{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Writing Slowly","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/writingslowly","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"4028","username":"writingslowly","bio":"My name’s Richard. I live in Sydney, on the traditional land of Bidjigal people of the Eora nation. Here I write about writing and reading (and what I do when I'm not writing or reading).\n\nI'm writing slowly but may at some point speed up.\n \nConnect with me on micro.blog or at Mastodon @aus.social@writingslowly. On Reddit, I'm @atomicnotes.\n","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":222,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2022/4028.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"92329356","content_html":"<p>Loud and agitated shouting had me alarmed this morning. Sounded like a real bust-up. Then I understood. It’s the World Cup. Messi has scored. Our neighbours are Argentinian and this is only the start. ❤️🇦🇷</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/17/loud-and-agitated-shouting-had.html","date_published":"2026-06-17T01:42:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-17 01:42","date_timestamp":1781660530,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116762905490290677","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3moh6pz3luo22"]}},{"id":"92269780","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/isaacgreene\">@isaacgreene</a> &gt; students tell me it’s the first time they have heard either topic discussed in a course.</p>\n<p>Very interesting – have you encountered a view that ‘how to learn’ should only be taught implicitly? I feel there are plenty of people who could benefit from explicit teaching on this.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/92269780","date_published":"2026-06-16T07:15:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 07:15","date_timestamp":1781594149,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92248399","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>”A student’s understanding of particular subjects forms in collaboration with teachers, peers and the daily friction of being one mind among many.” – W. Ian O’Byrne</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>A thoughtful article on <a href=\"https://theconversation.com/ai-schools-like-alpha-promise-efficiency-but-cant-replicate-the-messy-process-that-helps-kids-learn-282464\">the messy process that helps kids learn</a>.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/16/a-students-understanding-of-particular.html","date_published":"2026-06-15T22:13:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 22:13","date_timestamp":1781561628,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116756426089907752","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3moecnkdlwn2u"]}},{"id":"92196367","content_html":"<p>So you practised for 10,000 hours but you’re still not an expert. What happens next? How to learn deliberate practice: <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/15/how-to-learn-deliberate-practice.html\">https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/15/how-to-learn-deliberate-practice.html</a></p>\n<p>#ShuHaRi\n#Expertise\n#LearningStrategies\n#PersonalGrowth</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/15/so-you-practised-for-hours.html","date_published":"2026-06-15T04:10:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 04:10","date_timestamp":1781496644,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116752164749314309"]}},{"id":"92184263","content_html":"<p>How to learn deliberate practice: <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/15/how-to-learn-deliberate-practice.html\">writingslowly.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/15/how-to-learn-deliberate-practice.html","date_published":"2026-06-14T22:28:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-14 22:28","date_timestamp":1781476089,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116750818899736796","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mobsxwkxmm25"]}},{"id":"91895312","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://iami.earth\">@iami.earth</a> According to at least one German court, the Google AI’s patterns are owned not by ‘us’ but by Google: <a href=\"https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/\">Landmark German ruling declares Google’s AI Overviews are Google’s own words and makes it liable for false answers | The Decoder</a></p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/91895312","date_published":"2026-06-10T11:53:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-10 11:53","date_timestamp":1781092436,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91802671","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://keanuheydari.bsky.social\">@keanuheydari.bsky.social</a> These days the curious make do with social media</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mnt2xdsg2s2x","date_published":"2026-06-09T01:41:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-09 01:41","date_timestamp":1780969302,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91802672","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://writingslowly.bsky.social\">@writingslowly.bsky.social</a> The patterns belong to Anthropic or OpenAI etc, not the software itself. I’m suspicious of attributing personality to AI because it may lead to offloading ethical decisions to AI, and to the owners avoiding responsibility. In this sense the question <em>is</em> ‘who is home’.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mnsygxtesc2x","date_published":"2026-06-09T00:56:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-09 00:56","date_timestamp":1780966605,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91747430","content_html":"<p>Pelicans? Well if you insist.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/97469/2026/pelicans-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"A group of pelicans with large bills and distinctive black and white plumage are floating on the water.