Just go play in Second Life and stop wasting our time. gizmodo.com/please-just-...

Joseph Matheny announces free audio versions of his work @ongs-hat.com - www.rawillumination.net/2026/03/jose...

Tip of the hat to @rob-brezsny.bsky.social for making me aware of this article, and by extension this book and by further extension, this writer. archive.is/2026.02.25-1...

One from the archives: 2014 www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/l...

People feel compelled to send me the weirdest $h|t. (Warning, link to that "other" site) x.com/AstorAaron/s...

"Find a foolish project and pursue it. It doesn't matter what people think of you." It's like he knows me. 😜 pca.st/1xkxylh0

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking to eliminate old-growth and wildlife protections across nearly 2 million acres of public lands. Clearcutting is part of that plan, the idea being to facilitate “maximum” logging capacity. corvallisadvocate.com/marys-peak-a...

'The Unseen Internet' is a new book that seems interesting @shirachess.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2026/02/the-...

This Sunday, 2/22 I'll be livestreaming with @drangelapuca.bsky.social about all things dark academia: www.youtube.com/live/TFx1WDU...

Local pride. dailyemerald.com/180565/news/...

Discussing the ethical and judicious use of LLMs. pocketcasts.com/podcast/this...

This documentary just keeps giving. AUDIO – NON-FICTION This Is Not A Game: Season 1, ‘Portal to Utopia’ and ‘Joseph Matheny’ – Marc Fennell with Emma Weatherill if.com.au/awgie-wins-f...

WTF is it with these randos following me and then DMing me to recruit me into the Illuminati? Illuminati MLM? WTAF?

Yes, I'm aware of this article. Haven't read it all yet, but at least the quote is correct. As usual, I wasn't asked for a comment. Journalists really strive to take a sensationalist approach to almost everything these days so I don't expect to be overall disappointed in the analysis.

This is great information. I cringe at the decision to read some book passages by AI, but the human conversation is worth enduring the bad choice of using an AI voice for a small part of the podcast.

Charlie don't surf! Fare thee well, you great talent.

As someone who has spent far too much of their life sequestered in data centers, I can verify that the claims of an influx of jobs as result of building these giant parasites on your community are bogus. VOTE NO WHEN THEY SHOW UP. pca.st/episode/61a2...

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Lao Tzu

My pick for the best movie of the last few years.

You must return to absolute zero. Only then can the fool begin the journey. (I borrow this concept of zero from Jim Morrison, who, with a Hollywood screenwriter, had devised a plot about someone who disappeared into the jungle in search of ‘absolute zero. I also reference it in Xen.)