@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-03-14 00:52:27
I have written another essay for my blog. This one is about where I'm up to with my mad #Lisp system, and is *really* obscure!
https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-outpu
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-03-14 00:52:27
@rigo@mamot.fr2026-02-10 22:06:21
In der Juristerei wird das Aufkommen der LLMs begeistert gefeiert. Man versucht sich zu profilieren. Man ist vielleicht besorgt, dass die Stundensätze herunter gehen könnten. Aber sonst? Und dann diese Studie, die zeigt, dass bei Benutzung von LLMs die cognitive Kapazität und damit auch die Qualität dauernd nach unten zeigt. Kurz: Ein LLM-Anwalt bietet teure 0815-Soße, die man auch ohne Anwalt haben kann.
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-01-14 01:30:23
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2026-03-11 09:59:27
Let me tell you a parable.
There was a student who was given as assignment of writing an essay. The student found 10 similar essays online. He copied selected bits of different essays. He tediously reworded the result, removed some sentences, added some adjectives and adverbs, shifted some more sentences, added some glue — all with the single-minded goal of covering up the tracks. Eventually, a voluminous essay was complete.
The student has put a lot of effort into this; possibly even more that if he had written it himself. He did learn a bit about essays, though he didn't really practice writing one. He did practice some skills that would be useful in a future bullshit job, though. The essay passes all #plagiarism checks, even though it immediately raises red flags to any human reading it: the sudden style changes, contradictory statements, sentences that don't make much sense in their context. And if he was asked to defend it, he might be in trouble.
So, the student put an effort (though not the right kind of effort), produced a mediocre essay and learned something (though bullshit skills rather than creative skills). Now let's consider a different situation: rather than doing all that himself, the student paid somebody else to do it; and not to *write* an original essay, but to do all the shenanigans described above.
That's precisely what using LLMs is. You tell them to write an essay, so they find and mix random stuff, and produce a mediocre essay. You don't put an effort, you don't learn anything, perhaps you don't even read "your" essay. And it passes all the plagiarism checks.
#AI #LLM #NoAI #NoLLM #chardet
@jackie@social.linux.pizza2026-03-12 03:48:37
isn't it crazy how I can write an essay with a pen and paper or a typewriter or a computer and it still sounds like me but the second I copy-and-paste a wikipedia article it sounds different? what gives? I thought plagiarism was just another tool?
@Europablog@mastodon.social2026-02-11 16:10:51
Weil die Demokraten Harris vor vier Jahren für ihre Zwecke brauchten, kommen sie nun nicht an ihr vorbei. Aber es funktioniert. Essay von Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer.
https://europa.blog/de/weil-die-demokr
@juer@juergenklute@digitalcourage.social2026-02-11 16:31:29
Weil die Demokraten Harris vor vier Jahren für ihre Zwecke brauchten, kommen sie nun nicht an ihr vorbei. Aber es funktioniert. Essay von Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer.
https://europa.blog/de/weil-die-demokr
@_tillwe_@mastodon.social2026-04-11 06:20:31
Splitscreen Amerika - schönes Essay zur Ungleichzeitigkeit der Gegenwart. (€)
https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/artemis-2-und-donald-trump-schwaermen-…
@detondev@social.linux.pizza2026-04-11 01:32:54
Unfortunately tempted to write an essay comparing Phillip K. Dick's VALIS to Harry Horse's Drowned God. I believe both are deeply similar, very strong and weak in different places, and most interestingly of all, more and less self-aware in different places.
@ingo@social.stuetzle.cc2026-03-10 20:08:08
Vor 250 Jahren erschien #AdamSmith’ #WealthOfNations. Vor drei Jahren schrieb anlässlich seines Geburtstages bei Soziopolis einen Essay. Es wundert nicht, dass ich auch sein Hauptwerk diskutiere und einordne, mit
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-02-13 01:30:22
Anxiety is a Form of Futurism — https://www.brichapman.com/p/anxiety-is-a-form-of-futurism?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social&src=mstdn
@bobmueller@mastodon.world2026-01-27 21:00:08
Fascinating illustration of the number of surveillance cameras we interact with.
