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In an in-depth article for the Hollywood Reporter, it has been revealed that Marvel Studios is pivoting hard as it tries to overcome a series of recent obstacles to recapture the zeitgeist it imperiously commanded …

Logo Rhythm by Jamie Ellul. Haven’t backed a Kickstarter in years. This might get me out of retirement.

To John Hannaford, your team, and colleagues across the federal public service: Below are a set of radical (but implementable) ideas that would make the public service better equipped to handle the challenges of today …

There has been a lot of talk in recent years how running your own email server is too hard. But it’s quite healthy for the email ecosystem to not have everyone use Gmail and Outlook. …

The launch of ChatGPT on November 30, 20221 marks the beginning of the new AI era. We’ve had many AI cycles in the past going all the way back to 1966. However, the last year …

As a family, we don’t get McDonald’s that often, mainly because I think it’s shit and there are better life choices to be made, but occasionally it will magically appear at our door, often when …

I have a soft spot for Rochdale. That should be made clear from the outset, else nothing good will come of this blog. 1999 and the Cemetery Hotel was the destination. Discovered by chance, My …

The subsequent dialogue between the two films developed after much negotiation and cajoling. They were inclined to be hostile to the other. I tried to inform them about their common[...] The post Bringing Down the …

I guess after luring women onto her pirate ship, X kills them one by one with her artificial hand-knife. Notes I sent to TB: – Call chinese orlando, stop. – “Ottinger” must mean “one-take” in …

Really old ones, in this case Ben Cohen writes the “Science of Success” column for The Wall Street Journal. It is about what makes people, teams and ideas work out in business, culture, and beyond. …

I just noticed where NYRB Classics has released a new translation of Ernst Jünger’s On the Marble Cliffs. My brief notes on New Directions’ 1947 translation by Stuart Hood can be found here. I highly …

Sometimes it is necessary to lift your eyes from the written words and try to see what Goethe saw. Goethe has been characterized as an "Augenmensch." As Richie Robertson has written: "The German language distinguishes …

Tempe Arizona residents were recently sent mail ballots for the city council election of March 12, 2024. Three of the five candidates on the ballot are to be elected to the council. A voter may …

For real, can we recap: Sitting members of Congress initiated IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS against a U.S. President based on information passed to them by an agent of Russian intelligence. Same members refuse to pass aid to …

Update on 8-29-2023 Last week, I put up a poll that asks users what they would do if faced with some ethical dilemmas that arise on the business side of data science. I'm presenting the …