2026-02-16 10:22:31
"How Do We Make Reading Truly Accessible? A Conversation With Thomas Kahlisch"
https://blog.degruyter.com/how-do-we-make-reading-truly-accessible-a-conversation-with-thomas-kahlisch/
"Whether for pleasure o…
"How Do We Make Reading Truly Accessible? A Conversation With Thomas Kahlisch"
https://blog.degruyter.com/how-do-we-make-reading-truly-accessible-a-conversation-with-thomas-kahlisch/
"Whether for pleasure o…
‘Why Is He Doing It Like That?!’: Hegseth Talks Tough About ‘Putting Hands’ on Recruits, Then a Cringe Workout Clip Completely Hijacks the Conversation
https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/01/15/hegseth-talks-tough-about-putting-hands-on-recruits-then-a-cringe-workout-clip-completely-hijacks-the-conversation/
Like the rule at my wife's old student co-op (sex in public is public sex), a speakerphone conversation in public is a public speakerphone conversation. Feel free to chime in!
https://mastodon.social/@EdCates/116070076420206855
A look at WhatsApp's enormous global reach and influence, and how the messaging app became the dominant platform for everyday conversation worldwide (Sam Knight/New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/19/how-what…
OpenAI will match ads to conversation topics using some personalization data, but claims it will not sell user data or expose user conversations to advertisers (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-testing-ads-us/
People are really upset about the #AISlop being used in the latest Fatal Fury trailer. Yeah... not sure if this is what SNK expected the conversation to be about, rather than the announcement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS9ItV5lhgA
Those 'conversation pits' from the 70s totally need to make a comeback
#design #architecture #retro #RetroDesign
Club Sandwich
The Sandwich Generation finally gets the conversation we deserve. Club Sandwich is the community for those caring for ageing parents while juggling work, kids, relationships, and sanity...
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Reading some #scifi from the 90s right know, in an conversation an "AI" answers:
"Judgment call, ask someone real."
and later
"Since I am only a piece of code, I would be on very thin ice speculate."
What awesome technology in this fiction was imagined, unbeliveable. No ads or product placement, stating of limitation of the system, suggestion for …
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/gabbard-whistleblower-complaint-based-on-intercepted-conversation-about-jared-kushner-620659e0?st=3fZm5b&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p96#a260212p96
Webinar: More Than Just Choice: How Religion, Race, and Identity Influence Food Decisions
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Series B, Episode 01 - Redemption
AVON: Exactly. You have just made a prediction based on the known facts. A computer works on precisely the same principle.
BLAKE: But all you're saying is that prediction is not immutable fact.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/201/23 B7B4
Steelers owner Art Rooney II reacts to Mike Tomlin stepping down: 'I wasn't expecting that conversation'
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/steelers-art-ro…
OpenAI will match ads to conversation topics using some personalization data, but claims it will not sell user data or expose user conversations to advertisers (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-testing-ads-us/
Clay Parikh does not want to talk about who he is working with inside the White House.
However, in an extraordinary and extensive conversation with TPM, he had a lot to say about many other things,
including his concerns that the “deep state”
and a shadowy “cabal” is influencing our elections.
“When they say ‘deep state,’ it’s deep and it’s everywhere,”
Parikh said in a phone call late Tuesday evening.
Parikh, who, according to court documents unsealed th…
Heard a conversation while playing Mahjongg about cats making biscuits. Marie made these, tho, with egg bacon tea and coffee. Chill day expected later. #TogetherBreakfast https://photos.app.goo.gl/nou5Zi4vC87nUuiw9
Five regional newspapers in Boston, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Seattle, Philly, and Salt Lake offer examples of sustainability for the news business, as WaPo shrinks (Dan Kennedy/The Conversation)
https://theconversation.com/as-jeff-be
I always liked the quote "and Magda
Goebbels made a great strudel" and have used it in conversation. (Although a strong contender for it's replacement in my vernacular is "But the Dow is over 50,000")
Great tweet from NickyFrank30 over on the site formerly known as Twitter - although he seems to have locked down his X account and deleted tweets like so many folks have.
