My sixth level cleric, Ned, likes to sell swag.
He already has tees and stickers and notebooks:
https://aardrian.threadless.com/designs/ned
But now he’s handing out autographed Woodford Reserve bourbon (signed “N€D #6”).
He ships it in church caravans and will use Det…
The university has just declared that one of its three goals in the years to come is "Advancing responsible AI adoption at scale." These goals get written into every major project the university undertakes, including a large number faculty research proposals. For years to come, then, we're going to plow even more money and support into AI while neglecting those who refuse to engage. And don't be fooled - "responsible" here is veneer, signalling our apparent commit…
Sonnet 126 - CXXVI
O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power
Dost hold Time's fickle glass, his sickle, hour;
Who hast by waning grown, and therein showest
Thy lovers withering, as thy sweet self growest.
If Nature, sovereign mistress over wrack,
As thou goest onwards still will pluck thee back,
She keeps thee to this purpose, that her skill
May time disgrace and wretched minutes kill.
Yet fear her, O thou minion of her pleasure!
…
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Christoph Willibald Gluck, Andreas Scholl, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Sir Roger Norrington:
🎵 Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 3: 'Che faro senza Euridice'
https://open.spotify.com/track/23DBaivVLyO9fvxngb3ua0
Die Öffnung der Straße von Hormuz https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10391
An AI Pendant that records everything you do throughout the day. From Meta. Is there any company that is more despised for its user tracking? I'm sure it will fly off the shelves... /s
https://www.engadget.com/2184224/meta-developing-ai-pendant-more-s…
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New Marquette Law School national survey finds high approval of Iran cease-fire, low support for the war, and few who think U.S. goals have been achieved (Charles Franklin/Homepage)
https://law.marquette.edu/poll/2026/04/22/new-marquette-law-school-national-survey-finds-high-approval-of-iran-cease-fire-low-support-for-the-war-and-few-who-think-u-s-goals-have-been-achieved/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260422/p43#a260422p43
Sonnet 126 - CXXVI
O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power
Dost hold Time's fickle glass, his sickle, hour;
Who hast by waning grown, and therein showest
Thy lovers withering, as thy sweet self growest.
If Nature, sovereign mistress over wrack,
As thou goest onwards still will pluck thee back,
She keeps thee to this purpose, that her skill
May time disgrace and wretched minutes kill.
Yet fear her, O thou minion of her pleasure!
…