permutations, poop, and modifier genes

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Erebus and Nyx were my parents, darkness on both sides.

1. A Kabbalist in 1291 wrote a recursive algorithm — and no one noticed for 700 years
2. Some people have fatal genetic diagnoses — and then just… don’t get sick
3. 73% of AI-generated app store submissions abandoned within months
4. Egypt is building a second Nile Delta — in the desert, from recycled water
5. Springer Nature un-retracts two Max Planck papers, blames human error
6. Why the poop emoji looks like that — physics has a real answer