links 9/18/26: https://roamresearch.com/#/app/srcpublic/page/09-18-2026

• • https://trevorklee.substack.com/p/sulfate-cooling-the-earth-is-cheap Trevor Klee on how we could use sulfate particles in the stratosphere to cool the earth back to 1980 temperatures.
  • https://www.writingruxandrabio.com/p/the-us-moves-to-reclaim-the-therapeutic Ruxandra Teslo on reforms to clinical Phase I trials that should shorten timelines by 6 to 12 months.
    • also -- amazingly, -- the FIRST CAR-T THERAPY FOR A SOLID TUMOR WAS APPROVED cancer, in China for a Chinese drug! notably we have no such drug in the US.
      • are Chinese drug approval standards less rigorous than the US's? I don't know for sure, but I doubt it -- in numerous blog posts I've read comparing US to Chinese biotech ecosystems, nobody has ever mentioned a lower standard to get a drug approved in China. People have told me the bar for approval in China is about the same as in the US or EU.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_(The_Mountain_Goats_album) new album this summer. I'm not caught up on the last several releases; Darnielle has been insanely prolific lately.
  • https://mdickens.me/pop-ethics/ test your population ethics intuitions!
  • https://www.paxhistoria.co/ alternate history sandbox game
  • https://protectdemocracy.org/work/uncovering-the-trump-administrations-secret-rules-for-ai-model-release/ first results from a FOIA appeal to reveal the Trump Administration's process for deciding what AI models to release.
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Scharf I knew this guy in college! he is on several of these emails, which were during his tenure as White House staff secretary.
  • https://corrigibilityresearch.org/ $200,000 for corrigibility research on AI safety.
  • https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/09/pandemic-preparation-is-ai-safety.html if you are worried about AI-enabled bioweapons you should invest in pandemic response.