Theo Honohan
@theohonohan.bsky.social
"The subtlest and most pervasive of all influences are those which create and maintain the repertory of stereotypes."
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Theo Honohan
@theohonohan.bsky.social
· Jan 7
I worry so much about not being on the ball, being provincial or bourgeois, as if not being those things was my most important political responsibility.
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
May we tell you about Questar? gregorygross.com/blog/entry.p...
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
May we tell you about Questar? gregorygross.com/blog/entry.p...
Leslie Lamport on inspiration from the diversity of "nature" www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
!["I like working in an industrial research lab, because of the input," he says. "[French film director] Jean Renoir wrote in his autobiography that when someone asked his father, [Impressionist painter] Pierre-Auguste, why he painted from life, taking his easel outdoors rather than painting in a studio, he said: 'If I were to paint a tree in the studio, I would be able to paint five or six different kinds of leaves. That's all that would come to me. But when I go out in nature, there are millions of different kinds of leaves. I need nature for that inspiration.
"It's the same with me. If I just work by myself and come up with problems, I'd come up with some small number of things, but if I go out into the world, where people are working on real computer systems, there are a million problems out there. When I look back on most of the things I worked on – Byzantine Generals, Paxos – they came from real-world problems."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b2t4xsc2doon5nbg7fpsskdc/bafkreidosmvqbjwecpcz6ncxc3ee7g5hjro3w5qkclaszdciqk3ig5nw6a@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Leslie Lamport on inspiration from the diversity of "nature" www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
This video makes a simple mechanism (a rack-and-pinion driving a flywheel through a gear chain) sound very fancy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhmL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhmL...
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This video makes a simple mechanism (a rack-and-pinion driving a flywheel through a gear chain) sound very fancy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhmL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhmL...
"Oh Diablo Canyon 2, why can't you be more like Diablo Canyon 1?" www.larrysultan.com/gallery/evid...
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Oh Diablo Canyon 2, why can't you be more like Diablo Canyon 1?" www.larrysultan.com/gallery/evid...
"Unlocking Béziers" sounds like an operation in a vector editor like Illustrator.
occitanietravel.com/les-9-ecluse...
occitanietravel.com/les-9-ecluse...
Unlocking Béziers: Discovering Les 9 Écluses de Fonseranes 2025
Les 9 Écluses de Fonseranes is an unmissable landmark on the Canal du Midi near Beziers. A place to relax and enjoy the outdoors all year.
occitanietravel.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Unlocking Béziers" sounds like an operation in a vector editor like Illustrator.
occitanietravel.com/les-9-ecluse...
occitanietravel.com/les-9-ecluse...
Mariana Castillo Deball
No Solid Form Can Contain You, 2010
No Solid Form Can Contain You, 2010
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Mariana Castillo Deball
No Solid Form Can Contain You, 2010
No Solid Form Can Contain You, 2010
November 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Photo by Paolo Monti of a theatre created by Arman in 1973. It's in Parco Sempione, Milan. preserver.beic.it/delivery/Del...
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Photo by Paolo Monti of a theatre created by Arman in 1973. It's in Parco Sempione, Milan. preserver.beic.it/delivery/Del...
Reposted by Theo Honohan
BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
Photos by Liao Yusheng
figure-ground.com/st_ignatius/...
figure-ground.com/st_ignatius/...
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Photos by Liao Yusheng
figure-ground.com/st_ignatius/...
figure-ground.com/st_ignatius/...
A replica of Richard Trevithick's Puffing Devil of 1801 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEjG...
RICHARD TREVITHICK'S PUFFING DEVIL ON TREVITHICK DAY 2017
YouTube video by Cornishpastyman
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A replica of Richard Trevithick's Puffing Devil of 1801 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEjG...
Richard Deacon
Untitled, 1980
Untitled, 1980
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Richard Deacon
Untitled, 1980
Untitled, 1980
"In these lamentable days a new industry has emerged, which has helped not a little in strengthening plain stupidity" (Charles Baudelaire) www.artforum.com/features/wal...
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"In these lamentable days a new industry has emerged, which has helped not a little in strengthening plain stupidity" (Charles Baudelaire) www.artforum.com/features/wal...
