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Straive is a firm that uses AI to, among other things, help publishers with various tasks “across the publishing value chain”. One of its clients is Springer Nature, the publisher of many philosophy journals. Recently, Harry R. Lloyd,...
Today I've been thinking about sexual immorality, a hot-button issue for Christians. As a man living in today's world, it seems that being pure of sexual sin is an unfair deal. The idea of not being able to hook up with anyone before...
December 2025. Bexhill-on-Sea. Mrs RM enjoyed our lunchtime in Sussex-by-the-Sea, remembering the times that her aunt (it was probably her granny but I’m not strong on genealogy) took her to Bexhill for whatever people used to do at the...
Thou shalt not believe in that which cannot be demonstrated empirically Thou shalt not worship anyone, regardless of their social influence Thou shalt strive to improve the situation for everyone, including yourself Thou shalt allow...
Check out As in guillotine... for more. NOTE: What could I possibly say that could even begin to sum up 2025, other than to remind (caution? warn?) you that it’s not over yet? Keep your head on a swivel, and as always, thanks for...
SPONSORED This week’s ad slot was purchased by friend of Foofaraw, Evan Passero, in support of DIFFA Dallas—providing critical financial support to North Texas AIDS service organizations that offer direct care to adults, families, and...
A Discord debian repository, set up to keep Discord up to date on Debian and Ubuntu based GNU/Linux systems. Without the need for Snap or Flatpak. Hopefully another easy method to keep Discord up to date on Debian based systems.
It’s Blogvent, day 19, where I blog daily in December! If you’ve bounced around GitHub before, it’s likely you’ve seen a .github/ folder at the top-level of a repository. You might have even seen a .github repository in some...
I felt the aches and the limits of templating languages since my very first website made with Jekyll. At the time, I was super scared of any sort of language beyond Liquid, and this is how I got comfortable, but also stuck, with it. What...
A couple of days ago - in light of Mozilla (once again) doubling down in poor decision making - I was saying how it’s a good idea to donate to alternative projects instead, every time Mozilla fails us. But all joking aside, given the...
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here’s this month’s installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. History doesn’t turn on hunger. It...
Here’s a curated collection of reels because I don’t want to work. Astor Piazzolla explaining (in an uncanny level of English) the origins of the Argentine “bandoneón” An allegory of the place I’m currently living in, soon to stop being...
There are good reasons why these handsets are so popular with de-Googlers, even if we have to grit our teeth and try to ignore the vendor.
Social media is a hellhole, even Mastodon. I mute toots based on words usage and since Ruben has their public, so why not me?! Catsofmastodon Caturday Charlie Kirk Goodreads Kamala Word puzzle abotak bluesky bsky hangtrek jewdle...
There's this tenacious idea that in an unequal society, those at the top are the winners. That is, if you manage to avoid oppression, and if you manage to do the oppressing yourself, then you've got yourself a good life. I'm a white man...
I haven't been posting lately, I know... This is kinda related to a lot of stuff I've been doing with both my life and my job recently, but this isn't what I'm here to talk about today. Since I'm really far from my country now, enjoying...
Fix ZSH ‘illegal modifier’ errors with Git Conventional Commits by disabling the NO_BANG_HIST option.
[Equations in this post may not look right (or appear at all) in your RSS reader. Go to the original article to see them rendered properly.] I’ve been meaning to follow up on the “sense of structure” post I wrote just after Thanksgiving....
Manuel Moreale: How about, instead of preventing “the kids” from accessing social media, we go in the opposite direction and keep all the adults out? Wouldn’t that be wonderful? You also get the added benefit of kicking probably billions...
Because I’m nothing if not predictable: of course I had to watch this one after all the noise about Heated Rivalry I haven’t Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, the genre romance novel that this movie is based on (footnote 1), so...
A relative bought us movie tickets to see Avatar: Fire and Ash with them on Christmas Day. Since I have never seen the first two films, I thought it would be a good idea to catch up. So I subscribed to Disney+ for a month (and promptly...
Nothing changes the history of the world more profoundly than changing the landscape of permission and possibility for people — what is possible and permissible for whom in a given culture. And no one has changed the history of the world...
