Snail drinking a dew drop from an acorn head. And a comparison of bee sizes.

NYT Opinion from an Australian — Dear America, Why Did You Let Us Down? And what the hell, Australia?

Good Judgement Project update — I have now submitted my initial predictions for the 9 available questions in The World In 2017 challenge. You should all get started now, especially while there is still a huge error in the current forecast of whether Leung Chun-ying will win re-election as Chief Executive of…

Good Judgement challenge — make predictions about the world in 2017. I feel like it would be fun to try, and if anyone is interested we could have an informal competition of our own.

Why is turkey cheaper when demand is higher?

Magic Leap may not be so revolutionary after all.

Vox on gerrymandering. And Vox on using state’s rights defensively against Trump.

What Eli Dourado will be working on (aviation policy and regulation). And a scathing article on the FAA and modernization.