Reminding us all that even real writers. Prolific writers. Writers that write for a living - constantly question themselves.

🔗 Keeping it real

We are now at the stage where it is not an issue of whether I can write, but whether what I’m writing about is worth reading.

I say this to you as someone who has been a full-time freelance writer since the 1990s, someone who tends to write and have published around two thirds of a million words per year.

💬 William Gallagher

🔗 Notes on the xAI/Anthropic data center deal

I get that Anthropic are severely compute-constrained, but in a world where the very existence of “AI data centers” is a red-hot political issue (see recent news out of Utah for a fresh example), signing up with this particular data center is a really bad look

💬 Simon Willison

👁️ Ruminating … I wonder if there might be a way of better revealing the title-less posts in SourceFeed @terrygodier

Crying. No reason. It’s just what Richard can sometimes do to me.


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A metaphor for the world.

💬 Unknown .. a comment I saw on the interwebs

The World: “That has got to be AI.”

Great Photographers Around The World: “Hold My Beer.”

🔗 Explore 25 Incredible Photos of the Milky Way Captured Around the World

There are so many on the click through - but of course I would highlight one (of two) from New Zealand.

Every year, this collection reminds us that photographing the Milky Way is not only about technique or planning. It is about curiosity, patience, and the desire to experience the night sky in places where it still feels wild.

💬 Dan Zafra

(Dan is the editor of ‘Capture the Atlas’ and curator of the annual contest.)

👁️ How often do people rebuild their site and if they do - why? What goes on to necessitate a rebuild to begin with - as opposed to just flushing the cache? #AskingForAFriend

🏢 Moss just wrote: 🔗 The biggest leadership oversight in modern organisations

in many organisations, the “people piece” has been relegated to the HR function.

💬 Moss Burmester

‘relegated’ - not ‘delegated’ is an interesting choice of words and highlights a more general problem - more on that in the comments.

HR systems are built around compliance, process, and record-keeping.
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Why does engagement matter? Because performance is produced when people are deeply engaged and aligned in the business strategy

💬 Moss Burmester

Sounds to me they should be building ‘Systems of Engagement’

No plans to go - zero interest and the other two choices are ‘Project Hail Mary’ and ‘Devil 2’.

BUT - I was taken by the Silky Otter’s plot summary.

That’s got to be AI - No❓

The other summaries do seem more considered, so perhaps the summary writer is as inspired by ‘Michael’ as I am.

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