The Gig Economy Is Task Driven.
\nThe Future Of Work Is Not.
\nContinuing To Iterate My Thoughts On Human Value for Inktober.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/31/071148.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T18:11:48+00:00","author":{"name":"John PHIāPIN","url":"https://john.philpin.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F4165.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnPhilpin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"18:11","date_timestamp":1793383908,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@fractals/117531214412205666","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ykmjvgyfdhlropg3lqndtbi6/post/3mz4f2k7tct2y","https://www.threads.com/@johnphilpin/post/DfIMyoQFgFT"]}},{"id":"100177278","content_html":"š¬
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/fa99c09cbe.png\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/31/071059.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T18:10:59+00:00","author":{"name":"John PHIāPIN","url":"https://john.philpin.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F4165.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnPhilpin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"18:10","date_timestamp":1793383859,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@fractals/117531209816410111","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ykmjvgyfdhlropg3lqndtbi6/post/3mz4eyhfpni2h","https://www.threads.com/@johnphilpin/post/DfIMqEEnZcv"]}},{"id":"100177185","content_html":"š¬ So thatās why I can explain to someone else what they need to do to ā¦ but when it comes to me ā¦ yeah nah.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/31/so-thats-why-i-can.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T18:09:12+00:00","author":{"name":"John PHIāPIN","url":"https://john.philpin.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F4165.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnPhilpin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"18:09","date_timestamp":1793383752,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@fractals/117531203632233342","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ykmjvgyfdhlropg3lqndtbi6/post/3mz4evnqzvc2o","https://www.threads.com/@johnphilpin/post/DfIMeh3HCTe"]}},{"id":"100174321","content_html":"\n\nWordle 1,959 5/6
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradleyandroos.micro.blog/2026/10/30/a-single-card-from-marshall.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T17:13:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Bradley Andrews","url":"https://bradleyandroos.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F38%2F1804355.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradleyandroos"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"17:13","date_timestamp":1793380400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100171543","content_html":"\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/30/philip-schaff-the-grand-requisite.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T16:38:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"16:38","date_timestamp":1793378325,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100170691","content_html":"\nThe grand requisite for the theologian is not that he have no preconceptions, but that his preconceptions be just, and such as the nature of the case demands. Without being fully possessed, beforehand, with the Christian faith, a man can rightly understand neither the Holy Scriptures nor the history of the church.
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\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://inscho.org/2026/10/30/tech-is-the-new-tobacco/","date_published":"2026-10-30T16:27:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Inscho","url":"https://inscho.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F35%2F1647185.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jinscho"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"16:27","date_timestamp":1793377669,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lvdle54ycyb7pxxn3wpclml3/post/3mz475spulc27"]}},{"id":"100169997","content_html":"Youth mental health may be suffering, but itās tricky to prove that social media use is doing it. That is why science - the institution we depend on to answer hard questions about cause and effect - is so important to these cases. That is also why industries that produce harmful products have so much interest in helping science answer questions about these products. We all know about how tobacco managed to delay consensus and regulation of cigarettes for decades.
\n
Philip Schaff, on why āthe greatest mastersā in church history end up with an ever-expanding, universalizing vision of Christ and his church:
\n\nbbowman.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/30/philip-schaff-the-ultraprotestant-fanatical.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T16:17:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"16:17","date_timestamp":1793377027,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100169596","content_html":"The ultra-Protestant fanatical opposition to the Catholic church must cease. The general disposition now is to break away from the narrow apologetic and polemic interest of a particular confession or party, the colored spectacles of which allow but a dim and partial view of the Saviourās majestic person. We wish to be guided solely by the spirit of impartial truth; and truth, at the same time, always best vindicates itself by the simple exhibition of its...
\n
Philip Schaff, explaining the necessary prerequisite for the āorganic developmentā view of church history:
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/2026/10/30/philip-schaff-explaining-the-necessary.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T16:10:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Brady Bowman","url":"https://bbowman.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F1440044.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bbowman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"16:10","date_timestamp":1793376635,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100166960","content_html":"The right application of the theory of development depends altogether on having beforehand a right view of positive Christianity, and being rooted and grounded in it, not only in thought, but also in heart and experience.
\n
Margin: my own Markdown editor | Matthew Lang
\n\n\n Dozens of Markdown editors could serve my purpose. Then I thought, āWhat if I tried to build my own?ā\n
Building something for yourself, that might be useful to others.
