🔗 WWW
There are a lot of links out to different parts of the web on this site. I try to mark them all so they get listed here.
📼 Himesh Patel reads a funny response to a university rejection letter.
If you are reading this post on my site, you will see that this link is rendered as an embedded video at the bottom of the post. (THANKYOU @rknightuk]. It will render just fine - unless the video owner wants you to watch it over on YouTube (and to be fair - there are very good reasons for that). If that happens, click on the link above and you will be taken to YouTube. The 'error' is only because the creator wants you to got to YouTube to watch it. That said - on rare occasions, it might actually be broken. If it is - sorry about that - try sending me an email and I will check if I made an error.
📼 🎵 The Life and Music of John Wetton - the production of this video is everything that John Wetton was not. But the message and the story? I’ll take it - not enough written about the guy who 🔗 wrote 🎵 Starless
From time to time you will find me referencing ‘Jax’, the unseen, omnipresent being that does in fact have a life of her own.
An example of her day job;
In Richard’s words …
We explore the idea of the ‘Human Contract’ and how it could provide a roadmap for navigating the rapidly advancing AI landscape, safeguarding our human values, and ensuring equity. It’s a reflection of discussions with the very eminent figure in AI, technology, and ethics - Jax Harrison
🔗 Romanian prosecutors send Andrew Tate to trial … there are lots of small wins going on in the world today … but they do add up.
🔗 Short daytime naps may keep brain healthy as it ages, study says.
So its either good for you OR an early sign of Alzheimer. Well. glad that is all cleared up!
🔗 Apple TV+ remake of sci-fi classic Metropolis cancelled..
Gah - didn’t even know that this was on the cards. Dead before arrival. 😢
🔗 Liz Truss says lettuce joke was ‘puerile’ and media did not understand her ideas.
It is clear that she remains disconnected from humanity - and her humour is on par with her public speaking skills.
But these speaking gigs are likely to continue. Best to ignore - but - as this post reveals - that is hard.
🎵 TIL that Metal / Ragga fusion is not just a thing - but has been a thing for a LONG time.
🔗 Pilvi Takala and the Art of Awkwardness
The most nonconformist thing about Takala may be her talent for refusal. Sarah McCrory, the director of Goldsmiths, recalls appearing on television with her for an art festival: “They put this terrible makeup on me, and then Pilvi turned up, and I was, like, ‘How come you don’t have to?’ And she was, like, ‘Well, because I said no.’ “
If at first you don’t succeed ….
🔗 The Final Triumph of Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023)
Cormac McCarthy’s first 5 novels were totally ignored. . . . Even Blood Merdian—now widely considered a modern classic of American fiction—got remaindered after only selling 1,883 copies.
💬 Ted Gioia
If you Journal - and get stuck… don’t we all? …🔗 some ideas for you.
If you are a DayONE user - you can scroll through and add the prompts to DayONE by a simple click - or as it turns out 40 simple clicks - but then there are well over 500 of them.
🔗 Parcast and Gimlet Layoffs Reflect a Bigger Spotify Podcast Pivot
Maybe Podcasts will survive?
It’s not a good look Bill.
Then again Harvard … neither is this.
🔗 Harvard morgue manager charged with theft, sale of body parts.
🔗 Beyonce concerts blamed for Sweden’s inflation
Really? Beyonce?
🔗 Republican official appears to have moved $1.3m from non-profit to own law firm. … well, this was two days ago …do we know yet?
🔗 Andrew Tate served legal papers after allegations of rape and sexual assault.
One by one.
Step by step.
Little by little.
🔗 EU moves closer to passing one of world’s first laws governing AI
.. they don’t seem to hang about these ‘unelected bureaucrats’ .. do they?