambert Tue, 18 Aug 2026 - 10:00 On this day (293 BC): The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded, initiating the institution of Vinalia Rustica (grape harvest festival). \* \* \* Bank . From my OED app: “bank /baŋk / ▸ noun 1 a financial establishment that uses money deposited by customers for investment, pays it out when required, makes… ## [Four States Take Meta to Trial in California, the Latest Front in Sprawling Multidistrict Fight](https://thejackpot.blog/node/FourStatesTakeMetatoTrialinCaliforniatheLatestFrontinSprawlingMultidistrictFight) _2026-08-18 · lambert · (untitled)_ Four States Take Meta to Trial in California, the Latest Front in Sprawling Multidistrict Fight Topic(s) Tech Cross-Post lambert Tue, 18 Aug 2026 - 07:50 Lambert here: Good! Now do ChatGPT. \* \* \* “Four States Take Meta to Trial in California, the Latest Front in Sprawling Multidistrict Fight” \[Varsha Bansal, Tech Policy Press \]. Opening statements will be heard this week in a trial in Oakland,… ## [Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-18](https://thejackpot.blog/node/GoodnightMoon2026-08-18.1) _2026-08-18 · lambert · (untitled)_ Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-18 Topic(s) Goodnight Moon lambert Tue, 18 Aug 2026 - 03:49 “Drawing a Line From the Gut Microbiome to Inflammation and Depression” \[ Harvard Medical School \[: It’s become increasingly clear that the gut microbiome can affect human health, including mental health. Which bacterial species influence the development of disease and how they do so, however, is only just starting… ## [Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-17](https://thejackpot.blog/node/TodaysWaterCooler20260817) _2026-08-17 · lambert · (untitled)_ Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-17 Topic(s) Water Cooler lambert Mon, 17 Aug 2026 - 14:00 Patient readers, this is a little bit late and a little bit short. Tomorrow is another day! —lambert Don’t Miss These (1) “Trump Is Starting to Look Precarious. ” • Nooners. (2) “The Trillion-Dollar Problem at the Heart of the AI Boom. ” • Figures don’t add up. (3) “Luigi Mangione reveals motive for CEO’s… ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VPOIMNgouOEg) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [The Pyramid of the Capitalist System](https://thejackpot.blog/node/ThePyramidoftheCapitalistSystem) _2026-08-17 · lambert · (untitled)_ The Pyramid of the Capitalist System Topic(s) Politics Cross-Post lambert Mon, 17 Aug 2026 - 12:00 Lambert here: It’s good to have some provenance for this famous image (or perhaps fin de siècle meme). That said, although the image works well as polemic (“we work for all”/”we feed all’ vs. “we rule you”/”we fool you”/”we shoot at you”) I don’t think it’s an adequate or useful representation of… ## [DOGE Metastasizes at the National Design Studio, Codes a Parallel Federal Government](https://thejackpot.blog/node/DOGEMetastasizesNationalDesignStudioCodesParallelFederalGovernment) _2026-08-17 · lambert · (untitled)_ DOGE Metastasizes at the National Design Studio, Codes a Parallel Federal Government Topic(s) Politics Tech lambert Mon, 17 Aug 2026 - 08:00 The National Design Studio (NDS) was created by Executive Order 14338, “ IMPROVING OUR NATION THROUGH BETTER DESIGN ,” on August 21, 2025. Headed by superficially plausible former office furniture designer and AirBnB founder Joe Gebbia, NDS has become the… ## [Sunday Supplement, 2026-08-16: Roadfood](https://thejackpot.blog/node/SundaySupplement20260816Roadfood) _2026-08-16 · J-LS · (untitled)_ Sunday Supplement, 2026-08-16: Roadfood Topic(s) Sunday Supplement J-LS Sun, 16 Aug 2026 - 14:00 J-LS here. Shortly after posting last week, I was traveling, without stable internet access, and thus unable to respond to your warm welcome. Thanks! I learned so much from your perceptive comments, especially about Harry Bridges, the Seattle General Strike of 1919, and consequences of the formation of… ## [Michigan charges 5 noncitizens for allegedly voting in 2024 election](https://thejackpot.blog/node/Michigancharges5noncitizensforallegedlyvotingin2024election) _2026-08-16 · lambert · (untitled)_ Michigan charges 5 noncitizens for allegedly voting in 2024 election Topic(s) Politics Cross-Post lambert Sun, 16 Aug 2026 - 12:00 Lambert here: Not 5,000,000, not 500,000, not 50,000, not 5,000, not 500. 