\nWhat we believe in.
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\n\n\nThat had consequences that are not hard to imagine in a game written in a 1990s programming environment: both game data and visual assets were now being interpreted from places in memory that were not prepared for this use.
\n
Good write-up capturing the allure of the gameās unlock-able, but unintentional mystery environment. More of this, please.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://defiantsloth.com/2026/10/30/as-blogged-by-unsung-an.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T15:24:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul Williams","url":"https://defiantsloth.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F55501.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"paulw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"15:24","date_timestamp":1793373860,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://xoxo.zone/@Paul_FTW/117530551825721664","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rsyq4ch3ozsufub32gicwpx5/post/3mz43n5akjo2s"]}},{"id":"100163562","content_html":"\n\nGlennifer, you say you didnāt come here to scrub ectoplasm out of the upholstery or sweep piles of dead birds off the front porch. I hear you. But all of us are making sacrifices. My daily commute is twenty minutes longer!
\n
Weāre the Husbands from Every Haunted House Movie, and We Think Youāre Just Not Giving Our New Home a Chance ššš
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\n
Iām grappling* with tensions regarding AI - generally, but specifically digital note-taking and synthesis tools in the present context - so am grateful (again) to have the benefit of Biancaās thoughtful (virtual) companionship in this tension.
\n*Perhaps the better word is āscrupling,ā introduced to me in this newsletter, an old Quaker practice of sitting with neighbours to listen, share and search for ways to respond when faced with difficult issues.
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\n\n\nBut its S-1 filing is predictably filled with red flags, including a $80.7 billion loss in the first half of 2026 and 94 pages of risk warnings, one of which is that itās almost certainly uninsurable.
\n
That seems fine. Right?
\nEditorās note: Paul can be hyperbolic a lot of the time. Like, a LOT of the time. But this headline is beautiful.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/30/anthropic-lost-billion-in-h.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T12:50:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"12:50","date_timestamp":1793364640,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@leefeagin/117529945794607867"]}},{"id":"100156481","content_html":"One Foot Tsunami: Leaving ESPN
\n\n\nAnd yet, If you watch any sports at all, itās become impossible to avoid the constant pushes for gambling. There are relentless advertisements featuring celebrities who really, really donāt need the industryās dirty money, along with frequent in-game betting content. I just want to watch a baseball game, not hear about how the networkās sponsored parlay bet is going. I donāt know if this is good for business overall, but itās driving me away.
\n
šÆ
\nBefore every MLS game, thereās literally an advertisement for DraftKings (or FanDuelā¦honestly, wtf is the difference?).\nItās...
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\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/10/30/ai-roundup-the-week-of.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T12:42:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"12:42","date_timestamp":1793364145,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117529913290108040","https://www.threads.com/@chrisabraham/post/DfHm6Z_FmTP"]}},{"id":"100155986","content_html":"Torvalds on competence, proofs needing checkers, Anthropicās S-1, the answer layerās bill, agent sway, quantum chips, and the consciousness question.\nchrisabraham.net/2026/10/aā¦
\n
Call for Participation: New Definitions for Open Science, OSCU Publishing
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://danrudmann.com/2026/10/30/call-for-participation-new-definitions.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T12:35:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan Rudmann","url":"http://danrudmann.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F34%2F3090.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drdr"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"12:35","date_timestamp":1793363722,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100125716","content_html":"The underlying ambition is to display heterogeneity, prismatic perspectives, and difference as a cornerstone of Open Science. The chapters within the book will, we hope, present a wide array of ideas and thereby an overarching argument that we move toward the knowledge culture we seek by opening up understandings of Open Science, providing new energy and capacity for culture change.
\n
Giving my favorite read of the year another reread, Works of Love by Kierkegaard ā
\n\ncynthiacliff.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://cynthiacliff.micro.blog/2026/10/29/giving-my-favorite-read-of.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T02:12:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Cynthia Clifford","url":"https://cynthiacliff.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F29%2F1860888.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"cynthiacliff"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 02:12","date_timestamp":1793326365,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100123994","content_html":"āWhen one says āyesā or promises some thing, he very easily deceives himself and easily deceives others also, as if one already had done what one promised, or as if by promising one had at least done part of what one promises to do, or as if the promise itself were something meritorious. Then when one does not do what he promised, it is a long way back to the truth againā¦ For that reason the world is much inclined to promises, for the worldly is the immediate, and a promise appears very fine at the moment; for that very...
