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"Now I realize for the first time what an amazing gift I had: uneducated in every formal sense, without even very literate, let alone literary, companions."
Nobel laureate William Faulkner, born OTD in 1897, on creativity and the power of beginner's mind https://t.co/aVDTg3OzXN
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Tonight I had a transformative experience with the help of ChatGPT4. I asked it to help me understand what it was like to be on the other end of a toxic conversation with me. The result has overwhelmed me with empathy and understanding that moved me to tears and changed the direction of my life.
This is relevant to my interests for ... reasons. US Homeland Security is dragnetting socials (not new I guess) with a particular product that is new (apparently) and includes surveillance of citizens and permanent residents: https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bge3/dhs-uses-ai-tool-babel-x-babel-street-social-media-citizens-refugees
HUP: Berghain Sven is in NYC today, so maybe this weekend you try getting in again.
This song inspires such a longing in me for a world I've lost, such sweet melancholy.
https://open.spotify.com/track/3w3tCjfKj1CKnzxfBrYDIe
Shibuya, Tokyo #latexmodel
I recently spent time in Japan with another photographer friend and we shot some scenes around Shibuya. If this is your jam meet me over at https://instagram.com/graceexperimental
@th I had considered leveraging my old WordPress site, but inviting people in was more friction than I could manage at the time. Instagram is the locus of my creative circle, and extremely sticky.
@largess I know Signal has Stories, but I've not seen anyone put it to use. Is that what you're using in Signal?
How are folks staying in touch with their entire circle of friends these days? I certainly struggle to keep connections going with folks who are far away.
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The four Buddhist mantras for turning fear into love https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/12/01/thich-nhat-hanh-fear-love/
The Apple M2 MBP has such lovely battery life that for the first time I've felt no need for the battery icon in the menubar.
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The Stoic strategy for surviving heartbreak – Epictetus on love and loss https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/08/26/epictetus-love-loss/
I moved to Bushwick last August after 17 years in Manhattan. While I had nice interactions with folks around my neighborhood in FiDi, I find the warmth of Bushwick folks to be really lovely and feel more at home there than I expected and a bit more than I did in Manhattan generally.
There’s a shortage of ADHD medications in the US. tldr; the DEA has not raised allowed production quotas for these controlled drugs despite dramatically increased demand. My opinion: The DEA’s overall mission is more harmful than helpful in the US. src: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/29/adderall-shortage-us-adhd-ritalin-drugs
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Ending a relationship – the hesitation about whether to do it, the choice to – is one of the hardest things in life. Here is some succor for it: https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/06/david-whyte-the-journey-house-of-belonging/
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