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A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about Tennyson’s “Lady of Shalott” and its resonance with our AI age (The Mirror Cracked: AI, Poetry, and the Illusion of Depth). In that post I explored how our experience of the world is increasingly mediated by technology, AI just being one (and the latest) variation. […]

Basically this is my version of a D&D fantasy setting, generic enough so I can slot in other peoples’ dungeons without much modification but weird enough to be interesting. Big sources of inspiration are the Fafhrd and Grey Mouser stories (Ziragzar is just Lankhmar), seventeenth-century India and America, and Ghibli fantasy. THE SUNDER is a continent which holds forests as old as the world and magic from the Outer Spheres. …

To no-one’s surprise 2024 was the warmest year on record – and by quite a clear margin. Another year, another data point. Unlike the previous year, 2024 was anticipated to be a record breaker even before it began (I predicted a record – despite the huge anomaly in 2023 – with a 55% probability). It did fall at the higher end of the prediction, so maybe we are seeing the …

Commonly associated with the new year, Daruma dolls are a type of wishing doll considered an ornament but also a symbol of good fortune and the ultimate lucky charm. With its austere, rounded form, intense expression, and distinctive eyebrows, the Daruma doll was originally modeled after the 5th-century founder of Zen Buddhism, Bodhidharma. Japanese leather […] Related posts: Tsuchiya Kaban Creates Leather Randoseru For Dogs Tsuchiya Kaban Creates Leather Bag …

Colonel Jubilation B. Johnston and his Mystic Knights Band and Street Singers Attack The HitsColumbia, 1966"enigmatic" credits from the back coverNashville, 1966. After so many recording sessions for the Bob Dylan’s album "Blonde On Blonde » Bob Johnston, the producer and the musicians led by Charlie McCoy needed some relaxation, and also perhaps some kind of revenge. That’s understantable. That’s why they recorded in the process Moldy Goodies as by …

I have firmly resolved to worry less about awards and QSLs in general. I still log my QSOs and upload them to QRZ.com and LotW, but I only do the latter for my communication partners. I personally consider logging itself to be very important and I will never give it up. However, I was looking for a solution to keep track of the DXCC entities I had already worked. Then …

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This might read like yet another manifesto, when in fact it's a series of choices that I have either already gone through, or am about to. In general, it's a mid-long term plan that I want to follow to regain sanity. Refuse the ultra-capitalistic point of view on society Premise: my devices are at least 4-year old. My main music instrument was built in 1991 and bought a year later. …

lakecountylibrary:LIBRARY WRAPPEDYou checked out… probably some stuff? Thanks for doing that :) Used our wifi maybe? For something? Look we actually don’t know what genres you read or how many times you renewed Gender Queer. We don’t want to know. Our gift to you is privacy. Take it. Be free. Oh! I love this.

In part two of Stephen Deusner‘s interview with Steacy Easton, we delve further into Dolly Parton’s tightly controlled persona and how she has navigated country music’s conventions. Steacy and Stephen also discuss mainstream country music more generally, and who it allows to bend the confines of the genre. This is part two of a two part interview. You can read part one here. STEPHEN DEUSNER: Your analysis of the title …

What caught my eye this week. The first few days of a new year are often an anti-climax. It turns out the problems we had last year aren’t magically wiped away by how human beings decide to formally turn a page. However this time there’s déjà vu in the mix too. Because early 2025 has a distinct end of 2022 vibe. Yes, bonds are selling off – and people are …

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Intro I'm starting the year with an update of my previous brush bundle: it was starting to feel a bit outdated compared to what I'm actually using. Even though it looks mostly the same, under the hood all brushes got a lot of improvements. Gallery Changelog: Added 8 new brushes. Kept the design, and color code by groups Refactored pressure sensitivity curves: the bundle is now more linear. Fixed glitches …

It’s our first lazy weekend open thread of the new year…talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the last fragrance you tried and put aside for different weather, whatever. Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer… Read the rest of this article »

A selection of SF volumes acquired over winter break! Which books/covers/authors intrigue you? Which have you read? Disliked? Enjoyed? 1. Flesh, Philip José Farmer (1960) Gerald McConnell’s cover for the 1st edition From the back cover: “Spaceman by DAY… MONSTER by night! Peter Stagg was caught in the vilest trap ever devised–his own lust-driven body! For FLESH is the pulse-stirring story of a space explorer’s return from the strangest voyage …