\n
š Netcraft: April 2026 Web Server Survey
\n\n\n\nIn the April 2026 survey we received responses from 1,433,742,238 sites across 299,194,059 domains and 14,198,148 web-facing computers. This reflects an increase of 5.9 million sites and 1.6 million domains, and a loss of 26,902 web-facing computers.
\n\n
Huh, so thereās just under 300 million domains serving websites. That seems like a lot, and at the same time, dramatically lower than what I was expecting.
\nVia: Doc Searls Weblog
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lmika.org/2026/10/30/netcraft-april-web-server-survey.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T01:46:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 01:46","date_timestamp":1793324794,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uxf6lpd2feuelyey5sknpkih/post/3mz2nyv3q6m2w"]}},{"id":"100123452","content_html":"Me - eight years ago./
\n\n\n Remember the gig economy kids? \nThe Gig Economy Is Task Driven.
\nThe Future Of Work Is Not.
\nContinuing To Iterate My Thoughts On Human Value for Inktober.
\n\n\n
\n\nThe Gig Economy Is Task Driven - The Future Of Work Is Not.
\n
AI is taking over the gig economy. Humans who arenāt ātask drivenā have to work out how we fit it in.
\nShould be the other way round. The AI should be trying to work out how it fits in.
\nInstead at every turn I feel Iām being āmansplainedā to by the tech bros and their machines.
\n// oh wait ā¦
\n","summary":"","url":"https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/30/me-eight-years-ago-the.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T01:28:44+00:00","author":{"name":"John PHIāPIN","url":"https://john.philpin.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F4165.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnPhilpin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 01:28","date_timestamp":1793323724,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@fractals/117527269878703586","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ykmjvgyfdhlropg3lqndtbi6/post/3mz2myrowjp27","https://www.threads.com/@johnphilpin/post/DfGZ_V4jMGf"]}},{"id":"100118579","content_html":"\n\n\nHereās a funny thing - now thereās a funny thing
\n
š¬ Frankie Howard
\n.. found via @gruber (TOH: Jason Snell).
\nNowhere in the article or in JGās short post is the idea of ātypoā introduced - but Jason did in his headline:
\n\n\n\n
But itās not a typo I thought. WRONG
\nWhilst it is true that by š Merriam Websterās definition it is not a typo:
\n\n\nan error (as of spelling) in typed or typeset material
\n
.. no apparent reference to ālayoutā errors) ā¦ BUT - elsewhere on...
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\n
\n
\nPatty McCord, Powerful
Iām grateful to enjoy this type of happiness with my work lately.
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\n\n\nIf you purchased an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or any iPhone 16 model, you may be entitled to compensation.
\n
I just tried the link provided : š https://www.smartphoneaisettlement.com/ which works ā¦ but the link on the site to make the claim š https://aplsconnect.com/smartphoneaisettlement/ does not. Anyone else seeing this?
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/cleanshot-2026-10-30-at-10.20.562x.png\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/30/back-in-late-september-gruber.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T21:23:00+00:00","author":{"name":"John PHIāPIN","url":"https://john.philpin.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F4165.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnPhilpin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 21:23","date_timestamp":1793308980,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@fractals/117526302578873763","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ykmjvgyfdhlropg3lqndtbi6/post/3mz27awvlf32g","https://www.threads.com/@johnphilpin/post/DfF91zOm-tD"]}},{"id":"100112833","content_html":"\n\nDad and his brother rubbing elbows with the governor. Not the first 15 minutes of fame for the Old Man, and not their first trip to the Blaine House, either.
\n\ntinyroofnail.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://tinyroofnail.micro.blog/2026/10/29/dad-and-his-brother-rubbing.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T21:03:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Donny C","url":"https://tinyroofnail.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Ftinyroofnail%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"tinyroofnail"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 21:03","date_timestamp":1793307792,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100112654","content_html":"Congratulations to Trees Ltd. on receiving the Austin Wilkins Forest Stewardship Award, one of Maineās highest honors recognizing exemplary stewardship of the working forest!Presented today by the Governor at the Blaine House, this award recognizes landowners and individuals who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to managing Maineās forests in a sustainable and responsible way. Named for Dr. Austin Wilkins, the award celebrates those who...