https://apnews.com/photo-essay/chinese-surveillance-silicon-valley-tech-photo-essay-2da6d9ae5c29d973955e761fa42f7798
@rainerzufall_le@mastodon.social2026-03-06 15:05:48
Finally reading David Graeber's "Utopia of Rules", his essay "Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit" contains great observations about academia. A bleak, but great essay. #2026reads
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-05 15:46:06
Why I'm Endorsing Kathy Hochul (Zohran Mamdani/The Nation)
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/zohran-mamdani-kathy-hochul-endorsement-essay/tnamp/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p39#a260205p39
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-03-04 08:28:10
I especially like the essay "Farming regurgitated dogshit for fun and profit: Deepseek and other tools," but my favorite is "Making Google AI Barf dogshit for Imaginary Internet Points."
While neither essay exists, Google provides an excellent summary of both.
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-02-10 16:35:22
Doing further research into the origins of the Abrahamic religions following my essay on The Claimants to the Tortured Land, I learn that by a supreme irony, #Israel itself is named after...
Drumroll....
A CANAANITE DEITY.
Yes, that's right. The name 'Israel' honours not יהוה, but El.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-07 19:28:42
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116180593683668702
Miles Brissette, an attorney representing one of the accused,
asked the FBI agent,
citing Thomas Paine’s famous Revolutionary-era essay
“Common Sense.”:
“Hasn’t it been part of American history to p…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-01-26 18:06:36
Point of View: A photo essay of the 2025 season https://www.raiders.com/news/point-of-view-a-photo-essay-of-the-2025-season-part-iii
@fgraver@hcommons.social2026-04-03 08:42:41
This resonates: «Generative models are fundamentally cliche machines. If you ask AI to write a film script, it will produce an average film script masterfully. If you ask it to write an essay, it will produce an average essay masterfully.
Once upon a time, mastery of the banal was adequate for writers. It was enough to prove that you were capable of writing. But that skill has no purpose any more – it can be automated. Skill will be found in the purpose of the work. What can you alone …
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-16 06:55:36
Q&A with The Atlantic's Liz Bruenig on her hypothetical creative nonfiction measles essay, writing in second person, persuading parents about vaccines, and more (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-atla
@billbert@mastodon.social2026-02-09 21:49:04
RE: https://mastodon.social/@billbert/116035931338505437
Update: it was NOT Mo and it was more essay than a plain and simple report. Here’s Faith Salie:
@kctipton@mas.to2026-01-29 08:20:08
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-22 09:30:37
An essay on the history, theory, progress, and potential of world models, a prominent theme at Nvidia GTC 2026, co-written by General Intuition CEO Pim de Witte (Packy McCormick/Not Boring)
https://www.notboring.co/p/world-models
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-01-31 07:50:07
Katherine Mansfield Society Essay Prize 2026: Placing Katherine Mansfield https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/29/katherine-mansfield-society-essay-prize-2026-placing-katherine-mansfield
@doktrock@toad.social2026-02-04 14:12:20
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge ✔️
"Striking [90 year old] essay on letting artists and scholars and scientists do what they will. Great things happen." (David Syzdek). hosting by Bret Victor.
https://worrydream.com/refs/Flexner_1939_-_T…
@Europablog@mastodon.social2026-02-09 15:09:20
Sie dachten, es könnte nicht schlimmer kommen als Trump? Think again. Essay von Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer.
https://europa.blog/de/sie-dachten-es-koennte-nicht-schlimmer-kommen-als-trump-think-again/
@juer@juergenklute@digitalcourage.social2026-02-09 15:16:54
Sie dachten, es könnte nicht schlimmer kommen als Trump? Think again. Essay von Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer.
https://europa.blog/de/sie-dachten-es-koennte-nicht-schlimmer-kommen-als-trump-think-again/
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-05 21:45:22
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEssay
- You, Me and the Wireless
Legendary broadcaster Gillian Reynolds shares her life and career in radio, spanning over 50 years. The role of politics on air is her theme in this essay.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rr79
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-01-30 23:32:03
Democratic fundraising SMS spam:
“Life hasn’t always been easy. As the proud daughter of a union pipefitter and an F-16 fighter jet, I crawled my way up the broken glass of the capitol building steps to rein in greedy corporate lima bean cartel criminals. In this 10,000-word biographical essay, I will…”
Republican fundraising SMS spam:
“Stop ignoring us, you utter shitsack. Click here to pledge your firstborn daughter to Trump: […] Can he count on you? This is your last chance!”
