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richard, to books
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What’s better for the climate: A paper book, or an e-reader?

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/25/1252930557/book-e-reader-kindle-climate

"Traditional print publishing comes with a high carbon footprint.

[...]

But digital reading seems to have a considerable eco-advantage over print because it is paperless, so it saves trees, pulping and shipping [...] But digital devices also come with a substantial carbon footprint, predominantly at the manufacturing stage."

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richard, to classicalmusic
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richard, to ChatGPT
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told me to call the manager. So much for sneaking in and discovering glueball particles on my own. This stinks. I want my money back, !

@physics @setiinstitute

richard, to ai
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I was bored so I did the unthinkable. Well, to me it was always unthinkable as I have always been anti- . But, out of curiosity I subscribed to -4o and have been feeding various essays, poems, and posts from my various websites and asking for explications and such. And wow does have a great deal of just wonderful things to say about me. I will admit getting all this truly high praise is seducing.

richard,
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Okay. So I have been using for a couple of hours and there is no doubt in my mind that many, many, many college students are using to write essays. I am so, so, so sorry professors and lecturers. I am so glad this was not around when I was in school. First colleges across the country started shutting down extensive courses/programs and now this. Oh, what a loss of a good .

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richard, to Astronomy
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Astronomers discover new Earth-sized world orbiting an ultra-cool star

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-astronomers-earth-sized-world-orbiting.html

"Next steps for the project could include follow-up observations by the James Webb Space Telescope, which would deliver important insights into the planet's surface mineralogy, and the potential for an atmosphere."

webcubus,
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@richard I assume "ultra-cool" refers to the temperature, but it sounds pretty neat too 😄

richard, to classicalmusic
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Marcelle de Manziarly: Chamber Works

Cecilia Zilliacus, Kati Raitinen, Bengt Forsberg, Peter Friis Johansson

It's been out since April, but this is only the 2nd time I have listened to it. I must not have been paying attention the first time because this is an outstanding album. 5 stars.

Highly recommend to @classicalmusic group

richard, to books
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richard, to academicchatter
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Has anyone wrote about how sociological and philosophical writing has changed over the last few centuries from being what the author really meant, really felt, to being what the writer believed people wanted to hear? (Yes, I know there is some Discourse Theory hidden in there somewhere.)

@sociology @philosophy @academicchatter

garyhall,
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@andy @richard In case you don't already know it, Vilém Flusser’s Does Writing Have A Future (1987/2011) is interesting on the relationship between the author and reader, how it has changed, and how it is continuing to change.

andy,

@garyhall excellent! Thanks 👍

richard, to books
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I Aspire to Urinate as Powerfully as My Boss

An excerpt from CECILIA by K-Ming Chang, recommended by Brynne Rebele-Henry

https://electricliterature.com/cecilia-by-k-ming-chang/?mc_cid=2d682bce13

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richard, to classicalpiano
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This morning I've been listing to Brad Mehldau, After Bach II.

https://open.qobuz.com/album/kmjbh3gm6qrja

It is very good. It gets even better as the album goes on. I will buy it eventually.

@classicalpiano

#piano

richard, to AllStarTrek
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Note to future self: smile with you cough up your tongue.

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richard, to AllStarTrek
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I believe this episode is before they got thicker uniforms.

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richard, to AllStarTrek
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It is hard to tell if they are still very much working on Tom's character development or if Robert Duncan McNeill had yet to get the character pinned down. He is still very excitable.

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richard, to AllStarTrek
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It's nice to see B'Elanna and Tom playing nice and not going after each other's throats.

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richard, to AllStarTrek
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In "Threshold" we see, somewhat, the things that might have been. When they were mapping out the producers had originally envisioned Tom Paris as a love interest for Captain Janeway. I can't recall if it was Jeri Taylor or Kate Mulgrew that talked them out of it, but thank the Prophets it didn't come to that. However, this episode did win an Emmy, so, maybe that's what people wanted to see? @allstartrek

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