Henry Anderson

Finding the Telling Detail
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Strong opinions backed up with souped- up research. Terrible news for science and MH patients

Thank you, John! Find birthdays challenging but exercising mental discipline to enjoy it and it seems to be working. Hoping you are doing okay this Wednesday.

I’ve watched so many horror films recently that they all blurring into one. A woman moves into a rural setting and is spooked by a series of increasingly upsetting possibly supernatural events.

Let’s himself down with the editorialising.

Deadlines set you free. Turning lack of time into an asset.

On my Substack - Deadlines can set you free

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American Gothic From the Castle of Otranto to the Overlook Hotel

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Mount Aetna from Taormina, Thomas Cole, 1843

Mount Aetna from Taormina, Thomas Cole, 1843.

Edgar Allan Poe and the Business of Writing “I now feel that I have reached a point of this narrative at which every reader will be startled into… disbelief. It is my business, however, simply to proceed.”

On my Substack: Edgar Allan Poe and the Business of Writing
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Great news. More power to your elbow!

Night cruise in the Mediterranean, Emil Orlik, early 20th c.

The terror of reality - can relate!

The Horror of Psychological Horror Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Green Tea”

New on my Substack - The Horror of Psychological Horror
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“So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.”
-Vincent Van Gogh

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout The collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions even more urgent to avoid the catastrophic impact. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part of the global climate system. It brings sun-warmed tropical water to Europe and the Arctic, where it cools and sinks to form a deep return current. The Amoc was already known to be at its weakest in 1,600 years as a result of the climate crisis. Continue reading...

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds

Late Summer vibe check.

And mage and sailor are not so far apart; both work with the powers of sky and sea, and bend great winds to the uses of their hands, bringing near what was remote.

A face made of pebbles.

Pebble art by my sister-in-law.

#MEcfs #SevereME

Transfiguration, 6th century, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna.

According to popular belief, the feast of the Transfiguration (August 6) is the last day to bathe in rivers, because it marks the change of seasons. Nature itself is 'transfigured'.

Indeed: the light of summer ends around August 6.

Ancient stones on a hill stare down on a distant field.

Earlier. Six thousand years old, the Coldrum Stones in Kent. In his ‘Antiquities of Cornwall’ book published in 1754, William Borlas stated that the name ‘Coldrum’ came from the Cornish word ‘Galdrum’ meaning ‘a place of enchantment.’

Trump sent officials to see Ghislaine Maxwell quicker than he sent FEMA to Texas

Here’s my #TransPride

Two feet in the surf on the shoreline

"All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it."
-David Bowie

"St Swithin's Day, if it does rain
Full forty days, it will remain
St Swithin's Day, if it be fair
For forty days, t'will rain no more"

No rain near me, but I have seen other accounts where it did.

Post-Truth I hope we don’t live in a “post-truth” age. (Oxford Dictionaries declared “post-truth” to be its international word of the year in 2016.) A lot of people still care about evidence, logi…

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Reporting Reality

Just now.

Cutting-edge AI models ‘collapse’ in face of complex problems, Apple study finds ‘Pretty devastating’ paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which systems match human intelligence

Hopefully this will delay the AI singularity.

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