\n
\n\n Make it so.\n
ā Sir Patrick Stewart, as Captain Jean Luc Picard.
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\n
There are no words. Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart dies aged 86
\n\n\nActor Sir Patrick Stewart has died aged 86 following a āa brief and poignant journey with Alzheimerās Disease and Lewy Body Dementiaā, a post on his Instagram has said.\nThe post said he died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles and that he was in the loving care of his wife Sunny.
\n
So deeply unfair coming the same week as Walter āChekovā Koenigās passing.
\nHe was a man. Take him for all in all. We shall not look upon his like again.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://charityfroggenhall.micro.blog/2026/10/29/there-are-no-words-star.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T20:40:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Charity Froggenhall","url":"https://charityfroggenhall.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F35%2F1951394.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"CharityFroggenhall"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 20:40","date_timestamp":1793306443,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://www.threads.com/@charity_froggenhall/post/DfF5F71H7wJ"]}},{"id":"100109236","content_html":"Patrick Stewart, Captain Picard on āStar Trek: The Next Generation,ā Dies
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://dispatchesfromtheempire.net/2026/10/29/patrick-stewart-captain-picard-on.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T20:14:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Dispatches From The Empire","url":"http://dispatchesfromtheempire.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F47%2F1308223.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dfte"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 20:14","date_timestamp":1793304881,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100101744","content_html":"Patrick Stewart, who overcame a bleak childhood in Englandās coal-mining country to find acclaim as a Shakespearean actor before making an unlikely career pivot in middle age that would bring him his greatest fame, playing a noble starship captain on the TV series āStar Trek: The Next Generation,ā died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 86.
\n
š¬ļø One of my favorite of Anne Carsonās work is her Short Talks. Some of which are published in The Yale Review ā
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://cynthiacliff.micro.blog/2026/10/29/one-of-my-favorite-of.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T18:25:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Cynthia Clifford","url":"https://cynthiacliff.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F29%2F1860888.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"cynthiacliff"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 18:25","date_timestamp":1793298355,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100101474","content_html":"Short Talk on Walking Backwards
\nMy mother forbad us to walk backwards. That is how the dead walk, she would say. Where did she get this idea? Perhaps from a bad translation. The dead, after all, do not walk backwards but they do walk behind us. They have no lungs and cannot call out but would love for us to turn around. They are victims of love, many of them.
\n
Proverbs 27:19
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://cynthiacliff.micro.blog/2026/10/29/proverbs-as-water-reflects-the.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T18:18:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Cynthia Clifford","url":"https://cynthiacliff.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F29%2F1860888.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"cynthiacliff"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 18:18","date_timestamp":1793297896,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100093791","content_html":"As water reflects the face,
\n
\nso oneās life reflects the heart
Awshit: Manifestos, Fear, and āLoser Thinkingā: Inside Protonās AI Reckoning
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/29/awshit-manifestos-fear-and-loser.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T15:53:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 15:53","date_timestamp":1793289235,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/117525004173766360","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3myzmse6hfk2g"]}},{"id":"100088989","content_html":"āThe CEO is in full AI psychosis and has been for a while now,ā one of the sources told 404 Media.
\n
![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780679641582/cover.jpg\")
\nCurrently reading: The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James š
\nLecture I: Religion and Neurology:
\n\nhenrymadaga.com","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/10/29/currently-reading-the-varieties-of/","date_published":"2026-10-29T14:29:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F36%2F1799999.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 14:29","date_timestamp":1793284178,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100086901","content_html":"\nBent as we are on studying religionās existential conditions, we cannot possibly ignore these pathological aspects of the subject. We must describe and name them just as if they occurred in non-religious men. It is true that we instinctively recoil from seeing an object to which our emotions and affections are committed handled by the intellect as any other object is handled. The first thing the intellect does with an object is to class it along with something else. But any object that is...
\n
As far as Iām concerned, Robert Reich nails it:
\n\n\nBut you donāt have to wait until Musk is officially defunded. Stop buying Teslas. Donāt use X. Donāt sign up for Starlink. And support politicians who promise to defund him.
\n
In the short run, doing business with some of Muskās tentacles might improve my life a tiny bit. But in the medium or long run, that pales next to the grave damage heās doing to everyoneās life. So Iām all-in on boycotting Musk. (And Bezos too, for that matter).
