Nice long interview of me by R.U. Sirius in online Mindplex magazine.
https://magazine.mindplex.ai/r-u-sirius-interviews-rudy-rucker-once-again-of-transrealism-being-happy-infinite-dimensional-hilbert-space/

*The simplest scams are the best ones

Blog post: “Ghiblification” and quick thoughts on distinguishing generation from creativity

"Creativity requires bravery. And bravery is only possible in the presence of fear. A machine has no fear and therefore has no hesitation, but neither does it have bravery."

With thanks to @pluralistic -

https://3sxp.ghost.io/ghiblification-and-quick-thoughts-on-distinguishing-generation-from-creativity/

#creativity #genAI #ai

This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.

Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?

Okay, #ghost site is up. Back at this, for now.

https://3sxp.ghost.io/is-blogging-retro-yet-2/

@pauloldhamsnp Also, I'm also just now looking at the pricing, and yeah, wow. I think I see why so few people seem to know about Ghost now.

@pauloldhamsnp Have you checked out Buttondown?

@KraftTea yes. A lot of what worked against him in 2020 was laughing at him. We tried treating it with maximum seriousness from 2016-2018. It backfires. Fear feeds him.

@edk did you see @caseynewton's piece about switching to ghost from Substack? https://www.platformer.news/why-platformer-is-leaving-substack/

@saucer @caseynewton I had not! This is perfect! Thank you. 🙏

I wish it wasn't this way, but this is as graceful a migration as I've seen.

@stux @rbreich was just checking out Ghost! Looks amazing.

Anybody using #ghost ? Seems like a pretty remarkable example of how to do an online platform correctly?

I'm browsing #Substack alternatives due to the whole "platforming Nazis" thing.

Today's gender is the sensation of being slightly crushed by the flaws of human nature while catching the first floral exhalations of Spring.

@pluralistic Ursula Franklin, Howard Innis - reading order? Where to start?

@heafnerj @JustFrank it is a most excellent snoot

Timeline cleanse: two moments from our puppy's first snow day.

The giant peanut gallery referring to the DemocratIC party as "them" is a huge part of how we got into this mess fwiw.

You want it to be better, show up and organize. You are a citizen, not a customer.

#uspol

Re "joy is resistance"...

I mean, sure, there also needs to be action. But it reminds me of talking to my mom about the Vietnam war protests. There was music. There were parties. We forget how many people showed up for (ONLY) those reasons, empowering the people taking action. It takes all of us, and it takes whatever it takes to get us there.

I remember that vibe from the 1st Women's March and the hope it was something old made new again.

Dedicated to @futurebird , please pardon my awkward phone video abilities. Rescued this spider out of our bathtub and set it free inside instead of outside. (Tried to aim it at that gap in molding but accidentally nudged it shut.) CW spider video.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

https://www.404media.co/declassified-cia-guide-to-sabotaging-fascism-is-suddenly-viral/