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"what happens to shared reality when the systems that help maintain it have a relationship to knowing that has not yet been understood?"
The Claim Upon the Training Data — Jônadas Techio | Jônadas Techio
https://www.jonadas.com/writing/essays/the-claim-upon-the-training-data
"where there is jewelry there will be a machine."
People don’t like wearing things on their faces and don’t trust those who do
https://asymco.com/2026/03/26/people-dont-like-wearing-things-on-their-faces-and-dont-trust-those-who-do/
This article kind of blew my mind. There's an arms race happening with synthetic drugs added to paper, and thus nearly impossible to control.
No Pills or Needles, Just Paper: How Deadly Drugs Are Changing - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/world/deadly-drugs-paper.html
I found this article on #Minecraft fascinating. There is a virtual library where #censored or restricted work from writers can be accessed, since governments can't ban content within the game.
One would think people wouldn't bother to go read stuff in a game, but it's become popular enough to be featured in the NY Times.
"changes in the dung landscape may be related to the species’ split."
Where did magic mushrooms come from? Scientists just got closer to an answer | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-did-magic-mushrooms-come-from-scientists-just-got-closer-to-an-answer/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TIS_030426&utm_term=did%20magic%20mushrooms%20come%20from&_kx=DqSvWh0KznE5KEdX94WUuqP9BcnLS3IYdcERGLooM0U.WEer5A
"Will you be paid in tokens? In 2026, you likely will start to be"
Silicon Valley Is Buzzing About This New Idea: AI Compute As Compensation
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/10/200253/silicon-valley-is-buzzing-about-this-new-idea-ai-compute-as-compensation?utm_source=feedly1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
sziring shares a report from Business Insider: Silicon Valley has long competed for talent with ever-richer pay packages built around salary, bonus, and equity. Now, a fourth line item is creeping into the mix: AI inference. As generative AI tools become embedded in software development, the cost of...
"The Eleusis experience—starting with a four-day package costing $9,500 and including two DMTx sessions, lodging, and food—is promoted as a more personalizable and manageable alternative to ayahuasca"
Some People See Aliens While on DMT. Researchers Want to Find Out What They Can Teach Us | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/some-people-see-aliens-while-on-dmt-researchers-want-to-find-out-what-they-can-teach-us/
Previously: "We know where the checkpoints are. We warn one another when the Border Patrol is nearby. In public space, we adjust our bodies and behavior, attempting to go unnoticed, offering smiles of compliance as a way to disarm." https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-militarization-minnesota-alex-pretti/
#surveillance #border #immigration #politics #USpol #news #Texas #SouthTexas
I grew up knowing that 12-14 million people were murdered in the holocaust, roughly half of them for being Jewish. I knew this because my parents and their generation fought the war. Some saw firsthand, some via news or from those who saw it.
I grew up seeing faded "Whites Only" signs where they should no longer have been.
I grew up watching Vietnam war casualty reports on the nightly news, presented similarly to the way sports were reported.
Radicalized my ass, I have always been like this.
JA Westenberg
Texas Observer
Jack Daniel (often offline)