A template for data analysis projects structured as R packages (or not) https://github.com/Pakillo/template by @…
Timbaland's Stage Zero launches TaTa Taktumi, an AI pop artist created using Suno's tools; Timbaland says ~85% of the creative work is still done by humans (David Peisner/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/arts/music/timbaland-a…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Temple of the Dog:
🎵 Say Hello 2 Heaven
#TempleoftheDog
https://timmaeder.bandcamp.com/track/say-hello-to-heaven-temple-of-the-dog
https://open.spotify.com/track/4L2S9GbwEgwfSbHjTCvNQX
✅ entering #TSMC headquarters. We got a green #semiconductor manufacturing tour through fabs. Sustainability as a roadshow.
Then we visited a village that had been kindly asked to relocate for a new 2 nm fab. Cutting edges. The temple and local god had to move, too – better get the deity’…
If cows didn't like mustard, there would be no movies.
#cinema
https://www.tumblr.com/teledyn/805480293661278208?source=share
Unser heutiger Ausflug führte uns zunächst zum Tempel Horyu-ji - einem der ältesten buddhistischen Tempel in Japan aus dem 7. Jahrhundert. Er ist zugleich der Tempel mit einigen der ältesten erhaltenen Holzbauwerken der Welt. Dazu zählt die Pagode und die Haupthalle, die noch aus der Gründungszeit des Tempels stammen. #Horyuji
Nach dem schon regnerischen Aufenthalt dort ging es zum Freizeit…
You don't need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows
#mybackpages
https://www.tumblr.com/teledyn/805377334274392064/teledyn-postpunkindustrial-when-you-cut-into?source=share
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
The Neville Brothers:
🎵 Brother Jake
#TheNevilleBrothers
https://open.spotify.com/track/5JuopOOYjfWG0Sa0XTEfK7
Is it significant that, to date, I have not heard a single politician cite #ThomasPiketty?
https://www.tumblr.com/teledyn/799951466541498368/thomas-piketty-recent?source=share
This extract in particular is an excellent summary of why people turn to AI, and (as well as what follows, namely the "raising the standards and lowering the stakes" bit) an excellent guide to recentering education as a process & practice rather than a series of benchmarks students are required to chase.
https://www.tumblr.com/inside-a-cold-cave/805462716508717056?source=share