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<p>#BirdsOfAustralia<br>\n#WildlifePhotography\n#FeatheredFriends</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/08/pelicans-well-if-you-insist.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T10:37:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 10:37","date_timestamp":1780915079,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116714051546725052","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mnrihtjgc52f"]}},{"id":"91741430","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://iami.earth\">@iami.earth</a> Thanks for replying. I’m not sure about much but am pretty sure I already know no one is home. LLMs are excellent word and code prediction machines. As such they have barely more ‘personality’ than Eliza did. <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2023/05/23/jules-verne-could.html\">Jules Verne could have told us AI is not a real person</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/91741430","date_published":"2026-06-08T07:51:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 07:51","date_timestamp":1780905104,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91740879","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/grumpysmiffy@aus.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@grumpysmiffy</a></span> thanks for your reply - it’s a good point that use of natural language makes the interface accessible. I still feel it’s dangerous. For example it might be easier to delegate ethical decisions to AI software if it’s portrayed as being a ‘person’.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/91740879","date_published":"2026-06-08T07:28:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 07:28","date_timestamp":1780903710,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91740810","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://no-wetware.bsky.social\">@no-wetware.bsky.social</a> It’s obviously not the only available grammar. The pronoun doesn’t name a perspective or position because there isn’t one. There literally is no first person emanating from the AI. That’s what’s deceptive and it’s plainly working very well.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/91740810","date_published":"2026-06-08T07:25:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 07:25","date_timestamp":1780903545,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91688529","content_html":"<p>Why must sci-fi author Ted Chiang state in <em>The Atlantic</em> that AI is not conscious? I call this <strong><a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2023/05/23/jules-verne-could.html\">La Stilla Syndrome</a></strong>: my Jules Verne-inspired name for the delusion our technology is alive. Chiang doesn’t buy it and nor should we.</p>\n<p>#SciFi<br>\n#ArtificialIntelligence<br>\n#TedChiang<br>\n#JulesVerne<br>\n#TechPhilosophy</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/07/why-must-scifi-author-ted.html","date_published":"2026-06-07T08:20:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 08:20","date_timestamp":1780820444,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116707850664893740","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mnoqefqpgv2a"]}},{"id":"91684593","content_html":"<p>Sci-fi writer Ted Chiang has <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/\">words of wisdom</a> about so-called AI consciousness:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>💬 “it is fundamentally dishonest to have a machine emit many categories of sentences, including any sentences using first-person pronouns.”</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I said this exactly <em>three years</em> ago. We’re still being <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2023/06/07/gaslit-by-machinery.html\">gaslit by machinery that calls itself a person</a>.</p>\n<p>#AIHype</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/07/scifi-writer-ted-chiang-has.html","date_published":"2026-06-07T06:04:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 06:04","date_timestamp":1780812246,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116707317452679951","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mnoirk3kiu2t"]}},{"id":"91678262","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>💬  ”Roughly speaking, the world is divided into two classes: those who use the Card Index System and those who do not.”<br>\n<a href=\"https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Byles%2C+R.+B%22\">Byles, R. B</a>, 1911. <em>The card index system; its principles, uses, operation, and component parts</em> (London: Sir Isaac Pitman &amp; Sons), page v. </p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Still true after more than a century!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/97469/2026/four-drawer-cabinet.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\" alt=\"Auto-generated description: A four-drawer cabinet with decorative handles and label holders is shown in this image.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<p>#Zettelkasten<br>\n#NoteTaking<br>\n#PKM</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/07/roughly-speaking-the-world-is.html","date_published":"2026-06-07T01:26:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 01:26","date_timestamp":1780795586,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116706221393608688","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mnnz742im72p"]}},{"id":"91645248","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>“There’s a great strength in me showing you a chord or a riff or something, and it’s just going from mind to mind, there’s no paper involved. All of what we did in this very studio would be that. It was really an immediate transference of ideas.”<br>\n– Paul McCartney on <em>The Rest is History</em> podcast on <a href=\"https://youtube.com/watch?v=kSp9K058Tbk\">YouTube</a>.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>This chimes with the Japanese concept of <em>ishin-denshin</em>, heart-to-heart communication, which is central to the <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/shuhari-book/\">Shu Ha Ri way of learning</a> I’ve written about.