And somewhere here is the answer to what Asian spicy food was like before the arrival of chili peppers from South America in the 16th century, or so.

Interesting thought but @kff.org research suggests not. www.kff.org/affordable-c...

Arkansas is really special. But why?

That was the last time I met Michael. He died in a solo plane crash last year.

Always pass on praise.

I'll miss you Michael, although you were an odd duck.

A was reading a battered, well-marked-up copy of: my PhD thesis. A explained that the science in it was light, but it was the best-written thesis he'd ever read, and that he used it as guidance on writing.
A had just won the Nobel prize in physics.
Michael wanted me to know this. / 1 more

Thanks for this question - and it's a reminder to do our part and pass on praise.
Anyway, my story.
Michael was a post-doc when I was doing my PhD, long ago. A few years ago, we got together; his idea. He told me of a flight to a tech conference where he was seated beside Prof. A. / more

Now, now.
Chinese for England is Yingguo. America is Meiguo. France is Feiguo.
San Francisco is JiuJinShan.

Mícheál Ó Coileáin
of course

My local Ace hardware dude, when bolts I needed were only available in the wrong length, cut them to size, polished the ends, refused to charge me, since he enjoyed it.
HomeDepot dude owns a superyacht. I won't go there, even when they have bolts in the right size. luxurylaunches.com/transport/ar...

I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.

IG bscomedian

Yes and kudos to bsky.app/profile/roth... and whoever wrote and who approved the headline, the subheds, the pic. The whole piece is an exercise in how to depict the debauched, debased, hideous corruption of the regime. (I mean: the White House.)

Gift link to NTimes article today: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/h...

Purdue's net value on us society was an astounding net negative $ 1 Trillion.

Purdue's story as a business ends now. But its wreckage in society endures. We must learn to do better. Externalized costs must be counted into investor values.

Value = increased wealth MINUS the sum of socialized harms. Environmental harms (including but not only climate). Human health harms. Harms to society and culture. And more.

We need to get in the habit of calculating these costs and marking them into enterprise value. / one more

I'm partly glad that there is some settlement, though I wonder how much will filter through to the places and people most harmed.
Here's my point; our theory at Calx: the value created by a company is not summed by its cash flows or increase in market cap. In reality, we must rethink value. / more

"I’m going to confirm the plan", the judge said.
That's $7B . . . and it's still just (approximately) 5% of the total costs of the carnage caused b OxyContin. (And that puts to zero any costs associated with the post-Purdue opioid epidemic in the US; external costs exceeding $1Trillion a year / more