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"There are two types of people in the world.
Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data."

Enjoy, Len

The Liberty Triptych: a 3-part patron-funded print project to support you, with
@amandapalmer.bsky.social

Part 1: Liberty's Resignation

www.patreon.com/posts/120373...

#art

We are years past it now so this is no longer a thing but here is a Christmas Survival tip for single or widowed parents of young kids:

Go out today and buy yourself a gift. Label it from Santa so you can enjoy your offspring finding it and handing it to you while exclaiming “this one’s for you!”

Dozens of Democrats Press Biden to Pardon Environmental Lawyer Targeted by Chevron Steven Donziger won a $9.5 billion case against Chevron – the oil giant then embarked on a years-long effort to “demonize” him.

34 Democratic lawmakers are urging Biden to pardon @sdonziger.bsky.social, the environmental lawyer who won a $9.5B case against Chevron—only to face a relentless campaign to 'demonize' him.

@premthakker.bsky.social reports:

zeteo.com/p/democrats-...

Portland, OR.
Madison, WI.
Milwaukee, WI.
(But I would have to do an expected Climate Change analysis first).

YouTube video by NASA NASA Rocket Engine Fireplace - 8 Hours in 4K

I present 8 hours and 29 seconds of cozy afterburner cheer

I don't know if it'll last but man can we just take a moment and give props to the team that gave us a place to hang out that mostly fun and not a constant thunderdome battle? @pfrazee.com et al.

Endless poetry here.

Or you had more sensitive eyes.

Here we go.

Welcome.
Still early days here.

I have always turned off auto-correct. Its more trouble than its worth.
-Len

In the USA, usually rented.
Other countries, usually free.
Bottom line: check each country (& maybe airport)

Biden stepping away from the nomination is sad, but good short-term news for the country.

A great man, who fought stuttering his whole life,
as well as the occasional word mis-match associated with it, has been hounded from politics because of his disability.

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And of course, Trump & his ilk use a person's disability to try to get them out of their way.

-Len

Monica Byrne / Writer, Artist / 2024 monicabyrne.org/support

Vice is shuttering, and now likely WAMU too.

I’m going to re-post this every time a major media entity closes and hundreds of reporting jobs are lost. Kleptocrats are consolidating power. We must counteract it.

For the dozenth time, I would like to reiterate that living on the road is much CHEAPER than it would have been to continue living in the U.S. Not the other way around.

Museums? Concerts? Architecture? Chance conversations? Antics of pets with their human pets? The Human Comedy?

20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.

The law only ever serves capital.

Saying "AI" was "trained" on the work of artists and writers is the wrong metaphor. Their work was made into a database to be copied from and reproduced in small chunks.

There is no mind learning or being trained. There is no "intelligence" in that reproduction There's plenty of artificial, tho.

The Disturbing Impact of the Cyberattack at the British Library The library has been incapacitated since October, and the effects have spread beyond researchers and book lovers.

The New Yorker has a good article on the cyber attack that has done such damage to the British Library, and affected the Fantasy Exhibition I worked on (I was on the Advisory Board): www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

New year, new app:

Second Clock — Show a second clock for a different time zone in your menu bar

sindresorhus.com/second-clock

The app is free and requires macOS 14.2

Sure -- www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/a...

Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective in controlled study In a double-blind controlled study, high doses of magnetic brain stimulation, given on an accelerated timeline and individually targeted, caused remission in 79% of trial participants with severe depr...

In a double-blind controlled study, high doses of magnetic brain stimulation, given on an accelerated timeline and individually targeted, caused remission in 79% of trial participants with severe depression. I really hope these results hold up! med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

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-Len

At their 50th colleges reunions, most classmates who graduated in 1971 were 71.

Also an extended list of posts after this one!

Thanks, Len