This is the weekly open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. Also:

1. I will be at the New York Solstice tomorrow. I’ll see some of you there. There will probably be a big meetup Sunday at the Brookfield Place Mall at 1 (last minute change of time!), although details beyond that are sketchy. Head to the mall and look for the group of people who look the way you would expect rationalists to look. It’s not subtle.

2. Comment of the week is this poem, even though it’s from several months ago, because I only just found it.

3. In case you missed it in yesterday’s links, you may be interested in the MIRI fundraiser, the CFAR fundraiser, and the Giving What We Can Pledge Drive.