@rmdes@mstdn.social2026-02-01 19:03:37
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2026-02-28 10:00:57
Great essay on games you play once.
▶️ Games you can never play again.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gPHdypbzUU8&si=pkYDzV-mtRvzSIPN
@tarah@infosec.exchange2026-01-30 20:11:46
If you, like me, enjoy sheer Gothic terror and early feminists wondering why we still have to protest this shit, maybe you'd like the two audiobooks I just released.
"On the Pleasure Derived from Objects of Terror" https://amzn.to/45HoHsR
"The First Essay on the Political Rights of Wome…
@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk2026-04-04 13:28:52
#Trump and #Netanyahu seem to have convinced themselves that the #Iran regime would collapse once decapitated. But as Umberto Eco said in his essay "Ur-Fascism"
@degrowthuk@mstdn.social2026-02-01 20:09:17
The Race to the Bottom | Art Berman #energy
@kazys@mastodon.social2026-04-02 02:11:23
My latest essay was supposed to be a brief piece on 3 gardens in Kyoto (Shōsei-en, Saihō-ji, and
Matsunoo Taisha). Being a historian, I couldn't resist going down a rabbit hole about the development of the "zen garden" as a concept in the 1930s. That's the way these things go. Link in the comments.
@Europablog@mastodon.social2026-03-06 13:20:04
„Was würde passieren, wenn wir die Grenzen öffneten? Dann würde niemand mehr im Mittelmeer ertrinken.“ „Wir müssen zynisch sein, um uns eingestehen zu können, dass die extreme Rechte Migration als Problem hochstilisiert, während sie selbst ihre Macht darauf aufbaut“, schreibt Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer in seinem wöchentlichen Essay für De Morgen. Aber die Geschichte lehrt uns ohnehin, dass Migration nicht aufzuhalten ist.
Essay von Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer | 30.
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-01-22 19:11:12
Point of View: A photo essay of the 2025 season https://www.raiders.com/news/point-of-view-a-photo-essay-of-the-2025-season-part-ii
@vosje62@mastodon.nl2026-02-27 04:29:35
Blossoms Shanghai | MUBI
Wikipedia:
'Blossoms Shanghai [..] is a Chinese drama television series directed and produced by Wong Kar-wai. It is adapted from the 2013 novel Blossoms written by Jin Yucheng.[1] The series is set in Shanghai in the 1990s and stars Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tiffany Tang, and Xin Zhilei. It is the first television series directed by Wong.[2]'
Essay en interview: Misschien heeft mijn hele leven hiertoe geleid: Wong Kar Wai over Blossoms Shanghai | #MUBI
https://mubi.com/nl/program-notes/my-entire-life-may-have-been-leading-up-to-this-wong-kar-wai-on-blossoms-shanghai
@islamoyankee@mastodon.social2026-02-18 01:06:14
Book Chapter in Civility Unbound
The idea of civility is predicated on a well-structured society that has norms that should benefit everyone. This essay questions whether such a society exists in the United States and whether what we call “civility” is simply a euphemism for “control.”
https://
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-03 21:19:14
Mohammad Javad Zarif’s new Foreign Affairs essay is being read as a peace overture.
It is better understood as an attempt to convert Iran’s battlefield losses into a narrow U.S.-Iran bargain:
nuclear limits and maritime access in exchange for sanctions relief and regional reintegration.
