John Grant
@jkgrant.bsky.social
Ethics and philosophy. Technology. Mixology. Doctor Who (check out my podcast with @portermason - https://mindprobe.show/). Detective fiction. Social media should be fun and enlightening - not frustrating and unpleasant.
Book 7: The Technological Republic by Alex Karp/N Zamiska - So, sure, he's my boss, but I did find this to be an interesting encapsulation of his philosophy. You may not agree with him on everything, but there is no denying that this is a thoughtful argument about finding purpose in work. #booksky
March 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Book 7: The Technological Republic by Alex Karp/N Zamiska - So, sure, he's my boss, but I did find this to be an interesting encapsulation of his philosophy. You may not agree with him on everything, but there is no denying that this is a thoughtful argument about finding purpose in work. #booksky
Book 6: Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham - I love a good Campion adventure. They aren't the most tightly plotted, but they are witty and fun (and most likely meant to be a parody of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels - which I also love). These are surprisingly hard to find in print....
March 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Book 6: Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham - I love a good Campion adventure. They aren't the most tightly plotted, but they are witty and fun (and most likely meant to be a parody of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels - which I also love). These are surprisingly hard to find in print....
Beefeater gin infusing cultured butter. For a Buttered Martini (recipe in Jim Meehan's @mixography.bsky.social Bartender's Pantry). Will we actually be able to taste the pretty subtle butter flavors in the gin? We'll know on Friday! #mixology #bartending
February 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Beefeater gin infusing cultured butter. For a Buttered Martini (recipe in Jim Meehan's @mixography.bsky.social Bartender's Pantry). Will we actually be able to taste the pretty subtle butter flavors in the gin? We'll know on Friday! #mixology #bartending
Friday Martini with the Monkey 47 2024 Distiller's Cut. The special ingredient is capers, and it makes for a nice, vegetal gin with (for me) anise flavors really standing out. I just got ahold of the 2023 Cut with maple syrup as the special - excited to try it! #mixology #gin #martini
February 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Book 5: Last Laugh, Mr Moto by JP Marquand - Fun, pulpy adventure novel that is surprisingly well written (Marquand won a Pulitzer for one of his non-Moto works). Mr Moto is a great character who is always the smartest person in the room and the author clearly respects Japanese culture. #booksky
February 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Book 5: Last Laugh, Mr Moto by JP Marquand - Fun, pulpy adventure novel that is surprisingly well written (Marquand won a Pulitzer for one of his non-Moto works). Mr Moto is a great character who is always the smartest person in the room and the author clearly respects Japanese culture. #booksky
Book 4: The Evil of the Daleks by Frazer Hines. A quick-read novelization of a classic 2Dr serial. With everything pretty much viewable/hearable on demand, these novels don't have the same power as they used to have. But fun to get the actual companion actors' take on their character.
February 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Book 4: The Evil of the Daleks by Frazer Hines. A quick-read novelization of a classic 2Dr serial. With everything pretty much viewable/hearable on demand, these novels don't have the same power as they used to have. But fun to get the actual companion actors' take on their character.
Book 3: Henry IV Parts 1 &2 by Wm Shakespeare. I love the history plays and Henry V is my favorite so I enjoyed this "prequel" to that story. I wanted to like the legendary Falstaff more than I did - the humor is very hard to follow without the footnotes. Good but I suspect better live! #booksky
February 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Book 3: Henry IV Parts 1 &2 by Wm Shakespeare. I love the history plays and Henry V is my favorite so I enjoyed this "prequel" to that story. I wanted to like the legendary Falstaff more than I did - the humor is very hard to follow without the footnotes. Good but I suspect better live! #booksky
"Unlike religion, [science] is ethically neutral: it assures men that they can perform wonders, but does not tell them what wonders to perform." Bertrand Russell sums up why ethics education is so important for engineering and computer science... #techethics #ethics
February 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"Unlike religion, [science] is ethically neutral: it assures men that they can perform wonders, but does not tell them what wonders to perform." Bertrand Russell sums up why ethics education is so important for engineering and computer science... #techethics #ethics
Bar Lab experiment: Fat-washed Manhattans. One with Greek yogurt, one with Evaporated Milk. Curious to see the results. Will report back! #cocktails #mixology
February 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Bar Lab experiment: Fat-washed Manhattans. One with Greek yogurt, one with Evaporated Milk. Curious to see the results. Will report back! #cocktails #mixology
Sign of the times that my first reaction to this was, "Well, this might not actually be the worst thing...."
