just read Michael Lewis's 'Going Infinite'. I liked it. Big Short is a better book than this & somewhat similar: independent oddball in #finance succeeds against the odds. But the short-sellers in the former may have provided a service, may have made the market more efficient,

Moore's Law lives! 'IBM says it will build a practical #quantum #supercomputer by 2029', NewScientist, Karmela Padavic-Callaghan (they/them) #AIart Grok #grok Solas

'Dead Sea Scrolls analysis may force rethink of ancient Jewish #history' - (AI analysis suggests they were written during lifetime of 'Old Testament' authors), NewScientist, Christa Lesté-Lasserre #AncientHistory #AIart Grok #Grok The Ansel Adams Gallery

#TACO?: '#ICE directed to pause #immigration arrests at farms, hotels and #restaurants', #CBS #News, Camilo Montoya-Galvez

West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern #California (2012) This is a collection of essays, mostly about the writers' experiences living in rural communes in Northern California in the late 1960s & the '70s. The publisher is sympathetic; PM Press's mission is apparently

#TheOdyssey, by #Homer, translated by Robert Fagles (1996). I’m not well-informed enough to compare this to other translations but it does seem both readable and poetic. Fagles was a translator and a poet, which is the background you need for epic poetry. A poet can

'Could phonics solve #California's reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes', #LosAngeles Times, Jenny Gold Kate Sequeira According to this shocking article, #literacy may require boring work for both #students & #teachers. Some incredible stats here. For example, 93%

#AIart #sculpture d Rijksmuseum

'Oakland to install speed #cameras in bid to curb #DangerousDriving', #cbs #news, Jamie Parks

#AIart 5/11 Ed Sweetman

David Lowery #epic fka #tweet about country/folk minimalist new #song 'Piney Woods' #CountryMusic #Folksong

(the last time the #UnitedStates declared #war was 1942) 'Trump’s bombings present major constitutional and legal #questions. But it’s up to Congress to force the issue', #CNN, Paula Reid, Evan Pérez, Kylie Atwood #USattackIran #constitutionalcrisis

#AIart #paris #kaiju H.P. Lovecraft

#legendary #postpunk rocknroll band the Dogmatics has a #documentary on #youtube, 'The Dogmatics: A Dogumentary, They were #Boston’s house band' - by Rudy Childs #rockandrollmusic

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