Theo Honohan
@theohonohan.bsky.social
"The subtlest and most pervasive of all influences are those which create and maintain the repertory of stereotypes."
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Theo Honohan
@theohonohan.bsky.social
· Jan 7
I worry so much about not being on the ball, being provincial or bourgeois, as if not being those things was my most important political responsibility.
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@grok who is she
cool. glad we protected her identity at least www.404media.co/the-doj-reda...
The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files
While Epstein’s victims endure the fallout of their photos and names being exposed in the Department of Justice’s latest tranche of files, investigators redacted the identity of the most famous portra...
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February 5, 2026 at 9:42 PM
@grok who is she
Never heard this word before
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elutria...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elutria...
February 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Never heard this word before
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elutria...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elutria...
'“The more pure the material, the more sustainable it is, [otherwise] it is harder to recycle,” says Peterseim.'
He surely doesn't mean that high (highest!) "purity" is most sustainable, just that Verbundstoff is hard to recycle because it's hard to separate.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
He surely doesn't mean that high (highest!) "purity" is most sustainable, just that Verbundstoff is hard to recycle because it's hard to separate.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
'“The more pure the material, the more sustainable it is, [otherwise] it is harder to recycle,” says Peterseim.'
He surely doesn't mean that high (highest!) "purity" is most sustainable, just that Verbundstoff is hard to recycle because it's hard to separate.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
He surely doesn't mean that high (highest!) "purity" is most sustainable, just that Verbundstoff is hard to recycle because it's hard to separate.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Anne Truitt, First Requiem, 1977
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137540
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137540
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Anne Truitt, First Requiem, 1977
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137540
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137540
"Say that we need to detect whether a list is a palindrome (and thus is of length 2n or 2n + 1, for some n)." Well, that's a helpful observation...
February 5, 2026 at 4:20 AM
"Say that we need to detect whether a list is a palindrome (and thus is of length 2n or 2n + 1, for some n)." Well, that's a helpful observation...
Thanks to a GoodReads reviewer for isolating this guff from a 1997 George Dyson book: "metalanguages, such as Java, that allow symbiogenesis to transcend the proprietary divisions between lower-level languages in use by different hosts"
Metalanguages are useful, but the Java platform isn't one.
Metalanguages are useful, but the Java platform isn't one.
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Thanks to a GoodReads reviewer for isolating this guff from a 1997 George Dyson book: "metalanguages, such as Java, that allow symbiogenesis to transcend the proprietary divisions between lower-level languages in use by different hosts"
Metalanguages are useful, but the Java platform isn't one.
Metalanguages are useful, but the Java platform isn't one.
"... the most beautiful expanse of sea and sky. Hundreds of miles of water, thousands of tons of air ..."
It's that annoying thing where it doesn't even occur to people to wonder whether the words million or billion might be appropriate.
artreview.com/lubaina-himi...
It's that annoying thing where it doesn't even occur to people to wonder whether the words million or billion might be appropriate.
artreview.com/lubaina-himi...
February 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
"... the most beautiful expanse of sea and sky. Hundreds of miles of water, thousands of tons of air ..."
It's that annoying thing where it doesn't even occur to people to wonder whether the words million or billion might be appropriate.
artreview.com/lubaina-himi...
It's that annoying thing where it doesn't even occur to people to wonder whether the words million or billion might be appropriate.
artreview.com/lubaina-himi...
Photo of the Kish lightship in 1908.
February 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Photo of the Kish lightship in 1908.
@ncdominie.bsky.social I recall you making a comment here a while about some pivotal moment for technology and/or society around the 1830s (although maybe I'm not remembering correctly). This remark by John Urry reminded me of it.
forumviesmobiles.org/en/vid%C3%A9...
forumviesmobiles.org/en/vid%C3%A9...
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
@ncdominie.bsky.social I recall you making a comment here a while about some pivotal moment for technology and/or society around the 1830s (although maybe I'm not remembering correctly). This remark by John Urry reminded me of it.
forumviesmobiles.org/en/vid%C3%A9...
forumviesmobiles.org/en/vid%C3%A9...
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
"The bareness of surfaces and total lack of clutter – or even much furniture – belie the 20-odd years he has lived here, in Highgate, London." This feels like a typical London psychoanalyst's vibe, quite cut off from the relief/compensation of sensuous pleasure.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
February 2, 2026 at 6:40 PM
"The bareness of surfaces and total lack of clutter – or even much furniture – belie the 20-odd years he has lived here, in Highgate, London." This feels like a typical London psychoanalyst's vibe, quite cut off from the relief/compensation of sensuous pleasure.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
"The rented unit exuded impressions of a bachelor pad – it may or may not have been wiped clean after the previous guest, with the towels perhaps freshly washed, but certainly not crisp."
This pinpoints the thing about wipe-clean surfaces: a certain dubiousness
disegnojournal.com/newsfeed/obs...
This pinpoints the thing about wipe-clean surfaces: a certain dubiousness
disegnojournal.com/newsfeed/obs...
Obsolescent Masculinity — Disegno Journal
Architect Aki Ishida charts the rise and fall of Nakagin Capsule Tower, the landmark building currently under demolition in Tokyo.
disegnojournal.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:31 PM
"The rented unit exuded impressions of a bachelor pad – it may or may not have been wiped clean after the previous guest, with the towels perhaps freshly washed, but certainly not crisp."
This pinpoints the thing about wipe-clean surfaces: a certain dubiousness
disegnojournal.com/newsfeed/obs...
This pinpoints the thing about wipe-clean surfaces: a certain dubiousness
disegnojournal.com/newsfeed/obs...