(although you can apparently find him at substack
It’s always so weird when someone you looked up to and liked suddenly out of nowhere starts defending “AI”, especially uninvited (e.g. when you have a conversation with someone else on social media).
I think it’s a reflexive way to try to distract themselves from them knowing that AI has tons of problems yet they’re still using it because it’s convenient in some fashion.
Sure landmines are convenient too for some uses, yet…
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Keith Ellison multiple times uses “but fraud!” to skewer feds for failing to provide support that would actually help catch fraud: “If they want to send us some forensic accountants [instead of ICE], that’s a conversation we’re willing to have”
#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 09 - Countdown
BLAKE: [To Jenna] Get a locator fix on the signal.
CALLY: It's already pinpointed.
BLAKE: Well done. Alright, Avon, get kitted up. You too, Vila.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/2…
An uncomfortable conversation to have: Considering the U.S.' track record on human rights violations, invading sovereign nations, and committing war crimes during those efforts, should we truly remain in the same defense pact with them?
Considering the U.S. is currently openly discussing invading one of their NATO allies, bringing into question what being an ally means to the United States, does it makes any sense at all to view them as one?
I believe the nations of Europe should…
I tweaked the description a little in light of our conversation in the kitchen
Welcome to Computing's weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This time we look at China’s secret cyberattack training platform, #Bithumb’s crypto booboo and Taiwan bringing some reality into the chip relocation conversation.
A rogue AI enrolls in your online class, then publicly shames you when you remove it. This just happened in a dev forum. Are we ready if it happens to our courses?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_a-rogue…
Data Over Dogma: What We’ve Lost in Social Media Discussions
I post on social media to invite conversation, not to shout into an echo chamber. Disagreement, evidence, and thoughtful discussion are how we learn. If we’re unwilling to consider other viewpoints—even without changing our minds—we’ve lost something important.
Series A, Episode 13 - Orac
BLAKE: Well, get it open.
ENSOR: Key, now where did I put the key?
[Scene: Servalan and Travis reach the laboratory door]
SERVALAN: Blast it open.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/113/336 B7B4
Whisky, Words And Wine
Join us with a glass of your favourite beverage, sit back, relax and enjoy the conversation and their recommendations...
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WTF with an anthill on the top!!!!
I just got off a Zoom call - and zoom sent me an AI generated summary of our conversation.
WTF? I did not ask for that.
Making that is perhaps a violation of California's laws about two party consent and wiretapping.
Grrrrr.
Been starting a habit of writing down story/game ideas as I have them even though most of them will never seriously get started, let alone finished. It's been fun since writing things down gives me a chance to think them through a bit more than just pondering them in my head. Anyways, here's a #GameDesign idea:
"Grand" - is a "reverse metroidvania" in which as a grandparent, you slowly lose movement options as the story progresses, requiring more and more convoluted routes through the map to reach the same areas. You do still explore "new" areas in memory mode (and unlock movement options like a bike in your memories) before traversing the areas again in the diegetic present. The story follows your quest to protect a grandchild from the machinations of a Kafkaesque state, first trying to track them down within the system and then trying to get them released. Each "boss" is "fought" through an abstracted conversation system where memories, keepsakes, and various kinds of emotional/logical appeals wear down your opponent's nihilism and/or fear until they're willing to help you. Normal "enemies" are just people on the street who might bump into you and drain some of your stamina as you pass by if you don't issue a properly-timed "excuse me" or the like.
Series D, Episode 07 - Assassin
VERLIS: I'm sorry, Commissioner. I can break the rules in private, not in public.
SERVALAN: I want him! You can name your price.
VERLIS: You'll have to bid for him like anyone else.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/407/152 B7B5
What a soulful & honest 41min conversation between 2 great acting personalities.
