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Standard.site provides shared AT Protocol lexicons. Atproto is just spicy JSON and asymmetric cryptography. I’ve tried to explain atproto in more detail before. Bluesky has always supported a few open graph meta tags which I use to...
There's a definite contrast amongst those who are openly critical of 'AI' at the moment - and it centres on the perception of the fight. It's an interesting one to approach from a (very) resistance focused position given that, on the one...
Vince, Yao, and Majerle takes his talents to South Beach
Back in 2000 or 2001, I was exploring Saint John and took these photos of the former Lantic Sugar refinery.
Fraunces Tavern was originally built in 1719, so if you ignore the massive changes to the building over the years, it’s the oldest extant building in Manhattan, constructed some 95 years after the Dutch arrived. In other words, we have...
Sometimes Sydney Trains runs a special train, just for me! Or at least, I pretend they do. How luxurious. As an aside, for those of you who live in cities with double deck train carriages, do you sit upstairs or down? I tend to sit...
This piece from Anil Dash remains my absolute favorite take on AI. It’s fair and pragmatic, and in a word, NORMAL. I think I read it every day and twice on days when I feel like I’m losing my mind amongst the AI hype. Technologies like...
Cafe after dark.
In an echo of Bruno Latour’s “we have never been modern”, David Abram argues “we are still animist.” We have built devices that speak to us, even have conversations with us, in an attempt to find our way back to the living landscape of...
This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Barry Hess, whose blog can be found at bjhess.com. Tired of RSS? Read this in your browser or sign up for the newsletter. People and Blogs is supported by the "One a...
Giant jagged rocks reach into the sky at Sunshine Canyon, Boulder, Colorado. The post Big Jags appeared first on 75CentralPhotography.
In Japanese Buddhist temples and some Shinto shrines, there’s an awesome tradition of receiving a goshuin in exchange for a small donation.A goshuin is a piece of calligraphy, usually featuring the name of the temple and the date of your...