Pim van Tol

Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.

Overheard: "Emily seemed very unconvinced to do a full marathon"

The Best Electronic Literature The best electronic literature, recommended by literary scholar and digital literature specialist, Jessica Pressman.

"Born digital describes works that are created with a computer and are meant to be read on the computer. They’re not works that you print out."
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'Long playing microgroove'. Love that

"Many doomsday anxieties around AI likely reflect the broader epistemological shift away from language as a source of truth. The anxieties we place on them now reflect a deep unease and unfamiliarity with how we navigate a world where words persuade without regard to reality." - @eryk.bsky.social

*sighs* OK... where shall I start with this one...

"I think about writing like I think about music: no one says ‘Can you condense that piece of music or explain it in a shorter piece?' The experience of listening to music is not considered as something that necessarily has a subtext that is more important that the text."

One boy icily cut through all the crap and demanded of Wilders: You're talking a lot about the Dutch, but who do you consider Dutch? That was my highlight (GW gave a bullshit answer of course)

A beautiful testament to the essential humanity of teaching.

"I will never compete with AI in word count or response time. But I will keep saying, 'Tell me more about that…' I will keep noticing how the girl in the back always looks up when I mention whales or rivers or grief."

Trimp is a draft dodger, tax dodger. Dump Trump. Trump is a traitor to liberty and the US

No Kings. And certainly no Mad ones

Chicago - no kings

Fascinating read! This will keep me thinking for weeks to come. I already see uses elsewhere, eg Why isn't customer service measured in retention numbers? CS is often seen as a cost, with the true income generated by Sales.

The AI age is the "age of no consent" "Inevitability" means design decisions are no longer informed by user needs; now they are unilaterally imposed. The users are the ones being designed.

This post needs an updated re-issue because AI companies have truly come up with some incredibly novel ways to push this technology that no one wants onto people.

Lookin Gorgeous

Looks like a great image to go with an article on how Mr Orangefart is destroying the democracy

This year is beginning to seem endless.

'Ripoff streaming stations.' Yes, spot on

New in my top-10 of Ugliest Things I've Ever Seen:

You probably know the full UB40 story as well. Amazing how people can be so childish into middle age

Mooie 90s vibe. Irresistible Force, Reload, Susumu Yokota...

I recognise the sentiment. That he was a genius was obvious, I just never liked the albums. That changed for me only very late, with Heathen and Reality

Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Europeans need to have their eyes open about what is happening across the Atlantic.

Or they are in for a very rude awakening.

The denialism on this continent is dangerous.

Polydor Window! Nice typo.

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Weirdly beautiful. Do you know Christopher Brown's book A Natural History of Empty Lots? Well worth the read if you're interested in these types of environments

"We are told that we must take personal responsibility for our lives but we are never told that that personal responsibility includes consuming less products."

Here with working link:
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Just as good as Ezra

Apart from the sideways move to Linux (which requires re-learning the OS basic functions), you can switch to Tiny10 or Tiny11. Easy on the processor and memory, and all bloatware removed. I've used Tiny10 with no probs for over a year now

A great read - and an interesting take on being conservative. This interview urgently needs an update for 2025 though! Would love to read his thoughts on present conservative behaviour

Very interesting. And a reminder that our current far right have no positive vision of the future, and no understanding of the modern world beyond how they can use social media to spread lies.