Nostr notes by Wendy M. Grossman

This week's net.wars, "Failure standards", clocks ...

2026-10-30T13:08:18Z

This week's net.wars, "Failure standards", clocks Ofcom's report on the workings so far of the #OnlineSafetyAct and wonders what they're drinking in Delaware, where there's a plan to legalize autonomous bot-run "Artificial Intelligence Companies": https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/10/30/failure-standards/ #NetWars #AI

I do a really mean hiss....

2026-10-29T15:59:21Z

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I do a really mean hiss....

Indeed. Just not sure I'd date the world changing to the ...

2026-10-29T11:06:52Z

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Indeed. Just not sure I'd date the world changing to the first ARPANET message.

Pretty sure there was email before that, though.

2026-10-29T10:47:15Z

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Pretty sure there was email before that, though.

It may be germane that although I have a cat flap I have no cat. ...

2026-10-29T10:45:59Z

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It may be germane that although I have a cat flap I have no cat. :)

This week's net.wars, "Time thieves", ponders the ...

2026-10-23T13:48:25Z

This week's net.wars, "Time thieves", ponders the amount of time we all lose guarding others' security because trust is broken: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/10/23/time-thieves/ #NetWars #AI

This week's net.wars, "Mathslopapocalypse", wades ...

2026-10-16T12:40:34Z

This week's net.wars, "Mathslopapocalypse", wades into OpenAI's 722-paper disruption of the field of mathematics: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/10/16/mathslopapocalypse/ #NetWars #math #AI

This week's net.wars, "What's in a name", goes to ...

2026-10-09T12:31:16Z

This week's net.wars, "What's in a name", goes to see Alan Ayckbourn's latest play, The Trial of Romeo Oscar, in which a robot is tried for murder: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/10/09/whats-in-a-name/ #NetWars #robots #scienceFiction

Tomorrow 19:00 Chalk Scribblers critique group hosts ...

2026-10-06T12:42:18Z

Tomorrow 19:00 Chalk Scribblers critique group hosts Charlie Stross (npub1dnd…hzjs) (online) : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000172679327/

This week's net.wars, "Return of the apocalypse", ...

2026-10-02T09:30:07Z

This week's net.wars, "Return of the apocalypse", reviews the new books End Times Fascism, by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, by Jill Lepore, and The Rulers, by Cecilia Rikap: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/10/02/return-of-the-apocalypse/ #books

Want to come talk to us at the @npub1wdd…h9qu podcast?

2026-09-29T08:24:02Z

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Want to come talk to us at the Plutopia (npub1wdd…h9qu) podcast?

This week's net.wars, "The accountability ...

2026-09-25T12:46:30Z

This week's net.wars, "The accountability substitution", wishes for less confusion between "AI" as in omnipotent gods and demons and "AI" as in word prediction programs, and clocks VPNs' arrival in the crosshairs of rights holders: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/09/25/the-accountability-substitution/ #NetWars #copyright #AI

This week's net.wars, "Micro Brothers", gets an offer ...

2026-09-18T13:07:10Z

This week's net.wars, "Micro Brothers", gets an offer of fact-checking from an AI agent, finds Microsoft and OpenAI admitting LLMs' thievery, and ponders the democratization of surveillance: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/09/18/micro-brothers/ #NetWars #copyright #AI #surveillance

But cafes and pubs dont' typically profit from tolerating ...

2026-09-15T11:50:15Z

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But cafes and pubs dont' typically profit from tolerating customers who harass others.

This week's net.wars, "Apocalypse now", reviews Gil ...

2026-09-11T11:25:10Z

This week's net.wars, "Apocalypse now", reviews Gil Duran's new book, The Nerd Reich, which travels through the trajectory that has led formerly fringe ideas into the White House: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/09/11/apocalypse-now/ #NetWars #books #democracy

I really do like the Fairphone's accomodation for user ...

2026-09-07T09:54:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…kyeq
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I really do like the Fairphone's accomodation for user repairs/upgrades.

Fairphone with Murena?

2026-09-07T09:52:15Z

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Fairphone with Murena?

The condescencion when they think you need things explained is ...

2026-09-07T09:51:54Z

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The condescencion when they think you need things explained is just as bad.

That link seems non-functional.

2026-09-06T12:44:22Z

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That link seems non-functional.

This week's net.wars, "Network lock-in", takes ...

2026-09-04T13:26:29Z

This week's net.wars, "Network lock-in", takes exception to a piece arguing that #enshittification isn't real and notes further extension of US leverage over Internet infrastructure: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/09/04/network-lock-in/ #NetWars

Thank the Norwegian Consumer Council.

