Mere Christian, aspiring minimalist, inveterate notetaker, budget audiophile and paper airplane mechanic. Self-publishing since 1994. Fan of the open web.
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Amazon Rufus
Amazon’s Rufus, which must be some kind of AI chatbot, wonders if I’ve got the following questions about Stereolab’s upcoming album Instant Holograms On Metal Film: The future is cleaning your tub with space-age bachelor pad records.
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Sticking It Out
David Brooks on doing things that aren’t easy because you feel compelled to do them. But when you look around you see a lot of people out there choosing to do unpleasant things. I don’t just mean those adventure freaks who feel compelled to climb Mount Everest, walk across Antarctica or row the Atlantic —…
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Several years ago, I listened to Terry Gross interview the son of a prominent religious leader, who had publicly broken with his father’s legacy and migrated to another, rather different branch of the tradition. Gross asked why he had not simply let his faith go altogether. His reply has always stuck with me. He explained…
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The ChatGPT Mary Feature
The popular LLM is devoted to the Theotokos.
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Accumulate Wisdom, Not Information
Chris Butler writes about the glut of information to which we are exposed and how that does not advance our wisdom or understanding. Think about this comparison: Information is to wisdom what pornography is to real intimacy. I’m not here to moralize, so I compare to pornography with all the necessary trepidation. Without judgement, it’s…
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The Perfect Villain
Ben Mendelsohn’s portrayal of Orson Krennic gives Star Wars its most realistic bad guy.
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Recession Meals
This article from Today highlights the growing trend of influencers in the space of frugal cooking. As uncertainty about the economy becomes more prevalent, this kind of content is taking off. And so, according to TikTok, the hashtag #budgetmeals has seen a 20% increase in posts over the last month, from March 23 to April…
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Easter Eggs
The sign reads: “Don’t make your own easter eggs — ain’t nobody got time for that!“ Via Austin Kleon
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Mitsune
Berlin-based Mitsune live on KEXP December 8, 2024.
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Record Store Daze
John Semley writes for Defector about the drawbacks of Record Store Day. He hones in on the problem of quantity over quality that has grown in the last few years. Take this year’s slate. From a modest collection of 10 specially pressed singles, Record Store Day’s annual catalog of releases has bloated to hundreds of…