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/97469/2025/7457bbb2f6-m.jpg\" alt=\"Three of the Beatles are gathered in a studio, holding guitars and engaging in conversation with George Martin.\" loading=\"lazy\">","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/06/theres-a-great-strength-in.html","date_published":"2026-06-06T12:37:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 12:37","date_timestamp":1780749448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116703196728091635","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mnmo7mytxx2d"]}},{"id":"91638563","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> agree!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/91638563","date_published":"2026-06-06T09:20:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 09:20","date_timestamp":1780737607,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91617538","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781526672162/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781526672162\">Eight Million Ways to Happiness</a> by Hiroko Yoda 📚</p>\n<p>Japan is a deeply secular country full of shrines, temples, festivals and ceremonies. This book unpacks the paradox by exploring spiritual life in Japan as it’s actually lived, not the rather warped Western fantasy version.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/06/currently-reading-eight-million-ways.html","date_published":"2026-06-06T01:02:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 01:02","date_timestamp":1780707732,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116700463735804801","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mnlheszarf2p"]}},{"id":"91557580","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> this updated Mac app for micro.blog is looking great. Thanks!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/91557580","date_published":"2026-06-05T03:17:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-05 03:17","date_timestamp":1780629429,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91264824","content_html":"<p>Atomic notes have a long history: <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/31/atomic-notes-have-a-long.html\">writingslowly.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/31/atomic-notes-have-a-long.html","date_published":"2026-05-31T13:20:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 13:20","date_timestamp":1780233658,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116669395130088097","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mn5ofmi2pz2n"]}},{"id":"91262105","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://jakelazaroff.com\">@jakelazaroff.com</a> I’m tech illiterate. Micro.blog already does it for me. Announced at www.manton.org/2026/05/30/s…</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mn5ivllj6k2u","date_published":"2026-05-31T11:52:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 11:52","date_timestamp":1780228361,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91253973","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://kroyxt.bsky.social\">@kroyxt.bsky.social</a> Tio estas sufiĉe justa. Vi ankaŭ povas uzi viajn notlibrojn kiel fontomaterialon por Zettelkasten, same kiel vi citus iun ajn alian fonton.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mn55l5m27s2s","date_published":"2026-05-31T08:29:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 08:29","date_timestamp":1780216199,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91182928","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/joshuapsteele\">@joshuapsteele</a> Change is difficult but staying the same has proved impossible.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/91182928","date_published":"2026-05-29T23:42:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-29 23:42","date_timestamp":1780098166,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91074276","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> how much mystery can one potting shed possibly hold? Looks like plenty! When I was ten a friend and I ran a ‘detective agency’ out of a potting shed, from where we advertised for mysteries to solve. I had completely forgotten until your post reminded me.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/91074276","date_published":"2026-05-28T12:39:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 12:39","date_timestamp":1779971946,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91074106","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lightlogged\">@lightlogged</a> a belated welcome to micro.blog !</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/91074106","date_published":"2026-05-28T12:35:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 12:35","date_timestamp":1779971709,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91073849","content_html":"<p>I’m very interested in Brett Terpstra’s Mac app, <a href=\"https://markedapp.com\">Marked3</a>, launched today on <a href=\"https://www.producthunt.com/products/marked-2\">Product Hunt</a>.</p>\n<p>It’s a utility that gives markdown documents superpowers. I’m testing this out for a week but already expect to be buying it. Anyone else using it?</p>\n<p>#Markdown #MacApps #WritingTools</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/28/im-very-interested-in-brett.html","date_published":"2026-05-28T12:27:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 12:27","date_timestamp":1779971260,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://aus.social/@writingslowly/116652197045320191","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mmvzhn26b324"]}},{"id":"91073496","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>We are very close to a prompt to fan fiction model of publishing.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I heard this on the <em>Author Update Podcast</em> and it’s a shift I predicted at the start of 2024: <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2024/01/27/soon-well-all.html\">Soon we’ll all be writing the books we want to read</a>.