This Asteroid Probably Won’t Hit Earth—But We May Need to Assume It Will
The possibility of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting our planet might not be ruled out until 2028, raising the prospect we’ll need to prepare for the worst
www.scientificamerican.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Sign of the times that my first reaction to this was, "Well, this might not actually be the worst thing...."
Well that didn't take long to happen.... #privacy
DeepSeek exposes database with over 1 million chat records
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup known for its DeepSeek-R1 LLM model, has publicly exposed two databases containing sensitive user and operational information.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Well that didn't take long to happen.... #privacy
This feels like it will be my 2025 catch phrase - with the German accent, of course...
January 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This feels like it will be my 2025 catch phrase - with the German accent, of course...
Book 2: Redshirts by John Scalzi - Very quick read about the "Redshirts" who always die on away missions suddenly realizing why it keeps happening.... I won't spoil anything else, but it's a very funny book that goes to a really surprising place.
January 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Book 2: Redshirts by John Scalzi - Very quick read about the "Redshirts" who always die on away missions suddenly realizing why it keeps happening.... I won't spoil anything else, but it's a very funny book that goes to a really surprising place.
Book 1: The Old Curiosity Shop - I love Dickens and this one covers all his usual tropes, but it did not quite gel for me as much as some of his others. Interesting that the shop of the title appears for about 4 chapters and then is totally forgotten.
January 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Book 1: The Old Curiosity Shop - I love Dickens and this one covers all his usual tropes, but it did not quite gel for me as much as some of his others. Interesting that the shop of the title appears for about 4 chapters and then is totally forgotten.
Last year, I kept a list of books I read on my phone just to see how many I did in a year. I got through 38 books - everything from quick read James Patterson to 800 pages on Louis Brandeis. In the interest of trying to engage in this app, I figure I will keep a list here this year...
January 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Last year, I kept a list of books I read on my phone just to see how many I did in a year. I got through 38 books - everything from quick read James Patterson to 800 pages on Louis Brandeis. In the interest of trying to engage in this app, I figure I will keep a list here this year...
The Scott - Scotch, vermouth, and Drambuie - enjoyed alongside the most Scottish of Doctor Who episodes, The Terror of the Zygons. #burnsnight #cocktails #doctorwho
January 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Scott - Scotch, vermouth, and Drambuie - enjoyed alongside the most Scottish of Doctor Who episodes, The Terror of the Zygons. #burnsnight #cocktails #doctorwho
Happy Burns Night! Honoring the clan brand with The Major from this site. coolhunting.com/food-drink/g...
Four Glen Grant Scotch Cocktails For All Seasons - COOL HUNTING®
Last year was a big one for Speyside single malt Scotch brand Glen Grant. They introduced 12 and 18 Year Old expressions—both of which went on to great acclaim (with the latter taking the Scotch Wh…
coolhunting.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Happy Burns Night! Honoring the clan brand with The Major from this site. coolhunting.com/food-drink/g...
And with that, Facebook is deleted. I am intrigued to see how it feels to not interact with this thing that has been a part of my life every day for 15 years.... I somehow don't think I'll be missing it all that much.
January 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
And with that, Facebook is deleted. I am intrigued to see how it feels to not interact with this thing that has been a part of my life every day for 15 years.... I somehow don't think I'll be missing it all that much.