I don't think there's ever been a time when the world of tech has been so out of sync with humanity. I just saw an ad for a laptop saying it has "the power of Copilot". So, that's one to avoid like the proverbial plague, then.

"a minitaur waits at the heart of the labyrinth."
"a minitaur?"
"it's not a big labyrinth."

The four desires driving all human behavior – Bertrand Russell's magnificent Nobel Prize acceptance speech https://t.co/VQVUlNwYA8

Checking into the hotel. Our room number is 404. I say to my wife and kid, what if our room is not found? The hotel clerk dies laughing and says that is so funny and brings out another employee for me to say the joke again

True story

I was 17 and my gf's mum came on to me. I resisted but never told gf. We broke up 4 years later and she said "you know why." I assumed because I didn't tell her. Met her again last week and apologised. She didn't know her mum came on to me. She just hated my moustache.

@thomasfuchs @octothorpe He would name it after himself

“Made With Baristas” suggests something very different than “Made By Baristas”, marketing drone.

If you're #queer and in any way dabbling in or involved with #folklore and #folk traditions (whatever that means to you), then Queering at the Hedge wants your stories:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uheqRCSb8bF3KsgxlowaFMo2xnTlSar6wzn7YVNtgQs/viewform?edit_requested=true

That's an expression of interest form to participate in their oral history efforts, and the form gives more context.

Boost for reach!

(Not my project but I'm obviously going to take part. I'm like 70% folklore in a stretchy t-shirt, struggling with modernity.)

#LGBTQIA #queerOralHistory

News so big that Donald Trump had to upstage it by renaming Lake Ontario: https://ethanzuckerman.com/2026/08/27/my-personal-contribution-to-the-us-canada-trade-war/

(TL;DR) I will be starting a new lab at McGill University in Montreal next summer as Goldenberg Chair in the Digital Public Sphere.)

@evan I picked all 4, but this might be because I live about 15 minutes from my city's airport.

@box464 I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that car around town.

Tycho napping. This cat clearly knows how to relax.
#cats #caturday

@randahl

Weird, I thought it was Italian