Notes and links

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From amphoras to the internet, the story behind that little snail on your keyboard

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250923-the-3000-year-old-story-hidden-in-your-keyboard

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Wiley Hodges‘ email to Tim Cook

https://web.archive.org/web/20251008185854/https://substack.com/inbox/post/175351960

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Write your name on the moon

https://alphabetmoon.org/

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Limberlost Place: Toronto’s timber tower aims high

https://web.archive.org/web/20251006024445/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-limberlost-place-torontos-timber-tower-aims-high/

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A cartoonist’s review of slop art

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

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A right to copy

https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/a-right-to-copy/

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The case against slop machines

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/

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The fifth season of Slow Horses is on

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Horses

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Turning empty offices into farms

https://www.fastcompany.com/91409395/this-company-is-turning-empty-offices-across-america-into-farms

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I’m still not thrilled about being pirated

https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

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What I learned listening to Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/easy-money-the-charles-ponzi-story/id1805962115

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What the heck does Doctorow do to his computers to require constant repairs?

https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/28/works-well/

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Parcels: LOVED

https://music.apple.com/us/album/loved/1810267152

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I finally freed our home wi-fi from its shackles

https://openwrt.org/toh/linksys/whw03_v2

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Apple threatens to stop selling iPhones in the EU

https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/26/empty-threats/

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Bloomberg: With induction stoves, chefs discover a foolproof path to perfection

https://archive.is/LrHEg

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How “AI” could radically change schools by 2050, according to two muppets who’ve been enjoying the kool-aid

https://web.archive.org/web/20250922132330/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/09/how-ai-could-radically-change-schools-by-2050/

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The imperative to describe “AI” as a failure

https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/against-stocking-frames/

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Wirecutter on the new iPhone

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/wirecutter-show-podcast-20250918-new-iphone/

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Heavier storms are here. Rain gardens can help

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/01/rain-gardens-green-infrastructure-climate-change-flooding/

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Freeing captive bears from Armenia’s backyards and basements

https://e360.yale.edu/features/armenia-bear-rescue

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Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers’ pollution

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/11/nx-s1-5534484/oil-companies-heat-waves-climate

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Airlines sell 5 billion plane ticket records to the US government for warrantless searching

https://www.404media.co/airlines-sell-5-billion-plane-ticket-records-to-the-government-for-warrantless-searching/

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For the love of the MiniDisc

https://www.minidisc.wiki/

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