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The Conversation: “In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near future where natural habitats are depleted and precarious. This work of eco-fiction deftly explores issues of possible paths to a future where animals return to a nature depleted area. In the …
Wired [no paywall]: “Greg Hogan, an affiliate of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), will serve as acting assistant commissioner of the Technology Transformation Services (TTS), a unit within the General Services Administration (GSA). There, he will oversee Login.gov, the government’s secure login and identity service. Gregory Barbaccia, the federal chief information officer and …
Wall Street Journal Gift Article: “Once left for dead, the company is making money again with hidden software in 275 million cars. You use it every day without knowing it. John Wall has spent nearly his entire career working for the same company. And when he tells people where he works, nobody has any clue …
“One visual a week, for two years. Watch the Trunk grow. Why a Climate Trunk: To grow a tree of knowledge, you need a strong trunk – Understanding climate change and the global energy system is hard. New facts and claims arrive faster than they can be processed. Hot takes crowd out credible context. And …
Politico: “The Government Accountability Office has launched an investigation into the Justice Department’s handling of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said Tuesday, including the decisions the made in “reviewing, redacting, and releasing the Epstein files.” The investigation comes after a group of lawmakers sent a letter to the …
Follow up to LLRX article – One‑way attack drones: Low‑cost, high‑tech weapons ‘democratize’ precision warfare – See also Tom’s Hardware: “Japan is deploying ultra-cheap cardboard drones built for swarm warfare and expendable combat missions. Japan’s Minister of Defense, Shinjirō Koizumi, said in a post on X on Monday that the country had begun using expendable …
ACP’s flagship market report reveals how utility-scale clean energy is powering economic growth, creating jobs, and meeting the nation’s surging electricity demand through record investment, deployment, and new manufacturing facilities. In 2025, the clean power sector invested $79 billion in new projects, supported more than 1.4 million jobs, and accounted for over 90% of all …
“The Booksellers is a 2019 feature-length documentary film about antiquarian and rare book dealers; you can watch the whole movie for free on YouTube. A behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world.”
Esri Blog: “Seventy-five percent of the world’s accessible freshwater originates in forested watersheds. Half of all Americans drink water filtered through forests. There is a powerful connection between trees and water. But until December 2025, no one had built a tool that could show—at global scale, down to a 30-meter pixel—exactly where planting trees would …
“A complete walkthrough of how large language models like ChatGPT are built — from raw internet text to a conversational assistant. Based on Andrej Karpathy’s technical deep dive. Built from Andrej Karpathy’s “Intro to Large Language Models” lecture — all facts, figures, and framings traced back to that source. Interactive visualizations built with AI assistance. …
There are 7 new articles and 6 new columns in the April 2026 issue of LLRX. YIKES! The Bluebook’s Generative AI Is Flawed – Book Review by Prof. Jessica R. Gunder Book Review – How To AI: Cut Through The Hype. Master The Basics. Transform Your Work – In the current publishing cycle, books about AI are …
ProPublica: “When President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held — but just barely. If faced with the same tests today, those guardrails and the people who held the line would largely be missing, a ProPublica examination found. At least 75 career officials who once held roles …
