view from the present
view from the present
drmollytov
an extended meditation on presence
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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...
My 2.3 regular readers might remember when I disavowed solarpunk a couple weeks ago: cyberpunk gardening? isn't that just solarpunk? (no) ...well, ya girl has been doing some reading since. Especially because there are a LOT of literary...
This morning, I encountered two pieces on the same topic from separate vectors. The power of browsing compels me to write about it. First, here is an NPR piece on how "training willpower" doesn't work: NPR: Kids' willpower is no match...
(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...
Yesterday one of my students asked me to give myself one point for everything on this meme I have done: Said meme is a list of 20 old people things. The game is to give yourself one point for every one of these retro activities you have...