Sebastian Biot
@viralata.bsky.social
Keeper of HyperEssays https://hyperessays.net/
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A Roman stone board game has been unplayable since its discovery more than a century ago, but AI might have just worked out the rules
Rules of mysterious ancient Roman board game decoded by AI
A Roman stone board game has been unplayable since its discovery more than a century ago, but AI might have just worked out the rules
www.scientificamerican.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM
A Roman stone board game has been unplayable since its discovery more than a century ago, but AI might have just worked out the rules
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Ok y'all. Whats going on is making me cry on the regular. It feels weird to be here at the GRAMMYs - but I want to honor the music of my ancestors by playing it- we gonna do some busking tomorrow, come say hello if you’re in town for the shindig.
January 31, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Ok y'all. Whats going on is making me cry on the regular. It feels weird to be here at the GRAMMYs - but I want to honor the music of my ancestors by playing it- we gonna do some busking tomorrow, come say hello if you’re in town for the shindig.
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Have to share the whole Publishers Weekly review because it's chef's kiss 💜
Snippet: "@drrashadshabazz.bsky.social's innovative music analysis imbued with geography, history, & social science deserves a standing ovation."
PRINCE'S MINNEAPOLIS officially drops Feb 17!
Snippet: "@drrashadshabazz.bsky.social's innovative music analysis imbued with geography, history, & social science deserves a standing ovation."
PRINCE'S MINNEAPOLIS officially drops Feb 17!
January 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Have to share the whole Publishers Weekly review because it's chef's kiss 💜
Snippet: "@drrashadshabazz.bsky.social's innovative music analysis imbued with geography, history, & social science deserves a standing ovation."
PRINCE'S MINNEAPOLIS officially drops Feb 17!
Snippet: "@drrashadshabazz.bsky.social's innovative music analysis imbued with geography, history, & social science deserves a standing ovation."
PRINCE'S MINNEAPOLIS officially drops Feb 17!
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AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Inconsiderate Woman On Bus Eating Live Tuna https://theonion.com/inconsiderate-woman-on-bus-eating-live-tuna-1819575933/
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Inconsiderate Woman On Bus Eating Live Tuna https://theonion.com/inconsiderate-woman-on-bus-eating-live-tuna-1819575933/
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SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Lazarus by David Bowie on Apple Music
Song · 2015 · Duration 6:24
music.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Modernity is a conspiracy to replace 'thick' desires (community, craft, transcendence) with 'thin' desires (likes, sugar, dopamine). Revolt by doing something slow. Bake bread. Write a letter. Code a tool for just one person.
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Modernity is a conspiracy to replace 'thick' desires (community, craft, transcendence) with 'thin' desires (likes, sugar, dopamine). Revolt by doing something slow. Bake bread. Write a letter. Code a tool for just one person.
Alan Dye is responsible for the abomination that is Liquid Glass, the latest version of Apple’s design language. Good riddance!
BREAKING NEWS: Apple’s top design executive Alan Dye is leaving the iPhone maker to become the Chief Design Officer at Meta in a blockbuster coup for the social networking giant and big loss for Apple. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple Design Executive Alan Dye Poached by Meta in Major Coup
Meta Platforms Inc. has poached Apple Inc.’s most prominent design executive in a major coup that underscores a push by the social networking giant into AI-equipped consumer devices.
www.bloomberg.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Alan Dye is responsible for the abomination that is Liquid Glass, the latest version of Apple’s design language. Good riddance!
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“What sustains these protests is a clear sense among Georgians that they won’t accept a Russian-controlled autocracy.”
Meduza talks to former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze about Georgia’s year-long political crisis. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Meduza talks to former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze about Georgia’s year-long political crisis. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
‘Georgians will not accept autocracy’: Former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze reflects on Georgia’s year-long political crisis — Meduza
Protesters in Georgia have been taking to the streets for 364 straight days. On October 26, thousands joined an anti-government march in central Tbilisi marking the anniversary of the country’s…
meduza.io
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“What sustains these protests is a clear sense among Georgians that they won’t accept a Russian-controlled autocracy.”
