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I feel this seems more likely to have been the work of The Goths than The Vandals.

Such an interesting chat - recommended listening.

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Why did the bouncing fun industry become so fixed on the castle as its edifice model? Why not bouncy cathedrals, bouncy hospitals, bouncy leisure centres, bouncy multi-storey car parks? There’s so much more scope for variety yet we have this depressing castle monoculture

Human cultural replacement. Not just AI music but AI listeners too - a fake and fraudulent way for Spotify to generate Ad revenue. Who needs humans when bots can click on links and trick advertisers into paying for fake engagement.

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” Franz Kafka. Born on this day in 1883.

"AI music competes with the music it is trained on. This is not fair use."

The Wall has been down longer than it was up, yet Berlin remains marked by division. It's got at least two of everything: TV Towers, zoos, universities, operas...Will it always be defined by the 20th century? ZEITGEIST asks: Berlin, why are you like this? katjahoyer.uk/p/berlin-why-a…

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‘I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air.’ Ariel: the sixtieth anniversary editions are out now.

'Nest Box', from Simon Armitage's illustrated collection Dwell, is the Guardian's Poem of the Week 🌳 🌸 Read it here 👇 theguardian.com/books/2025/jun…

Here are the factual error rates for the most up to date Chat GPT models. Why would any company, or writer or technician want to introduce 48-90% error rate into their work?

Forget about schadenfreude, angst and poltergeist. The German loan word the English language really needs is 'Feierabend', that moment when work is done and leisure begins. In the name of intercultural exchange, I'm merging this with local traditions 😁🇬🇧🇩🇪 Happy Feierabend! 🍻

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“Life is a very bad novelist. It is chaotic and ludicrous.” —Javier Marías buff.ly/D43V3z3

Can anyone find a school, state, or country that went phone free (bell to bell) and regrets it, or reversed it? The Netherlands went phone free in most schools in 2024. Their first major survey of schools finds very positive results: theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

This is a tremendous novel by a great poet

Northrop Frye on the ideal beginning of a literary education:

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