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Chris Lennard

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Learning to love being Mr. 90% on most things vs. aiming for Mr. 110% on everything 😊

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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
💯 - “Now, A.I. can solve questions without really getting any value out of them. It’s like having machines that can lift weights for you at the gym.” I am amazed at what A.I. can offer. It is simultaneously the most disempowering tech created for human creativity www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/s...
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OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’ (Gift Article)
The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I stand with 🇨🇦 Good on Carney for standing up to Trumpian bully tactics & calling it like it is
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Masterclass in shading & texturing 😊
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Love this one!
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Love the energy in this 😊
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
What a mechanical legend! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
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I Flew in the Douglas DC-3, a WWII Workhorse of Aviation, Over the Amazon (Gift Article)
The Douglas DC-3 was mass-produced during World War II. Today, one of the few still remaining transports passengers in Colombia’s jungle.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Setting aside positions, I have to say it is such a breath of fresh air to have a politician answer questions with depth & clarity, firmness & compassion. Politics is just lousy with poor statescraft these days. Mamdani offers a glimmer of hope www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/m...
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Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. And He Intends to Spend It. (Gift Article)
Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an interview with the mayor of New York City.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Love Dave’s work - always brings a smile to my day 😊
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“Attribution Science” - that’s a new one for me! Sounds very promising: one to keep an eye on. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/c...
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National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science (Gift Article)
Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Wonderful feel-good story! 😎 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/s...
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How a Teacher Revived Backyard Baseball (Gift Article)
Backyard Baseball, a favorite game for 1990s kids, had been off the market for years. But Lindsay Barnett was determined.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Great article on the balance between equity & debt investing and www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/o...
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Opinion | SpaceX, Elon Musk and the ‘Dumb Money’ Problem (Gift Article)
Must what goes up also come down?
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 26/06/2026
This is Holly. Every day for the past 5 years, she picks out a stick and brings it to her favorite spot for “zen time.” While her stick may change, her routine never does. 13/10 (IG: hollythebluestaffy)
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The President just said we're on the cusp of a deal with Iran. Today's post explores two fun facts: 1. It's the fiftieth time he's said this. (I counted!) 2. Even so, stocks rose on the news. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-pri...
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How to Price A Liar
For the 50th time this year, we're on the cusp of peace. Apparently.
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Mark Parisi @offthemarkparisi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Taking charge
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I used one of the ‘little greys’ when working on farms in my teens. Loved them so much! A tractor with a “can do” attitude! (Just don’t pop the clutch unless you want it landing on top of you backwards!!!) share.google/nlhsWNinEdDr...
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Town saved from flooding 70 years ago sets vintage tractor record
A New South Wales town hosts a celebration of the "little grey" tractors that helped save it from flooding 70 years ago.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Very cool study linking the emotion of driving to its soundscape, and how that helps you better handle a car. Finally getting back to using a wide range of senses as part of the driving experience!
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
There are almost no crustaceans in the deep ocean. Not because they would get crushed, but because they would DISSOLVE. The cold & high pressure cause changes to water that make it very corrosive to calcium carbonate shells. But there's one crustacean who solves this problem with ALUMINUM ARMOR.
A trench amphipod, Hirondellea gigas, from the deepest place on Earth: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (10,890m).
Alan Jamieson, Newcastle University
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Important Australian national news item of international significancd www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
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Robertson's Big Potato 'safe for the time being' amid court appeal
One of Australia's most infamous "big things" could be moved to make way for a new supermarket in the NSW Southern Highlands.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Pretty fascinating Re: getting around cumulative bad genetic mutations from generation to generation share.google/ojxPx8nARhxI...
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This fish species survived 100,000 years without males. Scientists thought it should be long dead – but it's thriving
All-female species have been long thought of as evolutionary dead ends – but one fish has defied the odds to live without males, revealing new clues to how genomes stay healthy.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Perhaps the system needed maintenance / updates, but the “La-la-la. I can’t hear you!!” approach to ‘bad news’ in scientific data is so destructive www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Pertinent point: “[employment] must not be evaluated solely in terms of efficiency, but in relation to the dignity of the worker, [and] the right to sufficient remuneration.” But not possible if share values only reward derisking the promise of future profit growth www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/u...
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Main Takeaways From Pope Leo’s Encyclical on A.I.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Brilliant! Happy Birthday Sir David! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/a...
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David Attenborough, a Voice of Nature, Turns 100
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Interesting (long form) analysis on the potential impact of AI on the economy and individual bargaining power www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/o...
