Weekend Linkages: Do you see what I see?

April 28, 2024

...s is also well worth viewing. Nick Cave on Loss, Yearning, Transcendence https://youtu.be/QDHXykm_Yj0?si=2FikvURd8CDfbXZb Also, putting up the wrong link to this podcast with Nick Cave gives me the chance to suggest listening to this moving conversation again....

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I Made a Coffee Sandwich

Mr. Homegrown

April 30, 2024

Food, Recipes

...racist garbage or prevent legitimate queries about racism. Listen to this podcast episode for a nuanced discussion of the problems and benefits of AI While I’d really love to tinker with this recipe and develop a thicker frosting I have to put aside the #Procrastibaking towards the goal of keeping off the fifteen pounds of pandemic pounds I lost recently. But I’d welcome any of you who want to take of the challenge of perfecting the coffee sandwi...

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Our Butlerian Jihad

Mr. Homegrown

March 25, 2024

Thoughtstylings

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...n lure of our “smart” phones. The movies tend to overplay what I think is Herbert’s less interesting and overly reductive view of religion. For a further exploration of the present day implications of a Butlerian Jihad and neo-Luddism the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast had a freewheeling discussion about the recent Dune movies. As I mentioned in an earlier post, there’s an ongoing Butlerian Jihad happening in my woodshop. I’ve been thinking of expandi...

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Weekend Linkages: Behold the Inside of My Head

Mr. Homegrown

April 16, 2023

Saturday Linkages

...Source: the deep interwebs ChatGPT Is Not Intelligent (a great podcast episode on the hype surrounding AI) The art of Henricus Jansen A house with a strange design feature What is Acid Communism? Gareth’s Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales...

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LA’s Gangsters

Mr. Homegrown

October 12, 2022

Thoughtstylings

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...rticipate in local government and at our unions to make the changes we need to make. Some resources: DSA-LA voter guide Knock LA’s coverage of the leak LA Podcast Emergency Episode Mike Bonin’s moving speech at yesterday’s council meeting...

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