If you’re absolutely determined to use a social media platform, then sure, Free Our Feeds is a good idea. But the essential protocols are already in place, and your feeds are already free, on the open web.
Wonderful clouds partly covering the full moon this pre-dawn. I found myself wondering what John Ruskin, who was obsessed by clouds, would say about that sky. Here’s a wonderful essay by Sandra Kemp on Ruskin’s fascination with clouds.
Poster by Tall Paul Kelly.
Didn’t have a proper telephoto lens — this is from my iPhone camera at 10x — but it was fun to watch the aoudad meandering about when I was up on the hilltop. They were introduced to Texas, somewhat accidentally, a hundred years ago and have become, in the opinion of some, an invasive species. Fun fact for those interested in the venereal game: a herd of aoudad is called an anger.
Samuel Arbesman on humanistic computation. I really hope Sam can Make This Happen in a serious way.
This story of a massive archaeological dig in the Orkneys is utterly compelling.