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/28/we-are-very-close-to.html","date_published":"2026-05-28T12:16:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 12:16","date_timestamp":1779970619,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116652155845744801","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mmvyuwsj5g2m"]}},{"id":"91031570","content_html":"<p>📷 Stormy weather is a great time to take photographs.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/97469/2026/stormy-coastline-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Waves wash onto a sandy beach under a cloudy sky at dusk, with a distant rocky headland and the scattered lights of houses clinging to the cliffs.\" loading=\"lazy\">","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/28/stormy-weather-is-a-great.html","date_published":"2026-05-27T20:49:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-27 20:49","date_timestamp":1779914986,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90848772","content_html":"<p>Two fascinating articles show quite different sides to Japan:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://davidoks.blog/p/why-japanese-companies-do-so-many\">Why Japanese companies do so many different things. The internal logic of the world’s strangest corporations</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.obayashi.co.jp/en/kikan_obayashi/detail/kikan_64_project.html\">Deciphering the Hashihara Castle Town Map: The Imaginary Town of MOTOORI Norinaga</a></p>\n<p>#CorporateCulture #JapaneseHistory #LongReads</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/25/two-fascinating-articles-show-quite.html","date_published":"2026-05-24T22:51:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-24 22:51","date_timestamp":1779663090,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116632001464777799","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mmn2hrqr3q22"]}},{"id":"90769942","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://austingmackell.bsky.social\">@austingmackell.bsky.social</a> Wait. So now there’s a link between capitalism and fascism? 🤯</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mmjj7phd5223","date_published":"2026-05-23T13:05:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 13:05","date_timestamp":1779541506,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90751914","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2Fn4YEPanrb976XfPKjSsHaIrlSt9.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>Watched: <a href=\"https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/878608\">Resurrection</a> 🍿</p>\n<p>An amazing experience. More fragmented than Bi Gan’s previous movies, but easily as engaging. There were many nods to cinema history, and an article by <a href=\"https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/feature-articles/cinema-disembodied-bi-gan-revisiting-the-death-of-cinema-cliche-with-resurrection/\">Xinyuan Wang</a> helped. Essential viewing, and not just for the virtuoso 30-minute-long single shot near the end.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/23/watched-resurrection-an-amazing-experience.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T04:47:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 04:47","date_timestamp":1779511652,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116622079833448402","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mminhxg3g62e"]}},{"id":"90751467","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/microadrian\">@microadrian</a> true! I’m also inspipred by <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2025/03/07/im-always-comparing-my-sloppy.html\">Dan Harmon’s advice</a>:</p>\n<p>&gt; ‘Switch from team “I will one day write something good” to team “I have no choice but to write a piece of shit.”’</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/90751467","date_published":"2026-05-23T04:31:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 04:31","date_timestamp":1779510718,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90446927","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780241655672/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Some books on writing:</p>\n<p>Hidalgo, César A. 2025. <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780241655672\">Infinite Alphabet: and The Laws Of Knowledge</a>. Allen lane.</p>\n<p>Fletcher, Angus. 2022. <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781800750234\">WonderWorks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories</a>. London: Swift Press.</p>\n<p>Smith, Emma. 2023. <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781524749101\">Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers.</a> Penguin Books.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/19/some-books-on-writing-hidalgo.html","date_published":"2026-05-18T22:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 22:00","date_timestamp":1779141600,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116597825300476491","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mm5usbdyc62q"]}},{"id":"90410138","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/isaacgreene\">@isaacgreene</a>  It’s hard not to envy those yet to read certain great novels - the sheer wonder that awaits them. <em>One Hunded Years of Solitude</em> is near the top of that list. And I remember feeling similarly about Mark Helprin’s <em>A Soldier of the Great War</em>, which is less well-known by far.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/90410138","date_published":"2026-05-18T12:31:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 12:31","date_timestamp":1779107518,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90399036","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/tracydurnell\">@tracydurnell</a> thanks - he’s spending his last few days being pampered by our family</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/90399036","date_published":"2026-05-18T08:40:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 08:40","date_timestamp":1779093613,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90399033","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>The expert’s trap is where you start thinking of yourself as having gone beyond the need to learn anything new.