I finally saw The Devil Wears Prada (with my parents). I was expecting an editorial design scene, but this must have been due to confusion with The September Issue. There's just a bit involving Stanley Tucci doing something with images.
February 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I finally saw The Devil Wears Prada (with my parents). I was expecting an editorial design scene, but this must have been due to confusion with The September Issue. There's just a bit involving Stanley Tucci doing something with images.
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 AM
When architects talk about "quiet details" or "quiet knowledge" they usually mean stuff that the general public wouldn't notice. It's self-aggrandizing self-effacement.
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
When architects talk about "quiet details" or "quiet knowledge" they usually mean stuff that the general public wouldn't notice. It's self-aggrandizing self-effacement.
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Threw WebGPU at some data from Sloan Digital Sky Survey. No real content here, but gosh it's satisfying to visualize. (Hope I didn't get any details wrong!) rreusser.github.io/notebooks/vi...
Visualizing Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data
Visualizing 3.3 million galaxies and quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
rreusser.github.io
February 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Threw WebGPU at some data from Sloan Digital Sky Survey. No real content here, but gosh it's satisfying to visualize. (Hope I didn't get any details wrong!) rreusser.github.io/notebooks/vi...
Haskell makes floating point numbers an instance of the Enum typeclass. The results are not exact. Should Enum be more principled than that? Data.Ratio does the trick here in a way that floating point can't
February 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Haskell makes floating point numbers an instance of the Enum typeclass. The results are not exact. Should Enum be more principled than that? Data.Ratio does the trick here in a way that floating point can't
There's just no comparison. It would be a shame, but I'm not sure Tóibín can complain. The painting (bad) is from an exhibition of a government art collection he curated. No doubt his publisher is complacent, but he decided to be an apologist for a very questionable bit of Irish visual culture...
February 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
There's just no comparison. It would be a shame, but I'm not sure Tóibín can complain. The painting (bad) is from an exhibition of a government art collection he curated. No doubt his publisher is complacent, but he decided to be an apologist for a very questionable bit of Irish visual culture...
Super depressing interior tour of the Nakagin Capsule Tower archihatch.com/archicle/2040/
中銀カプセルタワービル__黒川紀章 | ARCHI HATCH
黒川紀章の初期の代表作であると共に、メタボリズムの代表的な作品である。 それぞれの部屋の独立性が著しく高く、部屋（カプセル）ごとに交換することも、技術的には可能な設計になっているが、実際には一部のカプセルのみを交換することが困難であることなどから、現在に至るまで一度も交換されたことはない。計画では竣工から25年毎（最初が1997年）に交換されるはずだった。 鳥の巣箱を積み重ねたような（日本国外から...
archihatch.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Super depressing interior tour of the Nakagin Capsule Tower archihatch.com/archicle/2040/
"James Murdoch of London patented the two-piece telescoping gelatin capsule in 1847. The capsules are made in two parts by dipping metal pins in the gelling agent solution." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule...
Capsule (pharmacy) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 1, 2026 at 10:24 AM
"James Murdoch of London patented the two-piece telescoping gelatin capsule in 1847. The capsules are made in two parts by dipping metal pins in the gelling agent solution." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule...
"John Outram, who was into moulded plastic bathrooms as a student, reverted to a Post-Modernism of such an exceptionally gutsy and original kind that it was irresistible"
For those checking the waiting time for their futuristic modular capsule home with prefab bathroom, Outram was born in 1934.
For those checking the waiting time for their futuristic modular capsule home with prefab bathroom, Outram was born in 1934.
February 1, 2026 at 10:14 AM
"John Outram, who was into moulded plastic bathrooms as a student, reverted to a Post-Modernism of such an exceptionally gutsy and original kind that it was irresistible"
For those checking the waiting time for their futuristic modular capsule home with prefab bathroom, Outram was born in 1934.
For those checking the waiting time for their futuristic modular capsule home with prefab bathroom, Outram was born in 1934.
Never mind creating the Torment Nexus, don't these people realise that a swarm of nonsentient agents is a terrifying thing for very good reasons
February 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Never mind creating the Torment Nexus, don't these people realise that a swarm of nonsentient agents is a terrifying thing for very good reasons
Fun nightmare example for OCR: how does the computer infer what the letter in parentheses is in the title: "Nave(l) Gazing"
Nave(1) Gazing
Christopher Pierce
AA Files, No. 59 (2009), pp. 70-73 (4 pages)
www.jstor.org/stable/41378...
Nave(1) Gazing
Christopher Pierce
AA Files, No. 59 (2009), pp. 70-73 (4 pages)
www.jstor.org/stable/41378...
January 29, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Fun nightmare example for OCR: how does the computer infer what the letter in parentheses is in the title: "Nave(l) Gazing"
Nave(1) Gazing
Christopher Pierce
AA Files, No. 59 (2009), pp. 70-73 (4 pages)
www.jstor.org/stable/41378...
Nave(1) Gazing
Christopher Pierce
AA Files, No. 59 (2009), pp. 70-73 (4 pages)
www.jstor.org/stable/41378...
This rings true. Proud institutions don't like contemplating quality control www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
January 28, 2026 at 11:52 PM
This rings true. Proud institutions don't like contemplating quality control www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
On TV, culture war coverage has historically attracted a bigger audience than economic coverage, by mobilizing an audience that's not interested in economic issues. This is on a per-channel basis: with economic coverage, the audience is saturated so you can only poach viewers from other channels.
January 28, 2026 at 10:05 PM
On TV, culture war coverage has historically attracted a bigger audience than economic coverage, by mobilizing an audience that's not interested in economic issues. This is on a per-channel basis: with economic coverage, the audience is saturated so you can only poach viewers from other channels.