: Freedom's just another word ... … for nothing left to lose. Thank you, Janis, for the reminder on this first day of early voting in …
: Amazing Grace. ’Twas a beautiful, post-rain hike. Sure, a little squishy, but not enough to soak low outdoor sneaks …
: On AI and reason. Aeon: Intelligence is more than optimisation. This one is really, really good. Don’t miss it. And …
: Autumn, after an unusually hot summer ... More brown than yellow, encouraging new perspectives. A patchy autumn, not the grandeur of previous …
: Beware when the media gets confident of election turnout. I see the NY Times, and other sources shifting to a sense of blue inevitability. I remember 2016 too …
: A Machine With No Last Version. John von Neumann worked out the logic of a machine that could carry its own instructions and build a …
: How do we know? I have been ruminating on how media, politics, and the internet intersect to romanticize and rewrite …
: Texas Is What Later Looks Like. I’ve been talking about the wells buried beneath Texas since at least the early 2000’s—and all …
: Trust Is a Reserve Asset. For a century, nations stored gold in New York because the United States was where you put valuables …
: Random Sunday evening convo with chatbot …
: I pause to remember 9/11. The videos are playing again, the horrors renewed. I wasn’t there that day, but I often passed …
: How about ... we all pay $5,000 for him to just go away? That would be a bargain, given what a sensible chief …
: Aeon: Upend the trickle-down Oh, I agree with the first part of this article, so strongly. Exactly how my historical recollection …
: The 'enduring cult of male genius.' Guardian.UK: Cult of male genius holding female film-makers back, says Woman Unknown director. …
: Colossal: How Blackwing pencils are made. Of course, anything analog must be promoted here. It’s …
: Of 9/11, dust, debris and cancer. NY Times: After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality Three days after …
: The Sea Doesn't Get a Ceasefire Is it me, or do we have a peculiar way of talking about the Strait of Hormuz? We talk about barrels. …
: Bernie. Politico: If Sanders does indeed turn out to be the Democrats’ Goldwater, then who will be their …
: “Explosive”? Compared With What? Today’s BLS report estimates that payrolls grew by 162,000 in August. That is welcome news and a …
: As one gets older, one identifies with Walter Mitty more and more. The Gloria Steinem post got me thinking. Every so often, I get to whip out an episode from my past …
: RIP, Gloria Steinem. Don’t worry, Gloria, we’ll slap those manosphere bums around, don’t you twitch a finger. Rest now. …
: Wake up, Dems. Don’t wait. Time to spool up drive-through voting and curbside voting. NOW. The postal workers ain’t …
: "We all suffer from a cluster of psychological disorders; it used to be known as personality." Open Culture: How Leonardo da Vinci’s Procrastination Contributed to His Creativity. Oh, man. Been …
: Attacks on public education, higher education, continued ... Can We Still Govern (Substack): “Which stories about academia matter?“ Public education has been …
: Something should be obvious in this election cycle. MAGA. Democratic Socialists. Notice something? I’ve been banging on about this for years. America’s …
: Doc.cc: We used to log off. I love that this is noticed, being discussed and programmed against. Personally, it was the long …
: Influencers, not revealing that they are compensated. We settled this a long, long time ago in the metacosm … you disclose. Clearly. Either up-front, or …
: I’m choosing five people, hopefully a few from the past, to kick the tires on what I’ve worked with …
: AI to the rescue. Say what you will about AI, but it is performing a miracle for ol’ dangerousmeta! Converting old …
: Who remembers Vertibird? I DO! I DO!
: Thank you (insert preferred deity here). We are seeing multiple large thunderstorm cells, proper …
: 10Tanker, making a big difference. Heading for Frijoles, yesterday. I observed multiple runs with DC10’s and MD-87s, another smaller …
: Excluding Micro.blog, Mastodon, Blue Sky, archival Twitter bits, dangerousmeta (all constructs) …
: I’m in the process of reformatting all of dangerousmeta.com, dangerousmeta.rocks, and other postings …
: Enjoy a chuckle? 2014. Guardian.UK, “Facebook will lose 80% of users by 2017, say Princeton …
: Frijoles fire has had no new perimeter since Friday night, with obvious growth that affects nearby …
: A mildly interesting circumstance. Due to smartphone cameras’ wider-angle lenses, my portrait …
: Folks, you need to know that the official updates to the Frijoles fire are lagging badly. We’ve got …
: Did the “catering container” say Taylor Farms on the side? Asking for a friend.
: I have to comment. I was walking myself to school at four years old (about to turn five) for …
: Important read. Review of “The Nerd Reich.”
: Went out in my old K95 COVID mask, to assess smoke this morning from the Frijoles fire (NM). Drove a …
: The Frijoles fire, east of Pojoaque and Española (NM), has gone from 20 acres yesterday morning to …
: Been thinking again. Hope everyone is well. dangerousmeta.blog/virality-…
: If you need something to salve the existential angst, I have a gift. The Man Who Planted Trees. …
: Given the severity of smoke in Minnesota and Canada (rating 929 on 1-500 EPA scale), maroon ratings …
: Excuse me while I get nauseous. Even some Democratic media are hailing Lindsay Graham as being …
: For the 38th time last week, the President waited until markets closed to announce ‘a deal’ that no …
: Storm, not wildfire. Fifteen minutes ago (7:45pm).
: Recent chuckle … a younger colleague was exclaiming over a wild looking ‘old airplane.’ I looked …
: Dawn presages a day of much-needed moisture in New Mexico. iPhone 15 Max, Project Indigo app.
: Ars is answering the question, “Do AI data centers use a large fraction of total U.S. water?” …
: I worked in Big Bend in 1978, walked its backcountry, and nearly died of dehydration after badly …
: Frighteningly dry in the wild canyon/forest areas of northern New Mexico. Normally, this grass is …
: I was very heartened to see, on my recent flight from Minneapolis to Denver, that three (3) young …
: Social. “Algorithmic emotion markets.” Hmmm. Platforms monetize the ‘hottest’ of content.
: Checking in via Ulysses Ain’t been here in a while. Hooking up Ulysses App to see how simple it is. If you see this, that …
: Shake, shake, shake on thy birthday ... Happy Birthday, Bill. I dream of the day I can come up with lines as beautifully wrought as: “Full …
: I have been thinking lately about ‘after’. Will large corporations now rely on remote workers, only …
: Designer News: Photoshop’s new transform behavior needs to be reverted. Kinda crazy-making, when key …
: Social media geotagging is a problem. All our ‘best kept secret’ places around Santa Fe now have …
: So sad when a popular blog or feed, to maintain readership, starts peddling merch. They start off …
: Catapult: How I Learned to Tell Signal from Noise and Appreciate Calm. A good, short read for first …
: I’m still finding Wordpress folks thinking WP 5.0/Gutenberg is coming tomorrow (November 19). Well, …
: 📷The birds have pretty much nailed what’s left of the sunflowers …
: SF New Mexican: Drilling overwhelms BLM. Boy howdy. Check out satellite maps around Midland, TX to …
: Why wombats have cubic-shaped poop …
: You do NOT want to fall off this ‘horse’ … you’d be human pâté.
: On choosing clients. It’s important to contemplate potential moral/ethical issues. The answers are …
: “The problem of the 21st century is that of the class line.” Aeon fields a long one on the state of …
: Yeah, not cool, Squarespace. Being able to afford to eat is not a privilege.
: Just a test for judging sharpness.
: Researching social/blog options. I cannot commit to a full blog again (yet), but I also cannot …