My heart's full after having attended the launch party for Orbital Studies No.0. It's a beautiful artifact that pulled a fascinating community into its orbit. Looking forward to thinking & working towards a more beautiful scientific culture with y'all! And, of course, #Goethe made a cameo! @wxs.ca

Toronto: come out to the launch party for Orbital Studies Issue № 0 on May 6th! Featuring readings from J.F. Martel and Jaspreet Singh, and live music from local artists Michael Palumbo and Stacks. luma.com/sw5ko1k9

This is basically where I've ended up. Computationalism seems to be a dead end.

Dream project for the last year: art direction for Orbital Studies. Featuring a brand new Authentic Serif; commissioned work from friends @mynameiseno.bsky.social @rileyjshaw.com; printed on munken and gf smith colorplan citrine; layflat thread-sewn otabind (robinkinross.substack.com/p/otabind) !!!

My project for the last year, Orbital Studies Issue № 0 is available now! Orbital Studies is a literary science magazine. We publish writing and art in service of a more beautiful scientific culture. Includes work from @philipcball.bsky.social, @spencer.place, Michael Levin... orbitalstudies.com

Adults love to talk about the impact of technology on kids, but we so rarely listen to the kids themselves. Next week's Wayfinding event is trying to change that: a panel of teenagers talking about their relationship with technology. Join us on Wednesday

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

This is one of the only good takes

”The real world is what is left unsaid when we have said everything. What we have said is language and the world is not language. A rock is not a word.“ — Guy Davenport

I'll be doing one of these sessions, we'll take the love of complex patterns and structures which often draws us to work in tech, but instead we'll leave our screens and go for a walk in the woods, foraging new patterns, grounding the abstractions in the natural world.

Frankly amazed that any biology gets done at all tbh

We're accepting new writing for Orbital Studies, a literary science magazine cultivating a poetic orientation towards the world revealed to us by science. Issue theme: *Ways of Seeing The Objective World* Deadline Dec 10: orbitalstudies.com Please share! We pay all contributors.

Paul Klee The Bounds of the Intellect, 1927

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Each type of touch neuron can detect specific sensations, such as vibration or temperature; together they generate our complex touch experience. www.quantamagazine.org/touch-our-mo...

Just got handed an invite to Western Toronto’s fastest growing screen free social network PostPost Social The full protocol specification is available if you want to self onboard postpost.social

In response to all the ai pushed on us & predictions of replacing professions, I think "Men have forgotten this truth," "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important." My images take extraordinary amounts of time for me to make and I wouldn’t have it any other way

TIL that most modern heavy metal logos are designed by a guy who works at the Co-Op in Exeter www.devonlive.com/whats-on/wha...

Periodic reminder that are.na is the best place on the internet. Legitimately somewhere I feel awe/movement, not something I typically get through this little glowing demon rectangle. Here's a great channel on anachronism: https://www.are.na/francesco-venturi/anachronisms

today is the day

Layers of information in an archival document: - What is said - What is not said - What is alluded to - What is omitted intentionally (and unintentionally) - What is misleading - What is ambiguous - What is highlighted - What is downplayed - What is weaponized - What is unintelligible today ...

Dear trainee friends (et al.), 'Tis true that parts of the sky are falling & this is distracting. However, if you happen to have done A THING (paper, etc.), we want to support you. Don't hold back from letting us know. So we can learn and 👏. We're still here for the science. Sincerely, Everyone

Well, this seems now to be official. Trust me, it is a beautiful thing. yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

By popular demand https://PostPost.social now includes accessibility features: send us your phone number and we'll read your posts aloud to you! #toronto #socialmedia #mail #accessibility

this morning @wxs.ca led a discussion on Antiqua and nova - here are some my thoughts! www.vatican.va/roman_curia/...

A new study finds ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence. Learn more: scim.ag/4h2K0ID

I'm going to make enemies, but saying that we know the number of parameters of the brain is akin to saying that you have no clue about the brain. It's a complex multilevel system tightly integrated with the rest of the body. The statement doesn't even make sense, or "not even wrong" as they say.

"the body agent is using the bioelectric patterns as its memory, and simultaneously, these agential memories are doing their thing while using the physical body as their memory scratchpad" […]

I try to post my reminders that spaced repetition propagates a soulless and depressing conception of learning at regularly spaced intervals to help people remember.

They mean instead tasks with a quantifiable performance metric. The notion that these capture the primary characteristics of human cognition/intelligence is not just mistaken but corrosive.

I wish more words were like "cringe" and pointed directly at a physical experience. Friends have suggested "blush" or "chills" as other solid candidates.

Just heard the phrase "atpyicality accelerationism" from a teacher.

Every time I read Jan Zwicky I feel this sense of clarity, she's writing from another world where the poetic and analytical minds are not separate. I recommend her piece in the latest issue of Brick magazine. (Buy the magazine at https://brickmag.com or at […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I'm definitely going to adopt this practice: @bret has his preferred contact on his website as a PO box. I would also prefer to engage in high effort/care communication (also why my inbox has 8000 unread emails, I will give you my full attention over a dinner)

The Rise and Fall of Peer Review https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review