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Artists Garden

From a couple of weeks ago, a drift of Tulip 'Orange emperor’, who were lucky to escape the muntjac’s attention.
This cultivar was, apparently, introduced in 1962 by the the Dutch grower J.W.A. Lefeber. Back then, he could not have imagined that the name, Orange Emperor, would acquire such an unsavoury meaning more than sixty years later.
Let’s keep this our #secret. Somebody might think that they named a tulip after him.

A drift of orange-pink flowering tulips amidst other green growth.
#OrangeEmperor#OrangeEmperorTulips#ArtistsGarden
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Radical Anthropology

Also seriously exciting is this new paper from @zhgarfield with Sheina Lew-Levy on leadership and transmission of 'opaque culture' (read #ritual #secret knowledge) in 23 'egalitarian' hunter-gatherer groups

This is the major type of teaching that matters with #huntergatherers. I will take a good look at whether these are truly GENDER egalitarian groups. That is basically determined by women's ritual secret knowledge and performance of ritual action.

#initiation

nature.com/articles/s41467-025

NatureTeaching is associated with the transmission of opaque culture and leadership across 23 egalitarian hunter-gatherer societies - Nature CommunicationsTeaching and leadership are under-studied in connection with the opaque norms that underpin cooperation. The authors show that among egalitarian foragers, influential individuals often pass on these norms, hinting at a possible relationship between leadership and cooperative teaching.
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PrivacyDigest

#WhiteHouse figures out how it texted #secret bombing plans to a #reporter

A White House investigation has reportedly identified the mistakes that led to a #journalist being added to a #Signal text chain in which #bombing plans were discussed hours before the strikes occurred.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

National Security Adviser Michael Waltz walks outside while carrying a briefcase in one hand and a phone in the other.
Ars Technica · White House figures out how it texted secret bombing plans to a reporterBy Jon Brodkin
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PrivacyDigest

#ElonMusk and #Trump win fight to keep DOGE’s work #secret

Elon #Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency ( #DOGE ) don't have to turn over information related to their government cost-cutting operations, at least for now, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.
#security

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Elon Musk wearing a T-shirt with the word "DOGE" printed on the front.
Ars Technica · Elon Musk and Trump win fight to keep DOGE’s work secretBy Jon Brodkin
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