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Books. Art. Iaido and Qigong.
Lutheran and Zen.
Wandering.
Lutheran and Zen.
Wandering.
Longest night. Yggdrasil, Tree of the Nine Worlds.
December 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Longest night. Yggdrasil, Tree of the Nine Worlds.
"Residents in Stehekin will take the winter and spring to recover from the winter storms to be ready for tourists in the summer. Jester said Stehekin remains open and safe; she says they are looking ahead."
www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/a...
www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/a...
After floods and slides, Stehekin and Holden Village residents dig in
Communities along upper Lake Chelan are beginning the slow work of recovery after flooding and landslides damaged roads, homes and access to routes during an atmospheric river storm last week.
www.wenatcheeworld.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Residents in Stehekin will take the winter and spring to recover from the winter storms to be ready for tourists in the summer. Jester said Stehekin remains open and safe; she says they are looking ahead."
www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/a...
www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/a...
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT. www.wired.com/story/people...
People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’
An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT.
www.wired.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT. www.wired.com/story/people...
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Pacific, Washington after a levee break on the White River. Whole neighborhoods flooded. 😢
📸 Matthew Pfab
📸 Matthew Pfab
December 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Pacific, Washington after a levee break on the White River. Whole neighborhoods flooded. 😢
📸 Matthew Pfab
📸 Matthew Pfab
Pierce County power outages - Tacoma Public Utilities, 12/17/2025, 08:45.
December 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Pierce County power outages - Tacoma Public Utilities, 12/17/2025, 08:45.
Pierce County power outages - Puget Sound Energy, 12/17/2025, 08:45.
December 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Pierce County power outages - Puget Sound Energy, 12/17/2025, 08:45.
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and number one...
artists & academics have rang alarm bells about gen AI for years. in 2025, many everyday people joined them.
Duolingo's heel turn with Gen Z users, who despised the app for embracing AI, exemplified the rising cultural cohort of people rejecting AI.
www.wired.com/story/genera...
artists & academics have rang alarm bells about gen AI for years. in 2025, many everyday people joined them.
Duolingo's heel turn with Gen Z users, who despised the app for embracing AI, exemplified the rising cultural cohort of people rejecting AI.
www.wired.com/story/genera...
The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger
As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
and number one...
artists & academics have rang alarm bells about gen AI for years. in 2025, many everyday people joined them.
Duolingo's heel turn with Gen Z users, who despised the app for embracing AI, exemplified the rising cultural cohort of people rejecting AI.
www.wired.com/story/genera...
artists & academics have rang alarm bells about gen AI for years. in 2025, many everyday people joined them.
Duolingo's heel turn with Gen Z users, who despised the app for embracing AI, exemplified the rising cultural cohort of people rejecting AI.
www.wired.com/story/genera...
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number two...
as ICEBlock rose on the iOS download charts, i spoke with multiple legal experts who told me that the app fell under protected speech. Apple removed the app from its store a few months later
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
as ICEBlock rose on the iOS download charts, i spoke with multiple legal experts who told me that the app fell under protected speech. Apple removed the app from its store a few months later
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Officials Want to Prosecute Over the ICEBlock App. Lawyers Say That’s Unconstitutional
The platform, which allows users to anonymously share the locations of ICE agents, is currently the third-most-downloaded iPhone app.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
number two...
as ICEBlock rose on the iOS download charts, i spoke with multiple legal experts who told me that the app fell under protected speech. Apple removed the app from its store a few months later
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
as ICEBlock rose on the iOS download charts, i spoke with multiple legal experts who told me that the app fell under protected speech. Apple removed the app from its store a few months later
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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number three...
OpenAI’s PR team called multiple times, begging to get this headline changed. it remains untouched.
my reporting highlighted how it was quite easy to generate AI outputs with extreme language, like gay slurs, despite OpenAI's guardrails
www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s PR team called multiple times, begging to get this headline changed. it remains untouched.
my reporting highlighted how it was quite easy to generate AI outputs with extreme language, like gay slurs, despite OpenAI's guardrails
www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs
The new version of ChatGPT explains why it won’t generate rule-breaking outputs. WIRED’s initial analysis found that some guardrails were easy to circumvent.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
number three...
OpenAI’s PR team called multiple times, begging to get this headline changed. it remains untouched.
my reporting highlighted how it was quite easy to generate AI outputs with extreme language, like gay slurs, despite OpenAI's guardrails
www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s PR team called multiple times, begging to get this headline changed. it remains untouched.
my reporting highlighted how it was quite easy to generate AI outputs with extreme language, like gay slurs, despite OpenAI's guardrails
www.wired.com/story/openai...
