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17 May 2026 By mid May, southwestern Pennsylvania’s peregrines have chicks that are growing by leaps and bounds. This year we don’t have as many known active nests due to lack of observers and lack of reports on eBird. There are probably...
Dear Regret You and I have known each other for as long as I can remember. In fact, i am sure that you knew me before i had the words or the language to call you my oldest friend. That is, if you are a friend.And let’s face it, friends...
Back in September 2023 I noted that the biggest hurdle for AI completely replacing physicians is the physicality of the job. Sure, LLMs are good at giving differential diagnoses and faking empathy once somebody’s problem has been reduced...
This past week I again visited the Audium, a special sonic space in San Francisco, and one that I have spent much time in over the course of many decades. The Audium has 176 carefully arranged speakers in a small room kept dark during...
You are here on Earth to turn vegetables into poo. Anything else is just a distraction.
Arbeir Nert (Work Sucks) by German elecropunks, Deichkind.
This week we cover how to mitigate AI generated strong opinions presented by humans as insights and how to do inclusive research with vulnerable users. Also: the fun Fraude satyr website, some open source icons and 3D voxel scenes...
Thanks to New Escapologist contributor Andy for drawing our attention to this excellent long read by Gen-Z writer called Martin Dolan. It contains some brilliant Workplace Woe and a great review of the recent antiwork literature coming...
On Friday, I rode my bike for almost 20 miles (over 12 in a single ride, over 7 in another), the most yet in a day. I rode over 8...
My inevitable response to The Guardian’s click-bait list is this list of a randomised 100 novels I have purchased online, read and enjoyed in the years since I had Gmail and used Amazon – as it was the easiest way to search. I’ve tried...
§ In the garden our raspberry bush is flowering and it looks like the blackberry will follow suit any day now. I picked up some tomato, tomatillo, poblano, basil, and rosemary plants from the nursery and planted them in the few remaining...
Looking beyond and beneath the words on the page