Meduza talks to former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze about Georgia’s year-long political crisis. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Meduza talks to former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze about Georgia’s year-long political crisis. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
“[This scene] confirms to us how workers moved up and down tomb shafts, and it confirms that part of the funeral took place actually in the tomb, rather than the coffin merely being lowered down the shaft and sealed in.”
tetisheri.co.uk/artefacts-in...
tetisheri.co.uk/artefacts-in...
Artefacts in focus #5: an ostracon depicting a funeral - Tetisheri
A quick, discarded sketch of a funeral from ancient Egypt becomes an object of fascination and study.
tetisheri.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“[This scene] confirms to us how workers moved up and down tomb shafts, and it confirms that part of the funeral took place actually in the tomb, rather than the coffin merely being lowered down the shaft and sealed in.”
tetisheri.co.uk/artefacts-in...
tetisheri.co.uk/artefacts-in...
“This week, seven years almost to the day since the CIA announced the crown prince’s responsibility in the murder, Mohammed bin Salman returns to Washington, invited for an official visit by America’s Temu pharaoh, Donald Trump.”
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“This week, seven years almost to the day since the CIA announced the crown prince’s responsibility in the murder, Mohammed bin Salman returns to Washington, invited for an official visit by America’s Temu pharaoh, Donald Trump.”
“[T]hat was the image I had seen always, seen it without quite realizing what I saw, a dynamo finally free of man, splendid at last in its absolute isolation, transmitting power and releasing water to a world where no one is.”
Joan Didion, “At the Dam” (1970)
Joan Didion, “At the Dam” (1970)
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“[T]hat was the image I had seen always, seen it without quite realizing what I saw, a dynamo finally free of man, splendid at last in its absolute isolation, transmitting power and releasing water to a world where no one is.”
Joan Didion, “At the Dam” (1970)
Joan Didion, “At the Dam” (1970)
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DOGA by Juana Molina on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 10 Songs
music.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Pebbling: sending little links and memes to the people that you love. Derived from the behavior of gentoo penguins, who “pick up pebbles in their beak and carry them to their partners or potential partners as a gift”. [redsetteragency.com]
Words we love: Pebbling – a new love language | Blog | Red Setter
It’s a word I admit I’ve not really thought of, until in recent weeks it became news that ‘Pebbling’ is the new term for when people share memes and gifs to…
redsetteragency.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Pebbling: sending little links and memes to the people that you love. Derived from the behavior of gentoo penguins, who “pick up pebbles in their beak and carry them to their partners or potential partners as a gift”. [redsetteragency.com]
Musical break
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That’s Prince’s “All The Critics Love U in New York,” track 10 in “1999” which came out 43 years ago today!
music.apple.com/us/album/all...
That’s Prince’s “All The Critics Love U in New York,” track 10 in “1999” which came out 43 years ago today!
All The Critics Love U In New York by Prince on Apple Music
Song · 1982 · Duration 5:57
music.apple.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Musical break
music.apple.com/us/album/all...
That’s Prince’s “All The Critics Love U in New York,” track 10 in “1999” which came out 43 years ago today!
music.apple.com/us/album/all...
That’s Prince’s “All The Critics Love U in New York,” track 10 in “1999” which came out 43 years ago today!
“Until The New York Times takes accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza, …
October 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Until The New York Times takes accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza, …
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October 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“We may wonder whether we prefer to define ourselves by what we cannot resist – breathing, eating, dependence, ageing, death – or by what we can resist. If we describe someone or something as irresistible, …
October 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“We may wonder whether we prefer to define ourselves by what we cannot resist – breathing, eating, dependence, ageing, death – or by what we can resist. If we describe someone or something as irresistible, …
Pop Song 89 (Remastered 2013) by R.E.M. on Apple Music
Song · 1988 · Duration 3:05
music.apple.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach, announced his death, calling him "a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community." n.pr/472VQjQ
American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29
The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach, announced his death, calling him "a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community."
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach, announced his death, calling him "a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community." n.pr/472VQjQ
