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Democracy in America is not well, but what ails it? According to one diagnosis, the country is suffering from multiple strains of one-man rule—tyranny, fascism, authoritarianism. Variants of the virus originate in the people and their passions. Citizens vote the tyrant into power. Racism, misogyny, or some other affliction of cruelty and fear, fuels their votes. Democracy is not just threatened by disease. It is the disease. This idea, of …

Reading time, 2 minutes: Can artificial intelligence help teachers unlock the secrets of how the brain learns? Neuroeducation, powered by AI, offers personalised learning strategies grounded in neuroscience, making classrooms more inclusive, engaging, and effective. This systematic review, Artificial Intelligence in Neuroeducation (Shiwlani et al., 2024), explores how AI tools such as adaptive learning platforms, neurofeedback systems, and gamified […]

History can be pretty murky sometimes – and paradoxically, recent history even more so. You’d think that having eyewitnesses to an event on hand to give their testimonies would clear things up, but sometimes those eyewitnesses can be unreliable, or have motivations or perspectives that don’t fit neatly into the story the rest of the world wants to tell. And sometimes those perspectives can get misremembered or forgotten as time …

ABUL MOGARD & RAFAEL ANTON IRISARRI - LIVE AT LE GUESS WHO Le Guess Who is a Dutch yearly festival presenting a broad spectrum of music, 'promoting sounds that are often overlooked, and to platform fresh perspectives on what is possible in music'. Over the years, it has grown into one of the greatest and most important festivals for adventurous music in Europe - attracting visitors from over 60 different …

Here's a really interesting paper from the Baker lab at Washington and co-workers on a very real-world problem where machine learning looks to be able to help. Now, I realize that statement might make a few readers raise their eyebrows, because over the last few years I have developed a reputation as an AI/ML skeptic. And I'd say that's true, although given the hype that envelopes the field, almost anyone …

Nice article about content design and designing content first. It still blows my mind that this is news. But it is, to a lot of people/designers.

After more than 20 years blogging for NewsHounds, it is time for me to move on. There is more to this post than good-bye, however.

Sometimes I wonder if doing these recap posts at this point are masturbatory. Fun for me but probably of little interest or at most, an awkward glance by passersby. It’s nice to have a record but if I need to journal, I have one of those. But here we go anyway… As I predicted a year ago, 2024 was a year of progress. Turned 50 The big milestone for 2024 …

We're neck deep in unit conversions in chemistry and we've come to that bridge, yet again, where we have to wrestle with stoichiometry. Converting between units has gone better this year because I introduced with some models using common units like dozens, grosses, scores, and others. They counted beans, did their multiples and partials, and were able to get to the mol (I'll always leave the "e" off) without too …

I first became aware of Talk Talk in 1990 when the re-release of ‘It’s My Life’, a single from their 1984 LP of the same name broke into the UK Top 20. This became my song of that summer and I bought the accompanying best of compilation album, ‘Natural History (The Very Best Of Talk Talk)’ as soon as I could afford it. Slowly but surely, I bought all of …

Following up on my previous post, I'm sharing my new professional direction. During the peak of my perfect storm over the past few months, I was reminded of how much I care about accessibility. While I have mostly lost interest in the UX industry in its current form, accessibility is a subject that continues to stir big emotions in me: I want to help make the web a better place …

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Not exactly, but there are signs on the path to After Capitalism. Back in 2018 I posted Degrowth: A Growing Issue in the Future? that asked “is it okay yet to talk about degrowth in polite society or mixed company yet? Last year I noted the growing opposition to degrowth is a sign of progress. […] The post Degrowth Approaching the Mainstream? first appeared on Hinesight....for Foresight.

Chance Miller of 9to5Mac reports that in the latest iOS 18.3 betas, Apple has changed how it handles summaries, presumably in response to criticism of inaccurate headline summaries: When you enable notification summaries, iOS 18.3 will make it clearer that the feature – like all Apple Intelligence features – is a beta. You can now disable notification summaries for an app directly from the Lock Screen or Notification Center by …

Last year, I published a woodworking year in review which you all seemed to really enjoy. 2024 was a relatively slow year for woodworking. With a laser focus on getting the OpenCTD project across the finish line, I ended up doing far more work on electronics and sensors than on wood. Fortunately, with my massive ... Read More "Canoe racks, goat shacks, and chicken scratch: My 2024 woodworking year in …