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Tanuj
@thesolarmonk.com
· Nov 10
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The phrase "high-trust society" is interesting
As a rough & incomplete model, western society, with its ad-based media, has constructed a worry- or anxiety-machine, which incentivizes feeding worries to people
If you trust institutions enough, though, you may simply decide to trust that...
As a rough & incomplete model, western society, with its ad-based media, has constructed a worry- or anxiety-machine, which incentivizes feeding worries to people
If you trust institutions enough, though, you may simply decide to trust that...
December 28, 2024 at 6:45 PM
The phrase "high-trust society" is interesting
As a rough & incomplete model, western society, with its ad-based media, has constructed a worry- or anxiety-machine, which incentivizes feeding worries to people
If you trust institutions enough, though, you may simply decide to trust that...
As a rough & incomplete model, western society, with its ad-based media, has constructed a worry- or anxiety-machine, which incentivizes feeding worries to people
If you trust institutions enough, though, you may simply decide to trust that...
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websites should look like this
December 13, 2024 at 7:17 PM
websites should look like this
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Field Companions are everyday objects modified to hold memory and share their perspective of our environments. Touching your phone to its soul initiates a 1-min audio memory from the moment and location it was found.
December 6, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Field Companions are everyday objects modified to hold memory and share their perspective of our environments. Touching your phone to its soul initiates a 1-min audio memory from the moment and location it was found.
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🐟 some musings on how we might use LLMs
🐠 to interact with text at multiple levels of abstraction
🐡 inspired by the fish-eye lens
🐠 to interact with text at multiple levels of abstraction
🐡 inspired by the fish-eye lens
December 3, 2024 at 4:31 PM
🐟 some musings on how we might use LLMs
🐠 to interact with text at multiple levels of abstraction
🐡 inspired by the fish-eye lens
🐠 to interact with text at multiple levels of abstraction
🐡 inspired by the fish-eye lens
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The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
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terrapunk is a thing and it's actually quite good!
resolving a lot of the issues with solarpunk: "greenwashed socialism", anti-capitalist, anti-nuclear, anti-markets, "pro-blanketing-mountains-with-solar-panels"
nasjaq.substack.com/p/the-terrap...
resolving a lot of the issues with solarpunk: "greenwashed socialism", anti-capitalist, anti-nuclear, anti-markets, "pro-blanketing-mountains-with-solar-panels"
nasjaq.substack.com/p/the-terrap...
December 3, 2024 at 4:43 PM
terrapunk is a thing and it's actually quite good!
resolving a lot of the issues with solarpunk: "greenwashed socialism", anti-capitalist, anti-nuclear, anti-markets, "pro-blanketing-mountains-with-solar-panels"
nasjaq.substack.com/p/the-terrap...
resolving a lot of the issues with solarpunk: "greenwashed socialism", anti-capitalist, anti-nuclear, anti-markets, "pro-blanketing-mountains-with-solar-panels"
nasjaq.substack.com/p/the-terrap...
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Thinking With Moss is a project I've been working on for the past few years w/ @eayers0.bsky.social & @aansari86.bsky.social.
In collab w/ NYBG, we explore the digitization of botanic collections, and the invisible or under attended histories of the natural sciences.
www.thinkingwithmoss.net
In collab w/ NYBG, we explore the digitization of botanic collections, and the invisible or under attended histories of the natural sciences.
www.thinkingwithmoss.net
December 2, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Thinking With Moss is a project I've been working on for the past few years w/ @eayers0.bsky.social & @aansari86.bsky.social.
In collab w/ NYBG, we explore the digitization of botanic collections, and the invisible or under attended histories of the natural sciences.
www.thinkingwithmoss.net
In collab w/ NYBG, we explore the digitization of botanic collections, and the invisible or under attended histories of the natural sciences.
www.thinkingwithmoss.net
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What if Truchet tiles were produced with differential growth?
December 2, 2024 at 6:01 PM
What if Truchet tiles were produced with differential growth?
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I gave a talk at Handmade Seattle last year about why I think software gets complicated (spoiler: it's not laziness). www.youtube.com/watch?v=czzA...
This is something I've thought about for years and observed up close both in commercial and research contexts, so I hope you enjoy.
This is something I've thought about for years and observed up close both in commercial and research contexts, so I hope you enjoy.
Why Can't We Make Simple Software? - Peter van Hardenberg
YouTube video by Handmade Cities
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:26 PM
I gave a talk at Handmade Seattle last year about why I think software gets complicated (spoiler: it's not laziness). www.youtube.com/watch?v=czzA...
This is something I've thought about for years and observed up close both in commercial and research contexts, so I hope you enjoy.
This is something I've thought about for years and observed up close both in commercial and research contexts, so I hope you enjoy.
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Libraries are absolutely the best places on earth.
December 1, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Libraries are absolutely the best places on earth.
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the information design in evangelion is insane
December 1, 2024 at 4:29 PM
the information design in evangelion is insane
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Witnessing a sunrise from space has to be one of the most humbling experiences.
November 30, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Witnessing a sunrise from space has to be one of the most humbling experiences.
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While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.
I blogged about it here:
I blogged about it here:
Benefits of an open network
emilyliu.me
November 24, 2024 at 11:53 PM
While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.
I blogged about it here:
I blogged about it here:
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We love links because we love the open web
It is so incredibly nice to have a social platform that values links again - a breath of fresh air in the poisoned ecosystem of the creator economy
November 19, 2024 at 5:00 AM
We love links because we love the open web
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thread of flourishing futures ✨
images, videos, essays, ideas, ... 🌱
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images, videos, essays, ideas, ... 🌱
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November 19, 2024 at 9:23 PM
thread of flourishing futures ✨
images, videos, essays, ideas, ... 🌱
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images, videos, essays, ideas, ... 🌱
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imagining an interface that breathes
November 19, 2024 at 12:46 AM
imagining an interface that breathes
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This is the future I want for us
November 18, 2024 at 10:50 PM
This is the future I want for us
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websites should look like this
November 12, 2024 at 5:09 PM
websites should look like this
talking is a tool for thought
Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.
November 18, 2024 at 12:13 AM
talking is a tool for thought