So, I finally read Emily Wilson’s criticism, and… 🤷🏼‍♂️ I was gonna articulate my disagreement, but then I stumbled upon this article which explains way better than I could almost all the pain points I found in Wilson’s essay. Go give it a read, it’s worth it. slate.com/culture/2026...

As a Classicist, I’ve Defended Emily Wilson’s Odyssey Translation. I Can’t Defend Her Review of Nolan’s Movie.

Emily Wilson used baffling arguments to flay Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s poem.

slate.com

Finally went and saw The Odyssey. Great movie. Yes, they changed the story a bit, but it’s still really good.

NSSpain XIV afterparty is set 🍷 Sept 17th @ Bodegas Amézola de la Mora, La Rioja’s first ever château. 19th century bodega, vineyards all around, a room full of iOS devs. See you there 🤩 #NSSpain26

Just a heads up: there are still some tickets left for @nsspain.bsky.social ! Go grab them and come have fun in Logroño this September! 😁

Geopolitics and Security Studies Center analyst Dionis Cenusa on the Ceuta crisis: “Ceuta is a geopolitical node that today involves the traditional interests of Spain and the emerging interests of the US and Israel related to Iran and the Middle East. 1/

Our burning of fossil fuels is making the world burn.

Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate

Two new studies reveal climate change's fingerprints over extreme fire weather-triggering infernos in Spain and France.

apnews.com

Just reserved the hotel for @nsspain.bsky.social 2026. Can’t wait 😁 Anyone coming this year?

That is a keeper!! Reminds me of this one by the late great Jon Kudelka Interview with him here - allouryesterdays.info/2025/04/28/i...

Tim Bradford scores a bullseye in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social Climate action versus the buts

1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.

Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

nytimes.com

movement in non-euclidean quaternionic space

🙄🤬🤬🤬 phys.org/news/2026-07...

Great Barrier Reef at risk of 'collapse', scientists warn

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is at very high risk of extreme and widespread bleaching and "ecosystem collapse" linked to this year's El Niño weather phenomenon, leading scientists warned Tuesday.

phys.org

Well, this article is incredibly depressing for cooking enthusiasts. The short version: private equity has, over the last couple of decades, quietly bought up most of the classic brands you’ve heard of and then traded on their names while drastically cutting quality and closing American factories

@laperry2.bsky.social · 2w ago

www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookw...

I Owe My Life to the Commodore 64 https://www.goto10retro.com/p/i-owe-my-life-to-the-commodore-64 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48945260)

I Owe My Life to the Commodore 64

If personal computers are for everybody, how come they’re priced for nobody?

goto10retro.com

Just a heads up: there are still some tickets left for @nsspain.bsky.social ! Go grab them and come have fun in Logroño this September! 😁

The extreme weather we have now is not the new normal. It’s going to keep getting worse as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels.

‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says

Annual State of the UK Climate analysis finds last four years in UK are in top five hottest on record

theguardian.com

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

Not even one full day home, and I already feel the urge to go somewhere else. This place is a shithole, for a not inconspicuous number of reasons. Damn, already semi-depressed. Well, at least they lowered the expected temp for tomorrow from 37°C to 36, yay.

Israel’s unhinged national security minister says “all of Lebanon must burn” and “you need to go berserk. To obliterate.” 4 IDF soldiers were just reportedly killed as Israel continues to attack Lebanon— clearly trying to make a peace deal with Iran impossible.

I wrote about git worktrees! github.blog/ai-and-ml/gi...

What are git worktrees, and why should I use them?

Git worktrees have been around since 2015, but it wasn't until recently they became popular. Learn what they are, how to use them, and why you might.

github.blog

oh look @swiftconnection.bsky.social has announced some speakers swiftconnection.io

Swift Connection Conference

Swift Connection, previously FrenchKit - The French Conference dedicated to iOS, Swift and other Apple Technologies. Paris, November 2026. The first French conference entirely dedicated to the communi...

swiftconnection.io

How bad is light pollution from satellites? This bad.

The Satellite Strewn Sky

YouTube video by AmazingSky

youtube.com

github.com/WebFritzi/GU...

GitHub - WebFritzi/GUI64: GUI64 is a graphical, window-based interface for the Commodore 64 that includes a built-in file browser. When used as a cartridge, it provides an immediate GUI experience rig...

GUI64 is a graphical, window-based interface for the Commodore 64 that includes a built-in file browser. When used as a cartridge, it provides an immediate GUI experience right at startup. - WebFri...

github.com

Parent does parenting. Compare to media screaming SOMETHING MUST BE DONE to protect kids from the horrors of smartphones. (Note: I am v aware there are issues with smartphones. But THE TOOLS ARE THERE. We don’t need bans nor adults proving their age on any website beyond the equiv of U cert movie)

Jonny@jonnyw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Recently set up eldest (yr 6) with first iPhone and was pleasantly surprised with the amount that could be configured with screen time/ down time. Already making tweaks to try and strike the right balance between safety, education and freedom but daughter is happy to work with us which is great.

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

As an ocean scientist, I'm frankly amazed at the attention the dismantlement of OOI has gotten, while the removal of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer (our only Antarctic icebreaker) and the failure to replace the JOIDES Resolution (our only scientific drilling ship) were met with near silence. 🌊

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

nytimes.com

Yes, I only now read the famous Stochastic Parrots paper. Yes, it's radicalized me against LLMs even more than before. It's disheartening that already in 2020, smart people *saw* coming all the fallout we're living through here. The AI industry decided to ignore them. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots | Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency

dl.acm.org

It’s climate change caused by our burning of fossil fuels. One thing Americans might not appreciate about Europe is that many people don’t have air conditioning at home or at work.

Europe is sweltering in a deadly, early heat wave. Here’s why it’s happening | CNN

Temperature records are being smashed across Europe as parts of the continent swelter under a heat dome that is bringing extreme temperatures alarmingly early in the year.

cnn.com

Obviously Donald Trump is not an expert in refrigerants, but you can be, and understand why these decisions can be hugely consequential for climate change, if you read this quick 🧵:

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Trump: "There's nothing wrong with the refrigerant other than sometimes it makes your food too cold. Its alternative costs about twice as much and it doesn't cool your food at all. Everyone that has it practically has gone bankrupt because their food has rotted."

Oil spills at sea - from shipping, rigs, alleged illegal tanker-washing at sea - are poisoning India's wildlife rich coastlines. Cancer-causing chemicals from oil can harm wildlife, + even end up consumed by people who eat contaminated fish, writes Sumaira Abdulali 👇🏾