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Why I Wrote PGP
https://philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html

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Don’t use ISO/IEC 14977 Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF).
https://dwheeler.com/essays/dont-use-iso-14977-ebnf.html
saved 2025-05-17

New Federal Employees Must Now Write Essays Praising Trump's Policies (Kate Plummer/Newsweek)
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-federal-employees-merit-hiring-plan-2080139
http://www.memeorandum.com/250604/p3#a250604p3

With the federal hiring freeze lifting in mid-July, the Trump administration has rolled out a humiliating federal hiring plan that critics warn will politicize and likely slow down the process rather than increase government efficiency.
De-emphasizing degree requirements and banning DEI initiatives
—as well as any census tracking of gender, race, ethnicity, or religion to assess the composition of government
—the plan requires every new hire to submit essays explaining which e…

New federal employees must praise Trump EOs, submit to continuous vetting
Trump will continuously monitor all federal workers for “trustworthiness.”…

https://boydkane.com/essays/experts

out today: the #GratefulDead's new 60-CD "enjoying the ride" box. i wrote a ton of liner notes for this, including mini-essays about all the shows & venues, tour lore, & many maps. play with an interactive map: https://tmns.dead.n…

Take a trip to the fantastical land of the Grateful Dead
Follow the Heady Highway to discover storied venues that hosted legendary live performances by the Dead from shows spanning 25 years

“Let us be reminded that before there is a final solution, there must be a first solution, a second one, even a third. The move toward a final solution is not a jump. It takes one step, then another, then another.” ― Toni Morrison, The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations #quote

"And once in a great while, someone will light a lantern—or even two—that will shine forth for democratic principles that are under siege, and set the world ablaze."
This is one Heather Cox Richardson's better than the normally great essays.
#History
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-18-2025

Comment on "Politicizing science funding undermines public trust in science, academic freedom, and the unbiased generation of knowledge"
John M. Herbert
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18196

Comment on "Politicizing science funding undermines public trust in science, academic freedom, and the unbiased generation of knowledge"
In a commentary published in mid-2024 (to which the present work is a direct response), a number of scientists argue that U.S. funding agencies have "politicized" the process by which grants are awarded, in service of diversifying the scientific workforce. The commentary in question, however, makes numerous unfounded assertions while recycling citations to a fusillade of opinion essays written by the same cabal of authors, in an effort to resemble a work of serious scholarship. Basic fact-check…

“Let us be reminded that before there is a final solution, there must be a first solution, a second one, even a third. The move toward a final solution is not a jump. It takes one step, then another, then another.” ― Toni Morrison, The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations #quote