Thinkerer, Tinkererhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mv4mjzxd3s2dThere's hope at the bottom of that box. Will cost a lot of tokens to extract. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4mjzxd3s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mv45jchex2261/2 Thanks for tagging me here @ronentk.me (I can't reply to the original). I'm hoping that the current system will wither away, first slowly, then suddenly. Funders have a role: if people with $$ say: publish your results continuously rather than sporadically, many things will change. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv45jchex226https://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mv3li4yijk26OpenAI's announcement of the proof of Navier-Stokes evoked many emotions - from amazement to anger to dread. TLDR; an asteroid is coming for intellectual life as a whole and we need to do something about it. https://hyperproblems.com/3mv3lhvtu4k26?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=publish&utm_content=did%3Aplc%3Af5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv%2F3mv3li4yijk2609 Sep 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3li4yijk26https://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mtznhaiygc2cBiological Agency is the central concept of Unicellular Cognition, and perhaps of all of biology in the future. The first Cellosophical Exploration of many on this topic.... https://cellosophy.leaflet.pub/3mtznh4aee22c?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=publish&utm_content=did%3Aplc%3Af5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv%2F3mtznhaiygc2c27 Aug 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtznhaiygc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mstgib7cm225Adventures of a field reporter for @leaflet.pub #3: this week I talk about how some old debates in Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Mind about substrate independence/functionalism are being resurrected in the study of unicellular cognition. As usual, the references are stored in @semble.so. https://cellosophy.leaflet.pub/3mstgi3fvyc25?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=publish&utm_content=did%3Aplc%3Af5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv%2F3mstgib7cm22511 Aug 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstgib7cm225https://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3msbsfy6kxc2w"Cellosophical explorations 2" is out, continuing @leaflet.pub's field reporter series. I'm fascinated by bacterial chemotaxis & how it might help us unravel the origins of intelligence. Actually, I am fascinated by chemotaxis even if it doesn't tell us anything about intelligence, it's that cool. https://cellosophy.leaflet.pub/3msbsfs7yd22e?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=publish&utm_content=did%3Aplc%3Af5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv%2F3msbsfy6kxc2w04 Aug 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbsfy6kxc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mrfxf556qs2dMy first cellosophical exploration as a field reporter for @leaflet.pub & my first foray into @atproto.science via synthetic biology as reported in @quantamagazine.bsky.social and stored on @semble.so. 1st of N updates on Spudcells. Do point me towards people worth talking to/handles to follow! https://cellosophy.leaflet.pub/3mrfxeygsas2d24 Jul 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfxf556qs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mqxdbk32bc2zhyperproblems.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxdbk32bc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mqujz3zq522c1/n This is such an honor - thanks for showcasing my madcap project @leaflet.pub! Cellosophy (cellosophy.leaflet.pub) began with me asking whether it's possible to do *new science* in a *new metascience* kind of way. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqujz3zq522chttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mqhrrt5xc22vI believe the origins of intelligence/mind are to be found in unicellular organisms, aka "Cellosophy." Last week, I created a @semble.so collection and said a @leaflet.pub publication is in the works. Here it is! Soft launch for now- longish thread on the project and the inaugural essay tomorrow. https://cellosophy.leaflet.pub/3mqhrrpqyxk2v12 Jul 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhrrt5xc22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mq7zx7m3pk2l+1 to @leaflet.pub for making it easy to create multiple publications - from dedicated blogs standalone meditations. Anyway, I have been watching the world cup like half the planet and I think a lot about AI, so here's an essay on the World Cup as a metaphor for Being Human in the age of AI. https://rajesh.stream/3mq7zx4efe22s09 Jul 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7zx7m3pk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mpzj6ptb6k26A very well funded sociopath comes to mind: NotebookLM, but yeah... [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzj6ptb6k26https://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mpr42gkhj22i1/3 May I present "Cellosophy" - a new @semble.so collection on the origins of intelligence in unicellular organisms. Soon to be a @leaflet.pub! https://semble.so/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/collections/3mpr2xps3nd24 We tend to think of intelligence as something abstract but in reality, you can't divorce it from its material substrate.03 Jul 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpr42gkhj22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mmxikxtmyk2r@leaflet.pub I want to change the leaflet subdomain for one of my pubs. I don't see a way to do so within the pub settings. As a workaround, I tried adding the desired subdomain to my domain list, but there's a glitch - leaflet claims to add it successfully, but it's never available to be assigned.29 May 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxikxtmyk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3ml4bt2ghfs2xJust turned email newsletters on for Hyperproblems - exciting times! hyperproblems.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4bt2ghfs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mkigxwonis2sIt’s been a while since my last essay on Hyperproblems - this one is a sequel, but it’s also bringing in ideas that I had set aside a decade ago. Also: I am experimenting with the pages within pages feature of @leaflet.pub to create a layered narrative.  https://hyperproblems.com/3mkigxsrjls2s27 Apr 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkigxwonis2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mi4pu2mutk2vNucular strategery in particular [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Mar 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4pu2mutk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mi2hq6nf722mThe more I investigate the ongoing Gulf War, the more it appears to be a polyconflict, and to echo Tolstoy’s opening line in Anna Karennina: > Every commodity shock is shocking in its own way. https://www.ranganaut.com/p/polyconflict-4-firewood-and-the-gendered?r=1isek&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web27 Mar 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2hq6nf722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mhqncwmitk26When the metabolic rift leads to a metabolic clash - brief thoughts on an essay by @nilsgilman.bsky.social in FP. https://dailyplanet.leaflet.pub/3mhqnct6egc2623 Mar 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqncwmitk26https://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mhlae7q7w22fAs I keep saying, while we are waiting to be turned into paperclips, pay some attention to the everyday dystopias being unleashed by AI. https://dailyplanet.leaflet.pub/3mhladzsuds2f21 Mar 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlae7q7w22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mhj52rnyrs2eI’m not so sanguine about a green global deal emerging from this chaos - EV adoption will definitely increase, but so will coal, especially in India and China, who have a lot of it, even if of low quality. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhj52rnyrs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mhgn7bjed223Republishing an earlier post - 'AI meets war' is a raging topic these days for obvious reasons https://dailyplanet.leaflet.pub/3mhgn6uyi722w19 Mar 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgn7bjed223https://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mhgmgo5uhk2iWars are bad for people, but they are bad for everyone else too. As today's link says: "War contaminates the conditions for life itself" https://dailyplanet.leaflet.pub/3mhgmgkv5us2i19 Mar 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgmgo5uhk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ranganaut.bsky.social/post/3mhei6ig3422m@leaflet.pub posting not working for me right now. Tried multiple browsers. An attempted post from yesterday is still stuck.18 Mar 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:f5bi3qiwfdxnlbvb44oudmrv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhei6ig3422m