Album#13 The Études 图1 《The Études》专辑封面 专辑信息 专辑名称：The Études 歌手：Joyce Cheung (張貝芝) 年份：2024-03-06 风格：爵士、古典、纯音乐、钢琴曲 时长：约 70 分钟 之前分享了 JOYCE 的 Album#12 - 才華換桃花(Talent Flower)，再分享一张 Joyce 的专辑，不过这个 Joyce 叫 Joyce Cheung。 《The...
I spent all year whining about stuff I hate, so here's a list of stuff I didn't hate. Not everything was released in 2025, but it's all stuff I happened to stumble across this year that made a lasting impression. The key word here is...
Last year I wrote my first music recap and I had so much fun so I'm planning to continue it for the next years. This year I gave up on Spotify and because of this I would no longer have a Spotify wrapped, I'll still have one from...
I caught an advert for Google AI × Netflix × Stranger Things or something that said (paraphrasing) "3000 minutes of Stranger Things between you and the finale? You can summarise each episode in a sentence with Google AI! 🎉" And, like,...
The past few months, I have thought a lot about aging, retirement and disability a lot. I’m often surrounded by people who take their health for granted, and where degenerative effects on the body are something they leave to their future...
I’ve been reading on a Kobo Libra Colour for more than a year. It has wonderfully clicky buttons, a nicely textured back, a well thought-out “origami” cover, outstanding battery life, a more than decent reading environment, and a...
Esta semana me tocó vivir una situación algo incómoda y algo hiriente. No puedo dar muchos detalles, más allá de que en mi trabajo estamos desarrollando un e-commerce para un cliente en Estados Unidos. El punto es que había que hacer la...
Me-maintain kosmetik yang saya miliki menjadi salah satu tujuan saya di tahun 2025. Sesuai rencana, tahun ini saya nggak terlalu banyak beli beauty products karena fokus untuk menghabiskan produk yang dimiliki. Selain itu, saya juga...
Finally, on the very last day for me in the office this year, I managed some collaboration. Oh, the irony! Just when I posted about the lack thereof YESTERDAY MORNING! Maybe, just maybe this is how the universe works. You’ve got to speak...
“Is there something in my teeth?” “Dude, can’t you just be normal for like, one second?” 📷 Photographed with a Fujifilm X-T5 + XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR 🎞️ 502 mm focal length – 1/500″ at f/9 – ISO 400 📍 National Elk Refuge, Wyoming,...
Red and gold maple leaves scattered along the path at Ryoanji Temple. 龍安寺の地面に敷き詰められた赤と金のもみじ。
Libros leídos en 2025 Al igual que hice al terminar el año pasado voy a utilizar el blog para dejar por aquí la lista de libros que he leído este año. El 2025 ha sido un gran año lector, de eso no tengo duda. Digo esto, primero por los...
Just wanted to complain a little, bear with me. Something that pisses me off to the moon and back is when people say your disability is a "superpower". With all due respect, super power my ass. It's called a disability for a reason. It's...
Hyperlinks Should Have Context 2025-12-18 While poorly implemented links can cause minor annoyances for users, improper interactive links can often lead to a loss of users. That’s why, if you have interactive links on a website or...
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Parece surreal que já fazem seis meses que eu comecei a fazer esses posts de recomendações musicais. Nesse meio tempo eu já pensei em desistir, já me empolguei na quantidade (esse mês). E já considerei fazer um programa de rádio mensal...
In 1981, a new TV station dedicated to playing music videos appeared in the US. It famously started its programme by playing The Buggles' Video Killed the Radio Star. In 1987, MTV Europe began its broadcast with an equally fitting video:...
🗓️//December Audition Round-up A roundup of auditions, recalls, and booked jobs from December 2025 Published by AHE. on 19th December 2025 Auditions - 0 No auditions this month, and on reflection that's probably been a good thing. As it...
Prepare for That Stupid World You probably heard about the Wall Street Journal story where they had a snack-vending machine run by a chatbot created by Anthropic. At first glance, it is funny and it looks like journalists doing their job...