Tom Scott stopped making weekly videos today after 10 years. When I first discovered his channel, I binged through all of his videos - at least the ones about travel, and science, and stuff. His departure feels significant. Signaling me to change as well, shed some of my old skin. . . . Read more

Zugzwang (n.) a situation in which the obligation to make a move in one’s turn is a serious, often decisive, disadvantage, often in the final years of grad school. Zugzywangy. . . . Read more