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I’ve been blogging since 2008 at various sites, starting with a focus around guitar and music and moving into what I think is the natural progression to a personal one. I think in those early days …

After years of devastating wildfires, many producers are wondering if prescribed burns might improve their acreage. Here’s how to keep land, livestock, buildings, and selves safe.

To all the folks frustrated, jaded, pessimistic about art in the age of AI: Be weird as hell. Subvert expectations with your art / music / whatever

When I decided to leave Instagram, I knew that I didn’t want to quit sharing my life and work — I just wanted to do it somewhere other than social media. So in the process of leaving social platforms, I challenged myself to come up with as many ways to share what I’m up to in my personal life and my

A surprisingly practical guide, because everyone deserves a personal website.

It’s believed that many of us spend seven hours or more in front of screens each day. In 2011, researcher Emmanuel Stamatakis, found that “…even those who exercise can’t overcome the detrimental ef…

It's about coming home to your art.

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

How to turn curiosity into a superpower.

As Hayles reminds us, computers were once people. In the future perfect/perfect future of AI, writers will have once been people too. We might opine that there is an important difference between co…

Two teenage boys stopped me on the footbridge, right where they’d been jumping into the river. One of them was about to attempt a backflip off the railing, and the other was betting it would turn into a belly flop.

The iconic photographer known for his celebrity portraits doesn’t see much difference between people and landscapes – in this new body of work, human history is as evident in fields and oceans as it is in faces.

Delving into the “shady, awkward sides” of human connection, Ida Anderson evokes loss, melancholy and the fractal nature of our communication with one another.

Why are archaeologists constructing a thirteenth-century fortress in the forests of France?

The story of two artists discovering that art doesn't need to serve a practical purpose to be deeply meaningful.

The self-exploration of my racial biases and my journey to reprogram my subconscious, liberate myself and contribute to Black liberation.

I can’t remember the last time I heard anyone seriously use the phrase ‘Desktop Publishing.’ Maybe the mid-2000s?

How are we to fully accept and surrender to reality as it is without being cold, callous, or indifferent to the vastness of the suffering around us and within us?

A range of tools available to help you kick Big Tech companies out of your life...

Posted on Wednesday 19 Feb 2025. 1,844 words, 10 links. By Matt Webb.

His presence gave us a wondrous reprieve.

Reflections on the importance of blogging after ten years of writing for robertbreen.com.

These days, I’m inclined to invest less of my time, my trust, and myself in the enormous tech companies looming over us like a gathering storm. Their wares are glossy, but fleeting. And the cost...

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