Relational algebra: "The division operator is diabolical, but fortunately rare. It also has no natural counterpart in SQL".
Of course, category theory can express it (it's a Right Kan lift, among other things). Where SQL failed, CT manages to provide a suitable theoretical framework and vocabulary.
Of course, category theory can express it (it's a Right Kan lift, among other things). Where SQL failed, CT manages to provide a suitable theoretical framework and vocabulary.
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Relational algebra: "The division operator is diabolical, but fortunately rare. It also has no natural counterpart in SQL".
Of course, category theory can express it (it's a Right Kan lift, among other things). Where SQL failed, CT manages to provide a suitable theoretical framework and vocabulary.
Of course, category theory can express it (it's a Right Kan lift, among other things). Where SQL failed, CT manages to provide a suitable theoretical framework and vocabulary.
It seems to me that Helen DeWitt has spent her adult life constantly telling herself that whats she's doing, in terms of typesetting and book design, is "difficult" and very technically challenging. It's part of the identity she wants to perform. She's made herself miserable with this assumption.
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It seems to me that Helen DeWitt has spent her adult life constantly telling herself that whats she's doing, in terms of typesetting and book design, is "difficult" and very technically challenging. It's part of the identity she wants to perform. She's made herself miserable with this assumption.
Podcast interview with Mahmood Mamdani, from a while ago
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Podcast interview with Mahmood Mamdani, from a while ago
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
Ruskin: "It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect."
Is this a law, or a prejudice based on historical experience?
Is this a law, or a prejudice based on historical experience?
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Ruskin: "It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect."
Is this a law, or a prejudice based on historical experience?
Is this a law, or a prejudice based on historical experience?
Goya's bullfight in a divided ring. This is real nightmare fuel. What are all of those people doing in the ring? The sort of barricado with people sitting on it makes it even worse
www.artic.edu/artworks/226...
www.artic.edu/artworks/226...
Bullfight in a divided ring, from The Bulls of Bordeaux | The Art Institute of Chicago
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1825
www.artic.edu
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Goya's bullfight in a divided ring. This is real nightmare fuel. What are all of those people doing in the ring? The sort of barricado with people sitting on it makes it even worse
www.artic.edu/artworks/226...
www.artic.edu/artworks/226...
Reposted by Theo Honohan
Lina Khan, the former head of the FTC, will now co-chair Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.
Her understanding of corporate power and how to combat it, which she examines in the video below, make her a perfect fit. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdgxIJZDns
Her understanding of corporate power and how to combat it, which she examines in the video below, make her a perfect fit. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdgxIJZDns
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Lina Khan, the former head of the FTC, will now co-chair Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.
Her understanding of corporate power and how to combat it, which she examines in the video below, make her a perfect fit. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdgxIJZDns
Her understanding of corporate power and how to combat it, which she examines in the video below, make her a perfect fit. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdgxIJZDns
Hermann Landshoff
The Surrealists, 1942
New York, autumn 1942.
© bpk Berlin / Münchner Stadtmuseum, Sammlung Fotografie / Archiv Landshoff. via stedelijkstudies.com/journal/mode...
The Surrealists, 1942
New York, autumn 1942.
© bpk Berlin / Münchner Stadtmuseum, Sammlung Fotografie / Archiv Landshoff. via stedelijkstudies.com/journal/mode...
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hermann Landshoff
The Surrealists, 1942
New York, autumn 1942.
© bpk Berlin / Münchner Stadtmuseum, Sammlung Fotografie / Archiv Landshoff. via stedelijkstudies.com/journal/mode...
The Surrealists, 1942
New York, autumn 1942.
© bpk Berlin / Münchner Stadtmuseum, Sammlung Fotografie / Archiv Landshoff. via stedelijkstudies.com/journal/mode...
Nowadays we might try to conceal the fact that a monument stands on a lower ground level, surrounded by a retaining wall. Luigi Rossini didn't do that in these prints.
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Nowadays we might try to conceal the fact that a monument stands on a lower ground level, surrounded by a retaining wall. Luigi Rossini didn't do that in these prints.