Thursday
June 25, 2026
Summer · 5 entries
What I'm reading
newscientist.comLost books by ancient philosophers recovered from 'unreadable' scrollsScrolls from the Roman library of Herculaneum that were carbonised by a volcanic eruption have been read in their entirety for the first time, thanks to scans and AI software
newscientist.comPhages could enable us to hijack vaccine immunity to kill cancer cellsPhages, viruses that infect bacteria, could be genetically manipulated to destroy cancerous cells using the immunity we have acquired from vaccines
wtop.comNorman Rockwell people-watched in the West Wing lobby. Now those sketches are on public display - WTOP NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 40 years, sketches by American illustrator Norman Rockwell of scenes from the White House visitor’s lobby graced the walls of the West Wing, where every president from…
paulkrugman.substack.comWhy Does Everyone Hate AI?It’s the fear, the enshittification, datacenter hostility, and the tech broligarchy