Chris O'Regan
@chrisoregan.bsky.social
Before the gardens must come the fighting.
I wonder if this is because of the difference between cognition on a personal level and societal capabilities? Capability and performance are probably more closely linked at the level of the individual person. But even there there's still a gap (e.g. "riding a bike")
It’s so weird how this article in the weekend FT conflates knowledge and capability. We didn’t forget how to go to the moon.
February 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I wonder if this is because of the difference between cognition on a personal level and societal capabilities? Capability and performance are probably more closely linked at the level of the individual person. But even there there's still a gap (e.g. "riding a bike")
Harry Brook apologises for letting the fans down again: "there was never an English cricketer named Harry Brook. It was a prank involving three kids in a trenchcoat that got out of hand. We are all reflecting on our behaviour and what we can learn from our mistakes"
January 30, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Harry Brook apologises for letting the fans down again: "there was never an English cricketer named Harry Brook. It was a prank involving three kids in a trenchcoat that got out of hand. We are all reflecting on our behaviour and what we can learn from our mistakes"
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Most people take up religion for self flagellation, but I admire your entrepreneurialism
January 25, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Most people take up religion for self flagellation, but I admire your entrepreneurialism
I've committed myself to reading the whole Malazan Book of the Fallen series, which I am regretting because I found the first book annoying. Oh well, only 9 more to go.
January 25, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I've committed myself to reading the whole Malazan Book of the Fallen series, which I am regretting because I found the first book annoying. Oh well, only 9 more to go.
Old Chinese onomatopoeia: 鴨 (modern Mandarin yā) reconstructed Old Chinese: *qraːb 'duck'. 蟋蟀 (modern Mandarin xīshuài) reconstructed Old Chinese: *srit srut 'cricket'.
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Old Chinese onomatopoeia: 鴨 (modern Mandarin yā) reconstructed Old Chinese: *qraːb 'duck'. 蟋蟀 (modern Mandarin xīshuài) reconstructed Old Chinese: *srit srut 'cricket'.
Americans' insistence on dating things by season instead of month or day always feels weird to me. Like I am reading something from the Warring States period or something.
January 24, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Americans' insistence on dating things by season instead of month or day always feels weird to me. Like I am reading something from the Warring States period or something.
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Don't be proud of your knowledge, consult the ignorant and the wise; the limits of art are not reached, no artist's skills are perfect; good speech is more hidden than greenstone, yet may be found among maids at the grindstones. (Instruction of Ptahhotep) (ALL)
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Don't be proud of your knowledge, consult the ignorant and the wise; the limits of art are not reached, no artist's skills are perfect; good speech is more hidden than greenstone, yet may be found among maids at the grindstones. (Instruction of Ptahhotep) (ALL)
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"If Picasso had a wallet it would be this one" I'm not an expert on Picasso but I reckon he had a wallet
January 19, 2026 at 1:56 AM
"If Picasso had a wallet it would be this one" I'm not an expert on Picasso but I reckon he had a wallet
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Was reminded recently of the existence of these photos (that I’d posted about previously) taken at the inaugural Kingaroy Peanut Festival in 1959. Revisiting these pics, I was surprised to learn that the first Peanut Festival Queen pictured here is Moya Hayden, mother of former test cricketer Matt 🥜
January 17, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Was reminded recently of the existence of these photos (that I’d posted about previously) taken at the inaugural Kingaroy Peanut Festival in 1959. Revisiting these pics, I was surprised to learn that the first Peanut Festival Queen pictured here is Moya Hayden, mother of former test cricketer Matt 🥜
It genuinely is good and important. And it still represents one of the best things about the Web.
25 years of Wikipedia
wikipedia25.org
January 15, 2026 at 9:12 AM
It genuinely is good and important. And it still represents one of the best things about the Web.
Really sad and a bit shocked to discover that there is one example of bad administration in the arts in Australia
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Really sad and a bit shocked to discover that there is one example of bad administration in the arts in Australia
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Thinking back to a simpler time*
*Australia’s second innings in Perth, when Travis Head hit Stokes for 17 off his second over and he didn’t bowl for the rest of the day.
*Australia’s second innings in Perth, when Travis Head hit Stokes for 17 off his second over and he didn’t bowl for the rest of the day.
January 12, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Thinking back to a simpler time*
*Australia’s second innings in Perth, when Travis Head hit Stokes for 17 off his second over and he didn’t bowl for the rest of the day.
*Australia’s second innings in Perth, when Travis Head hit Stokes for 17 off his second over and he didn’t bowl for the rest of the day.
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Sometimes you can find remnants of what the Internet used to be like: mini-essays, albeit often quite idiosyncratic and quirky, on random topics by well-informed amateurs. This page is from 1996 and talks about the PRC's character simplification. zhongwen.com
Learn Chinese Characters
Free web version of Chinese Characters published by Yale University Press.
zhongwen.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Sometimes you can find remnants of what the Internet used to be like: mini-essays, albeit often quite idiosyncratic and quirky, on random topics by well-informed amateurs. This page is from 1996 and talks about the PRC's character simplification. zhongwen.com
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trying to eat soup in the shower would be a nightmare, you'd be in there forever. you'd get so full.
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 AM
trying to eat soup in the shower would be a nightmare, you'd be in there forever. you'd get so full.
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Hopefully you can say the same on Tuesday
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Hopefully you can say the same on Tuesday
Cricket on today
January 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Cricket on today
Some kind of Yakov Smirnoff punchline appropriate here www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/fed...
Sussan Ley says Ukraine occupied by ‘Soviet Union’
In a slip of the tongue, the opposition leader said Ukraine was illegally occupied by “the USSR”, which was formally dissolved over 34 years ago.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
January 2, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Some kind of Yakov Smirnoff punchline appropriate here www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/fed...