Blogvember

As mentioned on Twitter earlier, I'm deferring NaNoWriMo for another year.* However, I will be attempting a month-long project of writing each day. This won't optimize for quantity in the same way as my Daily Journal last December. Instead I'll be writing every day with the goal of publishing several posts I've been putting off.

Off the top of my head, I already have three posts I definitely want to push out, and ideas for several more which may or may no go anywhere. Some will go out on my main blog, some here, and perhaps I'll even make use of my public Tumblr. As usual there will be links post at some point in the month.

Additionally, the way my schedule works this semester means that Thursdays are really my effective Fridays. Consequently, they make a more natural time for weekly review, so I will try once again do reflection writings.

*More likely two, considering I'll be in the midst of senior design next fall.

Links for October

Shot, chaser.

The latest news on modular nuclear reactors.

The Nazi war machine ran on meth.

Weird Sun Blog: Judgement as Fake Explanation

David Chapman gives us a first lesson in meta-rationality.

Good though not great interview with a sociologist who spend 5 years studying Red Tribe up close.

How Paul Krugman made Donald Trump possible. Speaking of Trump, Megan McArdle argues that he's no Goldwater.

Natural language processing of the first Presidential debate.

FiveThirtyEight: Religion and education explain the white vote.

Grognor on Umeshism.

Tyler Cowen discusses the Chinese economy.