quadrivial, tall and grayingAug 8, 2025

I enjoy reading The Idler magazine. Just finished a lovely interview with Michael Palin. I am reminded of how important Monty Python was to me back in my youth and how each member of the cast appealed to a different part of my personality. Palin was always the affable side of me and he still is.

(Apologies, I don't think there is a free link to this interview. However here are a couple of other things with Palin and The Idler:

https://www.idler.co.uk/article/michael-palin-my-struggle-to-take-it-easy/

https://youtu.be/7d-LIBhxlnA?si=MkfgwMOLTLZgF_nu)

#montypython #theidler

Michael Palin: My struggle to take it easy | Idler

And an unfortunate incident in the kitchen

Idler
the roamerFeb 20, 2025

@BHO

The Yale digital edition of Samuel Johnson, what a wonderful resource!

Here Johnson advises on the Uncertainty of Friendship (The Idler, No. 23. Saturday, 23 September 1758):

"The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly encreased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal. Those who are angry may be reconciled; those who have been injured may receive a recompence; but when the desire of pleasing and willingness to be pleased is silently diminished, the renovation of friendship is hopeless; as, when the vital powers sink into languor, there is no longer any use of the physician."

https://yalejohnson.com/

#SamuelJohnson #friendship #TheIdler

Samuel Johnson Papers Digital Editions

Show threadCory DoctorowNov 1, 2023

Recent appearances:

* Seizing the Means of Library Interoperability (@librarypunk)
https://www.librarypunk.gay/e/111-seizing-the-means-of-library-interoperability-feat-cory-doctorow/

* Reclaiming the Internet (#FirewallsDontStopDragons)
https://podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2023/10/30/reclaiming-the-internet/

* A Drink with Cory Doctorow (#TheIdler)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAnnk3vef00

12/

111 - Seizing the Means of Library Interoperability feat. Cory Doctorow | librarypunk

Cory Doctorow comes on to talk about his books The Internet Con and Chokepoint Capitalism and the applications to libraries. We talk interop, vendor contracts, and even writing productivity. Pre-order Cory’s new book The Lost Cause: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865939/thelostcause  Media mentioned https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/10/google-will-shield-ai-users-from-copyright-challenges-within-limits/  https://chokepointcapitalism.com/  https://www.versobooks.com/products/3035-the-internet-con DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification  - Cory Doctorow  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/751443/technofeudalism-by-yanis-varoufakis/ https://librarysimplified.org/ 

Show threadCory DoctorowOct 31, 2023

Recent appearances:

* Seizing the Means of Library Interoperability (@librarypunk)
https://www.librarypunk.gay/e/111-seizing-the-means-of-library-interoperability-feat-cory-doctorow/

* Reclaiming the Internet (#FirewallsDontStopDragons)
https://podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2023/10/30/reclaiming-the-internet/

* A Drink with Cory Doctorow (#TheIdler)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAnnk3vef00

14/

111 - Seizing the Means of Library Interoperability feat. Cory Doctorow | librarypunk

Cory Doctorow comes on to talk about his books The Internet Con and Chokepoint Capitalism and the applications to libraries. We talk interop, vendor contracts, and even writing productivity. Pre-order Cory’s new book The Lost Cause: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865939/thelostcause  Media mentioned https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/10/google-will-shield-ai-users-from-copyright-challenges-within-limits/  https://chokepointcapitalism.com/  https://www.versobooks.com/products/3035-the-internet-con DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification  - Cory Doctorow  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/751443/technofeudalism-by-yanis-varoufakis/ https://librarysimplified.org/ 

Show threadCory DoctorowOct 30, 2023

Recent appearances:

* Reclaiming the Internet (#FirewallsDontStopDragons)
https://podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2023/10/30/reclaiming-the-internet/

* A Drink with Cory Doctorow (#TheIdler)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAnnk3vef00

* Equity Mates Investing podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/2ZzAxuxFmQ1U78pL3RMxns

13/

Reclaiming the Internet - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

What happened to the internet? It had so much promise. Social media and search results are full of stuff we never wanted to see....

Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast
Show threadCory DoctorowOct 28, 2023

Recent appearances:

* A Drink with Cory Doctorow (#TheIdler)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAnnk3vef00

* Equity Mates Investing podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/2ZzAxuxFmQ1U78pL3RMxns

* Economics and Other Science Fictions (#EverydayAnarchism)
https://www.everydayanarchism.com/103-debt-discussion-2-economics-and-other-science-fictions-with-cory-doctorow/

14/

The Internet Con of Big Tech | A Drink with Cory Doctorow

YouTube
Show threadCory DoctorowOct 27, 2023

Recent appearances:

* A Drink with Cory Doctorow (#TheIdler)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAnnk3vef00

* Equity Mates Investing podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/2ZzAxuxFmQ1U78pL3RMxns

* Economics and Other Science Fictions (#EverydayAnarchism)
https://www.everydayanarchism.com/103-debt-discussion-2-economics-and-other-science-fictions-with-cory-doctorow/

13/

The Internet Con of Big Tech | A Drink with Cory Doctorow

YouTube
Show threadCory DoctorowOct 26, 2023

Recent appearances:

* A Drink with Cory Doctorow (#TheIdler)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAnnk3vef00

* Equity Mates Investing podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/2ZzAxuxFmQ1U78pL3RMxns

* Economics and Other Science Fictions (#EverydayAnarchism)
https://www.everydayanarchism.com/103-debt-discussion-2-economics-and-other-science-fictions-with-cory-doctorow/

12/

The Internet Con of Big Tech | A Drink with Cory Doctorow

YouTube
Show threadCory DoctorowOct 11, 2023

Upcoming appearances:

* A Drink with #TheIdler (online), Oct 12
https://www.idler.co.uk/product/a-drink-with-the-idler-cory-doctorow-on-how-to-smash-big-tech/

* #TheInternetCon at #MoonPalaceBooks (#Minneapolis), Oct 15
https://moonpalacebooks.com/events/30127

* 26th #ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing keynote (#Minneapolis), Oct 16
https://cscw.acm.org/2023/index.php/keynotes/

* 41st annual McCreight Lecture in the Humanities (#Charleston, WV), Oct 19
https://festivallcharleston.com/venue/university-of-charleston/

13/

Show threadCory DoctorowOct 10, 2023

Upcoming appearances:

* A Drink with #TheIdler (online), Oct 12
https://www.idler.co.uk/product/a-drink-with-the-idler-cory-doctorow-on-how-to-smash-big-tech/

* #TheInternetCon at #MoonPalaceBooks (#Minneapolis), Oct 15
https://moonpalacebooks.com/events/30127

* 26th #ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing keynote (#Minneapolis), Oct 16
https://cscw.acm.org/2023/index.php/keynotes/

* 41st annual McCreight Lecture in the Humanities (#Charleston, WV), Oct 19
https://festivallcharleston.com/venue/university-of-charleston/

12/