Absolutely horrid night last night, with rain from around midnight, and at least an hour of which was quite a down pour It got pretty darn cold too. It only partially deterred the motorbike gang stalkers, with quite a lot of driveby harrassment still going on. Very cold hands this morning. #
2024/06/16 #
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Unmistakable yellow tsunami the past 3 days. It occurred to me as I walked to the internet place this morning that it was worth noting. Seems like that's being turned into a bit of a red tsunani given the configuration of things and people this morning. Just some more warpaths. I stand in the only way left to me, with my back to them. This morning's pleasant reminiscing of times gone by is over now, replaced by starvation and bullying. The glee in the air from some is palpable. #
Today’s links:
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Why the pope has the ears of G7 leaders on the ethics of AI - This is likely more important than it appears, the pope has a very big influence on over a billion people worldwide. It's also interesting because like Biden, only the second Catholic US president, he's very old, yet still influencial, but also because what I get from the article is that what he speaks about AI actually seems somewhat well thought out. Perhaps his position enables him and his entourage to think deeply about these matters. Other names that might be worth remembering, Paolo Benanti an influencial fransiscan friar who advises the pope on AI, and Georgia Meloni, Italy's PM who’s the first to invite the pope to a G7 meeting. The other thing that's interesting is that not only is he at the G7 but he has been meeting with large groups of comedians recently. That's perhaps another sign of the times. It's hard to tell because there are so many levels of traditional media involved here, but maybe, just maybe it's not all garbage that this old fellow is leaving in his trail, which I'm afraid to say is more than can be said for some old people, at least in my vecinity this morning as I typed this paragraph. www.theguardian.com #
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Blur: To the End review – sentimental journey for four likely lads on their way to Wembley - I saw them live in Ghent sometime around ’93 when they were just starting to get really big. Then at several festivals over the years, one particularly memorable. In a way, they sort of openned up the english music scene to me when I moved back from abroad to the UK to go to university. I got quite into them, even though it wasn't really the sort of music I listenned to at the time, which was much more dark and metally. Coincidentally the first post on the linkblog was to an article about Damon's shape shifting career. It's nice to see and read about them again after all these years, even if the review of the documentary isn't all that great. www.theguardian.com #
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More than mere camembert: why France leads the world in cheesemaking - I guess the Guardian must synchronize some of their articles, I saved this without thinking it had anything to do with the previous Blur link, but surely it can't be a coincidence given Alex James’ passion for cheesemaking. You could make the argument that there's even a comedic cosmic link to the one before that too. In any case, I saved it because it occurred to me that I quite missed all the nice cheeses I used to eat when I was living in Belgium. The cheese here in Vietnam is very strange. It's this dry stringy stuff, a bit like shredded chicken. www.theguardian.com #