Friday 30 October, 2026

The last rose… … of Autumn. The only one on a large bush the other day. Quote of the Day ”I believe there is such a thing as real, historical truth. I am no post-modernist. I live in Cambridge, Massachusetts. And one of the nice things about Cambridge, Massachusetts is that “Baudrillard” isn’t in the phone book” Errol Morris Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Paul Simon | Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes Link Long Read of the Day Itch scratching Lovely essay by Cory Doctorow (Whom God Preserve) on writing software which even explains why vibe coding can be great if you’re just using it to scratch your itch! Since the outset, the free software/open source movement has extolled the virtues of technological self-determination, which is to say, deciding how the computers and programs you use will work. This is often described as “scratching your own itch.” There is no question that scratching your own itch in this way is hugely and enduringly satisfying. On my laptop, I…