Cavalcade of Mammals

Density:
0.08988 g/L H2
1.2250 g/L air
Lift: 1.13512 kg / m3

Volume to lift 250 kg -> 220.4 m3
220 m3:
6 m diameter tube -> 7.8 m long
4.5 m diameter tube -> 13.9 m long
6.1 m cube
7.6 m sphere

Volume to lift 150 kg -> 132 m3
Wing with 1 m2 cross-section x 132 m long
Wing with 2 m2 cross-section x 66 m long

Cory Doctorow on the AI bubble
AI as Normal Technology. An alternative to the vision of AI as a potential superintelligence

Lessons from a Red Scare. The American people are capable of turning the tide against repression. by David R. Lurie

Pi with the Major system:

0	s, z
1	t, d, th
2	n
3	m
4	r
5	l
6	j, ch, sh
7	c, k, g, q, ck
8	v, f, ph
9	p, b

Mad, rat, lip, nacho, llama, lava, pack, puma, gnome, fire
mad -> 31 rat -> 41 lip -> 59 nacho -> 26 llama -> 53 lava -> 58 pack -> 97 puma -> 93 gnome -> 23 fire -> 84
100 digits of pi:

perl -e 'use Math::BigFloat "bpi";print "pi: ",bpi(101),"\n";'

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170680

1. “My Turtle Pancha will, my love pick up my new mover,Ginger”
2. “my movie monkey plays in, a favorite bucket
3. ship my puppy michael to sullivan’s backrubber
4. a really open music video cheers jenny F. jones
5. have a baby fish knife so marvin will marinate the goosechick

Using word length:
Pie, I wish I could remember pi,
“Eureka!” cried the great inventor,
Christmas pudding, Christmas pie,
Is the problem’s very center.

Algorithms for making interesting organic simulations

Scientists just cracked the mystery of why cancer immunotherapy fails. “Unlike ordinary stress responses that slow protein production to help cells regain balance, TexPSR drives protein synthesis into overdrive. The result is a relentless buildup of misfolded proteins, stress granules, and toxic aggregates ¾ similar to the amyloid plaques seen in Alzheimer’s disease. This overload poisons the T cells, crippling their ability to attack tumors.”. Nature 01 Oct 2025.

How Trump Is Making China Great. Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides. by Paul Krugman

Pluralistic: Apple’s unlawful evil (06 Oct 2025) by Cory doctorow.
Apple has removed ICEBlock, a totally legal app that helps people track the movements of the masked snatch-squads who illegally terrorize brown people in America’s cities, capitulating to a warrantless demand from Trump’s DoJ boss Pam Bondi. link.

Scientists found that “young” immune cells made from human stem cells can reverse signs of aging and Alzheimer’s in mice. pub link.