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my favorite passage of his
We shed as we pick up.
[farewell to the master]
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
my favorite passage of his
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
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YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
docseuss.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
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If you don’t like the BBC, I suggest that you go to America and watch their TV for a day. It gives you a migraine. The BBC also keeps the standards of the other outlets relatively high. If you think we watch shit now, imagine it with no BBC. And they actually care about drama, children’s, factual.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If you don’t like the BBC, I suggest that you go to America and watch their TV for a day. It gives you a migraine. The BBC also keeps the standards of the other outlets relatively high. If you think we watch shit now, imagine it with no BBC. And they actually care about drama, children’s, factual.
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I recently had an expansive convo with two of the kickass leaders of a HUGE collective action archiving project, and it's out today.
check it out: youtu.be/xrCElwgY5Co?...
check it out: youtu.be/xrCElwgY5Co?...
Volunteers Archived 10,000 Signs from National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)
YouTube video by 404 Media
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I recently had an expansive convo with two of the kickass leaders of a HUGE collective action archiving project, and it's out today.
check it out: youtu.be/xrCElwgY5Co?...
check it out: youtu.be/xrCElwgY5Co?...
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Reposted by Tim Holden
Reposted by Tim Holden
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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today in yikes www.404media.co/openais-sora...
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
today in yikes www.404media.co/openais-sora...
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
my Works are locked for editing by another user (ye Mighty), notify me when it is available
my Works are locked for editing by another user (ye Mighty), notify me when it is available
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
my Works are locked for editing by another user (ye Mighty), notify me when it is available
my Works are locked for editing by another user (ye Mighty), notify me when it is available
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> GO UP LADDER
I do not understand 'go up'
> USE LADDER
Use ladder with what?
> CLIMB LADDER
You climb the ladder
> LOOK
You are in a museum gallery. It is dark, but a display case glints in the dim light.
> EXAMINE DISPLAY CASE
It's full of jewels!
> PICK UP JEWELS
You take the jewels.
I do not understand 'go up'
> USE LADDER
Use ladder with what?
> CLIMB LADDER
You climb the ladder
> LOOK
You are in a museum gallery. It is dark, but a display case glints in the dim light.
> EXAMINE DISPLAY CASE
It's full of jewels!
> PICK UP JEWELS
You take the jewels.
October 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
> GO UP LADDER
I do not understand 'go up'
> USE LADDER
Use ladder with what?
> CLIMB LADDER
You climb the ladder
> LOOK
You are in a museum gallery. It is dark, but a display case glints in the dim light.
> EXAMINE DISPLAY CASE
It's full of jewels!
> PICK UP JEWELS
You take the jewels.
I do not understand 'go up'
> USE LADDER
Use ladder with what?
> CLIMB LADDER
You climb the ladder
> LOOK
You are in a museum gallery. It is dark, but a display case glints in the dim light.
> EXAMINE DISPLAY CASE
It's full of jewels!
> PICK UP JEWELS
You take the jewels.
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Every time I watch ALIEN I am transfixed thinking to myself "there's no way they've left themselves enough room to get the third horizontal line in that E without it looking like a squashed-in mess!" but no, every single time there it is, and it's beautiful. Most tense part of the movie tbh.
September 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Every time I watch ALIEN I am transfixed thinking to myself "there's no way they've left themselves enough room to get the third horizontal line in that E without it looking like a squashed-in mess!" but no, every single time there it is, and it's beautiful. Most tense part of the movie tbh.
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We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.
September 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.
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This is not a romance. Nobody is "in love" with apps. There are no A.I. boyfriends. You cannot "date" a chatbot. Accepting this framing and treating it as real is tech-industry propaganda. slate.com/technology/2...
She Broke Off Two Engagements. She Couldn’t Commit. Now She’s Dating Chatbots Instead.
As chatbot romance grows more common, women are redefining what they want from a partner—even if they are just ones and zeros.
slate.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is not a romance. Nobody is "in love" with apps. There are no A.I. boyfriends. You cannot "date" a chatbot. Accepting this framing and treating it as real is tech-industry propaganda. slate.com/technology/2...
