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Hugo Lowell, Lily Hay Newman, and Maxwell Zeff, reporting for Wired (Apple News+): Trump administration officials concluded talks with Anthropic on Monday without lifting export controls that were imposed last week on the company’s most...
A system software release for the ages.
My favorite tree was cut down, but I commiserated on reddit and someone hooked me up with a beautiful print.
Update: Some engagement with the emacs community, a published photo, and new site architecture.
In-flight refuelling A hoverfly extracting nectar from an obliging flower. I was reminded of aircraft in-flight refuelling methods. Quote of the Day ”Male domination is so rooted in our collective unconscious that we no longer even see...
Cory Doctorow in The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI, commenting on Vocational Awe, a term coined by librarian-theorist Fobazi Etthart: Vocational Awe. The process by which employees exploit their workers’ sense of duty to the...
# Mobile Browsers I have documented my search for the 'perfect' email client on many occasions. Spoiler alert: I've largely given up. Now, I've returned to mobile browsers. I've tried my fair share over the years. When I used an iPhone...
Welp, I’ve agreed to be a panelist in a Shark Tank-style event where CISOs judge startup ideas. This is incredibly far out of my daily routine and comfort zone, so I felt obligated to say yes and commit to it before I had a chance to let...
Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours Billy Reading sent me this memoir by his great aunt Joyce Ellis, recalling her childhood visits to Minto Place, Bethnal Greet, home of her beloved grandfather James Ward (born 1861) and...
A very brief post to show you Coupet (the "t" is not silent, contrary to most French words ending with "-et"), the tiny village (a hamlet, really; about 50 people live there, I think) where my dad grew up, where I spent most of my weekends
Every time I am in line at Union Supermarket, I have been interested in trying these sweets that are "Made in Yokohama"Yokohama Caramel...these are actually made by Donan Foods who makes a lot of Meiji brand candies in Hakodate,...
A 1001 MIDNIGHTS Review by Marcia Muller ANNA KATHARINE GREEN – The Leavenworth Case. Dover, softcover, 1981. (Reprint of the 1878 hardcover edition.) This is a cornerstone novel of the mystery genre — the nineteenth-century American...