This looks interesting: Theoretical physicist Brian Greene explains “time” at five different levels of understanding:
One of the most pernicious side effects of video-review challenge culture is its effect on school and youth sports. At the highest level we have reinforced the idea that every call is important, or worse, that the standard should be 100% accuracy, when not even the robots themselves are 100% accurate.
The pursuit of perfection flies in the face of a critical lesson sports should teach. Which is: In competition, stuff happens. Sometimes people get it right, sometimes people get it wrong, but it usually evens out. Learning to accept this rhythm is a critical part of being an adult.
from WSJ, Who Will Yell at the Robot Umpires? by Jason Gay, 26 Mar 2026
Great to start off with a series win, and also to see the new team pull together in good ways: Not giving up from trailing 0-4 in the 4th, stringing together hits that lets a three-run homer narrow the gap, good fielding, Baz settling in as starter after rocky beginning, picking up another rally kicked off by Alonso, and a closer who could keep it tight. Seeing (to my limited eye) good decisions and timing on Albernaz’s part. Still early, but maybe good things ahead for this season. 😃⚾️
Random factoid for today:
“Across 24 studies, college students who took handwritten notes were 58 percent more likely to get A’s in their courses than those who typed notes on laptops.”
The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education, by Jean M. Twenge for the NYT.
(via Field Notes blog, 11 Feb 2026 post)
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All writing is re-writing.
Heard recently, can’t remember from whom. But great reminder.
Apple’s new MacBook Neo - A smart product play for them, and I gotta say I’m partial to citrus. ;)
Although I’ve only followed him tangentially, each time I’ve come across a recording or a writing of Ben Sasse, I’ve always found something highly thoughtful and incisive.
With this video, I learned he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer last fall and his life is being only prolonged by the clinical trial he fought to be enrolled in.
But his observations do not disappoint, on death, on where America is today and what it needs, on how to live and not live, on regrets, and on aspirations.
Lifting you and your family up in prayer Mr. Sasse, and us all into the eternal hands of the Father.
So the world of personal finance apps (and our use/ dis-use of them) has evolved over the years. I used to be a HUGE fan of Mvelopes, but they sadly didn’t make the transition out of Javascript. And I really wanted to like YNAB after that, but as powerful and streamlined as their approach seemed to be, after countless attempts, I just couldn’t get to the finish line with it.
Right now Monarch has got my attention – perhaps this one will actually deliver on the promise.
And I just recently discovered that Quicken did make the leap to the cloud, though I’m not an Intuit fan and not anxious to send money their way. (I feel like Intuit was originally expecting Mint to take over from Quicken Desktop, but I guess they decided against that.)
The story continues … and may post an update here once formed opinion on the above.
From WSJ 22 Feb 2026, “Wall Street’s Latest Bet Is on ‘HALO’ Companies With AI Immunity”
After a three-year love affair with anything related to artificial intelligence, U.S. investors are flocking to the factory owners, fast-food restaurants and commodity companies that have seemingly strong odds of surviving the technological revolution intact.
Call it the AI immunity trade, HALO—for “heavy assets, low obsolescence”—or just another iteration of the jitters that have periodically rippled through markets since the AI investing boom began. The winners include McDonald’s, Exxon Mobil XOM 2.36%increase; green up pointing triangle and tractor maker Deere DE -2.36%decrease; red down pointing triangle. Left behind are the perceived potential victims of the AI revolution, a list that has ranged from wealth managers to software firms. …