Tom Gething
@thomgething.bsky.social
Father, husband, educator, immigrant. Lower School Director in NC. Certainty is overrated.
I have never heard the basic pulse sound quite like this before. At first jarring, I can't help finding it rather beguiling. Sibelius conducted as if it were Johann Strauss? www.therestisnoise.com/2025/08/ren%...
René Leibowitz conducts Sibelius
Yes, the same man who wrote Sibelius, le plus mauvais compositeur du monde. Leibowitz was actually quite an interesting conductor, and his Beethoven cycle with the Royal Philharmonic, once notorious f...
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August 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I have never heard the basic pulse sound quite like this before. At first jarring, I can't help finding it rather beguiling. Sibelius conducted as if it were Johann Strauss? www.therestisnoise.com/2025/08/ren%...
The Sense of the Self www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v1...
Galen Strawson · The Sense of the Self
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August 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The Sense of the Self www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v1...
World Model Genie3 Brings Us Closer to AGI and Transformational Educational Opportunity
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World Model Genie3 Brings Us Closer to AGI and Transformational Educational Opportunity
Teaching Guides WIll 10x Students
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August 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
World Model Genie3 Brings Us Closer to AGI and Transformational Educational Opportunity
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Franz Liszt died in Bayreuth on this day in 1886. So here's a film of Louis Kentner playing the second (Italian) book of Années de pèlerinage at a recital in London in the 1960s. This is just utterly wonderful.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJuP...
Louis Kentner in recital plays Liszt's 2nd Années de Pèlerinage, ( Italy ) London 1960's
YouTube video by op106
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July 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Franz Liszt died in Bayreuth on this day in 1886. So here's a film of Louis Kentner playing the second (Italian) book of Années de pèlerinage at a recital in London in the 1960s. This is just utterly wonderful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJuP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJuP...
What is a ‘rigorous’ curriculum?
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What is a ‘rigorous’ curriculum?
Hint: it's not just about content.
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July 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
What is a ‘rigorous’ curriculum?
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World Championship Philosophy
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World Championship Philosophy
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
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July 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
World Championship Philosophy
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existentialcomics.com/comic/613
The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can
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The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can
Does process matter? We are about to find out.
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July 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can
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Both Root and Ponting are great here, sharing their perspective. Cricket is a wonderful sport.
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Joe Root REACTS to becoming the second-highest run-scorer in Test cricket 📈
YouTube video by Sky Sports Cricket
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July 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Both Root and Ponting are great here, sharing their perspective. Cricket is a wonderful sport.
youtu.be/56dmWmnUiBU?...
youtu.be/56dmWmnUiBU?...
The early section on neural networks is an elegant explanation of how these networks function.
youtu.be/IkdziSLYzHw?...
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Will AI outsmart human intelligence? - with 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton
YouTube video by The Royal Institution
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July 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The early section on neural networks is an elegant explanation of how these networks function.
youtu.be/IkdziSLYzHw?...
youtu.be/IkdziSLYzHw?...
My question is, if AI is transitioning to AGI at the rate being suggested, how can we be sure that the durable skills we are being asked to teach will not be absorbed into AGI?
DOE Warning: Students Risk Future Without AI Skills and Literacy (And they are Right) open.substack.com/pub/stefanba...
DOE Warning: Students Risk Future Without AI Skills and Literacy (And they are Right) open.substack.com/pub/stefanba...
DOE Warning: Students Risk Future Without AI Skills and Literacy (And they are Right)
Those who good listeners and demonstrate empathy will be least exposed to job loss.
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July 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My question is, if AI is transitioning to AGI at the rate being suggested, how can we be sure that the durable skills we are being asked to teach will not be absorbed into AGI?
DOE Warning: Students Risk Future Without AI Skills and Literacy (And they are Right) open.substack.com/pub/stefanba...
DOE Warning: Students Risk Future Without AI Skills and Literacy (And they are Right) open.substack.com/pub/stefanba...
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Boxes of poetry books arrive at the SPL every week. A much anticipated poetry collection will be in today's delivery and reaching hands are at the ready...
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The Empire of Forgetting by John Burnside review – last words from an essential poet of our age
This posthumously published final collection confronts mortality, alongside the world’s almost unbearable beauty
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July 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Boxes of poetry books arrive at the SPL every week. A much anticipated poetry collection will be in today's delivery and reaching hands are at the ready...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Hammer Timing
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Hammer Timing
My weakness for good beginnings
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July 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Hammer Timing
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This literary genre was dropped from the canon. But maybe it had something to offer.
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This literary genre was dropped from the canon. But maybe it had something to offer.
Recently I introduced a friend to Dwight MacDonald’s 1960 essay “Masscult and Midcult”, and she was beyond horrified by the snobby tone.
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July 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This literary genre was dropped from the canon. But maybe it had something to offer.
www.woman-of-letters.com/p/positive-d...
www.woman-of-letters.com/p/positive-d...