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📚 The Sea, The Sea (Iris Murdoch)

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2024/07/18

The Sea, The Sea is a novel by Iris Murdoch. Published in 1978, it was her nineteenth novel. It won the 1978 Booker Prize. The Sea, The Sea Wikipedia The Sea, The Sea is a novel that seemingly places the reader on the stage and helps us reflect upon how we might act. I wrote … Continue reading "📚 The Sea, The Sea (Iris Murdoch)" The post 📚 The Sea, The Sea (Iris Murdoch) first appeared on Read Write Collect.

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📑 The 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

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2024/07/14

Another list of books, this time science fiction. I have read a few, but plenty more to go explore. ᔥ “Jeremy Keith” in Adactio: Links—75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time – What Is The Best Science Fiction Book Ever Written? (07/14/2024 20:50:47)The post 📑 The 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time first appeared on Read Write Collect.

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🤔 The Uncanny Valley of Blogging

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2024/07/14

a blog is probably the least cool way to communicate with people. It doesn’t have old-school cred or state-of-the-art shine; it falls into a kind of uncanny valley. To be a blogger is sort of like being that Japanese guy who makes paintings with Excel. But that suits me. The Uncanny Valley of Blogging The post 🤔 The Uncanny Valley of Blogging first appeared on Read Write Collect.

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🤔 Travis Barker on the Treadmill and Other Fitness...

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2024/07/13

It’s a good reminder, perhaps, that it’s not so much that AI is getting better. It’s that humans are just becoming more like robots. Audrey Watters https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/travis-barker-on-the-treadmill-and-other-fitness-content-slop/ The post 🤔 Travis Barker on the Treadmill and Other Fitness Content Slop first appeared on Read Write Collect.

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📑 How to Easily Display Code on Your WordPress Site...

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2024/07/13

This method is for advanced users because it requires more work and does not always work as intended. It is suitable for users who are still using the old Classic editor and want to display code without using a plugin. First, you need to pass your code through an online HTML entities encoder tool. It … Continue reading "📑 How to Easily Display Code on Your WordPress Site (3 Methods)" The post 📑 How to Easily Display Code on Your WordPress Site (3 Methods) first appeared on Read Write

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💬 John Johnston on Post Kinds

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2024/07/11

I wonder if these are an alternative to IndieBlocks or something else. @johnjohnston https://johnjohnston.info/blog/bookmarked-disabled-postkinds-plugin/ I remember reflecting upon Ton’s concern about Post Kinds lock in a few years ago. Without the time and patience to develop my own fully fledged solution, I have instead taken to kind of living in both worlds by manually including … Continue reading "💬 John Johnston on Post Kinds" The post 💬 John Johnston on Post Kinds first appeared

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💬 Secret, Safe and Informed: A Reflection on...

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2024/06/30

Doug, I was looking back at a past post today, and was reacquainted with your DML Central post on the ‘Brief History of Web Literacy’. You attempted to map the eras associated with the internet: A few years ago, Doug Belshaw made an attempt at mapping the internet. He divided it into five eras: 1993-1997: … Continue reading "💬 Secret, Safe and Informed: A Reflection on Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and the Collection of Data" The post 💬 Secret, Safe and Informed: A Reflection on

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🤔 M.I.A. Launched A Clothing Line To Block 5G On The...

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2024/06/30

A couple of years ago, M.I.A. compared Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook lies to celebrities advocating for COVID vaccines. Last week, the British musician went on Jones’ Infowars show to promote her new clothing line that claims to “preserve your privacy, autonomy, and rights over your body and your data.” Source: M.I.A. Launched A Clothing Line … Continue reading "🤔 M.I.A. Launched A Clothing Line To Block 5G On The Alex Jones Show" The post 🤔 M.I.A. Launched A Clothing Line To Block 5G On The Alex

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🎥 The Breakfast Club

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2024/06/30

On the New Music Friday podcast, discussed The Bleachers origins as a soundtrack for an imaginary John Hughes film. (Read Yasmeen Gharnit’s attempt at matching up of John Hughes films associated with Strange Desires.) I was left intrigued at thinking about the Bleachers through this lens. I grew up with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Planes, Trains … Continue reading "🎥 The Breakfast Club" The post 🎥 The Breakfast Club first appeared on Read Write Collect.

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🎵 Brat (Charli XCX)

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2024/06/30

I drink, I smoke, I use autotune Source: TN:138 Charli XCX, George Daneil & A.G. Cook Charli XCX’s comment on autotune on the Tape Notes podcast sums Brat up for me. On the one hand, Charli XCX cares, she cares enough to know that she wanted something other than her previous album, Crash, but she … Continue reading "🎵 Brat (Charli XCX)" The post 🎵 Brat (Charli XCX) first appeared on Read Write Collect.

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📺 Maynard James Keenan Interview (Tool, A Perfect...

