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I’ve said before that the loudest voices in the room when it comes to the erosion of what might loosely be known as Western culture are those who never showed the slightest interest in celebrating it. The Daily Mail is a repeat offender,...
Haven’t done one of these for a while. The latest M John Harrison is obligatory, and should probably be mandatory. Seeing the man getting the accolades and sales at the end of a long career of defiantly doing what he wanted to do is a...
the morgan-greer and the drowning world feeling positive towards both of these, although i didn't do all that much reading this month. the drowning world has always felt a bit like scrying into a pool. it's a deck that insists on...
Some sunshine but very heavy showers in the p.m. Car washing H.B2. Doc yesterday making 89 to date. Cleared all the lab bins. Little Jane coming to spend the night with us.
Things are always greener and simpler as they seem from the other side. I'm working on my own project that I decided to get way more serious — namely around Livtet, now a part of my software lab and a lot of things that I used to chide a...
This is a PSA post, and the TLDR is this: if you were subscribed to one of my newsletters, you should log into the Buttondown portal and make sure your preferences are correct. Also, I updated the domain name used, and new emails will...
Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto music community, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have five days to record and upload a track in response to the project instructions. Membership in the Junto...
I recognise that working on locomotives and wagons is something of a tonic for me - and whilst I enjoy creating layouts, the act of modifying a kit or ready to run model to create a unique and somewhat personal model is of great comfort...
This spring E took down her WordPress blog and replaced it with a static website. In the past weeks she did the same for her business website (and added her own sales channel to it, with just the payment provider as third party element)....
The rumours had been swirling around Westminster for weeks, but now it was official. Andy Burnham had somehow ended up as Prime Minister, and quids in Angela Rayner was installed alongside him and others in his cabinet, and before anyone...
I realized that it's been quite some time since I shared some scans of slides that were very faded and pink. As usual, I attempted to color-correct them, and they definitely look better, though they still leave something to be desired....
Despite its relatively small body, this guitar has surprising presence in the bass register, while notes played on the treble strings are round and sweet. The shorter scale length is inherently helpful where playability is concerned, and...
Wood, coal and ironThe Forest of Dean, the area of ancient Gloucestershire woodland between the Rivers Severn and Wye, is a place of extraordinary natural beauty. Ancient trees, including oak, beech, sweet chestnut, birch, holly and...
I honestly don't know, but I guess we'll find out. You can't open a social-media feed or listen to a podcast without being bombarded with stories of how LLMs write code faster than programmers. Not only for greenfield development, but...