link.dump.11.21.2025

weird animal liquids, FIRE, future of war, things go boom

dump truck filled with scorpions and horseshoe crabs

1. Musk and Trump’s NASA are fighting and it’s like a goddamn Mean Girls script. So much popcorn. Anyways, I hope Musk wins the slap fight I guess if I have to pick sides.

2. All AI products fall into three basic categories. I love seeing big bucket categorization like this. Fits perfectly too.

3. Will oil and gas consumption keep rising through 2050? I always learn things about quantitative analysis and the nuances of climate change conversations when I read Hannah Ritchie, she’s easily my favorite voice on the subject. In this case I learned about the difference between a ‘scenario’ and a ‘forecast.’

4. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has a ‘terrible business model.’ They are a favorite organization of mine.

5. The future of war from Noahpinion is an thought-provoking read. Interesting to analyze this through the lens of the 2nd Amendment also.

6. Cloudflare explains their huge outage. There’s something truly cool about writing this up before the smoke is even clear on the fires that got started. Bravo.

7. Beyond pumped for Project Hail Mary after seeing this second trailer

8. Write-up on the UN COP30 summit with some interesting insights. The victory laps are funny but the greater message is that this is highly encouraging as the world gets, in my opinion, smarter about what climate change response should be.

9. Weird animal liquids are weird. A fantastic insight into how the natural world has so much to offer us.