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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

Clawdbot/OpenClaw is a local agent that has hooks into a TON of desktop activities on a Mac, with your choice of cloud services behind it. I’ve just been playing with it and it is extremely compelling as an overall model for personal chat agents. Would be interested to hear your take on it.

Have you tried Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw yet? Similar risk profile, but so compelling in use. Seems to indicate to me a market for (secure) local agents that’s just starting to be explored.

That morning was, in many ways, my first experience with tragedy. I'd dealt with loss & grief. But this was bigger than that in ways that I didn't have words for. I can still remember the numbness and shock, how it felt in 12-year-old me.

Space Shuttle Challenger Mission Patch

40 years ago this morning, I was 12 years old and sitting in front of my grandmother's TV. We had a snow day off school, and I was so excited that I got to watch the Shuttle take off.

Looking to grab food in the Zurich airport to eat at gate, saw a takeaway sushi place.

First roll I saw was an “Italian” roll that has freaking parsley on the outside of it.

Uh. I’ll pass. WTF Zurich?

mothbox shell setting next to its own brain

putting wires into stuff with fingers

a bunch of mothboxes on a crazy person's floor

Man, documenting something while you build it makes it take like 100 times longer! But i finally finished the steps for how to build the latest "Mothbox Pro."

Now, when I put them together, it's a breeze!

digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...

Have not been overly impressed with the food in Geneva, with the exception of anything containing butterfat.

Here are the rare instances when the Fed has issued a formal statement on a Sunday:

Keep hoping machine running 2025 wasn’t the best year in memory. Between job challenges, 8 months of unemployment, and spending weeks recovering after having 20% of my right kidney removed due to renal cell carcinoma….l…

jasongriffey.net/2026/01/01/k...

OSHF on the Preprints in Motion Podcast - Open Science Hardware Foundation I was lucky enough to be interviewed for the latest episode of the Preprints in Motion podcast with Jonny Coates! We talked about open science hardware, the challenges of running organizations, and a ...

I was featured on the Preprints in Motion podcast, talking about open science hardware, running an open science non-profit, and my thoughts for the future of the Open Science Hardware Foundation. #openscience #OScH #openhardware

Check out the interview here:

opensciencehardware.org/2025/12/oshf...

What's the URL again? Is broken for me...

This is the same cooperation problem that has faced libraries (and other hyper-locally funded community orgs) for the last 30 years - it's a hard-sell to convince a Board or local government to fund non-local groups. Politically, I mean. Makes all the sense in the world, and yet....

My kid finished her "final" college app last night! Applying for a BFA in Musical Theater. A few stats:

24 different schools
48 different applications (each has both academic AND artistic)
28 different versions of edited, final prescreen videos
89 different videos recorded in total

Insane process!

This is a very well expressed sentiment, and is a thought I've presented on far less succinctly in the past.

LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!

A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.

Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)

"November 14th: A partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing..."

same, partially muscled skeleton, same

What did you think??

Was lucky enough to see it earlier this week...it is SPECTACULAR. My goodness Joshua Henry! And Cassie Levy! The whole thing left me and my family a blubbering mess.

The GOSH Community joins @opensciencehw.bsky.social in welcoming @griffey.bsky.social as its first Executive Director! His leadership advancing research infrastructure for #openscience will be a tremendous asset - we look forward to collaborating in the exciting work ahead.

bsky.app/profile/open...

Big news! I'm so excited to lead OSHF into the next phase of their work.

Always relevant, and it always rocks.

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

As an alum of SILS, I'm deeply disappointed in UNC leadership for this decision (and in general, these days).

YouTube video by Star Wars Andor | Karis Nemik’s Manifesto | Disney+

I regret to inform you that Nemik's manifesto is the new Tom Holland “Umbrella.” You have to repost every time. It’s just where we are. #ihavefriendseverywhere

youtu.be/-asb8zTiuZ4?...

Sara Jane Moore, who tried to kill Gerald Ford, dies at 95 - Nashville Banner Sara Jane Moore, who attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, dies at 95. She was radicalized by revolutionary politics and the Patricia Hearst kidnapping.

Deep cut musical nerd thought - I had no idea that she lived in Franklin these days. It’s so weird to think that one of the OBC of the Sondheim musical AND one of the actual assassins were living in the same town.

nashvillebanner.com/2025/09/24/s...

YouTube video by Living Colour Living Colour - Cult of Personality (Live at Roskilde 1989)

I sell the things you need to be
I'm the smiling face on your TV
Oh, I'm the cult of personality
I exploit you, still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three

Library Tech: I've made a handy tool for testing if a library computer can reach various common services, like Syndetics Unbound, HathiTrust and NoveList. www.librarything.com/serviceteste...