2026-09-02T13:37:57Z

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Thank the Norwegian Consumer Council.

I believe Ofcom's point is that 4chan and Kiwi Farms ...

2026-09-02T09:25:00Z

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I believe Ofcom's point is that 4chan and Kiwi Farms (predictably) are refusing to comply with the law when their packets cross into the UK.

Ask anyone here about TW's lowered water pressure and ...

2026-09-01T17:57:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…ugfc
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Ask anyone here about TW's lowered water pressure and you'll get an earful.

Thanks for doing the site. I have yet to take those rail ...

2026-08-31T17:57:55Z

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Thanks for doing the site. I have yet to take those rail journeys, but I live in hope.

This week's net.wars, "Fault lines", ponders the Meta ...

2026-08-28T12:50:43Z

This week's net.wars, "Fault lines", ponders the Meta settlement that has it paying a proportionally modest amount and making cosmetic changes, and the proposed US GRANITE Act aimed at stopping Ofcom from enforcing the Online Safety Act beyond the UK's borders: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/08/28/fault-lines/ #NetWars #OnlineSafety #censorship

#WritersCoffeeClub 23. If no one read what you wrote, would you ...

2026-08-23T09:38:52Z

#WritersCoffeeClub 23. If no one read what you wrote, would you still choose to write? Probably. And hope to be discovered later. :)

This week's net.wars, "Delve", mulls the fact that ...

2026-08-21T11:27:16Z

This week's net.wars, "Delve", mulls the fact that when it comes to prose humans are struggling to tell AI-generators from humans: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/08/21/delve/. #NetWars #AI

RE: https://federate.social/@jik/117128642822975920 An excellent ...

2026-08-20T16:26:14Z

RE: https://federate.social/@jik/117128642822975920

An excellent rant...

quoting
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AI is making everything worse
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-making-everything-worse
#AI #politics

tx. found it now.

2026-08-16T17:31:37Z

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tx. found it now.

Query: how do you turn off emergency alerts? The phone screaming ...

2026-08-15T10:55:14Z

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Query: how do you turn off emergency alerts? The phone screaming made me jump.

But also, why do you need clothes that monitor blood sugar when ...

2026-08-15T10:49:39Z

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But also, why do you need clothes that monitor blood sugar when we already have continuous glucose monitor and you only need *one* of those, as opposed to having to have it built into every shirt...

This week's net.wars, "Feeding the Machine", mulls a ...

2026-08-14T11:20:36Z

This week's net.wars, "Feeding the Machine", mulls a Texas court's order to lock a foreign-owned .com domain worldwide and the resonance of the strange case of the New Zealand bookshop with Vernor Vinge's novel Rainbows End: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/08/14/1386/ #NetWars #AI #OnlineSafety #censorship

This is mine, also taken during Dallas 2024. But my best advice ...

2026-08-12T17:25:55Z

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This is mine, also taken during Dallas 2024. But my best advice to most people is to give yourself entirely to the experience and let the so many otherse take photos.

I used to ask people who said they had nothing to hide if ...

2026-08-12T12:00:19Z

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I used to ask people who said they had nothing to hide if they'd like to get their bank statements on post coards.

This week's net.wars, "Opportunity costs", notes the ...

2026-08-07T12:50:56Z

This week's net.wars, "Opportunity costs", notes the prosecution of a GrapheneOS user who gave US border agents a "duress password", and watches protests against new data centers spread: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/08/07/opportunity-costs/ #NetWars

So, it's 15 years old?

2026-08-06T15:23:47Z

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So, it's 15 years old?

I see upfeed that someone has just asked first who won 2016 ...

2026-08-05T17:30:47Z

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I see upfeed that someone has just asked first who won 2016 election . Good enough?

This week's net.wars, "Journeys through online ...

2026-07-31T13:11:04Z

This week's net.wars, "Journeys through online harms", sees X.AI file suit against Minnesota's law banning nudification technology while reading books by Geertrui Mierke De Ketelaere, Adele Zeynep Walton, and Beeban Kidron: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/07/31/journeys-through-online-harms/ #NetWars #books #OnlineSafetyAct

Why would you want to be a data collection engine for the company ...

2026-07-29T12:09:27Z

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Why would you want to be a data collection engine for the company that makes your glasses?

I always find this topic hilarious. Our parents would have been ...

2026-07-29T12:02:28Z

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I always find this topic hilarious. *Our* parents would have been thrilled to hear that teens were having less sex.

This week's net.wars, "Escaping the sandbox", sees ...

