Mona Hamdy

The old farmer's almanac is dead. Long live the old farmer's almanac.

This was a glorious listen

Others featured dialogue with @karaswisher.bsky.social Paolo Benanti, @monita.bsky.social, and Yonah Schiller on how faith leaders and people of faith view #AI in their practice

Tune into @karaswisher.bsky.social pod this week to find out what AI has to do with God, drones, monks who vibe code, Smurfette, and ... prostates.

Thanks Kara- it was fun!

after extensive testing i can confirm the split into the Bad Timeline happened when we lost physical keyboards on our phones

Potential is invisible.

Sometimes friendship is just seeing something the world can't see yet.

this is EXACTLY what it feels like

Today I learned:

People in the 'just here for friends' section of Raya don't want to be friends.

Makes me miss the Alf pics. And boy, did I hate the Alf pics.

Just in case you needed someone to remind you:

Listen to YOURSELF. Sing YOUR SONG, and no one else's. Yours is a song worth singing!

Get those bushy rhododendrons, gentlemen.

I am one of the authors whom Meta stole (sorry, ‘scraped’) from, by using their books to train Libgen. So I’m biased. But this from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social is👌

Oooooh well done!

Glorious writing.

There were days in my childhood when life wasn't pleasant or easy. Libraries were my refuge and safe space when there was no other place in the world like that for me. I bet I'm not alone in that.

Imagine a wealthy, powerful society that defunds its libraries and museums.

I was just thinking this today

What you're feeling has a name.

Anomy.

Reclaim yourself: hold to your values. Move mindfully, act gratefully, gracefully, deliberately with those you love. Recalibrate your relationships. Right now, humility, generosity, love and respect are potent forms of resistance. Be gentle, Human.

Love a garden. Hug a farmer.

Oh it thundered alright

I love this way of seeing things. Here's to awe and joy!

Meet Ea-Nasir, a shady ancient merchant—and modern meme “I shall inflict grief on you!” is just one of the threats irate customers directed at Ea-nāṣir, a shady copper merchant who operated in Mesopotamia some 4,000 years ago.

Everyone’s favourite Babylonian copper merchant got a write-up in National Geographic though no one can beat the thread by @aandeloucas.com

www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

And they can't find Abrego now. They can't get him back. He's lost in the system.

The Saint. It had everything. Nerdy science girls at Oxford, cold fusion, hot Val Kilmer.

One thousand percent tuning in and one million percent wish I lived at Stanford to see this stuff in person.

Kennedy Center. Mark Twain Prize. Conan 0'Brien. Just in case one day humor is illegal and humor prizes are forbidden.

wow.

This is so good it's bonkers.