Jon Tilley

An Özdemir win would matter in another sense too. 7 decades after the first "guest workers" came to the federal republic, he would be the first minister-president of a German state to have Turkish roots. It wasn't a big factor in the campaign - people just like him (⬇️) - but is a moment nonetheless.

Hello hammock weather.

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Me watching my wife and my daughter go vote today.

"If it's a sin to think that rules matter, the world could do with a few more sinners."

Daughter's comment - "they should have the peaches on the butt."

Why one of Germany’s richest regions is gripped with anxiety Baden-Württemberg’s election is overshadowed by worries over deindustrialisation

Nearly half of voters tell pollsters that Baden-Württemberg could face the fate of Detroit, which fell into destitution and bankruptcy when its car sector crumbled. That may be taking things too far

Certainly!

We get quite a few the family garden. My daughter loves them and asks for squirrel calendars every year.

Disney’s ‘Robin Hood’ Live-Action Remake Not Moving Forward, Says Director "It's dead, sadly," Carlos López Estrada revealed about the project that was first announced in 2020.

Rejoice. The original is perfect, and we want more original movies. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

I've spent so much time training my daughter on Star Wars and Marvel and James Bond and now she wants to watch romantic comedies.

My wife would always halve the sugar in an American recipe. Usually worked.

Never had the potato cakes. When I was in 6th grade, my Dad enrolled me in a Saturdays basketball camp, which - not self aware enough to realize it then - only reminded me that I wasn't great at sports. But afterwards, we had beef'n'cheddars and curly fries at Arby's together, making it all worth it

"...Good answers depend on us being thoughtful, attentive, and engaged, not fearfully paralyzed or sleepily checked out."

"...Should they be allowed to create false footage portraying real persons without the consent of those persons? Should they be used to spy on people? Should they be used to create personalized pornography? What about autonomous weapons? ..."

"Should AI tools be allowed to make life-and-death decisions in our healthcare system? Should they replace human educators in schools? Should they be allowed to replace human therapists or other medical professionals? ..."

Bad Philosophy Won’t Help Us Make AI Good Even Anthropic’s supposedly moral AI shouldn’t be used to make ethical decisions.

The Anthropic v. DoD conflict, right before an actual war where it's being used, shows the urgency of slowing down and thinking. Here's a Gift Link arguing that AI needs better moral philosophy that what is currently on the table. thedispatch.com/article/anth...

Prost! Pour one out for me!

And now this, which looks nuts, but I'm curious: www.theringer.com/2026/03/06/m...

A profoundly beautiful essay on childlessness by @karenswallowprior.bsky.social. Do read. "Children are a gift.... Sometimes, while we are looking for one gift, it can be harder to see another one resting, still wrapped, in the other direction."

One of my favorite books.

Girl Scouts unimpressed after troop teams up with cannabis dispensary Girl Scout cookie season runs from January through April

And some folks say the entrepreneurial spirit is dead. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/g...

".....The other looks to the cross-shaped life of Jesus, where strength is measured by restraint, courage is expressed through sacrifice, and maturity shows itself in tenderness toward the vulnerable.

"We are at a crossroads. One path doubles down on aggression, dominance, and contempt, calling all this “strength.” ..."

You're trapped in the last tv show you watched, where are you?

Oh dear....

Marry a Swabian! Swept sidewalks, great cars, superb lentils... it's great here!

Oh dear, prayers & health (and not breaking the bank!).

"....If we could confront our chatbots the way parents confront their kids about drug use, the bots would surely reply “I learned it by watching you!”"

"...The rise of the chatbots—with their algorithmic pattern-matching, their stochastic parrot behavior—has revealed that students and faculty alike have been, for many decades, functioning in exactly the same way...."

"....If we engage in a little self-examination, we’ll realize that we like it formulaic, because that reduces the time and mental energy we have to invest in grading. It’s easy to compare any given student’s essay to the template in your mind and quickly see the extent to which it matches...it..."