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Dolly and us

Dolly Parton’s legacy of early literacy.

Aug 26, 2026 02:11 AM

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1. Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed on restoring trust in science:

   Science is a gift. It’s a beautiful, incredible gift, and we missed the opportunity to communicate it in all of its elegance because too often it is this thing that is sort of held among the scientific community for consumption by the scientific community. And then we allow a lot of our best science to sit behind paywalls people can’t hop over. So there’s a resentment that happens in publicly funded science for the most part, and we’re keeping [it] out of the hands of people who need it most. 

   Nov 13, 2026 05:33 PM

2. Likes Brewers: World Series Champs by Susan Jean Robertson.

   This year, the Brewers finally did it, they won it all one week ago. They won playing their way… They dominated the playoffs going 11-2, which included a sweep of the Dodgers, the very team that swept them out of the playoffs last year. The playoffs were tense at times as they kept coming back from behind to win, often by one or two runs… During the playoffs I started to understand some of the underlying aspects of the game, particularly the duel between pitcher and batter. That’s the heart of the game to me and as I watched some of the best pitchers in baseball do their thing I saw the Brewers rise to the occasion and have some of the best at bats I’ve ever seen.

   Nov 8, 2026 07:58 PM

3. Likes ‘Don’t use AI for X’: On AI addiction and slippery slopes by V. H. Belvadi.

   I think we are beyond that simplistic argument now. Nobody is arguing about tools when they talk about AI. We are arguing in favour of principles.

   sidenote: My site is still using webmention.io… but we’ll see for how long.

   Oct 21, 2026 01:25 AM

4. It’s getting closer to Halloween, and I have costumes on my mind.

   I recently came across a video of a Traveling Wilburys cosplay and shot-for-shot remake of “Handle with Care”, performed by Lake Street Dive. It brings a smile to my face every time I think of it.

   This year is the 25th anniversary of the debut of The Slipnutz on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. A good milennial costume idea: grab two friends, three sweater vests and a bag of peanuts.

   Oct 20, 2026 02:28 PM

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