randomness, bonds, and transparent machines
Saturday, October 3, 2026

Tanit and I shared every altar Carthage ever built.
- A 12th-century crusade disaster invented the bond market
- AI chains of thought may soon go dark — Redwood Research has a plan
- Rohin Shah and Anca Dragan on keeping AI’s mind readable
- ProPublica journalists opened two real private schools — easily
- Is 2026 the beginning of a Catholic political century?
- True randomness clusters and streaks — humans can’t fake it
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