The impossible predicament of the death newts(crookedtimber.org)

548 points by bdr 1 year ago | 179 comments

Crooked Timber blog post by Doug Muir explaining why the rough-skinned newt of the Pacific Northwest is so extraordinarily toxic.

When Armor Met Lips(crookedtimber.org)

452 points by akkartik 2 years ago | 53 comments

A Crooked Timber essay by Doug Muir on early armored cephalopods like Plectronoceras and the evolutionary arrival of jawed predators with lips.

Fuck Nuance (2015)(crookedtimber.org)

25 points by bariumbitmap 1 day ago | 4 comments

Crooked Timber blog post by Kieran Healy introducing his ASA paper draft "Fuck Nuance" arguing against demands for nuance in sociological theory, with reader comments.

The End of US Democracy(crookedtimber.org)

6 points by hackyhacky 1 year ago | 2 comments

The most cited authors in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy(schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com)

72 points by bbor 2 years ago | 68 comments

David Kahn has died(schneier.com)

75 points by mikece 2 years ago | 10 comments