2026-07-24T13:25:19Z

This week's net.wars, "Escaping the sandbox", sees France enact a social media ban, sees VPNs are next, and notes OpenAI's "rogue" AI and its attack on Hugging Face: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/07/24/escaping-the-sandbox/ #NetWars #privacy

Well, you've left out Dark City, where the population is ...

2026-07-23T11:39:41Z

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Well, you've left out Dark City, where the population is subject to daily reconfiguration for experiments. I'm sure I can think of more unappetizing futures.

This week's net.wars, "How the other half scams", ...

2026-07-17T11:05:26Z

This week's net.wars, "How the other half scams", reads and reviews Soumya Goupta's new book probing India's scam economy, Bharat Bluff: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/07/17/how-the-other-half-scams/. #NetWars #books #privacy

Have fun. Send reports.

2026-07-16T12:38:28Z

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Have fun. Send reports.

This week's net.wars, "Change of plan" notes the ...

2026-07-10T11:18:55Z

This week's net.wars, "Change of plan" notes the abandonment of the world's largest data center-in-waiting, the tale of the Waymo and two 15-year-old boys, and the I-can't-believe-it's-still-alive 2003 case of SCO v. IBM: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/07/10/change-of-plan/ #NetWars

#WritersCoffeeClub Jul 6 - Do you offer critique to your fellow ...

2026-07-06T11:53:04Z

#WritersCoffeeClub Jul 6 - Do you offer critique to your fellow writers? Why (or why not)? Yes, courtesy of Chalk Scribblers. I learn a lot both from reading work that needs work and hearing others' ideas about fixes and problems.

RE: https://mas.to/@TheSkeptic/116872222619697535 Interesting ...

2026-07-06T09:08:18Z

RE: https://mas.to/@TheSkeptic/116872222619697535

Interesting debunking of a widely repeated myth.

quoting
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Mike Hall | Adult movies were not the reason Betamax really lost the video wars

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/07/adult-movies-were-not-the-reason-betamax-really-lost-the-video-wars/

This week's net.wars, "International relations", sees ...

2026-07-03T11:23:35Z

This week's net.wars, "International relations", sees the arrival of "Schrems III", when a SCOTUS decision puts most US independent agencies under control of the US president, and offers a brief recap of this week's talk for the Cambridge Skeptics (npub16g9…fsrg) Cambridge Skeptics, itself a rerun of the April talk at Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub (npub16ny…c5h5) Greenwich Skeptics: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/07/03/international-relations/. #NetWars #Privacy #SCOTUS

I know tech companies want their results to look like hockey ...

2026-07-02T15:30:11Z

I know tech companies want their results to look like hockey sticks, but this is insane: https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to-climate-wrecking-digital-bloat/
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IN NYC the honks of he cars behidn it would be deafening...

2026-07-02T15:02:42Z

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IN NYC the honks of he cars behidn it would be deafening...

But all the references are online: ...

2026-07-01T10:11:40Z

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But all the references are online: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/04/13/references-for-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-ai/

Not that I know of. @npub16g9…fsrg would be the folks to ask.

2026-07-01T10:09:34Z

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Not that I know of. Cambridge Skeptics (npub16g9…fsrg) would be the folks to ask.

Well, he actually was a human rights lawyer. Look up his case ...

2026-06-29T19:04:36Z

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Well, he actually *was* a human rights lawyer. Look up his case record.

Possibly John Jonik, who Wikipedia says is a cartoonist living in ...

2026-06-27T18:12:26Z

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Possibly John Jonik, who Wikipedia says is a cartoonist living in Philadelphia?

This week's net.wars, "Parting glances", bids ...

2026-06-26T11:39:09Z

This week's net.wars, "Parting glances", bids farewell to Keir Starmer, the former human rights lawyer who presided over the Online Safety Act, age verification, restrictions on protest, and increased surveillance: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/06/26/parting-glances/,

what's the source of that cartoon?

2026-06-26T08:59:21Z

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what's the source of that cartoon?

If it doubles in diameter, what you have is a problem.

2026-06-21T14:21:34Z

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If it doubles in diameter, what you have is a problem.

This week's net.wars, "Banned", mulls the UK's ...

2026-06-19T12:04:25Z

This week's net.wars, "Banned", mulls the UK's planned social media ban: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/06/19/banned/ #NetWars #OnlineSafetyAct #SocialMedia

It does seem like tackling poverty would do more to help ...

2026-06-15T09:54:10Z

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It does seem like tackling poverty would do more to help children...

