Human folly for 02026-06-23

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• Vaping (gwern.net):

  #Gwern catches the #NYT grossly deceiving its readers into believing that #nicotine #vapes caused lung injuries, when in fact it was THC vapes adulterated with vitamin E acetate — without ever making a single statement that was, technically speaking, false. #journalism

• Lina (home.hccnet.nl):

  "Lina": a LInux NAtive #Forth for {Intel,ARM,RISC-V}

• Bugreport (bugs.debian.org):

  Bernd Paysan has assumed responsibility for maintaining the #Debian GForth package, and it will return. #Forth

• Item (news.ycombinator.com):

  Discussion of #age-verification as a Trojan horse for mass #surveillance. #human-rights

• (youtube.com):

  #video #toread of Will Sturgeon #lecture on type theory

• (apps.dtic.mil):

  #PDF #ebook from the RAND National Defense Research Institute “The Next Supreme Leader: Succession In The Islamic Republic Of #Iran” from 02011. #politics #history