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>What did the legendary Zen maverick Ikkyū Sōjun teach about overcoming the expert’s trap? Find out in <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/18/the-paradox-of-mastery-why.html\">The Paradox of Mastery</a>.</p>\n<p>#ShuHaRi #Learning #Buddhism #ContinuousLearning #Japan</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/18/the-experts-trap-is-where.html","date_published":"2026-05-18T08:39:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 08:39","date_timestamp":1779093548,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116594678907954639","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mm4i3iclzy2q"]}},{"id":"90398901","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> Thak you and yes, it is very real</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/90398901","date_published":"2026-05-18T08:37:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 08:37","date_timestamp":1779093435,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90378614","content_html":"<p>The Paradox of Mastery: Why the Expert Must Remain a Beginner <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/97469/2026/lake-biwa.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"A scenic view over Lake Biwa near Kyoto showcases lush foliage framing a distant body of water and mountains in the background.\"> : <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/18/the-paradox-of-mastery-why.html\">writingslowly.com</a></p>","summary":"\"A Zen Buddhist master hands his successor a formal certificate of mastery. The successor burns it. Why?\"\n\nNo, it’s not a Zen koan but it almost could be.\n\nThe name for such a certificate in Japanese is inka. This word might be translated as a ‘seal of approval’, but it’s hardly that straightforward...","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/18/the-paradox-of-mastery-why.html","date_published":"2026-05-17T23:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-17 23:00","date_timestamp":1779058800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116592398314271814","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mm3hodzcj226"]}},{"id":"90370360","content_html":"<p>On Friday we learned our cat, who has <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2023/03/01/march-microblog-photo.html\">visited</a> <em>Writing Slowly</em> <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2023/03/01/march-microblog-photo.html\">several</a> <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2026/04/06/make-youtube-videos-and-youll.html\">times</a>, has a terminal illness, with just weeks to live.</p>\n<p>I’m deeply sad. He has been my close companion through years of working from home. To discover I could feel this way about a cat is a harsh gift, but a gift all the same.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/97469/2026/cat-closeup-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"A tabby cat with wide eyes is peering out from under a piece of furniture.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/18/on-friday-we-learned-our.html","date_published":"2026-05-17T20:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-17 20:00","date_timestamp":1779048000,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116591691361235235","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mm35myiafr24"]}},{"id":"90280663","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/cogdog@cosocial.ca\" class=\"u-url mention\">@cogdog</a></span> it is a really interesting article isn’t it? Makes me imagine there’s probably a journal for absolutely everything!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/90280663","date_published":"2026-05-16T08:01:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 08:01","date_timestamp":1778918495,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90273573","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>💬 “Our conventional response to all media, namely that it is how they are used that counts, is the numb stance of the technological idiot. For <strong>the ‘content’ of a medium is like the juicy piece of meat carried by the burglar to distract the watchdog of the mind.</strong>” — Marshall McLuhan</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Whether you’re interested in making your own containers for ‘content’ or in challenging the whole paradigm, the key is to create new ways of being human.</p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/10/whats-the-future-of-creative.html\">What’s the future of creative work without human intent?</a></p>\n<p>#AmWriting #Creativity #Fediblog #MediaTheory</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/16/our-conventional-response-to-all.html","date_published":"2026-05-16T04:08:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 04:08","date_timestamp":1778904522,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116582291787517322","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mlwy2obzrr26"]}},{"id":"90259433","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/cogdog@cosocial.ca\" class=\"u-url mention\">@cogdog</a></span> it’s interesting how our memories of books sometimes connect to the places we read them. My main memory of ZAMM is constantly wondering “what kind of bike was he riding?” because he never said. The book felt different when I found out. <a href=\"https://motorcyclestudies.org/volume-17-2021/chrome-and-black-and-dusty-robert-pirsigs-motorcycle-heritage-paul-f-johnston/#jp-carousel-7462\">Chrome and black and dusty</a></p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/90259433","date_published":"2026-05-15T21:39:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 21:39","date_timestamp":1778881158,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90242096","content_html":"<p>Memory isn’t a static recording but a constant act of reconstruction. Every time we revisit a note or a book, we are weaving together the original content with our current environment and past self.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>“We construct and reconstruct our memories every time we attempt to recall them.”