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Two hours of me talking about cosmological natural selection on Youtube
Black holes! Jazz science! And the world as a hyper-giraffe…
May 24
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☞ The Magic of Code
I'm writing a new book! Follow along on the journey.
Published on Cabinet of Wonders
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May 20
In cosmology, all our errors lean the same way. The implications are... interesting
Our universe always turns out to be bigger, more structured, more complex, and more weirdly efficient, than we've anticipated. So what are we doing…
May 9
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April 2023
Health update / Substack update
Featuring Calvin & Hobbes, and Rick Rubin
Apr 14
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March 2023
I'm sick / Hot water bottles / Universe breakers
Why I haven't posted recently, and what I'm going to do about that (including suspending paid subscriptions for a month)
Mar 10
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February 2023
River as a verb
A short riff from my notes
Feb 21
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The iHole, by Julian Gough (FICTION FRIDAY #1)
A little extra something for the weekend: for the first time in years, you can read the story that persuaded Markus (Notch) Persson that I was "the…
Feb 3
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January 2023
Feedback Fun #1 (with lots of lovely links)
My feedback on your feedback on my introduction to the book.
Jan 23
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An introduction to The Egg and the Rock
The Egg and the Rock is a Substack that is slowly turning into a book. This is how the book begins...
Jan 11
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December 2022
Book review: The Cosmic Dance, by Stephen Ellcock
This was meant to be a suggestion for your Christmas present list, but it's landing a little late. Oh well. Still a delightful book!
Dec 20, 2022
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I wrote a story for a friend
In which I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft… and give it to you.
Dec 7, 2022
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November 2022
Solid, peer-reviewed confirmation for my predictions about early, rapid, galaxy formation. (Exciting!) Plus, an experiment we can do!
Yes, those potentially extremely early galaxies that the James Webb Space Telescope spotted back in July are, indeed, extremely early galaxies – plum…
Nov 18, 2022
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