▶️ Brendan Fraser & Dwayne Johnson | Actors on Actors
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZaIgDbFz-sY&si=M6Pgpqc4kv3slqZQ
Since ChatGPT came out in late 2022, over *half a million* tech workers have been laid off. That fact, and their voices, aren't really shaping the conversation about AI, and what "AI" really means in culture. So I started to get into it: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/06/500k-t
Always The Topic of Conversation | The Break https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nUvO-mmt08
Major brands were replaced by direct-response advertisers during commercial breaks of CBS News' December 13 town hall with Erika Kirk, moderated by Bari Weiss (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/advertisers-wary-cbs-news-…
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Series D, Episode 01 - Rescue
[Interior Xenon base lounge. Soolin sets out glasses on a tray. She stops, regards the tray and then takes another glass from the shelf. She begins to pour wine into the glasses. Dorian leads the group into the lounge. Dorian grabs her and kisses her.]
SOOLIN: Are you all right?
https://blake.torpi…
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
-- LaRochefoucauld
"However, if you scoff at the idea that one should have any ethical boundaries at all, and think that there’s no reason to care about the overall utilitarian impact of this technology, that it’s worth using no matter what else it does as long as it makes you 5% better at your job, that’s sociopath behavior."
https://<…
I post on social media expecting discussion, not silence. Disagreement—when it’s thoughtful and evidence-based—is how we learn. Echo chambers don’t make us smarter; conversation does.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/data-over-dogma-what-weve-lost…
Quite exciting talk:
EFF presents: Rewiring Democracy with Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders in conversation with Cindy Cohn
3 December, online
https://www.eff.org/event/rewiring-democracy
Sometimes you see weird things on Fedi, like this conversation between Rats (scientists)
Source:
#Neuroscience
Why run multiple agents talking at each other when they're all really the same LLM anyway? Just prompt the singular LLM to pretend to be multiple people in conversation, and your simulated team will materialize a finished smb server that's not terrible.*
* May not be reproducible. Odds of winning are unknowable.
https://
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
Stereolab:
🎵 Rainbo Conversation
#Stereolab
https://stereolab.bandcamp.com/track/rainbo-conversation-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Ip4AyegQWSvzVn3WrRSYm
I thought I was having a perfectly nice, low-key conversation with this guy about the snow on one of the dating apps, he answers my question simply, and LITERALLY the next moment without so much as a ‘by your leave’ he just f*****g deletes the chat and unmatches.
@…
At the neighborhood party you may be asked to wear a name tag with your first name. The initial contact and conversation is more relaxed as no one wants to talk about their work. Your neighbors want to know how you feel about that ungodly reno going on down the street, share stories about your kids, and swap anecdotes about pets. Definitely cats... lots of cat sharing. It's a community where no one is selling, no one is recording data, and there's no unfathomable app pushing conversations into your group. The goal is to go home feeling closer to your community and more empathy for its members.
Event: Dec. 6 Book Response on Living Islam
Join us for an evening of conversation inspired by Living Islam: Muslim Expressions of Faith, the acclaimed book byProfessor Ali S. Asani, which invites readers to explore the many ways Muslims around the world understand and experience their faith through culture, art, and everyday life. The discussion, moderated by Alisha Kurji and featuring Dr. Alnoor Dhanani (Harvard University) and…
Q&A with Stratechery's Ben Thompson on aggregation theory, AI, TikTok, ByteDance, AI agentic commerce, SaaS stocks, running Stratechery, TSMC, Stripe, and more (John Collison/Cheeky Pint)
https://cheekypint.substack.com/p/ben-thompson-from-stratechery-on…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheMorningAfterMix
David Bowie:
🎵 Conversation Piece
#DavidBowie
https://jeffersondust.bandcamp.com/track/conversation-piece-david-bowie
https://open.spotify.com/track/64U8BnjOqw1e5xeqeustV5
John Thune and Donald Trump had a 'spirited' conversation over Senate war powers vote (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/09/congress/john-thune-trump-war-powers-00719369
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p105#a260109p105
ABC Sport Daily
Your daily sports conversation. We dive into the biggest story of the day...
