Today’s memes: I think cat people are psychopaths

TV show idea: Just Chrisjen Avasarala from The Expanse and Susy from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel swearing. I would watch 13 seasons of that.

Currently reading: Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo 📚My third or fourth time reading this wonderful book.

What are your favorite and second-favorite social media services? Where do you spend the most time?

Cisco and NVIDIA did a technology integration deal this week—here’s why it matters: Cisco and NVIDIA want to take the hassle out of AI infrastructure. My latest article for Silverlinings.

Listen to our talk about the novel “Alas, Babylon” on Seth Heasley’s Hugos There podcast

Thanks to the indomitable Seth, who had me as a guest to talk about one of my favorite novels, “Alas, Babylon,” by Pat Frank. Hugos There.

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Clarkesworld: “Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole,” by Isabel J. Kim.

Via Pluralistic — thanks!

Today’s ephemera: Apple Vision Pro Version 2

Shakshuka is better than winning the Darwin Award

I had a meeting at 11 am at a local coffee shop. It’s been raining hard nonstop since Monday morning. This is not unusual back east, but it is unusual here, and because the drainage infrastructure isn’t built for it, it’s a cause for concern. We’ve had a lot of flooding. Not in my neighborhood—we’re fine—but elsewhere in San Diego, during another round of storms last week, cars were swept away and people had to be rescued.

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I saw this dog at the park yesterday. He hopes your week is off to a good start.

He’s 16 years old, which is pretty old even for a small dog. (Small dogs live much longer than big dogs.) He’s losing his fur in spots and it was chilly yesterday—hence the stylish couture.

Friends came down from Los Angeles yesterday and we visited the San Diego Zoo

Yes, that is my finger in the preceding photo. I like it anyway.

I picked up annual passes for me and Julie. I want to make a point of going to the zoo and adjacent Balboa Park more often, without needing a goal or making a big deal out of it. They are great places to go and just be and walk around.

Today’s ephemera: Possum in the bedroom

A toddler got stuck after climbing into a claw machine looking for a toy in an Australian shopping mall.

It’s me. I am the toddler.

Today’s ephemera: A man walks into a zoo

I saw this spectacular rainbow while walking the dog this afternoon.

Shorter version of my earlier post about Tapestry: Yes, today I can consume Mastodon, Threads, Reddit, YouTube, newsletters etc. in most RSS readers—but the experience is nowhere near as good as in the native apps. What if there were an aggregator where the experience is just as good as in a native app, but it’s all in one place, on one screen? That seems to be what Iconfactory is doing with Tapestry.

What if you had a universal app to access every social media platform in one screen?

I think I now get the point of what Iconfactory wants to build with the Tapestry project.

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Today’s ephemera: The crucial fourth ice cream bowl