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I used to use my #echo tag for these posts, which triggers Robb's EchoFeed to automatically post to my Mastodon account. I decided this week I wouldn't bother—people will read these (or not) if they follow my RSS feed, or click through...
Tomorrow night might be the night. The ice has finally receded from the Greenlandic coast, with “only” a few icebergs and growlers remaining between us and the next continent. This morning's forecast suggests a weather window may open...
In his mouth the silent scream of the universal spirit became a siren of endless torment. His body was broken upon the rack of the many worlds. In that moment he became as nothing, and nothing became as him. This tome records the lore of...
Safari was inactive, in the background, with no windows open, when out of the blue I got a Little Snitch alert: Safari wanted to connect to the URL http://192.168.0.1/favicon.ico for some reason. The IP address 192.168.0.1 is private. I...
Audiences had never seen anything like Mark Frost and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks when the series first aired in April 1990 on the ABC Television Network. Viewers were just as captivated by the mystery of Laura Palmer’s murder as they were...
Link: In Geneva, the World Can Anchor AI Governance in Free Expression, by Isabelle Anzabi in Tech Policy PressI like that this is happening, will appreciate the recommendations that arise from it, and know with complete certainty that...
Qin Huang, Moyan Liu, and Upmanu Lall write: Extreme weather events, e.g., droughts, floods, heatwaves, and freezes, are increasing in frequency and intensity, posing severe socio-economic impacts as growing populations heighten exposure...
BOUGHT:Nancy For All Seasons (Fantagraphics Books) So look, I spent some time off-and-on over the course of the last few weeks wondering if there was anything that I personally have to say about Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy, history's most...
I’ve been aware of Ben Affleck since his days on the PBS kid’s program The
The rain came last night —I could hear the raindrops crashingon the awnings above my windowsin my living room Then, just like thatthe power went out Nice . . . I do not mind the storms or the rainand I do not mind the rainy daysand nor...
Spoiler warning for the end of The Amazing Digital Circus Jax spends most of The Amazing Digital Circus acting like sincerity is beneath her She mocks people for caring, makes jokes when something is serious and tries to minimise...
A few months back, a friend of mine who runs multiple online stores called me after a long time. After the usual chit-chat, I asked about how his online sites were doing. He told me that he had recently started a new site; his first time...
I've recently rediscovered something I had done a long time ago: modifying pictures from weather and traffic cameras. Note: I am cautious about the cameras that I choose to use. They have to be cameras that are putting their photographs...
Inspired by Martin, here are "five albums that shaped me", not to be confused with "my five favourite albums ever", IYSWIM. That said, without question, Disintegration is my favourite album of all time. The Cure - Disintegration Madonna...
This is a sequel to post 26.03, so I suggest you read that first. Maxwell realised that Ampère’s law applied only when an electric current, in a conductor enclosed by a magnetic field loop, was constant. If the current changes, for any...