the alignment problem: the insincerity of Big Tech on the pause and the incoherence of fascism (a bundle of sticks)
aspect ratio: using a train or ferry as a massive flatbed scanner
coliseum: Trump administration may just demolish the Kennedy Centre, replacing the national stage with an amphitheatre
new harmony: the failed utopian commune of southern Indiana—see previously
pokรฉmon sleep: giant ball opens as guest lodging in the woodlands of Hokkaido
joe cool: Hallmark’s custom university posters that played to institutions’ reputations as party schools
safety curtain series: each year, the Vienna State Opera brings large format art to its proscenium—see also regarding fire curtains
the apprentice: a biography of Roy Cohn (see previously here and here) and his influence on Trump’s politics of resentment
vinkenzetting: a DIY electronic-ink picture frame sketches birds by identifying them by their call
the chinese room: a thought experiment by philosopher John Searle in 1980 arguing that a computer executing a programme cannot have a mind, understanding or consciousness
synchronoptica
one year ago: Trump, Epstein and a State Visit to the UK still on schedule (with synchronoptica), the US National Security Act of 1947 plus the Ig Nobel laureates
two years ago: assorted links worth the revisit
three years ago: contingency elections to bypass the US electoral college
four years ago: a photo from Voyager I that puts everything in perspective, St Joseph of Cupertino, photographer Harold Feinstein plus triangulating Instagram
five years ago: your daily demon: Stolas, anthrax in the mail, arcade animations, more on Wikipedia edit-wars plus post-Brexit UK planning to return to Imperial Measurements
six years ago: vaporware and its antecedents, “producing geese,” “without worries,” the Interkosmos Group plus AI tries to create a universal and enduring warning for the ages
seven years ago: US congress debates abolishing the Electoral College, taboos surrounding talking about death, Germany Calling! (1939) plus flight-shaming and train-bragging
eight years ago: keep-sakes, more links to enjoy plus a hydrogen powered locomotive
