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I’ve been bad with this recently. In my defense, I can only say that it’s very time-and-energy-consuming to start an new general intelligence project at home :) and it has got me day-dreaming. However, here’s a few things I’ve found interesting over the past 3 months:

• About the oldest cheese.
• Did you know Ciabatta is an 80’s invention? It’s funny to think my parents are older than ciabatta.
• Misha Gromov’s writing on trees and a particular tree, the Porphyrian tree via the history of set theory.
• Relatedly, anastomosis, via this interview with Warren McCulloch. Love his style.
• About character analysis and physiognomy.
• Two examples of RL in animals: crows that were trained to pick up cigarette butts in Sweden (via Levin’s new paper on cognition) and an octopus that was trained to play the piano

And, finally, here are some photos from my recent trip to Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan:

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