“What are we doing with all these links, anyway? We’re weaving the web tighter. Making introductions. Maintaining provenance. It’s meaningful, especially now, as AI systems work in the opposite direction: denaturing the links, melting down the chains of connection.”
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“The best time to establish alternative, non-algorithmic networks of communication & affinity was five years ago.
The second best time is today!”
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“The best time to establish alternative, non-algorithmic networks of communication & affinity was five years ago.
The second best time is today!
Over the years, I’ve distributed many zines through the mail. Those have been one-off productions, which is to say, pageants of minor chaos, always with the sense, as the last zine went out the door, of skidding into home plate.
The best time to establish alternative, non-algorithmic networks of communication — to forge durable links in physical space — to insist upon the democratic necessity of a muscular, universal postal service — was five years ago.
The second best time is today.”
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I love colloquialisms so I just ordered the audiobook of Landmarks by Robert McFarlane based on a recommendation with these examples from Robin Sloan:
ammil a Devon term for the fine film of silver ice that coats leaves, twigs, and grass when freeze follows thaw
This is something we see a lot in the American south and I am always enchanted by!
sìth “a fairy hill or mound,” is a knoll or hillock possessing the qualities which were thought to constitute desirable real estate for fairies — being well-drained, for instance, with a distinctive rise, and crowned by green grass.
As Robin says – the roots of Darth Vader there.
smeuse a Sussex dialect noun for “the gap in the base of a hedge made by the regular passage of a small animal.”
Dying to hear how this one is said. He recommends a paper copy for the glossary, but I really want to hear how these words are pronounced.