scripts, stones, and silicon

Thursday, June 11, 2026

I carried torches through the night from Athens to Eleusis.

1. Cherokee silversmith creates entire writing system, gets accused of witchcraft
2. Solar beats coal for the first time in U.S. history
3. 328 years of lithium imports discovered buried in Appalachia
4. Brian Potter on how evolution solves impossible search problems
5. Why coding agents compress execution but can’t touch strategy
6. SpongeBob speedrunners strategically smudge discs with saliva for lag clipping