The best lack all conviction While the worst Are full of passionate intensity. ... Trying not to sound completely nuts while explaining only a fraction of what's happening to not-terminally-online friends and family. Currently not succeeding.
The Trump administration is trying to gut one of the strongest laws protecting tribal sacred sites, burial grounds, and ancestral lands. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act has worked since 1966. Now a handpicked Council voted to rewrite it..in one week. Here's what at stake.👇
Furthermore, the people I follow include enough authors that I can buy their books, always have a book to read and know they will be fascinating. To create that from scratch would be near impossible. That it has evolved now at least twice, gives me hope.
What I love about Bluesky is what I loved about old Twitter: if I want to find out about something (however recondite) there will be someone here (often with a PhD in it) and the time and patience to share their knowledge. /1
Parked by the tidal basin with some free time, I decided to see what the Jefferson Memorial has to say about his having owned human beings. Ans: nothing, and the place is a reminder that the sanitizing didn’t begin with DT and needs constant correction. 1/7
So, I really hope I get to tell this story in longer form in the near future, but it it’s burning a hole inside me. Most of it comes from an interview with Bob Hirst this weekend. Bob has been Exec Editor of the Mark Twain Project for 47 years, before which he was part of its staff for ~15. 1/16
Our radar as seen through glass. The local airbase radar, via a Polaroid, in low sun, and with extra lenses and glass prisms stuck over the Polaroid lens with BluTac. Some extra technical details in the alt text.
Gave an absolutely, heart-rending, house-down, rain of bouquets, bravura karaoke performance of Say Hello, Wave Goodbye to an audience of precisely one small, old, disgusted cat
Strongly recommend Sarah Perry on the wonder of Jodrell 🔭 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Earth to Whitehall: the wonder and knowledge of Jodrell B...The threatened closure of the world-famous radio telescope is symptomatic of a drive against learning and inquiry that is making us sicker as a societyobserver.co.uk
On some level, I would like AI to be Pinocchio, an artificial creation that transcends its origins. But so far it's Frankenstein all the way down: unethical scientists that unleash a creation upon the world with no thought of the consequences, and which are ultimately consumed by their own creation.
I cannot rest from discourse. I will see that film again tomorrow. I will drink life to the lees. Again I will enjoy greatly, will suffer greatly, both with those that love me, and in Pleasantville NY. I am become a meme. Film showing: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/the-...
The Odyssey : Jacob Burns Film CenterThe Odyssey, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Christopher Nolan, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Odysseus, Greek, Classic, Antiquityburnsfilmcenter.org
Ok I've done my best to prepare you, but here it is, the hit of the summer, with less than a fortnight to go before the Clacton by-election Mr C presents Sheman - Count Binface There's a guy in the place in a by-election race, and he goes by the name of Count Binface...
Sheman - Count BinfaceYouTube video by Protonyoutu.be
A long while ago, I wrote a pretty good piece on O Brother, Where Are Thou?, lies, & Oz. It was rejected on the explicit grounds that Real Classicists had no interest in engaging with "low-brow shallow comedy". Anyhow, at this moment of #Odyssey reception, here it is. medium.com/@anisestrong...
All Coens Are Liars: O Brother, Where art Thou? and Homer’s OdysseyAll Coens are Liars:medium.com
Companies are all in on selling folks the idea that it’s in your best interest for your products to “know you” as if you are getting a dedicated servant but what you are really getting is a spy.
GM to launch its own in-vehicle AI system later this yearGeneral Motors plans to launch a proprietary in-vehicle artificial intelligence system that's better tailored for its customers later this year.www.cnbc.com
UEFA spokesperson Dietmar Fumm said to reporters "This decision effectively signals that Gianni Infantino is an enemy of world football". tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm
Overnight, a masked bandit broke into our kitchen. Armed with opposable thumbs, he proceeded to sample everything on offer. I’d just visited the farmers market, so the menu was extensive. I can now share a highly specific peer-reviewed list of what this particular raider did & did not enjoy. 🧵
Raccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good'Alt: Raccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good'static.klipy.com
Please take a moment out of your day to marvel at the balletic poise, calm elegance and graceful athleticism of the panda.
When my wife did chemo and radiation, she would go outside once or twice a day and shed the hair as it all fell out. Today, seven months later, we just found a nest a bird (likely a wren) made out of her hair.
Absolutely heartbreaking letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after his murder by ICE agents. How is it possible that we still haven’t seen even a hint of justice for such a heinous crime?
Do humans and birds share an eye for design? 🐦🎨 For my Master's diss, I’m testing if we share aesthetic tastes with bowerbirds. I need 100 responses to finish! Visual, anonymous & under 5 mins. Link: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 🧪 cc: @scienseed.com #AcademicSky #SciComm