Nearly every time someone mentions Eclipse Day (which I always imagine with capital letters), I think of this from Neil Gaiman.
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Pete Larson: “Why I Farm.” This is different from Pete’s usual videos, which are typically recordings of him working on his farm. This is almost like a manifesto for small, community-centered farms—and a damn fine manifesto at that.
I published my blogroll as a page using Manton’s plugin.
During this sacred month of Ramadan, World Central Kitchen is working to provide 92,000 food boxes—4.7 million meals—to Palestinians in need. Support from around the world fuels our efforts and 100% of donations from our Ramadan campaign go directly towards feeding families in Gaza.
Good post from DC: our energy “needs” are skyrocketing due to the demands of cloud computing, AI, EVs, and bitcoin mining. All this at a time of rolling environmental crises. Yet the growth-obsessed powers-that-be never talk about reducing our energy usage.
Worth reading:
- “Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI” by Erik Hoel
- Dougald Hind’s reply to the above, “The Hand Made Web”
Still the funniest video on the internet. Rachel and I think of this every few months and laugh ourselves silly watching it over and over.
Lost Art Press is having a sale on their book Anarchist’s Tool Chest. Also, they have a great FAQ on what they mean by anarchism: individualist, non-revolutionary, and no bombs. Which fits nicely with my own anarchism.
New use for chatbots: having it rewrite a blunt statement into a more professionally acceptable sentence. Example:
We have too much slack in the budget. If you need new funds, please reallocate from your existing budget.
Rewritten by Microsoft Copilot as
Our budget currently has excess flexibility. If you require additional funds, kindly consider reallocating from your existing budget.
Pretty colors across the street this morning.
