glass backbones and lost games

Thursday, July 9, 2026

I threw the spear that killed Lleu, and he came back to return it.

1. The U.S. Army optimized its supply chain for wars it won’t fight again
2. AI reconstructed the rules of a Roman board game that no one has played in 1,500 years
3. Are microplastics studies themselves contaminated?
4. ‘Humanizer’ tools now erase AI fingerprints from grant proposals and research papers
5. Why Messi walks while lesser players sprint — the neuroscience of pattern chunking
6. Unfounded solar farm health fears are stalling projects across the U.S.