5. And for this, the shouting heads? The empurpled faces and throbbing veins? It’s bizarre. And certainly not worth creating a ginormous database of citizen IDs, which is where this is all… ## [Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-17](https://thejackpot.blog/node/GoodnightMoon20260817) _2026-08-16 · lambert · (untitled)_ Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-17 Topic(s) Goodnight Moon lambert Sun, 16 Aug 2026 - 00:14 “Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science” \[ Science \]: The total solar eclipse that occurred across the central southern to northeastern parts of the US presented an opportunity to study the responses of animals to rapid changes in light. Aguilar… ## [Michael Hudson: Trump’s Economic Waterloo](https://thejackpot.blog/node/MichaelHudsonTrump%E2%80%99sEconomicWaterloo) _2026-08-15 · lambert · (untitled)_ Michael Hudson: Trump’s Economic Waterloo Topic(s) Politics Cross-Post lambert Sat, 15 Aug 2026 - 14:00 Lambert here: Normally, I stay away from geopolitics on the principle expressed, of Hollywood, by William Goldman: “Nobody knows anything.” Nevertheless, it’s interesting to see Michael Hudson put the pieces together, as he sees them. Note the date of the podcast, of which this is a transcript:… ## [Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-16](https://thejackpot.blog/node/GoodnightMoon20260816) _2026-08-15 · lambert · (untitled)_ Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-16 Topic(s) Goodnight Moon lambert Sat, 15 Aug 2026 - 05:04 “Awe-Inspiring Images from This Year’s Solar Eclipse” \[ Nautil.us \]. Indeed: Image: 2026 Total Solar Eclipse (NHQ202608120205) by NASA HQ PHOTO, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. I checked. It’s not AI. Add new comment ## [Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-14](https://thejackpot.blog/node/TodaysWaterCooler20260814) _2026-08-14 · lambert · (untitled)_ Today's Water Cooler, 2026-08-14 Topic(s) Water Cooler lambert Fri, 14 Aug 2026 - 12:32 Don’t Miss These (1) “Inside the D.S.A.’s Audacious Quest for Power in the Democratic Party. ” • How about DSA show some party discipline? (2) “The tactic of AOC and her allies to giggle away the ‘craziness’ of Woke-era abuses should not be tolerated. ” • Democrat NGOs ffs… (3) “How Occupy Wall Street Still… ## [Documents show how feds spied on protesters, left-wing organizations and unions during Metro Surge](https://thejackpot.blog/node/DocumentsshowhowfedsspiedonprotestersleftwingorganizationsandunionsduringMetroSurge) _2026-08-14 · lambert · (untitled)_ Documents show how feds spied on protesters, left-wing organizations and unions during Metro Surge Topic(s) Politics lambert Fri, 14 Aug 2026 - 12:00 Lambert: So the Ohkrana thinks the SEIU are domestic terrorists? Are they all out of their minds? “Documents show how feds spied on protesters, left-wing organizations and unions during Metro Surge” \[Madison McVan, Minnesota Reformer (CC BY-NC-ND… ## [Words of the Day, 2026-08-14](https://thejackpot.blog/node/WordsoftheDay20260814) _2026-08-14 · lambert · (untitled)_ Words of the Day, 2026-08-14 Topic(s) Words of the Day lambert Fri, 14 Aug 2026 - 10:00 Dad Joke of the Day: What was the surprise hit of the buffet at the annual Film Noir conference? --\> On this day (1908): Race riot in Springfield, Illinois; a white mob attacks a Black neighborhood when lynching plans are thwarted by local police, resulting in at least 17 people dying over two days; the event… ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JGN9QgrWuclw) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [Friday Cat Blogging, 2026-08-14](https://thejackpot.blog/node/FridayCatBlogging20260814) _2026-08-14 · lambert · (untitled)_ Friday Cat Blogging, 2026-08-14 Topic(s) Friday Cat Blogging lambert Fri, 14 Aug 2026 - 07:00 Sadly, I missed International Cat Day, which for those who celebrate was Saturday, August 8 (this year; 10-year reference table ). “ Now that is a holiday worth celebrating !” My apologies. \* \* \* “The return of the caspian tiger: how a species feared extinct has come back to Kazakhstan” \[ Guardian \]. On… ## [Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-14](https://thejackpot.blog/node/GoodnightMoon20260814) _2026-08-14 · lambert · (untitled)_ Goodnight Moon, 2026-08-14 Topic(s) Tech Goodnight Moon lambert Fri, 14 Aug 2026 - 03:03 “Scientists Warn That New Satellites Could Cause Eye Damage for People on the Ground” \[ Futurism \]: Last month, the Federal Communications Commission approved an experimental and controversial new satellite being developed by venture Reflect Orbital to reflect sunlight down onto the Earth to illuminate patches… ## [How to deploy Tanstack Start to Cloudflare Workers](https://charleswilliamson.com/how-to-deploy-tanstack-start-to-cloudflare-workers/) _2025-04-20 · Charles Williamson · Charles Williamson_ TanStack Start is currently in beta - this blog post works, as of  20/4/2025 . I will aim to periodically return to this blog post and update it, if any braking changes have been released Why Workers instead of Pages? The Tanstack Start  hosting page  currently has ## [Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the London Palladium](https://charleswilliamson.com/dirty-rotten-scoundrels-at-the-london-palladium/) _2024-10-13 · Charles Williamson · Charles Williamson_ It's been a while since I published to my personal site, but I'm back and planning to post more actively in the coming days and weeks. With that, I bring an update... In just over a month, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (the musical) will be performed in