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Since ChatGPT came out in late 2022, over *half a million* tech workers have been laid off. That fact, and their voices, aren't really shaping the conversation about AI, and what "AI" really means in culture. So I started to get into it: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/06/500k-t
Excellent words from @…, shared here with permission:
❝My favorite piece of advice for protests has been, “accept side quests”. Sure, you can show up, shout a bit, and go home - there's value in just uncorking some frustration. But don't look past meeting your like-minded neighbors. If you're an introvert, like me, that may induce anxiety just thinking about it. But there's all sorts of easy conversation starters - people spent time on their signs, and chances are they would love to talk about them - how they made them or what they were inspired by. Viola! Now you're talking! Everybody at a protest is looking for something - whether it is a word of encouragement or witty comment, a pointer to a place to go or a thing to join, that something may be you!❞
Multiple responses from DeepSeek's namesake chatbot confirm that the startup has expanded the context window of its flagship AI model from 128K tokens to 1M (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/arti…
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In a wide-ranging live conversation, MIT President Sally Kornbluth joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan live in studio for GBH’s Boston Public Radio on Thursday, February 5.
They talked about MIT, the pressures facing America’s research enterprise, the importance of science, that Congressional hearing on antisemitism in 2023, and more
With new financial pressures facing universities,
increased competition for talented students and scholars from outside the U.S.,
as we…
Series D, Episode 01 - Rescue
VILA: He won't like it.
TARRANT: It's a pity about that. [they exit]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/401/362 B7B3
Chevy Chase... the famously prickly comedian found a sympathetic adversary in the director of a CNN documentary about him. Their conversation with a reporter was … spirited.
✅ He’s Chevy Chase, and He’s Still Like That - WSJ (gift)
ht…
Series C, Episode 02 - Powerplay
RECEPTIONIST: We have to move on to health reception. You can go together if you wish.
VILA: Oh, thank you.
CALLY: We'd like that, thank you.
RECEPTIONIST: This way.
VILA: Thank you.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/302/416 B7B5
Anna Wintour and Vogue's new US head of editorial content, Chloe Malle, hold a joint video interview ahead of the release of Malle's first print issue (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/business/media/anna-wintour-chloe…
Wilson's 2026 NFL mock draft 6.0: Senior Bowl standouts Caleb Banks, Lee Hunter change Round 1 conversation
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2
RE: https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/116025421547573109
@…
I'm late to this conversation and then I had to read through the responses to see what I could add. Most of the points, good and bad, are contained in the replies. So I tried to apply an analogy using the experience of similar but different events.
The difference between having an account on social media platforms from the tech bros (X, BlueSky, Threads) versus participating on Mastodon is like two different types of cocktail parties. One is closer to a corporate event like those held at industry conferences. The other is a neighborhood get-together at someone's house.
An interview with Google DeepMind Nobel laureate John Jumper on the creative "off-label" uses for AlphaFold, combining AlphaFold's power with LLMs, and more (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyrev…
The Heart Of It: A Distinctly Tasmanian Conversation With The Devils
We explore the rich tapestry of Tasmania's football history, celebrating the players who have left an indelible mark on the game...
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Cowboys’ George Pickens Gets Clear Message From Coach Before Vikings Game https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/brian-schottenheimer-george-pickens-message-vikings-game/?adt_ei=[email]
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Schottenheimer, Pickens discuss Sherman post https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47248433/cowboys-coach-talks-george-pickens-social-media-post
The ABIC Podcast
Creating unity, community, conversation and strength, we are your representative association for beauty and aesthetics...
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Series B, Episode 01 - Redemption
AVON: What the hell is going on?
BLAKE: Zen, report.
