https://youtu.be/UfoDdIATW94?si=cy3qt30K9okqYwkZ *It’s a career path. “Cleaner and better than the original one, or the client is horrified and throws it back!” Yes, I believe that.

https://ia601403.us.archive.org/14/items/public-syllabus-aug-7-community-syllabus-ai-without-bosses/Public_Syllabus_Aug%207_Community_Syllabus_AI_Without_Bosses.pdf Week 8 (Thursday, October 16, 2025)‬ ‭ WHAT COOPS ARE ALREADY DOING‬ ‭ AI is reshaping economies, institutions, and everyday life—but its development remains tightly‬ ‭ controlled by firms like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta. These companies dominate through‬ ‭ massive infrastructure, extractive data practices, and profit-driven design, often reinforcing‬ ‭ global inequality and ecological […]

*On Kickstarter, if you’re afflicted with the need to possess such things. https://youtu.be/xbGoesUi48A?si=2PBxsbd8NYYAKYo9 I think this device qualifies, not as “pocket jewelry,” but “influencer jewelry.”

*Please generate a photorealistic image of Primo Levi’s Versificator, a retro-futuristic poetry-writing machine, sitting on a writer’s desk. The machine is a marvel of polished dark wood and brass fittings, with glowing amber vacuum tubes and intricate gears visible under a glass dome. A mechanical typewriter is integrated into its front, with a long scroll […]

Base44.com I’ll create a sophisticated Versificator – an AI poetry machine inspired by Primo Levi’s visionary story. This will be an elegant tool that generates personalized poetry based on themes, styles, and moods you select. Key Features: Theme and style selection for personalized poetry Multiple poetic forms (sonnets, haikus, free verse, etc.) Mood and tone […]

*Chinese counterculture. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-tangpingist-manifesto Anonymous Tangpingist Tangpingist Manifesto Tangpingists of the world, unite! Translator’s Introduction 1. Introduction: The great refusal/flat refusal 2. “Fellow Travellers” of Tangpingists 3. The Dilemma of Tangpingists 4. Allies of Tangpingists 5. Alternative Autonomous Communities Translator’s Introduction This piece’s exact origin is hard to discern. It seems to have been either originally […]

In the legendary “Zhuangzhi” text of classical Taoism, the master of butchery talks at length about the condition of his handicraft tools. 庖丁為文惠君解牛，手之所觸，肩之所倚，足之所履，膝之所踦，砉然嚮然，奏刀騞然，莫不中音。合於《桑林》之舞，乃中《經首》之會。文惠君曰：「譆！善哉！技蓋至此乎？」庖丁釋刀對曰：「臣之所好者道也，進乎技矣。始臣之解牛之時，所見无非牛者。三年之後，未嘗見全牛也。方今之時，臣以神遇，而不以目視，官知止而神欲行。依乎天理，批大郤，導大窾，因其固然。技經肯綮之未嘗，而況大軱乎！良庖歲更刀，割也；族庖月更刀，折也。今臣之刀十九年矣，所解數千牛矣，而刀刃若新發於硎。彼節者有間，而刀刃者无厚，以无厚入有間，恢恢乎其於遊刃必有餘地矣，是以十九年而刀刃若新發於硎。雖然，每至於族，吾見其難為，怵然為戒，視為止，行為遲。動刀甚微，謋然已解，如土委地。提刀而立，為之四顧，為之躊躇滿志，善刀而藏之。」文惠君曰：「善哉！吾聞庖丁之言，得養生焉。」 Nourishing the Lord of…: His cook was cutting up an ox for the ruler Wen Hui. Whenever he applied his hand, leaned forward with his shoulder, planted his foot, and employed the […]

GOGBOT presents SCROLL PANIC REPEAT 18 – 21 September @ Enschede, NL From Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 of September, GOGBOT returns to Enschede with a mind-bending journey into the chaotic rhythms of the digital age. With SCROLL PANIC REPEAT, we slice open the black mirror of your dopamine-parched brain, diving into infinite feeds, algorithmic […]

*That’s quite a while. https://youtu.be/IvLsCL4ChYA?si=58B-wJt3nhZwf85_

I haven’t been blogging about this because I’ve been rather busy doing it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/brucesterling/albums/72177720327696639/