This week's net.wars, "Technology distinguishable from ...

2026-06-12T12:19:40Z

This week's net.wars, "Technology distinguishable from magic", notes the Munich court's ruling that Google is liable for its AI Overviews; visits Keir Starmer's demand for nudity-blocking phones; and tries to verify at Companies House: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/06/12/technology-distinguishable-from-magic/ #NetWars

This week's net.wars, "The Sutton effect", goes to ...

2026-06-05T11:47:40Z

This week's net.wars, "The Sutton effect", goes to the 25th Workshop on the Economics of Information Security, where researchers mull the costs of cybersecurity failures: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/06/05/the-sutton-effect/ #NetWars #security #economics

This week's net.wars, "The sovereignty paradox", goes ...

2026-05-29T10:53:16Z

This week's net.wars, "The sovereignty paradox", goes to Computers, Privacy, and Data Proetction 2026 #cpdp and finds a lot of discussions of European values: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/05/29/the-sovereignty-paradox/ #privacy #NetWars

Yep, they built those MOog synthesizers out of wood and catgut.

2026-05-25T10:55:30Z

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Yep, they built those MOog synthesizers out of wood and catgut.

@npub1sp5…mjj4 How does the Secret Barrister sneak into ...

2026-05-23T14:34:13Z

The Secret Barrister (npub1sp5…mjj4) How does the Secret Barrister sneak into bookstores to sign books anonymously? Autopen?

Argh! Wll fix

2026-05-23T08:04:03Z

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Argh! Wll fix

Fair point. Will fix...

2026-05-22T19:52:23Z

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Fair point. Will fix...

NP. I don't know who Deborah Meaden is.

2026-05-22T19:51:48Z

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NP. I don't know who Deborah Meaden is.

This week's net.wars, "First, do no harm", visits the ...

2026-05-22T11:47:40Z

This week's net.wars, "First, do no harm", visits the UK's latest attempt to centralize the nation's patient data into a single database: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/05/22/first-do-no-harm/ #NetWars #health #privacy

they work on every device and platform. To me, that's the ...

2026-05-21T16:53:11Z

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they work on every device and platform. To me, that's the key.

Vertical has alwyas seemed to me a more sensible use of screen ...

2026-05-21T11:36:25Z

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Vertical has alwyas seemed to me a more sensible use of screen real estate. Like a paper notebook with margins.

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2026-05-19T16:19:14Z

who else is at #cpdp?

And he didn't shoot the computer with it?

2026-05-16T17:34:17Z

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And he didn't shoot the computer with it?

This week's net.wars, "The Arizona way of death", ...

2026-05-15T10:11:58Z

This week's net.wars, "The Arizona way of death", revisits a 1990s TV encounter with three immortals while reading Aleks Krotoski's new book, The Immortalists: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/05/15/the-arizona-way-of-death/

Any of those things can also be a podcast. But it's true that ...

2026-05-14T16:20:42Z

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Any of those things can also be a podcast. But it's true that I used to listen to talk radio in the car. Music, I tend recordings I've chosen.

did you understand radio?

2026-05-14T06:45:21Z

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did you understand radio?

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2026-05-10T19:02:22Z

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http://www.pelicancrossing.net/netwars/2017/01/your_grandmother_is_smarter_th.html

This week's net.wars, "The soul in the machine", ...

2026-05-08T09:41:07Z

This week's net.wars, "The soul in the machine", considers Richard Dawkins' expressed belief that his interactions with Anthropic's Claude show that the chatbot is conscious: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/05/08/the-soul-in-the-machine/ #NetWArs #AI

what country and/or city was that?

2026-05-04T12:30:41Z

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what country and/or city was that?

This week's net.wars, "The railway and the balloon", ...

2026-05-01T10:54:08Z

This week's net.wars, "The railway and the balloon", goes to We Robot 2026, where law, culture, and robotics try to find common ground: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/05/01/the-railway-and-the-balloon/ #NetWars #WeRobot #robots #AI #law

Also don't sit next to the woman next to me who texted during ...

2026-04-30T17:41:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…ycvs
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Also don't sit next to the woman next to me who texted during the first act and told me it was because she had small children at home and had to stay in touch. I did not say, "Somehow *we* lived to grow up...."

I've gone off musicals over time. As a child I was lucky ...

2026-04-30T08:40:36Z

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I've gone off musicals over time. As a child I was lucky enough to see original productions of Camelot (julie Andrews!"), My Fair Lady, and The Sound of Music on Broadway. These days...I still like the movies of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Among recnet ones the only one that stands out is The Book of Mormon.

