: This seems like a good way to communicate compassionately with people in your life who carry harmful …
: In positive BC news, an agreement between Indigenous groups and municipalities to protect water: …
: Saving this book here for later, thanks to The Big Story podcast. …
: 🎹 I released a short piano EP last month. It’s called Radiant, and it features J.S. Bach and …
: TIL that The Onion’s parent company is called Global Tetrahedron 😂
: 🎹 Tonight’s listen: The utterly serene “Joy Paradox” by Cephas Azariah. Clouds of …
: NOTAFLOF is my newest favourite initialism. Fun to say, good news, makes me smile every time. (No …
: Gabriel Prokofiev String Quartet No.2 Tonight’s music discovery 🎻: Gabriel Prokofiev String Quartet No.2, a four-movement piece …
: Currently reading: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Currently reading: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates 📚 – Just started the audiobook. So far it’s …
: As though in solidarity or some kind of primal defiance, both our animals have puked this morning. …
: Made this modular origami piece using the rose module designed by Tomoko Fuse. 90 pieces, stellated …
: Some good things I've read and watched lately – Oct 2024 Belle (2021) - Anime scifi-musical directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Incredible visuals and a touching …
: Just listened to a really good episode about disability on the Ologies podcast: Disability Sociology …
: An Ojibwe-language dubbed Star Wars film has been made, premiering in Winnipeg. Seems like a huge …
: Every so often an audiobook comes along that is well-written AND funny AND has perfect character …
: Making a Brain Fog Index This was cathartic to write for myself this week. There are descriptions too. Does anyone want to …
: Making happy spaces for my brain Here’s a guide from neurodivergent psychologist Megan A Neff on finding just the right amount …
: I got a little folding done at the bookshop tonight.
: Chameleon designed by Jo Nakashima, folded by me on 15x15cm kami
: “Deep listening, for me, is learning to expand perception of sounds to include the whole …
: Origami humpback whale design by Bodo Haag, folded by me on 18x18 cm kami Definitely the most …
: ♿️ This is the most interesting accessibility tool I’ve ever seen on Al Gore’s Internet. …
: The dystopian "Her" and OpenAI's entitlement problem From Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine: “so much of the promise of generative AI …
: Making a home on the web I’ve tried to build a home on the web many times since ~1999-2000 as a teen, when I tinkered …
: Finished reading: Blood in the Machine Finished reading: Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant 📚 Wow, this book surprised me. It’s a …
: Has anyone in micro.blog world read The Killing Moon by N. K. Jemisin, and how was it? I just …
: If I was a diver, I’d go see the Underwater Sculpture Park in Grenada. Currently feeling some …
: George Monbiot in The Guardian on ME/CFS Wow, I did not expect to read George Monbiot explain via The Guardian what ME/CFS patients have been …
: I always appreciate a good data visualization, and this is one of the best I’ve seen. Mona …
: Just watched the biopic on Hideo Kojima. I find it inspiring to learn a little about what drives …
: The best thing I did for myself this week was to make a text message notification sound from a …
: This article about temporal accessibility resonated, and it is a reason why I do not schedule myself …
: Learning a bit about the Hidden Disabilities sunflower. Started in 2016, aiming to bring some …
: Disability is inherent in the human condition I’m doing a close reading of a new book called Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs …
: Today’s rant about AI hype Just read an email that told me “AI can see, hear, and talk.” Here’s a friendly reminder that no, it …
: CBC radio interview: Benedicte and I on art, music, and grief Cross-posting this from my music/professional blog. I was interviewed about an audio installation I …
: “Clive James has said that the greatest poets aspire not to change literary history but to only to …
: “Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity, for what has posterity …
: Interesting long read about cryptography: arstechnica.com/features/…
: Reading about accessibility: Against Technoableism This post is my live journal of what I’m learning from a new book by Ashley Shew called Against …
: TIL the New Zealand Dept of Conservation has an entire page of bird calls in the public domain. Was …
: 📚Excited to start reading this book that just arrived today. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who …
: About to be currently reading: The Tatami Time Machine Blues by Tomihiko Morimi 📚 I picked this book …
: Currently reading: My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson 📚
: 📚 First 3 books of 2024 The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O’Rourke – Memoir about experiences navigating overlapping …
: Grateful to the volunteer crew of guys who came over to help push the piano across the yard, uphill, …
: Finished Baldur’s Gate 3 today. Incredible game, 10/10
: A monster list of mostly sustainable and regenerative actions happening in the travel industry: …
: Apparently gondolas are a transit option for airports in some places: crux.org.nz/crux-news…
: TIL ammonia production is a low-carbon, scalable way to store and transport hydrogen as energy. …
: The EU is counting up their scope 3 maritime emissions TIL the EU has an Emissions Trading System and that in 2024, it’ll include the maritime …
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: 8 ways life in the EU is becoming greener An interesting page about how the EU is trying to cut net …
: Learning about email spam filters today. Whenever you need to feel insignificant, contemplate the …
: Currently reading: The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O’Rourke 📚 A few chapters in, she’s …
: 🎶 Listening to an ambient track by Nils Frahm: “The Dog With 1000 Faces” …
: Climate's "front page paradox" This article asks: Why is there not enough political will to move with urgency? …
: Project Drawdown has a whole video series about climate solutions based in different places and …
: Had a nice beach walk with the dog today. Felt good to get outside after a stressful few days. Btw …
: Short history of independent publishing An interesting and thorough account of the evolution of independent publishing and the current …
: "Tourists are like bees" From an article on responsible real estate reporting in luxury travel destinations by Naka …
: 🎶 listening to Naya (Unmastered, LP 2021) by Dawuna dawuna.bandcamp.com/album/nay…
: The tide was at swing level today. Rainy, sunny, a good dog walk.
: Eno Piano Also listening to Bruce Brubaker’s Eno Piano bruce-brubaker.bandcamp.com/album/eno… …
: Listening to “Kubur”, a piece for strings, part of the album Maryam Pagi Ke Malam - an …
: Today’s word count: 3343. I don’t expect to get to 50k words by Nov 30, but I wrote and …
: This is the funniest anti-tourism behaviour I’ve seen. No one shall have their selfie! …
: NaNoWriMo update: The total word count for my novel is now 2898.
: The dog and I found a starfish on today’s beach walk. Pretty far up the sand, but safely in a pool.
: Finished reading: Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia by Jason Pargin 📚 A dystopian near-future …
: I’m 67 words farther along today: 2215 in total
: I started the NaNoWriMo challenge on November 1. Writing a novel in one month – is it possible? On …
: Surging Seas Risk Zone forecasts Some really neat climate data. This interactive Surging Seas Risk Zone Map forecasts timing for sea …
: TIL that people from Glasgow are called Glaswegians, pronounced like Norwegians, and I think …
: Solutions for the climate, 1 I collect climate solutions small and large. Here’s one that came across my desk today. Are …
: Is there a sane way to use the internet? This PJ Vogt podcast with Ezra Klein makes me want to read Jenny O’Dell’s books again. …
: This deeply reminds me of the book Becasue Internet. And I really enjoyed the mental image of …
: Telling the stories of solutions and change I just learned a bit about solutions journalism: “The Solutions Journalism Network is leading …
: The UNWTO has developed a Statistical Framework for Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism. To skim …
: Finished reading: The Anomaly: A Novel by Hervé Le Tellier 📚 A fun, disturbing, …
: Attention Collection Hello, if you’ve just stumbled across this blog. 👋🏻 This is where I keep things that have held …
: Media literacy On the Media has published a media literacy guide to the Israel/Gaza conflict. They have guides to …