jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 4hIf there is no AI in the Dune universe, how does that nightlight know how to follow Paul around? 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Cixous! www.thenation.com/article/cult...thenation.comHélène Cixous, a Poet Among TheoristsIn Well-Kept Ruins, a key example of her late style, a hybrid and dreamlike form of social theory comes into focus. 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I'm so giddy about Anne Carson landing the Nobel--I just laugh at random. So perfect! Beyond deserved. Late, really--why not after Red Doc>? Also, I'm sulking. Why not Cixous? Seriously--Hélène Cixous should have been recognized years ago. Decades ago! I do not understand. 200
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 11/10/2026for best placement back there, good to have another set of eyes on the job... 010
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is so wonderful, this gives me hope. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/b...nytimes.comCanadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in LiteratureThe writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan. 010
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Carole Lombard was the first Hollywood star, male or female, to take a percentage of a film's gross. She made that happen, as was only right. Lombard was awesome. 110
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It was worth it. Are you going with Dre, who is on the field making plays, or are you going with Sean Payton who is on the sidelines cheating in whatever way he can? Belichick school of coaching. He can go...wherever it's bad for NFL coaches to go. Some punk ass college team, for example. 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 08/10/2026So sad to read this. Hamilton was a hero. Especially frustrating when illiterate (but prominent) ding dongs are "skeptical" that Apollo achieved what it did. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...news.mit.eduMargaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90. 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 08/10/2026You can get used to anything if you're tired enough 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hinton goes on about a lot of stuff here but it is worth getting to the 9' 43" mark when he says "you can't upload your weights and have them run on some other hardware". Acknowledging the analog complexity and putting the lie to the delusion of merging with AI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw0B...youtube.comGodfather Of AI: We're Not Prepared For The Superintelligence That Is Coming - Geoffrey HintonYouTube video by Neural Nutshell 010
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 03/10/2026He also holds the NFL record for career touchdown passes thrown by a wide receiver, 6 with 0 interceptions. 001
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 03/10/2026So genius, so brilliant. Oh boy, right again: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfOK...youtube.comLet X=XYouTube video by Laurie Anderson - Topic 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I mean, Steiger absorbing what Poitier just did. That's a good cut! 010
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Whenever I can't work anymore, or I can't take the news, I think: let's go see what Emcee is dreaming up. Your posts are always a pleasure, always a relief. Thank you! 110
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Seahawks are fine. Win/lose Sunday, I don't think it matters. Coaching and depth. They're going deep again and maybe repeating. This coming from a dying-inside Steelers fan (born and raised). 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Saw Lawrence in 70mm at the Paris this week. Fantastic, weird. You couldn't make that movie now? The tech, the cost, the logistics, etc. Nonsense. You can't make it now because nobody is as strange and beautiful and ungovernable as Peter O'Toole. www.paristheaternyc.com/film/lawrenc...paristheaternyc.comParis Theater - Lawrence of Arabia 010
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Also, Alabama rules when it comes to freshwater mussels. Endangered, though, as all North American mussels are. Just keep repeating "Alabama cave shrimp, Alabama cave...": encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fres...encyclopediaofalabama.orgFreshwater Mussels in Alabama - Encyclopedia of AlabamaAlabama is home to the most diverse fauna of freshwater mussels in all of North America, with 180 species. Foremost among the reasons for this great mussel diversity is the state's abundant rivers and... 001
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Wonderful report about a new cave fish discovery in...Alabama. It mentions the already-known Alabama cave shrimp and ever since I read it I've been saying "Alabama cave shrimp" when I need to cheer myself up. www.scientificamerican.com/article/newl...scientificamerican.comNewly discovered ‘demon cave fish’ hid out in Alabama military installation for 40 yearsScientists named this oddball creature after the Demogorgon from Stranger Things 0244
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"sleeve of saltines" is the phrase-of-the-day for me 010
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 28/09/2026No excuse for me, it's irrational. I love LA so much. But I hate every one of their sports teams! The loss to the Broncos tonight was so sweet. I hope the Dodgers crash out in the first round! 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Bring a hibachi grill and a cat on leash to the interview. I do not care. If you know your stuff you get the job when can you start? 001
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I second Cleopatra, but can she bring Richard Burton with her? 010
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 24/09/2026People being weird online about the brain-is-two-organs paper. I don't get it. It's such a beautiful piece of work, it explains so much. It has roots going back into deep time. It feels like Nobel-worthy science. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...med.stanford.eduHuman brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research findsStanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more. 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Oh but that go route is wide open for the TD. A quick step or two to the right and sling it? Maybe not enough time. 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 19/09/2026They must get tired of this being THE song. They have so many gorgeous, devastating songs! But they nail it every time. I love Mira so much, I love Helen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_q7...youtube.comLadytron - Destroy Everything You Touch (Live @ Crystal Palace Bowl, August 2026)YouTube video by Ben Wilson 010
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 18/09/2026He looks like Joanne just told him to take his beers for a walk 030
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"That year of Octobers was triumphant; we kept on arriving, our arrival spread right into each other's arms, reverberated, ricocheted, while the disappearances were executed so remarkably that we didn't even feel them..." Hélène Cixous, The Third Body. 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Still thinking about Duchamp at MoMA and the years he spent making miniature replicas of his own earlier works in the form of boxes. Pure dream, pure magic. 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Jesus. Nobody move, nobody gets hurt. Sinead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLXa...youtube.comSinéad O'Connor - Feel So Different & Emperor's New Clothes (Live HD)YouTube video by Phokkus 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ok, back to some kind of sports normalcy. A Chiefs team we can properly hate for the right reasons (they're good again!). 000
jcw17.bsky.social @jcw17.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Failed my first driver's test because the PA state trooper pointed at the 8-track tape player while we were parked at the curb: "do you play that thing while you're driving?" Me: "no, I sit in the garage and listen to it." No sense of humor. Flunked me on the spot. Also, that's how old I am. 031
