view from the present
view from the present
drmollytov
an extended meditation on presence
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Longtime readers may remember that time I kvetched about how every job I wanted as a kid was met with "that doesn't pay well," as if getting rich was the only thing that ever mattered about one's daily project: me: "that doesn't pay...
Seeds are a psyop. I tear open a little paper packet. Inside are some grains of expensive dirt. The packet assures me this dirt is not ordinary dirt, however. No. This dirt is MAGIC dirt. If I put this magic dirt on top of some ordinary...
We are L-2:07:30 on the Artemis II launch. I am sitting at Gremlin's house so we can watch the launch and I can blog about it at the same time. (Gremlin is making dinner. He is Scully to my Mulder for the purposes of this evening's space...
I know I'm not supposed to get too excited about space launches. I know things could be delayed or postponed up to the last second (almost literally). I know that today's weather briefing put the chances of launching tomorrow at only 80...
I sent the following two texts to my BGFF(FN1) today, about an hour apart: charged the solar battery and plugged the fridge into it to see how long it lasts. The sun is my friend measuring the bedroom windows for reflective coverings to...
Little Molly was obsessed with radios. (Adult Molly is also obsessed with radios.) Thing is, Little Molly didn't get to do much with radios except have one in her bedroom as an alarm clock. Little Molly's parents didn't think twice about...
(A series in which I ramble some personal perspective on ICYDAK's "30 Proven Tactics to Resist Authoritarianism in Daily Life," because most of this stuff is just default daily life to me.) ICYDAK: 30 Proven Tactics to Resist...
the sublime Web The sublime form of the Web is when complete nerds geek out in minute detail over their obsession in a manner specifically designed to let any random surfer-by understand and geek out over it as well. For example, this...
I run the library at a public high school (9-12, roughly ages 14-18 for the non-USians). Our school includes a Basic Media class, in which students produce a 10 minute news show for their peers each day. Said news show includes info...
Cleaning out the bookmarks on my phone, for they have gotten Unwieldy. Links are not endorsements. Etc. European Business Magazine: Iran has just fired the most dangerous shot of this war and it wasn't a missile Watching Trump try to do...
March 17 is never a fun day at Chez Tov, being the anniversary of the day my brother finally succeeded in killing himself with alcohol. So imagine my mood when I opened my email and a freelance client accused me of being AI....
I was reveling in the "get mad, get even" approach of Ageless Linux this morning Ageless Linux when a bit of AB 1043 caught my eye: "User" means a child that is a primary user of a device. And my long-dormant training in statutory...
When my youngest niece was a toddler, she was obsessed with this "tablet for toddlers": Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Stages Tablet It's basically a set of alphabet buttons, with a switch to set one of three "learning levels." Each...
I am home sick today with what had better not be influenza A symptoms (but a bunch of my students and a couple teachers have been out with it the last few weeks so I wouldn't be surprised if it is). I did feel good enough just now to...
California has already passed a bill requiring operating systems (!) to require age verification: California: AB 1043 and Colorado appears to be next in line: Colorado: SB26-051 So: from an everyday-human standpoint, I understand why...