How do you assess the book now?

2026-04-28T10:50:14Z

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How do you assess the book now?

It was silent in the halls but of course you could turn up the ...

2026-04-27T16:34:21Z

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It was silent in the halls but of course you could turn up the volume on the in-room channel.

The Research Institute for the Science of Cyber Security was set ...

2026-04-27T09:09:51Z

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The Research Institute for the Science of Cyber Security was set up in the UK by Angela Sasse in 2012 for the express purpose of putting science and an evidene base under it. She calls a lot of cybersecurity practice "folk knowledge".

It seems the explanation is that the hotel was created by a ...

2026-04-27T09:08:22Z

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It seems the explanation is that the hotel was created by a couple of friends, and it has been playing The Big Lebowski continuously since it opened, 17 years ago.

They even have monitors playing it in the corridors.

2026-04-24T20:11:58Z

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They even have monitors playing it in the corridors.

Thanks. I'll fix it...don't know what went wrong there.

2026-04-24T20:11:40Z

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Thanks. I'll fix it...don't know what went wrong there.

This week's net.wars, "Intimacy capitalism", goes to ...

2026-04-24T11:13:42Z

This week's net.wars, "Intimacy capitalism", goes to the We Robot 2026 workshop day, and finds new things to worry about: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/04/24/intimacy-capitalism/ #NetWars #WeRobot

Can anyone advance a theory as to why a Berlin hotel uses a TV ...

2026-04-23T18:29:05Z

Can anyone advance a theory as to why a Berlin hotel uses a TV channel to play, over and over in an "eternal loop", The Big Lebowski?

At Gathering4Gardner's YouTube channel, @npub1s4h…qs84 and ...

2026-04-21T16:37:53Z

At Gathering4Gardner's YouTube channel, Colin the Mathmo (npub1s4h…qs84) and I talk about skepticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktPuBFIdQDE The Skeptic magazine (npub1lm3…jd4u)

This week's net.wars, "Long Island AI", calls the ...

2026-04-17T12:14:29Z

This week's net.wars, "Long Island AI", calls the peak of AI mania: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/04/17/long-island-ai/ #NetWars #AI #StupidFinanceTricks

Look into buses. They can be slow, but they're very cheap and ...

2026-04-14T12:54:13Z

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Look into buses. They can be slow, but they're very cheap and surprisingly often go where you want,.

This week's net.wars, "Waste management", sees the ...

2026-04-10T11:55:29Z

This week's net.wars, "Waste management", sees the planned obsolescence of early Kindles, Microsoft's "just for entertainment" Copilot, and AI-driven new cybersecurity threats: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/04/10/waste-management/ #NetWars #ai #environment

Ego: speaking next Monday eve, April 13, at Greenwich Skeptics in ...

2026-04-07T16:09:59Z

Ego: speaking next Monday eve, April 13, at Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub on "What We Talk About When We Talk About AI": https://sitp.online/sitp/greenwich The Skeptic magazine (npub1lm3…jd4u)

This week's net.wars, "The Silicon Valley ...

2026-04-03T12:51:55Z

This week's net.wars, "The Silicon Valley chronicles", notes the likely pending deathe of Meta's Oversight Board and reviews the shift in Silicon Valley politics laid out in Jacob Silverman's book, Gilded Rage: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/04/03/the-silicon-valley-chronicles/
#NetWars

On the eve of #WeRobot2026, my updated list of summaries of all ...

2026-04-02T10:06:38Z

On the eve of #WeRobot2026, my updated list of summaries of all but one #WeRobot conferences back to its founding in 2012: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/03/18/a-short-history-of-we-robot-2026-edition/

This week's net.wars, "Eating the web", watches ...

2026-03-27T13:08:03Z

This week's net.wars, "Eating the web", watches Google, a creature of the open web, try to swallow the whole thing, and considers the potential far-reaching impact of this week's social media verdicts: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/03/27/eating-the-web/ #NetWars #SocialMedia

#WritersCoffeeClub March 25: What do you feel when a loved one ...

2026-03-25T10:48:21Z

#WritersCoffeeClub March 25: What do you feel when a loved one reads your work?

Surprised.

I hear bicycles don't do that.

2026-03-21T19:28:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…drxw
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I hear bicycles don't do that.

This week's net.wars, "Turn left at the robot", goes ...

2026-03-20T11:51:29Z

This week's net.wars, "Turn left at the robot", goes to the Human-Robot Interaction conference and finds that in robots versus kids the kids win every time: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/03/20/turn-left-at-the-robot/, #NetWars #robots