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number four...
teamed up with @boone.bsky.social to report on viral videos promoting a “ghost dot” sticker sold in the TikTok Shop.
the product was targeted at people who wanted to conceal the recording indicator on Meta’s smart glasses
www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
teamed up with @boone.bsky.social to report on viral videos promoting a “ghost dot” sticker sold in the TikTok Shop.
the product was targeted at people who wanted to conceal the recording indicator on Meta’s smart glasses
www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Promotes Stickers for Secretly Recording Meta Ray-Ban Video
Millions of TikTok users are watching videos promoting a “ghost dot” sticker that conceals the recording indicator light on Meta’s smart glasses.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
number four...
teamed up with @boone.bsky.social to report on viral videos promoting a “ghost dot” sticker sold in the TikTok Shop.
the product was targeted at people who wanted to conceal the recording indicator on Meta’s smart glasses
www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
teamed up with @boone.bsky.social to report on viral videos promoting a “ghost dot” sticker sold in the TikTok Shop.
the product was targeted at people who wanted to conceal the recording indicator on Meta’s smart glasses
www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
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counting down five fav articles from my year of reporting at @wired.com, starting with number five…
the Monday afternoon blog that Elon Musk hated so much he posted about it
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
the Monday afternoon blog that Elon Musk hated so much he posted about it
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
counting down five fav articles from my year of reporting at @wired.com, starting with number five…
the Monday afternoon blog that Elon Musk hated so much he posted about it
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
the Monday afternoon blog that Elon Musk hated so much he posted about it
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
W.I.T.C.H. covers "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads.
Same as it ever was?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzoJ...
Same as it ever was?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzoJ...
W.I.T.C.H. “Once In A Lifetime” (Official Visualiser) @TalkingHeads @witch-weintendtocausehavoc
YouTube video by BBE TV
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
W.I.T.C.H. covers "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads.
Same as it ever was?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzoJ...
Same as it ever was?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzoJ...
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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On This Day in Comedy History - The Young Ones debuted 43 years ago today!
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
On This Day in Comedy History - The Young Ones debuted 43 years ago today!
Many of the same people who shop at Dollar Tree voted in favor of tariffs on Chinese goods.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Many of the same people who shop at Dollar Tree voted in favor of tariffs on Chinese goods.
"Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul;...This is my substitute for pistol and ball."
—from "Loomings" (chapter I) of MOBY-DICK by Herman Melville.
“November always seemed to me the Norway of the year” — Emily Dickinson.
—from "Loomings" (chapter I) of MOBY-DICK by Herman Melville.
“November always seemed to me the Norway of the year” — Emily Dickinson.
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
"Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul;...This is my substitute for pistol and ball."
—from "Loomings" (chapter I) of MOBY-DICK by Herman Melville.
“November always seemed to me the Norway of the year” — Emily Dickinson.
—from "Loomings" (chapter I) of MOBY-DICK by Herman Melville.
“November always seemed to me the Norway of the year” — Emily Dickinson.
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It’s Halloween double feature time. Today, you can listen to me narrate not one, but TWO new short stories: an original ghost story and an adaptation of a creepy tale by H.G. Wells.
Listen now: jweberle.com/2025/10/29/s...
#SpookySeason #Halloween #WritingCommunity
Listen now: jweberle.com/2025/10/29/s...
#SpookySeason #Halloween #WritingCommunity
Spooky Stories for Spooky Season
When my friend and frequent creative collaborator Will McDonald told me in mid-October that he wanted to launch a horror-themed anthology podcast, I thought he was a little crazy. We were gearing u…
jweberle.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It’s Halloween double feature time. Today, you can listen to me narrate not one, but TWO new short stories: an original ghost story and an adaptation of a creepy tale by H.G. Wells.
Listen now: jweberle.com/2025/10/29/s...
#SpookySeason #Halloween #WritingCommunity
Listen now: jweberle.com/2025/10/29/s...
#SpookySeason #Halloween #WritingCommunity
"So, the stakes are too high not to remain skeptical of an encyclopedia’s claims to neutrality. Keep the pressure on—both on Wikipedia and on Grokipedia."
larrysanger.org/2025/10/grok...
larrysanger.org/2025/10/grok...
Grokipedia: a first look
To begin with my credentials for those who arrive here not knowing who I am: I've started, or helped start, five encyclopedias and meta-encyclopedia projects, including Wikipedia.((I founded Nupedia a...
larrysanger.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"So, the stakes are too high not to remain skeptical of an encyclopedia’s claims to neutrality. Keep the pressure on—both on Wikipedia and on Grokipedia."
larrysanger.org/2025/10/grok...
larrysanger.org/2025/10/grok...
Bands/musicians I do not connect with: Sufjan Stevens.
October 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Bands/musicians I do not connect with: Sufjan Stevens.
Bands/musicians I do not connect with: Grateful Dead.
October 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Bands/musicians I do not connect with: Grateful Dead.
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I still can't get over the photo of the Staircase ranger station.
Washington prepares for a megafire, naloxone required at all BC high schools, and Nicholas O'Connell's new book on his winemaking journey. This and more news from across #Cascadia: cascadia-journal.ghost.io/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: WA preps for megafire + naloxone in BC schools + author's winemaking journey
Is WA ready for the next megafire?
The New York Times reports on how western Washington is preparing for a potential mega-wildfire thanks to drought and climate change. Dense forests of the western C...
cascadia-journal.ghost.io
August 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I still can't get over the photo of the Staircase ranger station.