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When it comes to global warming, most reports cite a single number such as an average temperature rise of Y degrees by year X. Most reports also claim the existence of a consensus within scientists. …

All those in creative areas start by being inspired by others in their particular discipline, and their early work often replicates those they admire. The essence of AI is doing precisely that, minus the emotional …

Mark, a long-time reader of the blog, and fellow blogger, put up an interesting post about his experiences using Waze (link). He describes a gradual realization that when Waze sends him down some strange, indirect …

Hello, and welcome to Old Fritinancy — Classic Fritinancy? — the blog I launched in 2006. In August 2023 I made the transition to the Substack platform, where I’m publishing new writing on names, brands, …

This is a smart and thoughtful piece from Steve:

Next, we skip to the end of June, 2014. This was really cool to watch. I was still living in Waukesha (WALK-uh-shaw), Wisconsin, and presented a purely documentary project, all shot on the same day, …

The NYT, which used to be an almost shameless apologist for any US-funded Israeli crimes, has turned a corner, it appears: this article about the rise of the religious crazies in Israel (in the immortal …

Mid April, and the season is balanced with one foot leaping into spring, and the other (booted) foot still planted firmly in winter. I am absolutely loving these lengthening days though, especially since the clocks …

We were in Bridport the other day and spotted that the Cafe Royal had been replaced by a Dominos.

Hello, I hope you're having a good week. It's been very spring-like here, with blue skies, sunshine and a warm and fragrant breeze to ruffle the new leaves on the trees. So far however I've …

Someone had fun writing this. Tidy your hammers.

Since I’m not yet getting rid of this blog I might as well use it. If you’ve been on Substack for a while, I can see why you’d stick with it, but it would feel …

"To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty." Napoleon's claim helps explain one of the big problems with centre-left economic policy. He was right. We …