Beneath the triumphalist framing lies an offer to cap enrichment below 3.67 percent, ratify the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Additional Protocol, transfer all enriched material to…
@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.social2026-02-25 07:06:53
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-01-30 07:21:56
Katherine Mansfield Society Essay Prize 2026: Placing Katherine Mansfield https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/29/katherine-mansfield-society-essay-prize-2026-placing-katherine-mansfield
@bobmueller@mastodon.world2026-02-01 15:30:03
We weathered Winter Storm Fern just fine, but the week ended somewhere deeper: podcasts, music, and an essay that made me pause and think about death and belief. Sometimes the quiet pieces linger longest.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/weathering-the-cold-and-b…
@juer@juergenklute@digitalcourage.social2026-02-08 13:46:07
In diesem Essay aus Mai 2024 erklärt Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, weshalb in gesellschafltichen Umbruchzeiten oft dritt- oder vierklassige Politiker in Regierungsverantwortung kommen.
https://europa.blog/de/das-ist-populismus/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-27 12:25:51
The Adolescence of Technology -- Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI (Dario Amodei)
https://www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-adolescence-of-technology
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p15#a260127p15
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2026-02-04 11:48:11
A particularly bad kind of trolls are the "concern" trolls. These are the kind of people who say "well, yes, I fully agree that freezing to death is bad and we definitely should do something about it, but I would really like to make sure that we fully evaluated the danger of people burning themselves on a hot heater".
(Simplified. In reality, it's usually a long essay, followed by even more tiring debate.)
#FreeSoftware
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-02-10 01:30:16
hope is a four-letter word — https://www.brichapman.com/p/hope-is-a-four-letter-word?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social&src=mstdn
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social2026-01-20 15:02:55
was für die literatur- & diskussionssammlung rund um #openaccess & #wissenschaftlichespublizieren:
Gehring, Petra (2026): Shining Diamond? Zum Publizieren bei Bibliotheken als Ausweg aus der Krise des wissenschaftlichen Publikationssystems. Merkur 80.920:20–…
@Europablog@mastodon.social2026-02-08 13:42:00
In diesem Essay aus Mai 2024 erklärt Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, weshalb in gesellschafltichen Umbruchzeiten oft dritt- oder vierklassige Politiker in Regierungsverantwortung kommen.
https://europa.blog/de/das-ist-populismus/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-26 17:35:42
In a 38-page essay, Dario Amodei warns of civilization-level damage from superintelligent AI, questioning whether humanity has the maturity to handle such power (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/26/anthropic-ai-dario-amodei-humanity
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-01-20 20:41:27
Point of View: A photo essay of the 2025 season https://www.raiders.com/news/point-of-view-a-photo-essay-of-the-raiders-nfl-2025-season-part-i
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-01-30 06:16:55
Katherine Mansfield Society Essay Prize 2026: Placing Katherine Mansfield https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/29/katherine-mansfield-society-essay-prize-2026-placing-katherine-mansfield
@bencurthoys@mastodon.social2026-02-22 12:24:17
I don't mind a Misha as the new Melvin at all. This is good stuff.
[In Our Time] On Liberty #inOurTime
https://podcastaddict.com/in-our-time/episode/216969316 via…
@shacker@zirk.us2026-02-15 22:36:27
Thanks everyone for your feedback on my “Kelp Entanglements” series! Over at Framespotting, I’ve just turned the set into a photo essay with some background info and musings. Hoping someone enjoys the read.
https://framespotting.substack.com/p/exploring-kelp-entangle…
@detondev@social.linux.pizza2026-01-31 03:01:03
got actual writing done 🥳
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-03-06 01:30:39
@pgcd@mastodon.online2026-01-15 15:57:19
"Unconstrained Flatulence: The Unsung Hero Of Remote Work"
In this essay I
@barijaona@mastodon.mg2026-03-18 09:26:57
Great essay. All software engineers should think about it.
The Last Quiet Thing | Terry Godier
https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-04-02 09:56:11
Content warning: Madness
As I emerge uncertainly from another sustained period of #madness, I realise (again) that I largely use the #PostScarcitySoftware project as self-prescribed anti-suicide therapy. It's sufficiently hard that it has my foggy brain working at full stretch, and sufficiently huge that there&…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-01-20 21:58:41
Point of View: A photo essay of the 2025 season https://www.raiders.com/news/point-of-view-a-photo-essay-of-the-raiders-nfl-2025-season-part-i
@benthos@mastodon.sdf.org2026-03-18 01:33:50
@mirolucassen@mastodon.nl2026-03-19 07:27:02
Hear hear!