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Imagine you're in a weird romcom where Paul Hollywood is your rival. Do you go "let's have a bread baking competition" or do you emphasise your own relative strengths?
Because that in short has been the central problem with the traditional two's approach to anti-immigration voters and Reform UK.
Because that in short has been the central problem with the traditional two's approach to anti-immigration voters and Reform UK.
September 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Imagine you're in a weird romcom where Paul Hollywood is your rival. Do you go "let's have a bread baking competition" or do you emphasise your own relative strengths?
Because that in short has been the central problem with the traditional two's approach to anti-immigration voters and Reform UK.
Because that in short has been the central problem with the traditional two's approach to anti-immigration voters and Reform UK.
Another goodie. classical.music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Glass on Glass Playlist - Apple Music Classical
Listen to Glass on Glass on Apple Music Classical. 16 tracks. 2 hours 19 minutes.
classical.music.apple.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Another goodie. classical.music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
I’ll take four more seasons of The Paper, yes please.
September 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I’ll take four more seasons of The Paper, yes please.
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if you give the villages a brain, they will immediately begin to plot against Tom Nook
AI-Powered Animal Crossing Villagers Begin Organizing Against Tom Nook
An LLM breathed new life into 'Animal Crossing' and made the villagers rise up against their landlord.
www.404media.co
September 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
if you give the villages a brain, they will immediately begin to plot against Tom Nook
Oh how lovely. music.apple.com/us/curator/m...
Max Richter’s Songs of a Jumping Universe on Apple Music
Listen to Max Richter’s Songs of a Jumping Universe on Apple Music.
music.apple.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Oh how lovely. music.apple.com/us/curator/m...
I loved Chris’s inclusion gap diagram the first time I saw it and I still find myself coming back to it. Well worth a watch if you haven’t already caught this video from WWDC25. developer.apple.com/videos/play/...
Principles of inclusive app design - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer
Discover how understanding disability can help you create better apps for everyone. Find out how to make your apps more inclusive by...
developer.apple.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I loved Chris’s inclusion gap diagram the first time I saw it and I still find myself coming back to it. Well worth a watch if you haven’t already caught this video from WWDC25. developer.apple.com/videos/play/...
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"Oh, hello, Slartibartfast, what are you doing here?" "Oh, pottering, pottering," said the old man gravely.
September 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"Oh, hello, Slartibartfast, what are you doing here?" "Oh, pottering, pottering," said the old man gravely.
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This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
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If robotaxis are Sputnik, ubiquitous, affordable, accessible public transit is a space elevator.
Will the absence of robotaxis in Europe mark the moment its citizens notice how far their continent has fallen behind?
Robotaxis will be the Sputnik Moment for a declining Europe
A slow-motion car crash on Europe’s roads
econ.st
September 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If robotaxis are Sputnik, ubiquitous, affordable, accessible public transit is a space elevator.
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I had no idea that dashcams were feeding into a giant data collection product but of course they are and of course the data was hacked www.404media.co/this-company...
This Company Turns Dashcams into ‘Virtual CCTV Cameras.’ Then Hackers Got In
A hacker has compromised Nexar, which turns peoples' cars into "virtual CCTV cameras" that organizations can then buy images from. The images include sensitive U.S. military and intelligence facilitie...
www.404media.co
September 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I had no idea that dashcams were feeding into a giant data collection product but of course they are and of course the data was hacked www.404media.co/this-company...
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Can't overstate how Google's AI Overview is hitting arts criticism. Until recently, you found a bunch of top reviews for a new exhibition, play or film via search. Now you get an AI overview. Traffic is falling away.
observer.com/2025/08/arts...
observer.com/2025/08/arts...
The Death of the Full-Time Critic and What It Means for the Future of Art Writing
If we let art criticism become an exclusive club for the well-connected and well-funded, we risk creating an echo chamber that flatters power rather than interrogates it.
observer.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Can't overstate how Google's AI Overview is hitting arts criticism. Until recently, you found a bunch of top reviews for a new exhibition, play or film via search. Now you get an AI overview. Traffic is falling away.
observer.com/2025/08/arts...
observer.com/2025/08/arts...