</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>So how do we decide what’s worth preserving and what we must allow ourselves to forget? Explore the “differential allocation of attentional resources” in this look at the fallibility of memory.</p>\n<p>Link: <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/15/remembering-what-you-read.html\">writingslowly.com/2026/05/1…</a></p>\n<p>#CognitiveScience #Philosophy #Memory</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/16/memory-isnt-a-static-recording.html","date_published":"2026-05-15T17:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 17:00","date_timestamp":1778864400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116579659774564061","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mlvsnkkw7i2h"]}},{"id":"90231923","content_html":"<p>Is note-making an “aide memoire” or a replacement for the source? To distill a book into notes on it, is to change our relationship with the original text. Beyond just storing facts we are building a library of our own interpretations. There’s a friction between preservation and occlusion in our digital workflows.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>“When you make notes you forget your reading and replace it with the future opportunity to read again not the original book but your own notes on it.”</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/15/remembering-what-you-read.html\">writingslowly.com/2026/05/1…</a></p>\n<p>#Zettelkasten #PKM #NoteMaking</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/16/is-notemaking-an-aide-memoire.html","date_published":"2026-05-15T14:24:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 14:24","date_timestamp":1778855056,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116579046169802475","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mlvjwiz4hb23"]}},{"id":"90231787","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/davoh\">@davoh</a> Glad to see you’re still posting <a href=\"https://davoh.org/search/?q=shelfie\">shelfies</a>. I imagine <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2023/05/09/aby-warburgs-three.html\">Abie Warburg</a> might approve. It was said of his library: ‘Warburg had chosen and arranged the books like stones from a mosaic of which he had the pattern in his mind.’</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/90231787","date_published":"2026-05-15T14:22:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 14:22","date_timestamp":1778854963,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90189017","content_html":"<p>There’s a unique magic in the physical bookshelf. It acts as a spatial memory palace where a spine or a colour can trigger a flood of recollection. <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/15/remembering-what-you-read.html\">‘Remembering What you Read’</a>\nlooks at why reorganising a library feels like reorganising a mind, and what it really means to be “well-read” in this time of digital summaries and ephemeral content.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>“The book shelves are a kind of ‘memory palace’ for the books themselves. In fact this realisation is quite important to me.”</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>#Bookstodon #HomeLibrary #ReadingLife</p>","summary":"","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/15/theres-a-unique-magic-in.html","date_published":"2026-05-14T22:19:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 22:19","date_timestamp":1778797199,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Aus.social/@writingslowly/116575254538980306","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jypc3v5xm7pr74gwex5cm74b/post/3mltu2cafy523"]}},{"id":"90169440","content_html":"<p>Remembering what you read <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/97469/2026/cat-and-bookcase.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"A tabby cat is perched on the edge of a sofa in a sunlit room with bookshelves and an armchair in the background.\"> : <a href=\"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/15/remembering-what-you-read.html\">writingslowly.com</a></p>","summary":"One of the chief uses of note-making is to help you to remember what you read.\n\nBut it’s not as simple as imagining your notes are just an ‘aide memoire’.\n\nWhen you make notes you forget your reading and replace it with the future opportunity to read again not the original book but your own notes on...","url":"https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/15/remembering-what-you-read.html","date_published":"2026-05-14T17:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 17:00","date_timestamp":1778778000,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89913713","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Mattiverse\">@Mattiverse</a> Welcome to micro.blog - looking forward to what you share.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/89913713","date_published":"2026-05-11T08:35:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-11 08:35","date_timestamp":1778488554,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89278972","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://joeywingster.bsky.social\">@joeywingster.bsky.social</a> that’s wonderful. Motion sickness would prevent me from writing like that unfortunately</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/89278972","date_published":"2026-04-29T23:13:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 23:13","date_timestamp":1777504382,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89223455","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ausrtho@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@ausrtho</a></span> Yes, but I’d probably find your location quite exotic, trains or no trains</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/writingslowly/89223455","date_published":"2026-04-29T06:44:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Writing Slowly","url":"http://www.writingslowly.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4028.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"writingslowly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 06:44","date_timestamp":1777445069,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}