I got a chance to see Steve Gunn as he came through Baltimore tonight -- just him and his guitar, with some pedals ... precise, delicate with frayed, spaced out edges. Good stuff!

This is unreal. The 2026 code4lib conference has been cancelled unilaterally by Carnegie Mellon University because the Department of Education raised issues with the diversity scholarships: > An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]

@ksclarke I imagine you already know this story, but being a local would appreciate if you handn't already: https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2025-12-01-amateur-radio-is-a-superpower-thomas-witherspoon/

Has anyone seen a reason for why Markdown paste in Google Docs only is supported in Chrome, and not Firefox? PS. It seems like today is just a day for mumbling random questions into the fediverse.

Amateur radio, aka ham radio, is like a superpower - especially during a disaster. From the newest Techtonic, my interview with @qrper (K4SWL, or Thomas Witherspoon) and how he survived Hurricane Helene. Fascinating. Full episode […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

This post will not appear in the timeline of most Pixelfed users. Because considered at "not pretty enough" for them (despite the great illustration by @davidrevoy ) It worth asking the question: Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on? […]

It seems to me that the fascination with a soul_doc isn't so much about whether human values can be encoded into LLMs as it is about a subconscious desire for LLMs to be more deterministic.

Resilient Communities, Resilient Archives Online Conference: Protecting Heritage, Memory & Land in Palestine & Lebanon (online this Fri-Sun) https://www.archiveslab.org/events/resilient-communities-resilient-archives/english-program-resilient-communities-resilient-archives #archives #palestine

"Falling into snow falling into snow" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1740123/little-palm I like how this poem enacts the movement of time, but seems to loop back and reflect on a brief, human moment. #theLibrary

This captures a lot of my concerns about the rapidity of "AI" adoption. > "No matter how well “AI” works, it has some deeply fundamental problems, that won’t go away with technical progress. I’d even go as far and say they are intentional." > "When we let a model transform notes into a blog […]