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“Trump’s notes, written to friends and enemies alike, were almost always written at an angle, scrawled on top of printouts of articles from the internet,” wrote King. “I was struck not only by the peculiar delivery of the notes, but also by the idiosyncratic way Trump writes the alphabet. AtContinue Reading

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The CCP’s dream concept of total control is pervasive.  It is horrible, but highly captivating to a handful of players. Long ago, I wrote in one of few things that ever got published that surveillance can never work in the ways desired.  It would definitely immiserate, but always end upContinue Reading

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Montreal journalist Toula Drimonis writes on old school collective fears of “the immigrants” “I’ve seen immigrants serve as convenient scapegoats for everything ailing xenophobes, but this was the first time I saw immigrants being blamed and demonized for slow poppy sales. Not only was Cherry dividing Canadians into “us” andContinue Reading

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….spacetime and physical objects are simply our tool, our virtual reality, by which we navigate the infinite network of conscious agents. It’s not the best tool; evolution finds solutions that are satisficing (just good enough)…..Continue Reading

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‘Their recollections of Cohn’s adolescence—the “Boy Rasputin” as he was once called—reveal a portrait of an intensely coddled child.’Continue Reading

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Curious to read Gladwell’s new book.  I love the idea of fakes and frauds and what they teach us about communication.  Think I’ll get the audiobook version for the car.  Dying to crack open Machines Like Me, Luis.  This job keeps sucking me back in.  Continue Reading

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Cheryl is doing research for her MFA class at Concordia on Art and AI.  Here is the link to an intriguing essay she came across: (In order to survive, but more importantly to thrive, in the age of algorithms, we need to cultivate a deep respect for algorithmic literacy andContinue Reading

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A photographic series titled, “It Doesn’t Taste As It Used To”  by Polish American artist Aneta Bartos frames her and her father in various domestic and outdoor settings back in the home country.  By juxtiposing him with herself in various states of undress in very modest settings using the oddlyContinue Reading

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Just returned.  A month on the East Coast. Quite a thing.  Interesting to consider the Quebec identity issue coming out of this experience.  Can’t help but feel geography plays a large part. In the Maritimes, it feeds into notions of community and belonging.  The sea and ragged coastline demand aContinue Reading