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spaceship. The alien solved the problem by encoding all of our media down to just one very long decimal number where every n digits represented a new character (001 = a 002 = b). The alien put a notch on a metal rod with very high precision to represent that number on a number between 0 and 1.

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Kolmogorov complexity - Wikipedia

In junior high or elementary school we had this book that had the most thought provoking idea within it that I read during our 15 mins of class reading. An alien was tasked with taking a copy of all Earth's knowledge to their home planet but had no room on their en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogo...

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Reinventing Entropy | Compression is Intelligence Part 1

I know people hate AI but you might like Claude Shannon. Some of you may enjoy this even if you hate AI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DK...

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ThereItGoes @thereitgoes.bsky.social · 18h

Also, and this may be a very stupid question, but does Trump think he's putting the squeeze on Putin here at all? Is there an element of that here? Will Putin dangle other potential deals, maybe some that never come to fruition? Does stalling help Putin?

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What happens to LNG deals in the Balkans if the war in Ukraine ends?

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ThereItGoes @thereitgoes.bsky.social · 19h

And what's the future value of LNG efforts in the Balkans if sanctions end or the war in Ukraine ends? Wouldn't it be easy for Russia to price out the US, bankrupting these projects, making the US strategy stupid especially if we ignore supporting democracy?

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ThereItGoes @thereitgoes.bsky.social · 19h

And I guess it's more than lifting sanctions, it's Trump's failure to impose them or flat out ignore them.

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ThereItGoes @thereitgoes.bsky.social · 19h

And if I'm wrong about the good/cop bad cop....if there really is a conflict between Congress and Trump, this is all set up to be a big issue in the 2027 NDAA

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ThereItGoes @thereitgoes.bsky.social · 20h

In March 2026, Grassley is calling for reimposing sanctions. In April Dodik supports the pipeline He gives Grassley reasons to do so, right? But given it's Grassley and given the timeline it's hard to imagine it's not a push to get that deal...is that not crazy? keating.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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ThereItGoes @thereitgoes.bsky.social · 20h

@trcfwtt.bsky.social Do Grassley's efforts to re-impose sanctions that Trump previously lifted look like a good cop bad cop routine to help twist Dodik's arm into supporting the Pipeline? www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-re...

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Grassley, Colleagues Press Administration to Impose Sanctions on Milorad Dodik | U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member...

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beyond) even if it doesn't lead to anything with Ukraine. Trump will pressure Zelenskyy in the hopes he can get more for himself. What else does Putin think Trump wants? What does Trump think he can take? What else is on the table?

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It's potentially not much different than Trump flipping the Rybolovlev Florida property for twice its value except the US government is paying for it. So what else is in the pipeline? It kind of makes sense for Putin to offload it given the sanctions if it keeps Trump in his pocket on Ukraine (or

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Who do they sell these assets off to once the sanctions discount is lifted?

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There are no benevolent dictators.

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I've never been able to find that tv movie or show. I can still picture it. I still remember crying to my dad that I didn't want to die. The librarian in Ghostbusters was quite a jump scare but that exploding yacht was more unnerving.

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I was just speaking about this with a friend last week. I remember my dad watching some tv show where a yacht exploded when I was three. I was just walking by but somehow the concept of my own mortality clicked and I realized that one day I too would die perhaps also on an exploding yacht.

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Ghostbusters Grey Lady in Library

My dad had me watch Ghostbusters when I was four. That librarian scared the hell out of me.

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How Martin Luther King Went Off Script in 'I Have a Dream'

"Tell em about the dream, Martin. Tell em about the dream", Mahalia Jackson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxlO...

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Fascism seems significantly connected to philosophical suicide.

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Sure, but sadly it also seems like quite a booming industry.

Meme from the film The Graduate where Dustin Hoffman is given one word of advice, "kleptocracy".

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Trump too. And I don't mean to intercept anything.

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ThereItGoes @thereitgoes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yeah but that's one reason why I think they'd focus on really screwing things up by moving their focus away from defense towards offense and start some dangerous space based arms race. I just can't imagine Elon not wanting something that fires to earth from space.

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Aside from grifting, I bet Trump/Musk/Thiel/Lucky whomever ends up wanting to put nukes in orbit. Space based interceptors can quickly become something else and I can't imagine this group not flirting with having the power to strike anywhere in under 30 mins.

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Mapping Ukraine’s rare earth and critical minerals

Is there a way to estimate the value of this kind of trade? $20b for ??? Sanctions relief? Potentially trillions in natural resources in Ukraine? It opens the door for more "normalization"? www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

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Ukraine holds deposits of 22 out of 34 minerals the EU classifies as critical. Many are in parts controlled by Russia.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Polarization Is Not the Problem" This paragraph says more about "both sides" journalism than just about anything I have read. Read the rest here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... By @lilymasonphd.bsky.social via @brizzyc.bsky.social

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Sorry if it's a bit too violent or juvenile. It's the Coen brothers not Aristotle,.Augustine, or Arendt but it's the imagery that pops up in my head when motherfckers and life of the mind get paired together.

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Have you ever seen the movie Barton Fink? If you append "motherfckers" to "the life of the mind" it can give off more of a John Goodman at the end of that movie kind of vibe to it more than that of quiet contemplation.

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