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/29/defund-elon-musk-as-far.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T13:40:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 13:40","date_timestamp":1793281242,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/117524480817650327","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3myzfeedv2c2g"]}},{"id":"100086399","content_html":" Brewers Win World Series \nBradford Doolitte, writing for ESPN, laid it all out.
\n\nseanmcdevitt.com","summary":"","url":"https://seanmcdevitt.com/2026/10/29/brewers-win-world-series-bradford.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T13:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Sean McDevitt","url":"http://seanmcdevitt.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F40%2F8869.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"SeanMcDevitt"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 13:00","date_timestamp":1793278800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100084636","content_html":"After staking their claim at the top of the sport all season long, it culminates here: For the first time, the Milwaukee Brewers are champions of the baseball world, and they deserve it.
\nThere is simply no facet of baseball and of winning games at which the Brewers do not excel. Only one team scored more runs. They ranked fifth in steals, first in walk rate. They led the majors in batting average and on-base percentage. They did not rely on homers but could go deep when needed and ranked seventh in average exit velocity....
\n
š¬ From Julia Cameron:
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradleyandroos.micro.blog/2026/10/29/from-julia-cameron-it-is.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T12:54:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Bradley Andrews","url":"https://bradleyandroos.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F38%2F1804355.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradleyandroos"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 12:54","date_timestamp":1793278446,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100084002","content_html":"\nāIt is impossible to get better and look good at the same time.ā
\n
\nwww.leefeagin.com","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/29/darkening-mood-and-shifting-political.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T12:37:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 12:37","date_timestamp":1793277434,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@leefeagin/117524230833459071"]}},{"id":"100083185","content_html":"A large āempathy gapā has opened up between Republicans and white evangelicals vs. other Americans.
\nTwo-thirds of Americans (68%) say empathy is a foundational moral value that helps build a healthy society, compared with 27% who say it can become dangerous when it leads people away from building a society guided by Godās truth. The vast majority of Democrats (84%) and independents (70%) agree that empathy helps build a healthy society, compared with 54% of Republicans.
\nRepub...
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Itās Hard To Be A Rich Radical | Defector
\n\nwww.leefeagin.com","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/29/its-hard-to-be-a.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T12:15:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 12:15","date_timestamp":1793276124,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@leefeagin/117524145183957224"]}},{"id":"100078276","content_html":"Black conservatives are having quite the moment right now in the culture, and it would be a lot easier for him and others like him if they just came out and admitted it. Stop pretending you recently read The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and admit you are really rich and donāt like paying taxes, everyone else be damned. It would honestly get you a lot less hassle from actual black leftists than this whole routine, the necessity of lying about your beliefs or the various forms of sabotaging real black liberation or building of wealth. At least Kanye is making it...
\n
\n\n\nBeautiful church buildings respect the mysteries that occur within, chiefly the transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. If we have a high view of the Eucharist ā¦ we will ā¦ want to have a beautiful temple in which these sacred mysteries occur. By contrast, a low view of the Eucharist often finds expression in church buildings that proclaim a type of architectural Docetism: God is everywhere generally but nowhere in particular.
\n
Robin Phillips, Rediscovering the Goodness of Creation
\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.intellectualoid.com/2026/10/29/beautiful-church-buildings-respect-the.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T10:40:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Roger Wm. Bennett","url":"http://intellectualoid.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2FReaderJohn%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ReaderJohn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 10:40","date_timestamp":1793270455,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100058156","content_html":"A bit relieved to have finished Poison Point (Wild Blue Air Mysteries Book 1) by Sabine Frisch: š
\n\nWhen Barry Barton books a flight to his new cottage on Poison Point, Elle gets a close look at the man who's become the most hated person in Blind Cove.
It was a bit repetitive and quite unlikely. At one point I checked the author was actually a human and not an AI. It just grated on me somewhat. Book 2 won't be in my future.
\n![\"Book](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2378/2026/poison-point-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://miraz.me/2026/10/29/a-bit-relieved-to-have.html","date_published":"2026-10-29T02:00:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Miraz Jordan","url":"https://miraz.me/activitypub/Miraz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F6221.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Miraz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-29 02:00","date_timestamp":1793239243,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100056829","content_html":"Iām not in the habit of researching graves but I quite like the quote included on Winifred Holtbyās headstone.
\n\n\nGod give me work
\n
\ntill my life shall end
\nand life
\ntill my work is done
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