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Claude Fable 5 was in public hands for about three days before Anthropic took it back. Nothing was wrong with the model. The block came from a US demand Anthropic couldn’t meet: keep non-US nationals away from it, including the ones...
The annual half-price summer sale at Barnes & Noble is now underway!This year's sale will last until July 26th.I've noticed that Amazon also has numerous Criterion titles currently on sale.This year's classic-era Criterion releases...
Police court summons and photo, Nov 1911 Photo credit: Leeds Museums & Galleries Leonora Throp Cohen (1873–1978) was born in Leeds to Canova & Jane Throp. Her father was a stone carver but died in 1879 when Leonora was only 5, after he...
Four paintings each 7"x5"
I don't follow a lot of the trends and thoughts of the larger information technology culture cum economy. (A deliberate construction that harkens back to Doc's pernicious aphorism that, "Markets are conversations." Culture being a social...
The Dragon, hated and hateful thing that it is, occupies a place of power in the mind; it is the ultimate adversary, a challenge which dynasties have proven or ended themselves against. Some would seek to become like them, to consume the...
Last month, my friend Gordon White set sail for the Undying Lands. Yesterday was his birthday. I spent it thinking about him, writing this, and remembering him. A Recent DreamThe Cringey WizardThe Visitor at the FarmSmall ApocalypsesNews...
I’ll be selling art, comics, denim goods, and photo zines at @ape_sf (3386 18th St, San Francisco) this Sunday June 28th from noon till 6. I might even bring some old issues of Hamburger Eyes to sell too. Also vending at this event are:...
I’m happy to see RockLove released new officially licensed Twin Peaks products this summer. Several years ago, they produced a faithful reproduction of the iconic Owl Cave ring that appears throughout Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and...
Incident Report: CVE-2026-LGTM | Andrew Nesbitt Day 1, 02:52 UTC — The creats.io AI publish gate (OpenClaw-4.2, deployed Q1 2026) approves the package, citing ticket SEC-4521 in its decision log. There is no ticket SEC-4521....
Dear Constant Reader, Happy Friday everyone! It’s been hot and humid these days, which inspired this tip. You know to stay hydrated, but also keep your electrolytes in mind. When you’re sweating, you’re losing minerals, like sodium, even...
The unintentional wildlife garden next door looks to be producing a bumper crop of blackberries this year. Status: Heatwave day four, and we’re over the worst of it. At around 3pm I realised it was the warmest it was going to be for the...
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In I have a hard time getting started, no one explained her annoying habit that I'm sure some of you empathize with: I can plan to do something but put it off because I instinctively create extra steps to achieve it. I plan and prepare...
[They “tried to kill it harder with more radiation, pressure, and heat”.] I was surprised to find myself hooked into reading this article about dirt, but it happened. For 15 years, Sébastien Fontaine has been trying to kill dirt. The...