Vanuit Amsterdam 😀
Ook voor de overige tekst van dit essay
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/03/18/wij-wachten-niet-smachtend-op-wat-in-de-randstad-bedacht-wordt-a4923111?gift_token=4923111~1774509966~TKFvtJ0IEeKfgABQVoV_mg~53Ljvk0F3y9k3dvqcUMAaUhchO-4fReJxDfsLsH3gHg
@almad@fosstodon.org2026-01-20 03:23:00
Great writeup on how tech elites have given up (quite a few years ago).
From 2019, but could be written yesterday
https://www.boundary2.org/2019/08/sarah-t-roberts-and-mel-hogan-left-behind-futurist…
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-03-24 12:41:14
I still had more to say about the whole #cultpunk thing, so here's an expanded essay. I feel like it should probably be a Zine, if anyone has any thoughts on publishing it.
https://hexmhell.writeas.com/on-gods-and-governments
@kazys@mastodon.social2026-02-22 19:25:27
Just in time for the closing ceremony, my essay on the Olympics, Expositions, and the Salon. I write about sports for the first time. Who would have thought?
https://varnelis.net/works_and_projects/the-salon-and-the-olympics/
The Salon and the Olympics - varnelis.net Diese Angriffe auf die Pressefreiheit dürfen nicht falsch verstanden werden. Es geht um die Macht. Essay von Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer.
Nikolaos Gyzis, winner’s diploma for the 1896 Athens Olympics. Source: Wikimedia CommonsI rarely watch sports. The last Super Bowl I watched was in New Orleans, not the one in 2025, but the one in 1986, when the Bears won. Lately, bingeing Netflix’s Formula 1: Drive to Survive has sparked a renewed interest in Formula 1 ... @Europablog@mastodon.social
2026-03-05 10:08:29
https://europa.blog/de/diese-angriffe-auf-die-pressefreiheit-duerfen-nicht-falsch-ve…
@fgraver@hcommons.social2026-02-21 16:42:15
What we think is a decline in literacy is a design problem | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/what-we-think-is-a-decline-in-literacy-is-a-design-problem
Very interesting essay about what does *not* cause a decline in our attention spa…
@buercher@tooting.ch2026-02-28 14:33:01
Trump just declared war. Is he allowed to do so? SCOTUS may have to decide.
The Declare War Clause is a central element of Congress’s war powers and its meaning is among those most heavily debated. The Supreme Court has observed that only Congress has the power to declare war but the implications of this exclusive assignment are not well-settled.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S8-C11-2-1/ALDE_00000110/
@bobmueller@mastodon.world2026-02-01 01:50:00
Here is a powerful essay on death and dying. I hope my time is far off, but I hope I approach it well.
https://www.thefp.com/p/death-is-nothing-to-be-feared or archived at
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-21 10:56:41
US colleges like Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech are using AI to streamline admissions; Virginia Tech says AI that scores essay questions saved ~8,000 hours (Francesca Maglione/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-03-28 11:08:37
OK, folks, I've written yet another incomprehensible essay on the intricacies of implementing a software environment for the hardware of the deep future.
Read this only if you're incurably geeky, and, ideally, interested in #Lisp.
#PostScarcitySoftware
@Europablog@mastodon.social2026-03-05 09:47:48
Linken Parteien gelingt es nicht, den falschen Diskurs zu kippen, weil sie blind sind oder Angst haben, die wahren Ursachen der Probleme zu benennen. Essay von Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer.
https://europa.bl…
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-02-07 01:30:19
hope is a four-letter word — https://www.brichapman.com/p/hope-is-a-four-letter-word?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social&src=mstdn
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-02-17 19:31:55
All of this is just to say that "no gods, no masters" lacks the nuance we need to meet this time, for those who still embrace it.
I feel like there's an essay that needs to come out of this wondering text, but to some degree I'm also just processing my own severed connection to my ancestors (both pagan and Jewish) and to the communities I wish I had...
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-01-29 09:52:39
Which ~~phrase, paragraph, or page~~ are you most proud of writing this month?
#writerscoffeeclub 2026-01-29
"all of the people who live in the land that was promised and is now tortured have equal claim to be of the seed of Abraham"
It's not from fiction, it's from a bleak essay about the situation in
@bobmueller@mastodon.world2026-02-01 06:45:02
Weathering the Cold, and Big Ideas on Death
From winter weather to podcasts, music, and essays that linger, this week moves from weather reports to deeper reflections. A powerful piece on death reminds me how easily the everyday can turn quietly profound.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-14 17:25:09
A new tribute album with covers by various stars including Tom Waits and Jessie Buckley is coming.