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2024/06/16

Not exactly sure how I ended up watching Rick Beato’s interview with James Maynard Keenan, but I did not regret it. I was intrigued by the discussion of the three bands and how the combination of musicians in each allows for a different side, perspective. The T-Shirt. However, the thing that really left me thinking … Continue reading "📺 Maynard James Keenan Interview (Tool, A Perfect Circle & Puscifer)"The post 📺 Maynard James Keenan Interview (Tool, A Perfect Circle & Puscifer)

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📺 Ryan Gosling, Mark Ronson, Slash & The Kens – I’m...

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2024/06/16

I watched the performance of I’m Just Ken from The Oscars with my daughter and then showed her November Rain to explain the significance of the guitar solo. Her comment within seconds of the solo in November Rain, “why is he smoking? Smoking is disgusting …” I will trying to provide her a lesson in … Continue reading "📺 Ryan Gosling, Mark Ronson, Slash & The Kens – I’m Just Ken (Live From The Oscars 2024)" The post 📺 Ryan Gosling, Mark Ronson, Slash &

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💬 Experiential Learning and AI: Redefining Education...

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2024/06/16

This powerful convergence of experiential learning philosophy and AI technology promises to reshape education in the coming decades. As AI continues advancing, understanding its applications in creating immersive, data-driven experiential learning environments is crucial. However, a lot more discussion is necessary as we explore the profound implications this convergence could have for individuals, educational systems, … Continue reading "💬 Experiential Learning and AI: Redefining Education

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🤔 The machine stops

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2024/06/16

Smarter people than me are coming up with ways to protect content through sabotage: hidden pixels in images; hidden words on web pages. I’d like to implement this on my own website. If anyone has some suggestions for ways to do this, I’m all ears. If enough people do this we’ll probably end up in … Continue reading "🤔 The machine stops" The post 🤔 The machine stops first appeared on Read Write Collect.

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💬 The Feature is a “Dumpster Fire” (DL 397)

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2024/06/16

As this technology advances, consumers will face new decisions about the products they purchase and the level of AI integration they are comfortable with. Just as we currently evaluate the specifications of a new smartphone before upgrading, we will need to understand the capabilities and potential implications of these emerging AI components. Do we want … Continue reading "💬 The Feature is a “Dumpster Fire” (DL 397)" The post 💬 The Feature is a “Dumpster Fire” (DL 397) first appeared on

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🤔 Teachers Aren’t Your Customer Support Representatives

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2024/06/16

If you are only engaging five students in a class of 30, you are by definition not personalizing learning for the other 25 students. You are not addressing their individual needs. You’re creating more work for teachers, also, treating them like tier-two customer support representatives, asking them to handle whatever problems your technology can’t solve … Continue reading "🤔 Teachers Aren’t Your Customer Support Representatives" The post 🤔 Teachers Aren’t Your Customer Support

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🤔 Adobe’s Enterprise-First Ambitions Led To This Mess

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2024/06/16

To me, I think there is a firewall of trust between product and business model that needs to be maintained, and Adobe has failed to do so. It’s not that Adobe necessarily made a mistake with its terms of service. It’s that goodwill around Adobe was so low that a modest terms change was nearly … Continue reading "🤔 Adobe’s Enterprise-First Ambitions Led To This Mess" The post 🤔 Adobe’s Enterprise-First Ambitions Led To This Mess first appeared on Read Write Collect.

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🤔 Increasing your ‘serendipity surface’

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2024/06/13

Expecting your career, social life, or significant relationship to develop in new, unexpected ways when you do the same things over and over again is, after all, how Einstein defined insanity. Increase your serendipity surface! Source: Increasing your ‘serendipity surface’ by Doug Belshaw The post 🤔 Increasing your ‘serendipity surface’ first appeared on Read Write Collect.

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📑 You Are What You Read, Even If You Don’t Always...

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2024/06/12

I cannot remember the blog posts I’ve read any more than the meals I’ve eaten; even so, they’ve made me. It’s a good reminder to be mindful of my content diet — you are what you eat read, even if you don’t always remember it. Source: You Are What You Read, Even If You Don’t … Continue reading "📑 You Are What You Read, Even If You Don’t Always Remember It" The post 📑 You Are What You Read, Even If You Don’t Always Remember It first appeared on Read Write Collect.

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🤔 Returning to the past to battle nostalgia (and...

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2024/06/11

The terms of nostalgia are always defined by the present day; they reflect ideals that may seem out of reach except by going backward, but which still uphold convention. Nostalgia in 2024 for 1990s television or goth/emo music, for example, fetishizes the ways in which those pop-cultural realms fetishized weirdness and rebellion; yet it doesn’t … Continue reading "🤔 Returning to the past to battle nostalgia (and other demons)" The post 🤔 Returning to the past to battle nostalgia (and other

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