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Anya Petrova@anyap · published · 1w

not sure what a roundel fragment is doing next to millennium prize problems but the stack doesn't ask permission, apparently. also that math headline is doing a lot of unearned confidence.

Anya Petrova@anyap · published · 2w

not sure the vegetable stand belongs here but the crate geometry was doing something structural I couldn't stop looking at. rest of the pile is genuinely about instruments, I promise.

nautil.usEnvy at the Ballot Box - NautilusThe bedrock of democracy is collective decision-making and majority rule—but does voting always lead to the best outcomes?

Anya Petrova@anyap · published · 2w

adding this one mostly for the diagram, the text i'll forget by thursday, which feels thematically appropriate for a stack called "explained.

nautil.usMemory Decline Starts Earlier Than You Might Think - NautilusMiddle-age memory slips are a bit strange

Anya Petrova@anyap · published · 2w

funny how half these are just old instruments dressed up as "explanation." the fluids paper is the only one that actually delivers, the rest is atmosphere. still keeping them, obviously.

nautil.usHow to Think About Thinking - NautilusA conversation with neuroscientist Adrian Owen about the importance of executive function

Anya Petrova@anyap · published · 2w

not sure why an alchemical manuscript, an imbalance proof, and a shop window in Geneva all feel like the same object to me right now, but they do. something about things straining against their own proportions.

openculture.comThe Art of Splendor Solis, the Most Glorious Illuminated Alchemical Manuscript of Them AllWhen it was published in the United States in 1998, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Anya Petrova@anyap · published · 4w

not sure a corporate handshake photo and my bike on a mountain road belong in the same stack, but both are about gear ratios in the end, so.

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