Jacob Englander

Thanks. I’m personally fine but the entirety of my former office was decimated (I worked on hydrogen research and policy).

I honestly didn’t think I would be fired.

YouTube video by Chopin Institute Kate Liu – Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E flat major Op. 22 (second stage)

She won 3rd in the 2015 competition along with an audience prize (for her mazurkas). What everyone raves about is her andante spianato and seriously it is incredible musicianship and brilliance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO6k...

YouTube video by Ben Laude Garrick Ohlsson on Kate Liu's Chopin | Ep. 2 The Chopin Podcast

I have been listening to some of Ben Laude talk about previous Chopin comps and he just had an interview with Kate Liu who I up until now I had unfortunately did not know. Here is Garrick Ohlsson's words on her Nocturne OP. 62 no 1.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUr7...

A very meta point but I thought the Times didn't call PhD's "Dr" interesting choice to do it for this story

Is it like python where they start from 0?

This year is the 100th! year of the competition and past winners include Maruizio Pollini, Garrick Ohlsson, Krystian Zimmerman, and the one and only Martha Argerich.

YouTube video by Chopin Institute The 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (evening session), 4.10.2025

Well I'm back on my bs...watching international piano competitions. Right now the international Chopin competition has just started which you can live stream. Obviously the playing is secondary to the chat which his characteristically unhinged. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPSy...

Connor McDavid…28

How old is Connor McDavid?

The Government Has Been Shut Down for Months Today is the day we stop pretending that it’s not.

We've been in a slow-motion government shutdown for months, as the Trump administration withheld appropriated funds and engaged in mass firings. Now we're going to finally admit it. From me and @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social:
prospect.org/politics/202...

Listening to @onthemedia.bsky.social I totally thought @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social was named "Matthew Detailer" based upon how Brooke pronounces his name 😆

I am growing into cycling as a sport but it is ridiculously fossil fuel dependent.

Photo of the Ineos Grenadiers Total energies team kit

The primary professional team based in the UK is even worse

This was such a great interview!

It is the most interesting portion of the premier league season and @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social will explain why!

Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.

This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...

You can’t convince me that this is not @costasamaras.com

this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

Hilltop Bar at Walkerhill Hotel - Designed by Kim Swoo-Geun and completed in 1964 in Seoul, South Korea r/brutalism

No. Not this much.

Relatable.

The Return (2003) a haunting Russian film made even more so that one of the stars of the film died in an accident very soon after it was released.

Random idea that I admit has a very niche audience. "The load shift cookbook" how to make your favorite foods while optimizing for lowering electricity costs/grid burden.

This is by design. See Paul Krugman’s newsletter today.

Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

After claiming Gabby Giffords, the retired American politician turned gun-control advocate, also attended the event at Damian with Tucker Carlson, a staffer confirmed that she wasn't even in Los Angeles at the time.

Full story: lataco.com/rick-caruso-...

By @shoton35mm.bsky.social

For no particular reason I am thinking today about the RVO volumes for next year. Who will win the fight between soybean farmers and refineries?