Learn more about The Sirens' Call, order a copy, and submit your proof of purchase to gain access to a virtual event between author Chris Hayes and Andrew Marantz.
The Sounds of Emergency in Amberspire — Gamers with Glasses
Amberspire rejects the stereotypical sounds of climate emergency in favor of gentler aesthetics: no sirens here. While we deal with the impact of each new catastrophe, Amberspire asks us to listen to the quieter sounds of things falling apart and our attempts to hold them together. I have never been
The sound of the trees
Early in the morning, before dawn has even fully broken over Berlin, a concert of a very special kind begins under Susie Ibarra’s window. The blackbird begins with a short melodic solo ending on a trill, its song accompanied by the rustling of the horse chestnut leaves on the branches outside Ibarra’s window. For the artist, this is much more than just an acoustic welcome to the day – it is a dialogue with nature and a chance to immerse herself in a musical realm full of rhythms and sounds.
AI #179 Part 2: Hearing The Fire Alarm
This is a continuation of Part 1 from yesterday.
AI Meeting Recording Laws by State: Complete Guide (2026)
Are AI meeting recorders like Otter.ai and Fireflies legal? State-by-state consent laws, penalties, and compliance guide for AI transcription tools in 2026.
Where the Birds Sing Bass — Oakland Public Library
Where the Birds Sing Bass — Lockett, Reginald — Poetry. "WHERE THE BIRDS SING BASS may be the best book of poetry in 1995. The voice is hip, urban, observant, and nostalgic. Reginald Lockett brings the world home, and in the process tells us about folks who don't make the news" -Ishmael Reed.
The Whispering Earring (Scott Alexander)
Cleaner, easier-to-reference repo of Scott Alexander’s The Whispering Earring (that’s the Schelling title, real title below). Original from livejournal is ba...
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AI
Eternal September
The Singularity Is Not What It Seems
Agentic Context Management: Solving Agent Memory and Cost by Treating Them as Lifecycle and Architecture Problems
The State of Sovereign AI Adoption (Research) | Cohere
Headlong: a microharness for persistent agents
Everything I own, owned
Extensible Software in the age of LLMs | Jeremy Morrell
Reddit - Cautionary Tales
"Bluesky Elder"
Context collapse, eternal September, and social backlash. "Bluesky Elders" was meant to refer to communities of early adopters fleeing X and other platforms, my original post was bringing attention to social changes relative to traditionally oppressed groups of early adopters and the effects of Bluesky's "Eternal September" as the platform scaled. (It was quickly taken out of context and mocked and used to fuel a targeted harassment campaign against me) (Context collapse in most mentions)
"Bluesky Elder" (by Bee 🐝) — Semble
How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth
A faux "Eternal September" turns into flatness
Weekly Scroll: Eternal September
Remember Remember Eternal September
Was their any substantial backlash to the internet when it first started becoming popular? I can imagine that going from a comparatively disconnected world to one where instantaneous global connection 24/7 were commonplace was a rather massive (and not always positive) shift in many ways.
Reddit API controversy
Removing sexually explicit content from r/all
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