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: thoughtshrapnel.comIntermission : thoughtshrapnel.com
The mistake of believing you are the bigger thing: thoughtshrapnel.com
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@dougbelshaw.com chef’s kiss
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","summary":"","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/05/23/as-per-my-last-email.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T13:15:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Thought Shrapnel","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F01%2F4677.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thoughtshrapnel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 13:15","date_timestamp":1779542115,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ht5ofkhwfau3tvhgh2o36j3b/post/3mmjjuh2pi62b"]}},{"id":"90769439","content_html":"Always more mountains: thoughtshrapnel.com
","summary":"","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/05/23/always-more-mountains.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T13:02:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Thought Shrapnel","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F01%2F4677.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thoughtshrapnel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 13:02","date_timestamp":1779541369,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ht5ofkhwfau3tvhgh2o36j3b/post/3mmjj6fswft2h"]}},{"id":"90769123","content_html":"The house that eats its foundations: thoughtshrapnel.com
","summary":"","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/05/23/the-house-that-eats-its.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T12:58:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Thought Shrapnel","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F01%2F4677.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thoughtshrapnel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 12:58","date_timestamp":1779541100,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90768669","content_html":"Use it or lose it: thoughtshrapnel.com
","summary":"","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/05/23/use-it-or-lose-it.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T12:46:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Thought Shrapnel","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F01%2F4677.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thoughtshrapnel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 12:46","date_timestamp":1779540417,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90652190","content_html":"@dougbelshaw.com Oh my days that looks like a B-movie of a B-movie
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","summary":"","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/05/21/yt-hncaddwqxs-i-learned-about.html","date_published":"2026-05-21T16:18:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Thought Shrapnel","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F01%2F4677.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thoughtshrapnel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 16:18","date_timestamp":1779380328,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90643153","content_html":"New genres are emerging that exploit cognitive and moral resources in ways that did not have technological pathways before: thoughtshrapnel.com
","summary":"","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/05/21/new-genres-are-emerging-that.html","date_published":"2026-05-21T16:01:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Thought Shrapnel","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F01%2F4677.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thoughtshrapnel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 16:01","date_timestamp":1779379281,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ht5ofkhwfau3tvhgh2o36j3b/post/3mmes6qexzk2b"]}},{"id":"90641967","content_html":"Drug testing on brains hovering between life and death ![\"Auto-generated](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2026/milad-fakurian-58z17lnvs4u-unsplash.jpg\")
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@dougbelshaw.com Cheers!
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Field Notes on Productive Friction: thoughtshrapnel.com
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","summary":"","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/05/17/arbitrary-structures-and-accidental-hierarchies.html","date_published":"2026-05-17T06:53:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Thought Shrapnel","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F01%2F4677.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thoughtshrapnel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-17 06:53","date_timestamp":1779000832,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ht5ofkhwfau3tvhgh2o36j3b/post/3mlzrq6k67c2r"]}},{"id":"90336685","content_html":"\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/05/17/i-have-led-a-toothless.html","date_published":"2026-05-17T06:49:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Thought Shrapnel","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F01%2F4677.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thoughtshrapnel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-17 06:49","date_timestamp":1779000555,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ht5ofkhwfau3tvhgh2o36j3b/post/3mlzrhkznrq23"]}},{"id":"90242385","content_html":"I have led a toothless life, he thought. A toothless life. I have never bitten into anything. I was waiting. I was reserving myself for later on—and I have just noticed that my teeth have gone.
\n– Jean-Paul Sartre, The Age of Reason
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@indy.bsky.social Well, 1Gbps down. More like 100Mbps up.
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","summary":"","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/05/15/digital-legacy.html","date_published":"2026-05-15T08:50:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Thought Shrapnel","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F01%2F4677.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thoughtshrapnel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 08:50","date_timestamp":1778835041,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90213645","content_html":"The impact of volcanoes on the Black Death ![\"Exhibit](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2026/blackdeath-tourmai.jpg\")
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Don't write in the passive voice: thoughtshrapnel.com
","summary":"","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/05/15/dont-write-in-the-passive.html","date_published":"2026-05-15T08:29:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Thought Shrapnel","url":"https://thoughtshrapnel.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F01%2F4677.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thoughtshrapnel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 08:29","date_timestamp":1778833766,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90179780","content_html":"@mrlockyer.bsky.social You’re the reason it exists @mrlockyer.bsky.social! If you hadn’t pretty much insisted it should be a thing, it probably wouldn’t have been!
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My kidnappers returning me back: thoughtshrapnel.com
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@dougbelshaw.com Me? I use the Firefox-based Zen browser. And love it.
\nzen-browser.app
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@benpatrickwill.bsky.social Those last sentences: “The peer-reviewed article has had a good run. Whether what replaces it is better depends almost entirely on how we confront this moment of disruption to actually think about what scientific communication is for. Just something more to work on during this polycrisis.” 👌
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My goal is to encourage people to take action and look at the alternatives that are on the table: thoughtshrapnel.com
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\n“Plan a conference schedule around my preferences. Outline your assumptions, and ask me questions to help refine your answer.”
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\nYes, it was last updated “May 2026”. How prescient.
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