Final call for proposals to the Alpaca Festival of Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts!
Alpaca is a festival on Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts comprised of live performances, workshops and conference talks. We aim to bring people together who value deep, human curiosity into patterns. We hope this call excites you whether you are exploring patterns in heritage crafts or contemporary algorithmic art (but not AI).
Si vous cherchez de quoi faire ce soir, sachez que jucher un veau sur le toit de la grange reste une option.
Source: Le progrès du Golfe, 9 novembre 1945, https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2476070?docpos=6
For future reference: a simple documentation of the pattern that Meta follows wherein the company breaks the law it violates people’s privacy, gets caught, waits a while until the storm blows over or people get distracted, and then does it again until people stop fighting. I write it down so you can share it with media or policy makers when they get fooled by this stupid truck over and over.
Chainalysis says Binance hackers used automated money-laundering patterns not seen before; Elliptic: almost all of the $6.3B was taken in the first 30 minutes (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e84eceda-040b-4e5f-b906-09768085933a
Bolivia declares state of emergency over El Nino weather pattern | Climate News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/1/bolivia-declares-state-of-emergency-over-el-nino-weather-pattern?traffic_source=rss
I guess I won’t hit send on this reply to a right-wing Princeton alum organization.
“You can’t be serious, you fascist racist MAGAt pigs. Take my address off your mailing list and burn in hell.”
But I enjoyed composing it.
Still need a #HalloweenCostume? We pulled four ideas from our collection, including one for people who’d rather spend the night on the couch.
Wat een onzin. Het maakt het voor hen juist veel makkelijker. Laat de VVD z’n slecht nieuws gesprek houden en door met Pro en Volt.
https://nos.nl/l/2637208
I’m voting for Elizabeth Kurtz, a write-in candidate, for Ann Arbor mayor.
Lit has experienced grinding housing insecurity first-hand and still faces many of its challenges. I know she has no chance of winning, but I want to take a stand on poverty and homelessness, which lie just below the surface in this rich town of ours.
Her DSA opponent, who has lived a life of privilege from birth, instead caters to wealthy boomers in “the neighborhoods.”
Go, Lit! Make some waves!…