Links
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‘It was hard not to stare at him all the time’ | The Guardian
Lovely oral history of Leonard Rossiter. “He was also very affectionate with our bearded collie, Humphrey.”
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Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art | The New Yorker
Ted Chiang again with good arguments. (via everyone, weeks ago)
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The Shield oral history: Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins, Glenn Close reflect on FX drama
A bit too “It and everyone are the best!!” but still interesting.
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Adam Curtis: The Map No Longer Matches the Terrain
“We’re waiting for someone to draw a new map, and until then, we’re just going to witter away to each other on podcasts.” (via Garbage Day)
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Tom Johnson · Diary: Strange Visitations
I didn’t expect to come across mention of a church just up the road from us in the LRB. (subscribers only)
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radiac/nanodjango: Full Django in a single file
Sounds great, very clever. Nicely done. (via Simon Willison)
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Retirement Planner Links — James Shack
Love a good retirement planner spreadsheet.
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Record Club
Like Letterboxd, but for music I think. Seems nice.
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It’s Lowtime — Observations on Apple’s September event | Riccardo Mori
“My impression that Apple is severely removed from how actual people use their phones is reinforced every time they show a short video to illustrate how certain features work.” (via Michael Tsai)
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UV with Django
Very useful, by Anže Pečar.
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UV — I am (somewhat) sold – Oliver Andrich
I’m trying to switch to uv entirely and am eager for examples of real-world usage like this. (via Simon Willison)
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The Spectrum
A ZX Spectrum with built-in games, HDMI, etc. I wouldn’t actually use it but it’s a lovely looking idea. (via b3ta newsletter)
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Philosophize This!
If I listened to podcasts then I’d give this a go. (via Transmissions from Nowhereland (Ted))
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OSM Then and Now
Compare OpenStreetMap in 2008 with now. Amazing progress. (via @amcewen@mastodon.me.uk)
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A Weekend at the Immersion Larp Festival – mssv + Have You Played
Fascinating account of Adrian Hon’s visit to a Nordic Larp festival.
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Slow-Motion Machines
A mix by James A. Reeves based mostly on five favourite 1990s tracks slowed way down to haunting speeds.
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Russell Davies: TikTok Triptych
I really like these “collagey/plunderphonic/ColdCutuppy thing[s]” made out of TikTok’s. Well done Russell.
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astral-sh/uv: An extremely fast Python package installer and resolver, written in Rust.
Sounds good. Replacement for pip, pip-tools and virtualenv, with plans to replace more like pipx and pyenv. (via @frabcus@mastodon.social)
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Tom Raffield | Luxury British Wooden Lighting & Furniture Designer
I like some of these lampshades and wall lamps.
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Tom Crewe · Carnival of Self-Harm: Good Riddance to the Tories
Even having lived through this mess, it’s shocking to read how badly successive Tory governments have screwed the country.
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Peeping on Pepys | History News Network
Surprisingly in-depth look at the history of pepysdiary.com.
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The Dave Nice Video Show, Part Two: “I’d Be Delighted, Sir” – Dirty Feed
Not sure I ever saw ‘Smashie and Nicey: the End of an Era’ but these posts are so good.
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William Davies · Antimarket: Capitalism Decarbonised
For the bit at the start about the difference between free markets and capitalism.
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My Dinner With Andreessen - The American Prospect
Ready the pitchforks.
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Lucie Elven · Unblenched: Homage to Brigid Brophy
I do enjoy LRB articles about interesting 20th century authors I’ve never heard of.
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That mysterious font is Festive, not Stymie
On the old signage font you’ve seen in many places.
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Some of the best free fonts | Clearleft
For future reference. I also saw Literata suggested. (via @Robb@front-end.social)
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Mass Hysteria | RHOC | Substack
Real Housewives Of Clapton expand from Insta with their funny, painful trend-spotting from the frontlines of London’s gentrification.
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Web dev craftsmanship | Go Make Things
I’m not convinced we’re “on the verge of a renaissance” unfortunately. There are still bespoke suits, but it’s never going to be more than a small craft that’s only for those with money or time.