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Opinion | Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Very interesting analysis on how Tim Cook’s legacy may be viewed dramatically differently in 10 years time, depending on the result of geopolitics over the period. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/o...
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Opinion | Tim Cook Was Great for Apple Investors. He Was Not as Great for America.
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DJ Junk @joe-crowder.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The question that I get asked most often these days is: Even if the ceasefire in Iran holds, has the war already imposed large irreversible costs on Americans? So I made a video about these issues. The stakes may be much larger than you think: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTuS...
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A little Hellboy fanboy action, with an ionic twist 😊
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Ah, reminds me so much of my Bezerkeley days where Art Cars (esp. Bugs) were an everyday part of the urban landscape 😊 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/s...
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Gorgeous work
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
South Australia Police win April 1st 🥇 youtu.be/jAEuvmnWE_Y?...
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EXCITING NEW DOG OPERATIONS INITIATIVE
YouTube video by SA Police News
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
So cool! “According to Hawking and Bernard Carr, his assistant at the time, some of those primordial black holes [formed during the Big Bang] — about the size of a pinprick but as massive as an asteroid — should be exploding right about now (if they exist)” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/s...
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Did Scientists Just Detect an Exploding Black Hole?
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I was just helping my kid with their high school Gov homework, and was astonished to learn the United States has a Congress.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Last day!!! Get in quick 😁🐉
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Gustavo Rinaldi @gusrinaldi.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
🐉 Day 6 of the Pledge Campaign! If you want a dragon to call your own follow the link: www.gimmeswag.com/products/lon... And I'll keep thanking everyone for the continued support!
Drawing of a red dragon sitting on a park bench watching the sun set over the sea.
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Gustavo Rinaldi @gusrinaldi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🧳🐉 If you think you don't have enough things inside your backpack, how about housing a real dragon there? 4 days remaining until the Campaign ends. www.gimmeswag.com/products/lon...
Drawing of a blue-haired woman carrying a backpack with a red dragon inside it.
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Gustavo Rinaldi @gusrinaldi.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🐈🐉 Only 3 days to the end of the campaign If you'd like to have a long noodle to play with your cat follow this link: www.gimmeswag.com/products/lon... Thank you for everyone that's participating in any way you can! You people rock!
Drawing of an wide-eyed orange cat with claws outstretched in the direction of the tail of a red dragon that is sitting on the couch. The dragon is looking directly at the oblivious cat. There are a lot of cat toys scattered on the floor in front of the cat.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Gorgeous work
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Just 7 days left to secure your awesome dragon friend! 🐉 (… And who hasn’t wanted their own pet dragon??)
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Gustavo’s art is wonderful: a whimsical moment in the day that really lifts the spirits. His main character, Long Noodle, could become a reality to accompany you on your adventures. I’m in to get one! You should be, too! (… blatantly interested pitch to help hit the numbers 😊)
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Explain the Dunning-Kruger Effect and illustrate with an example
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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Indefensible. Newsday.com/matt
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Excellent explainer on the source of conflict often being overconfidence by both parties + misaligned incentives. Stay through to the life-lesson take-aways at the end 😊
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Brilliant piece of scientific sleuthing 😊 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/s...
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Tree Rings Reveal Origins of Some of the World’s Best Violins
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Asimov’s First Law of Robotics, 1942, states: "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm” 80 years later, AI pops up for real. “Great!” says Pentagon. “Can we use it in automated weapons?” & I’d thought the First Law was the obvious one … 😞
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
“When leaders abandon [shared definitions], numbers lose their power to clarify and instead become cudgels to use against opponents, leaving the public without a common basis to judge competing claims.”
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Opinion | America, We Have a Math Problem
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Amazing work ….
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Gustavo’s work always makes me smile 😊
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
As someone caring for an elderly parent, I have to say this is a very well put together guide on things to think about www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/i...
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Want to Age Well at Home? Take Our Room-by-Room Tour.
Aging safely and comfortably at home looks different for everyone. This room-by-room view of a modified home can help you transition for the future.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The President had literally months to prepare his response to the Supreme Court ruling, yet couldn't even stick with his decision on the s.122 (temporary) tariff from Friday to Saturday, raising it from 10% to 15%.
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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
ie., per the processes set out in representative democracy So good to see - goes to Justin’s repeated point Re: the true power and resilience of democratic economies lies in the strength and power balance of core institutions
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