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I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:
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Didn’t expect this to hit quite like it does but it did for me
I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Didn’t expect this to hit quite like it does but it did for me
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Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t.
Because they were holding on to something.
"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo.
And it’s worth fighting for.
Because they were holding on to something.
"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo.
And it’s worth fighting for.
January 25, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t.
Because they were holding on to something.
"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo.
And it’s worth fighting for.
Because they were holding on to something.
"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo.
And it’s worth fighting for.
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You can watch the original 1943 short film here: youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 PM
You can watch the original 1943 short film here: youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4
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We are determined to make it so. The @unbreaking.org team has been working since the beginning to stand up a page focused on Archives & History. Our timeline (unbreaking.org/issues/archi...) and debrief (unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...) were just published today.
January 23, 2026 at 6:32 AM
We are determined to make it so. The @unbreaking.org team has been working since the beginning to stand up a page focused on Archives & History. Our timeline (unbreaking.org/issues/archi...) and debrief (unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...) were just published today.
@erikahall.bsky.social I don’t believe any explanation is necessary.
January 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
@erikahall.bsky.social I don’t believe any explanation is necessary.
Household has had the flu for almost a week. I’m coming to terms with the fact I now live in the Room of Requirement.
January 1, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Household has had the flu for almost a week. I’m coming to terms with the fact I now live in the Room of Requirement.
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Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
Trekorama!
360° of Star Trek
mijofr.github.io
December 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
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MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
December 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
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UX writing is often underappreciated but vital for a great experience. Sometimes, it’s not needed at all. Every part of the interface always communicates, intentionally or not. Nick DiLallo highlights this with great examples:
https://uxdesign.cc/this-is-good-ux-writing-10c4b956a6c3
https://uxdesign.cc/this-is-good-ux-writing-10c4b956a6c3
This is good UX writing
Eight principles for every interface you’ll ever write.
uxdesign.cc
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
UX writing is often underappreciated but vital for a great experience. Sometimes, it’s not needed at all. Every part of the interface always communicates, intentionally or not. Nick DiLallo highlights this with great examples:
https://uxdesign.cc/this-is-good-ux-writing-10c4b956a6c3
https://uxdesign.cc/this-is-good-ux-writing-10c4b956a6c3
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This is your brain on AI
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is your brain on AI
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Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear
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LLM consciousness is exactly the same in character and quality as Pot Bear, a pot that I own that looks exactly like a friendly bear when viewed at a particular angle while drunk
"they will be, one day"
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
LLM consciousness is exactly the same in character and quality as Pot Bear, a pot that I own that looks exactly like a friendly bear when viewed at a particular angle while drunk
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"There are no separate systems. The world is a continuum. Where to draw a boundary around a system depends on the purpose of the discussion.”
— Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems
#AdventOfSystemSeeing Day 17: Systems and Boundaries
www.ruthmalan.com/Advent/2025/...
— Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems
#AdventOfSystemSeeing Day 17: Systems and Boundaries
www.ruthmalan.com/Advent/2025/...
Advent(ure) in System Seeing
Pick a (socio)technical system to focus on. Write a brief description of its primary purpose (or role or identity in the ecology of systems).
www.ruthmalan.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"There are no separate systems. The world is a continuum. Where to draw a boundary around a system depends on the purpose of the discussion.”
— Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems
#AdventOfSystemSeeing Day 17: Systems and Boundaries
www.ruthmalan.com/Advent/2025/...
— Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems
#AdventOfSystemSeeing Day 17: Systems and Boundaries
www.ruthmalan.com/Advent/2025/...
Latest StoryTime Alpha development update. buttondown.com/storytime-te...
November Update
Hello! Nat here, with the latest news from StoryTime. If you’re reading this, you signed up to get monthly updates about our development process. If you’re...
buttondown.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Latest StoryTime Alpha development update. buttondown.com/storytime-te...
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
No. He would never.
I mean, maybe only from floofy cuteness overload.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
No. He would never.
I mean, maybe only from floofy cuteness overload.
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
No. He would never.
I mean, maybe only from floofy cuteness overload.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
No. He would never.
I mean, maybe only from floofy cuteness overload.
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There is so much good work out there on embodied cognitive science.
But it really hasn’t hit mainstream understanding.
But it really hasn’t hit mainstream understanding.
This gets right at my core opinion about AGI: we're not going to get anything like actual "intelligence" from a brain in a jar (or a chip in a computer). Intelligence is ultimately about interacting with the world; only embodied creatures can develop it.
The most basic is that Cartesianism, broadly speaking, is false. The mind is embodied and embedded in the physical world. Meaning is not in the head. Reference, truth, and rational belief require the right kind of causal relationships to the world.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There is so much good work out there on embodied cognitive science.
But it really hasn’t hit mainstream understanding.
But it really hasn’t hit mainstream understanding.
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When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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Hype pins the blame — unfairly — on you.
Hype says, "by spending the money on magic beans instead of the things you need, we are actually helping." Hype says, "the magic beans are magic. if you still have problems, you must be prompting it wrong."
This is about AI, but not *just* about AI.
Hype says, "by spending the money on magic beans instead of the things you need, we are actually helping." Hype says, "the magic beans are magic. if you still have problems, you must be prompting it wrong."
This is about AI, but not *just* about AI.
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hype pins the blame — unfairly — on you.
Hype says, "by spending the money on magic beans instead of the things you need, we are actually helping." Hype says, "the magic beans are magic. if you still have problems, you must be prompting it wrong."
This is about AI, but not *just* about AI.
Hype says, "by spending the money on magic beans instead of the things you need, we are actually helping." Hype says, "the magic beans are magic. if you still have problems, you must be prompting it wrong."
This is about AI, but not *just* about AI.
Want to teach your kids the glory of search engines before AI summary trash happened?
scholar.google.com is actually ideal. All the results are just the articles of other curious minds urging you to go get out there and learn for yourself.
scholar.google.com is actually ideal. All the results are just the articles of other curious minds urging you to go get out there and learn for yourself.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions.
scholar.google.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Want to teach your kids the glory of search engines before AI summary trash happened?
scholar.google.com is actually ideal. All the results are just the articles of other curious minds urging you to go get out there and learn for yourself.
scholar.google.com is actually ideal. All the results are just the articles of other curious minds urging you to go get out there and learn for yourself.
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A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
My kids love this movie.
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
My kids love this movie.