The first offering is by The Boss who also wrote an accompanying essay about the “bottomless humanity” of Shane MacGowan,
revealing that he spent a day with him shortly before his death.
Piano and sax accompany Springsteen’s gruff tones;
it’s impossible not to feel your eyes pricking as he takes his time over the words
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-03-29 08:53:05
RE: #Mastodon has surprising reach. I wrote and published this essay yesterday; I have advertised it …
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-01-17 01:30:24
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-03-31 16:35:28
Graduate Essay Contest in Theory and Criticism
https://ift.tt/9OXRgGN
updated: Monday, March 30, 2026 - 3:06pmfull name / name of organization: ATHEcontact…
via Input 4 RELCFP https://
@Europablog@mastodon.social2026-03-01 00:44:40
Die Euroskeptiker von früher wollen Europa nun von innen heraus verändern. So sind sie zu einer Stimme im europäischen Diskurs geworden. Essay von Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer.
https://europa.blog/de/die-euroskeptiker-von-frueher-wollen-europa-nu…
@juer@juergenklute@digitalcourage.social2026-03-21 23:03:51
Ein engagiertes Plädoyer dafür, sich nicht vom Geschrei der fossilen Industrie täuschen zu lassen. — Transformation der Energieversorgung:
Der Todeskampf der fossilen Wirtschaft. Essay von Claudia Kemfert.
https://taz.de/Transformation-der-Energieversorgung/!6161399/
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-03-23 23:38:33
Yet another blog post on #Lisp memory management. If you are not obsessively geeky, this one isn't for you.
https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2026-03-23-Page…
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-03-03 01:30:52
Anxiety is a Form of Futurism — https://www.brichapman.com/p/anxiety-is-a-form-of-futurism?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social&src=mstdn
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-03-31 16:35:28
Graduate Essay Contest in Theory and Criticism
https://ift.tt/9OXRgGN
updated: Monday, March 30, 2026 - 3:06pmfull name / name of organization: ATHEcontact…
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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-03-20 13:10:45
I've written another essay about my mad #PostScarcitySoftware #Lisp system.
"We don't need to know, or have known, these people to build on their work. We don't have to, and cannot in detail, fully understand their work. There is simply too much of it, its complexity wou…
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-02-19 01:30:24
The Sky That Holds Every Weather — https://www.brichapman.com/p/the-sky-that-holds-every-weather?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social&src=mstdn
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-01-19 22:41:56
@Europablog@mastodon.social2026-02-23 22:11:53
Wie die Regierung Meloni einen Schriftsteller als größten öffentlichen Feind brandmarkte. Essay von Ilja Lenoard Pfeijffer.
https://europa.blog/de/wie-die-regierung-meloni-einen-schriftsteller-als-groessten-oeffentlichen-fein…
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-02-28 01:30:20
Pollinators of Privilege — https://www.brichapman.com/p/pollinators-of-privilege?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social&src=mstdn
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-01-30 06:15:43
Katherine Mansfield Society Essay Prize 2026: Placing Katherine Mansfield
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@Europablog@mastodon.social2026-02-20 14:28:44
„In Frankreich traut man sich mittlerweile offen zu sagen, dass Macron verrückt geworden ist. Ich bin überzeugt, dass er einen genialen Schachzug gemacht hat.“ Essay von Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer.
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@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-02-25 01:30:21
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-02-24 16:30:44
Raymond Williams Society Postgraduate Essay Prize 2026
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@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-03-24 00:30:22
The Great Migration — #mentalhealth
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-01-23 01:30:21
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@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-03-18 04:23:31
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-01-16 01:00:36
Ever notice how you're watching your own life from a slight distance?
Not depressed. Not burned out. Just... slightly absent.
When overwhelm lasts longer than we can process it, we adapt by feeling less. We function but don't fully inhabit our days.
The long dissociation kept us safe when feeling everything wasn't possible.
But survival was never the same thing as being alive.
What would it mean to gently come back?
