Notebook

Notebook

This category is stuff that I come across in stuff I read, or watch, or listen to, and don’t want to forget. It’s also a record of thoughts that make up my head noise.
30
Mar

[Reading] Ribbonfarm

Writing on his blog Ribbonfarm, Venkatesh Rao says, I was asked in a DM conversation whether I use AI for
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27
Mar

Good Text in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

I'm reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. I'm enjoying it a lot. Here
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25
Mar

Percival Everett & Subjective Meaning

From a New Yorker profile of Percival Everett (who I had never heard of before reading the profile). Everett is
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23
Mar

Reading, research, & procrastination

From the most recent this wonderful post on disquiet: Reading is a form of writing procrastination that sort of doubles
21
Mar

The dopamine-stupidity slope

In issue [227/21] of his [Nightingalingale], Craig Mod writes about the process of making his next book and how
18
Mar

Philology

I came across the word philology while reading an article about the work of Anne Carson. From the Wikipedia article:
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17
Mar

Sprechgesang

While looking up more stuff on Kim Gordon I found the Wikipedia article on sprechgesang. Sprechgesang (German: [ˈʃpʀɛçɡəˌzaŋ], "spoken
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13
Mar

Bots fighting bots

From Warren Ellis’s blog post: I read something the other day – didn’t save the link – wherein winter is
1 min read
12
Mar

Art & Living

From the The Convivial Society newsletter: I’m drawn to the idea of an art of living much more so
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11
Mar

Semblance of truth & Lying truth (Pt. 1)

I’ve been exploring texts written in antiquity to see if there are things in them that can help me
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