Margarita Nafpaktitis
@nafpaktitism.bsky.social
Librarian by day. Even more maladroit in person! Sundry book and textile arts, cross-cultural gastronomica, and ever taller piles of things on every available surface. Aspiring éminence grise, but for hair reasons. she/вона/она/ona/αυτή
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November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
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A poem woke me up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A poem woke me up.
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Happy Thanksgiving—from Alexander Voloshin and me—to all immigrants acquiring new tastes this year! No one knows better the importance of celebrating despite it all.
How my grandmother, who only learned a few words of English, loved “Turkey Day”…
@pauldrybooks.bsky.social
How my grandmother, who only learned a few words of English, loved “Turkey Day”…
@pauldrybooks.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Happy Thanksgiving—from Alexander Voloshin and me—to all immigrants acquiring new tastes this year! No one knows better the importance of celebrating despite it all.
How my grandmother, who only learned a few words of English, loved “Turkey Day”…
@pauldrybooks.bsky.social
How my grandmother, who only learned a few words of English, loved “Turkey Day”…
@pauldrybooks.bsky.social
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New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
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Ouroboros? Ourobusos? Ouroborbus?
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ouroboros? Ourobusos? Ouroborbus?
@jamellebouie.net has *been* saying this!
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@jamellebouie.net has *been* saying this!
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November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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At last, a good answer to Malcolm Forbes’s semi-rhetorical question: “I mean, what can you DO with $25 million?”
Stahl house is for sale in case you are in need of an architecturally significant property in the Hollywood Hills:
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
Iconic Stahl House, a Midcentury Modern stunner, up for sale
The Stahl House is selling for $25 million. The current owners say its tour program will continue for now.
www.latimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
At last, a good answer to Malcolm Forbes’s semi-rhetorical question: “I mean, what can you DO with $25 million?”
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“Well, Zoron … is this a close enough look for you?”
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Well, Zoron … is this a close enough look for you?”
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Since we live in a culture that worships merch, I've always wondered why there are no specific lawn decorations for Thanksgiving. Very occasionally a blow up turkey. Nothing else. Until now when I present my new idea for making millions:
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Since we live in a culture that worships merch, I've always wondered why there are no specific lawn decorations for Thanksgiving. Very occasionally a blow up turkey. Nothing else. Until now when I present my new idea for making millions:
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Save the em-dash! open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
In defense of the em-dash
I don't use AI in my writing. Ever. But the em-dash? Always.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Save the em-dash! open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
Post a movie where you are from. (Rode the school bus with Regina King!)
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Post a movie where you are from. (Rode the school bus with Regina King!)
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Herakles the Archer cast, by Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, 1909, 📸 by @schmidtyphoto
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Herakles the Archer cast, by Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, 1909, 📸 by @schmidtyphoto
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A fruity find! 🍎
This practical guide to fruit varieties, now known as The Tradescant’s Orchard, was made for gardeners, not as fine art.
Later bound by Elias Ashmole, it joined Oxford with his collections and moved to the Bodleian in 1860.
Shelfmark: MS. Ashmole 1461
This practical guide to fruit varieties, now known as The Tradescant’s Orchard, was made for gardeners, not as fine art.
Later bound by Elias Ashmole, it joined Oxford with his collections and moved to the Bodleian in 1860.
Shelfmark: MS. Ashmole 1461
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A fruity find! 🍎
This practical guide to fruit varieties, now known as The Tradescant’s Orchard, was made for gardeners, not as fine art.
Later bound by Elias Ashmole, it joined Oxford with his collections and moved to the Bodleian in 1860.
Shelfmark: MS. Ashmole 1461
This practical guide to fruit varieties, now known as The Tradescant’s Orchard, was made for gardeners, not as fine art.
Later bound by Elias Ashmole, it joined Oxford with his collections and moved to the Bodleian in 1860.
Shelfmark: MS. Ashmole 1461
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Its near "super intelligence" "replacing professionals" in the PR rounds, then once everyone is convinced and uses them for legal and medical advice, following the deceptive marketing, they slip it in the terms of service that you shouldn't do that.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
OpenAI Tries to Shift Responsibility to Users
OpenAI is trying to shift the blame for bad legal and medical advice from its chatbot away from the company and onto users. We agree that no chatbot should be used for medical or legal advice.
buttondown.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Its near "super intelligence" "replacing professionals" in the PR rounds, then once everyone is convinced and uses them for legal and medical advice, following the deceptive marketing, they slip it in the terms of service that you shouldn't do that.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
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Happy Unicode 17.0 Day!
Includes seven new emoji that are rolling out on your phones and computers in the coming year:
treasure chest, trombone, avalanche, big foot, bulging face, fight cloud, orca
@jenniferdaniel.bsky.social has the lowdown:
jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/tomorrows-...
Includes seven new emoji that are rolling out on your phones and computers in the coming year:
treasure chest, trombone, avalanche, big foot, bulging face, fight cloud, orca
@jenniferdaniel.bsky.social has the lowdown:
jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/tomorrows-...
September 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Happy Unicode 17.0 Day!
Includes seven new emoji that are rolling out on your phones and computers in the coming year:
treasure chest, trombone, avalanche, big foot, bulging face, fight cloud, orca
@jenniferdaniel.bsky.social has the lowdown:
jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/tomorrows-...
Includes seven new emoji that are rolling out on your phones and computers in the coming year:
treasure chest, trombone, avalanche, big foot, bulging face, fight cloud, orca
@jenniferdaniel.bsky.social has the lowdown:
jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/tomorrows-...
Handy, bolded summary of @anildash.com‘s "The Majority AI View” — but do read the whole blog post! It’s succinct, based on conversations with tech experts, and will restore your sanity.
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Handy, bolded summary of @anildash.com‘s "The Majority AI View” — but do read the whole blog post! It’s succinct, based on conversations with tech experts, and will restore your sanity.
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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My mother in law has this book on her coffee table and the first sentence of chapter 1 is, “one cannot spend 35 years looking at barley without acquiring an enormous amount of observations”
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My mother in law has this book on her coffee table and the first sentence of chapter 1 is, “one cannot spend 35 years looking at barley without acquiring an enormous amount of observations”
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New recipe up on Cooking in the Archives! hou to bake Quinoces, a delicious quince pie 🥧 rarecooking.com/2025/11/17/h...
hou to bake Quinoces
I always buy too many quinces. I am so excited when I first encounter them at the market in the autumn. I fill my bag. (I’ve written about my love of quinces here before.) So it was a good th…
rarecooking.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New recipe up on Cooking in the Archives! hou to bake Quinoces, a delicious quince pie 🥧 rarecooking.com/2025/11/17/h...
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I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
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I resent spending my time rooting around user interfaces to turn off the AI. I should track these as billable hours and invoice Sam Altman. Wasting my time in a way slaveholders could have only dreamed of owning my labor.
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I resent spending my time rooting around user interfaces to turn off the AI. I should track these as billable hours and invoice Sam Altman. Wasting my time in a way slaveholders could have only dreamed of owning my labor.