ZEN: Aft hull sensors register two strikes by medium-range neutron blasters.
AVON: Where are they coming from?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/201/40 B7B5
Webinar: More Than Just Choice: How Religion, Race, and Identity Influence Food Decisions
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Webinar: More Than Just Choice: How Religion, Race, and Identity Influence Food Decisions
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Raising The Bar Perth 2025
Raising the Bar and The University of Western Australia hosted 10 free talks across 5 lively Perth venues, creating another unforgettable evening of ideas, insights, and conversation...
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Series C, Episode 11 - Moloch
TARRANT: Yes, Vila. I take the point. You're obviously far cleverer than I.
VILA: Right.
TARRANT: [Examining a map] So - this is where we're going.
VILA: What? - Where are we going?
TARRANT: To destroy a computer.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/311/468
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EGSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE (2026): GRIEF IN CONVERSATION #acrel https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/12/02/egsa-annual-conference-2026-grief-…
Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
HOWER: You somehow overcame your peaceful conditioning. When you were a child the therapists said that you were at risk. I welcomed this possibility, because I needed, I thought, one man who could think aggressively like my enemies.
BERSHAR: I have not renounced the theory of peace. Servalan is more powerful than these people. Tomorrow or the next day they will go, and Servalan will be back with her battle fleet.
Series D, Episode 13 - Blake
TARRANT: That isn't the plan anymore, though, is it Avon?
AVON: I think we can do better.
VILA: Does that mean safer?
AVON: In the end, winning is the only safety.
VILA: It doesn't mean safer. I didn't think it would.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/413/16
CFP on Panel "Creedal or Contested Space?: A Conversation on Partiality, Transparency, and the Teaching of History" at AHA 2027 (New Orleans) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139635/cfp-panel-creedal-or-…
Series A, Episode 01 - The Way Back
OPERATOR: Alpha three-three-seven five. C-six-one-two: Leesal, Renor. [It appears.]
OPERATOR: Three-four-one-seven: Deca, Carl. [It appears.]
OPERATOR: Three-five-one-two: Fen, Payter. [It appears.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/101/271 B7B2
CFP on Panel "Creedal or Contested Space?: A Conversation on Partiality, Transparency, and the Teaching of History" at AHA 2027 (New Orleans) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139634/cfp-panel-creedal-or-…
CFP on Panel "Creedal or Contested Space?: A Conversation on Partiality, Transparency, and the Teaching of History" at AHA 2027 (New Orleans) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139635/cfp-panel-creedal-or-…
Series B, Episode 01 - Redemption
BLAKE: All right, where is it?
AVON: It's in the Twelfth Sector. Astral point seven eight one.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/201/32 B7B6
CFP on Panel "Creedal or Contested Space?: A Conversation on Partiality, Transparency, and the Teaching of History" at AHA 2027 (New Orleans) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139635/cfp-panel-creedal-or-…
CFP on Panel "Creedal or Contested Space?: A Conversation on Partiality, Transparency, and the Teaching of History" at AHA 2027 (New Orleans) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139634/cfp-panel-creedal-or-…
Series C, Episode 12 - Death-Watch
TARRANT: I'll risk that.
AVON: He could use the new gun. Dayna?
DAYNA: It's ready. [starts to go but Avon stops her]
AVON: Vila can get it.
DAYNA: It's in the test room, Vila.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/312/491 B7B5
CFP on Panel "Creedal or Contested Space?: A Conversation on Partiality, Transparency, and the Teaching of History" at PCB-AHA 2026 #acrel https://network…
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Webinar: More Than Just Choice: How Religion, Race, and Identity Influence Food Decisions
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ResearchGate: Publishers Take Formal Steps to Force Copyright Compliance A summary of…
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CFP on Panel "Creedal or Contested Space?: A Conversation on Partiality, Transparency, and the Teaching of History" at PCB-AHA 2026 https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139138/cfp-panel-creedal-or-contested-…