(2/2) What I did know was that it was to be guided by the overarching values of fuelling creativity, driving collaboration and igniting compassion. These values are even more important in the age of AI, a technology that has the same potential to liberate and cause harm #Web37
(1/2) 37 years ago today I submitted my proposal for the World Wide Web 🎂. Today, Rosemary & I spoke with students in New Orleans at Walter Isaacson's Digital History Class @tulaneu.bsky.social. I was asked, as I often am, if I ever could have foreseen where we’d be today. I could not.
Tweet that reads Leo Xander @STALLEON Stop taking social media so serious. Nothing here is real. Look at this chicken V - it is bigger than the car
I think about this tweet every time I feel something online start to curl its annoying little grip into my head
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
Go Maxine, brava Canada!
Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two "Godfather" movies and the over-the-hill country music singer in "Tender Mercies," has died at age 95. https://to.pbs.org/4kFA5f3
Ireland Professor of #Poetry Vona Groarke will deliver her first public lecture at @tcddublin on 26 February - details below. It’s a free event. Vona is a fine poet. Her talk is sure to be interesting.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/vona-groar...
Studies, including a 2019 peer-reviewed analysis in the Journal of Philosophy of Education, link early philosophy exposure to improved critical thinking and moral reasoning skills in adolescents.
Black and white photo of Ronald Reagan pointing at one of several TRS-80 Model IIIs
Ronald Reagan, apparently trying out a snazzy touch-screen TRS-80 Model III, circa 1983. (I am assuming the computers to his right spelled out "R E A G A N" and that he didn't personally write the BASIC code involved.
Snoopy gives Woodstock a Valentine.
Happy Valentines Day y’all.
Single best series I’ve seen this year so far - Esterno Notte, on the kidnapping and murder of Italy’s President Aldo Moro.
www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/e...
Two things I never thought would align, David Byrne and St Anne’s Park. Sign me up.
On reflection fully agree…
Whoa Connections… what is this…
Want to re-raise this banger of an article, which really helped frame the differences between atproto and bluesky, and turned me into a convert for atproto
bsky.app/profile/dana...
"…autonomous AI feedback loops naturally drift toward common attractors—very generic-looking images, which we call “visual elevator music.”
…if left unchecked, these systems could amplify the biases and redundancies already present in large datasets, reinforcing aesthetic and cultural uniformity.
If anyone in the UK or Ireland is having an issue with their Gen 1 Apple HomePod... may I heartily recommend the good folks at Howard Conrad for repairs.
howardconrad.repairshopr.com
This is true. We learned quite a lot drafting our will about legal status of stepchildren. Very important to clarify what you wish for inheritance.
“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.”
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
Noteworthy excellent writing during these times from the good folks at @wired.com I’ve become a subscriber www.wired.com/story/how-to... but this page is free to read.
Bravo everyone who brought this into being.
This poem from Whatever You Do, Just Don't is for anybody who's had to clear a house, who's found objects that must have had significance for someone no longer here to tell their story....
Fantastic.
Who is that stunning lass
Can’t wait.
"There is one political problem from which all others follow, [including] the devastation of the living world.
It is simply stated: the extreme wealth of a small number of people."
If you truly care about nature, it's madness to ignore the root cause of its destruction.
Pleased to be included in the virtual exhibition "Evidence of Existence" with the lovely folks at @griffinmuseum.bsky.social - griffinmuseum.org/show/evidenc...
Link on Archive - archive.is/RJcFK
The wealthy are such a disappointment.
Rick Steves. Legend.
