Narrative Strategies for Non-Writers
Wisdom for #Caregivers: framing caregiving as a spiritual practice of the middle way to prevent burnout by prioritizing immediate relief of suffering over intellectual speculation www.lionsroar.com/wisdom-for-c... #Buddhism
Wisdom for CaregiversDrawing on Shin Buddhist teachings, Rev. Dr. Mutsumi Wondra explores caregiving as a path of compassion and insight.www.lionsroar.comWhat's #newsworthy in the #ai, the arts, #healthcare, and a little bit of buddhism. Check out today's edition, the first of a new feature on our website. aletheus.com/narrative_st...
NewsworthyAletheus News for Monday, May 04, 2026 Aletheus News — May 4, 2026 Curated by Narrative Strategies Aletheus News May 4, 2026 · aletheus.com ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Fortune · …aletheus.comGood to know about how these #AI tools are built and what they are pulling from when they output responses. irtezaasadrizvi.medium.com/how-gpt-and-...
How GPT and Claude Are Trained: The Three-Stage Recipe Behind Modern AI“If intelligence is a cake, the bulk of the cake is self-supervised learning, the icing on the cake is supervised learning, and the cherry…irtezaasadrizvi.medium.comWhich #LMM Platform is best for search? I dug into it. When you step outside formal rankings and look at what bloggers, reviewers, and public‑facing roundups describe, the “top five” starts to take on a more opinionated flavor. bit.ly/4cU38Ij #ai
What’s in the News Today?the latest in the arts, ai/llms, prompts, genealogy, writing, buddhism, cooking etc. WHICH LMM PLATFORM IS BEST FOR SEARCH? April 27, 2026; 06:14 THE GIST OF IT: Official rankings put Google (inclu…bit.lyNew Blog Post: Tibetan Buddhism: Calling Witness Sūtra. This frames the liturgy as a "cosmic court," where confession, refuge, and #bodhicitta are formally witnessed, grounding the path to enlightenment. aletheus.com/2026/04/23/t... #buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism: Calling Witness SutraThis primer examines the Calling Witness Sūtra as one of Tibet’s first Buddhist texts, linking its miraculous arrival to the creation of the Tibetan script. It frames the liturgy as a “…aletheus.com“you got somethin’ to say, mister?” 😂
GordonII’m not sure what theme this would fall under in the daily #BirdOfTheDay suggestion, but a #Canada 🇨🇦 #Goose looking at my camera lens with both eyes (!) while its back serves as a (literal) background deserves a posting, imo. #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #wild #nature Hoping your Thursday is good!
A shift in perspective to be aware of as we all "get on board" with AI #LLMs and an Agentic Future.
gtbarryIn the past, tech companies understood their job was to serve the customer. But after the financial crisis, would-be entrepreneurs decided their job was to invent the future, and consumers’ job was to go along with that invented future #SiliconValley #artificialintelligence #AI #sociology #tech
A good lesson for #writers !
Writers With Wrinkles PodcastBonus Episode! 🎉 The day in the life of an author isn't always smooth sailing. 😭 Lisa shares her recent experience at a book festival that was disappointing and more than a little frustrating. It's a sad cautionary tale . . . #authorslife www.writerswithwrinkles.net/rolling-with...
I think i might make this a regular thing ... a morning #contemplation. Post a short video or a book recommendation, or an excerpt, article or similar. A way to start the day on a positive thoughtful note. An attempt to slow down and not dive into the day with mindless urgency. youtu.be/FRB_HQVMUpA
What Happens When You Stop Making It About You | Pema ChödrönYouTube video by Sounds Trueyoutu.beSlow down! We have entirely conflated reactivity with #productivity chaining ourselves to a perpetual cycle of triaging the immediate while the essential rots on the vine. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/life... #stress
Urgency Culture Is Impeding Our Ability to Live WellWe live in an “urgency” culture, needing to react to constant demands. Yet, when we prioritize what feels pressing, we build lives shaped by unconscious habit instead of intention.www.psychologytoday.comLEAKED DOCUMENTS: #Microsoft plans to temporarily suspend individual account signups to #GitHub Copilot. The weekly cost of running the service has doubled since the start of the year.
Exclusive: Microsoft To Shift GitHub Copilot Users To Token-Based Billing, Tighten Rate LimitsExecutive Summary: * Internal documents reveal that Microsoft plans to temporarily suspend individual account signups to its GitHub Copilot coding product, as it transitions from requests (single…www.wheresyoured.atChime in with your thoughts! University of Washington English department just drew blood regarding generative text, explicitly framing #LLM outputs as a desecration of human intentionality. It is a striking deeply un-sanitized snapshot of academic #resistance. english.washington.edu/courses/2026...
KCC in Portland Oregon is hitting its half-century mark, a stark milestone for one of the West's foundational outposts of Kalu Rinpoche's Shangpa Kagyu lineage. kcc.org/event/50th-y... #dharma #pdx
Events for April 2026« All Eventskcc.org"The totems of previous eras were often built to stand for millennia. Madriz's reflect the precarity of the present moment: a tangle of wires and plastic delicately suspended, waiting to unravel." hyperallergic.com/leonardo-mad... #art #sculpture
Leonardo Madriz’s Monuments to the Precarity of NowHis sculptures are a striking metaphor for the fragile equilibrium of American life.hyperallergic.comThe curatorial approach for this show delves into complex intersections of ecological systems, cultural heritage, and colonial history, framing #environmental restoration as a multidisciplinary endeavor. heni.com/news/article... #netherlands
Paleis Het Loo Presents 'State of Wander: Towards Environmental Restoration'Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn is hosting 'State of Wander: Towards Environmental Restoration,' an exhibition featuring contemporary site-responsive works by national and international artists. The…heni.comThe first significant diplomatic stabilization between the two powers since the 2020 Ladakh clashes, creating a volatile geopolitical environment for the Central #Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) ongoing election cycle. www.tibetanreview.net/india-and-ch... #China
India and China huddle for SCO bilateral consultations as bilateral ties improve - Tibetan Review(TibetanReview.net, Apr19’26) – India and China held Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Bilateral Consultations in New Delhi over Apr 16-17 in what is seen as a thaw in their relations following…www.tibetanreview.netHigh-fidelity digital release of Glenriddell Manuscripts, featuring Robert Burns’s handwritten works and contemporary social correspondence. www.nls.uk/whats-on/tre... Good news for researchers tracking 18th-century Lowland #Scots families and their migration patterns. #familyhistory
Treasures of the National Library of Scotland | National Library of ScotlandVisit the National Library of Scotland's permanent exhibition. It showcases treasured items from our vast collections.www.nls.ukThe "Firefox Moment" for #AI as proprietary cloud costs and data leakage risks peak, European and privacy-focused enterprises are shifting toward local-first frameworks to reclaim data sovereignty. LINK: quasa.io/media/mozill... #mozilla
Mozilla Nails It: Thunderbolt Brings “ChatGPT at Home” to the Enterprise — Without Vendor Lock-InWhile OpenAI and Anthropic race to sell their proprietary AI platforms to big corporations, Mozilla’s subsidiary MZLA Technologies has taken a very different route.quasa.io'Running Fence', a temporary installation consisting of 24.5 miles of white nylon fabric suspended from steel cables, remains one of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's most recognized projects. #art heni.com/news/article... #sonoma
Museum of Sonoma County to Mark 50th Anniversary of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 'Running Fence'Artistsheni.com