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“exit-seeking behaviors” https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a36352107/elderly-couple-escapes-from-assisted-living-facility-using-morse-code/

a reverse city builder in which you have to basically undo all of humanity’s worst habits and leave a planet with a thriving ecosystem https://www.terranil.com/

THE HTML REVIEW is an annual journal of literature made to exist on the – Vol III EXPEDITIONS – Journeys guided and unguided, walks, feats of endurance https://thehtml.review/03/

Humor

What can 5000-year-old abstract art and magic mushrooms tell us about St.Patricks Shamrock? https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/the-story-of-saint-patrick

Politics & Economics

Will the social and environmental contributions of be overshadowed by its huge footprint? https://theconversation.com/ais-excessive-water-consumption-threatens-to-drown-out-its-environmental-contributions-225854

Privileging outputs over experiences is a steering away from quality. This was true before – It’s not quite more true now, except that the existence of a technology that can create the simulations has given folks qualms about the “integrity” of the work. That work never had integrity because it was already tainted by privileging a box-checking product over a meaningful process. https://12ft.io/https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/03/20/chatgpt-offers-choosing-moment-higher-ed

there’s another way to practise politics in this country, and it’s one Canadians find deeply appealing. https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalobserver.com%2F2024%2F03%2F19%2Fopinion%2Fwe-need-more-wab-kinews

Belonging as learning outcome .. https://theconversation.com/how-a-first-year-university-writing-course-for-indigenous-students-fostered-skills-and-belonging-224486

While winter’s end is typically marked by the climatologists look at what’s known as meteorological the three-month period from December to February. Over that period, was 5.2 C warmer than average .. that’s 1.1 degrees warmer than the previous record set in 2009-2010. https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalobserver.com%2F2024%2F03%2F19%2Fnews%2Fcanadas-warmest-winter-record

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The departure of Summer means the start of my evening season is close at hand .. will definitely start my season with the new DLC https://kotaku.com/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty-update-review-idris-elba-1850852291

Machinations: ,Ethics of Care, and the Future(s) of – great 2023 Digital Pedagogy Institute keynote from @brennacgray https://play.library.utoronto.ca/watch/c77ec5ca3a00d655c7b336a44c7e6d6d

if image generators can produce anything with their giant dataset and their powerful why should they produce photorealistic images by default? https://medium.com/@louischarron/the-case-for-ai-hallucination-a79688338a14

This specific blend of awe, disbelief, and dread all sound like the words of a victim of a mentalist scam artist – psychics. https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/

Music & Sound

“a pop-surrealistic parable of creeping corporate power and infinite war, rampant industrialisation and environmental collapse, UFOs and time travel” https://vimeo.com/865537604

Politics & Economics

The challenge is how do you communicate radical ideas—meaning ideas that get to the root of our current crises—in a way that invites other people into a different world view or a different set of solutions? https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/astra-taylors-age-of-insecurity