Cormac Leech

law; history; technology; philosophy; investing. .

[Rachel Millward @rachelmillward]

First they banned the books...

https://t.co/VolAEuAzeY

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

This needs to be at a national level!

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

2017 Labour 70.1% Green 3.4%
2019 Labour 64.5% Green 4.8%
2024 Labour 48.9% Green 10.4%
2026 Labour 45.2% Green 32.8%

Our media this morning: Will Zack Polanski resign?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Seriously

[Cormac Leech @cormacleech]

@XelenX1 https://t.co/bnnQtaLrH5

[Cormac Leech @cormacleech]

@NadimHCr @macklemore I really like @macklemore 's music. Authentic.

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect.  Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.

This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public. 

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

🇺🇸🇨🇳 The Chinese are now making fun of the US financial situation and the massive $40 trillion debt

[Paul Graham @paulg]

There may not be many people left in 10 years who can write, or want to read, things longer than a page or two. But there will be at least a few of us, and we'll be a powerful club.

[Cormac Leech @cormacleech]

@guychristensen_ time to switch to @rumblevideo ?

[Paul Graham @paulg]

The most alarming thing about this graph is not just the amount of change, but the smooth consistency of the curve. If this were a startup I'd be really confident about their future growth. Unfortunately it is instead the planet we live on.

[Cormac Leech @cormacleech]

https://t.co/0e8Nyt9bJA

[Deedy @deedydas]

The International Math Olympiad (IMO) 2026, the hardest math contest for high schoolers, just ended.

I ran Fable (high), Sol (xhigh), K3 (max) and Axiom against it and all got a perfect score of 42/42 (repo below if you want to check their solutions):
— Claude Fable 5 was the solved it in 1 attempt, and was the fastest.
— GPT 5.6 Sol took 1 more attempts, and was cheapest.
— Kimi K3 did it but took 4 more attempts, and took a LOT of tokens.
— Axiom Math actually proved everything in Lean.

P3 and P6 were the hardest followed by P2, judging by attempts + num tokens.

Students had 9hrs to solve these 6 problems, and Fable and Sol were under 4hrs.

The frontier of AI has officially moved well past IMO math.

[Cormac Leech @cormacleech]

@JamesClear always get inspiration from a @JamesClear communication.

[Sachit @cyb3r_17]

just realised what he meant by this, holy shit

[Alex & Books 📚 @AlexAndBooks_]

Book sales were higher in 2025 than they were in 2019.

The number of independent bookstores in the US grew by 70% from 2020 to 2025.

Readers borrowed 10% more books from libraries in 2025 than in 2024.

As Mark Twain said, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

[AxiaFunder -Commercial Litigation Funding Platform @AxiaFunder]

https://t.co/X1HCVErkbH

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

A reminder.
As with food, we spent most of our history deprived of information and craving it; now we have way too much of it to function and manage its entropy and toxicity.

[Cormac Leech @cormacleech]

@elonmusk easy to understand and worth 5 mins.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Consistent with the simulation hypothesis.

Like a video game, objects are randomly generated, with positional certainty only when observed.