Sebastian Biot
@viralata.bsky.social
Keeper of HyperEssays https://hyperessays.net/
The Athens City Council on Monday approved a one-year moratorium on any attempts to build a data center in city limits. The moratorium is intended to give city officials time to review the zoning code and make changes to specifically address issues raised by data centers.
Athens City Council approves a one-year moratorium on data centers
The Athens City Council on Monday approved a one-year moratorium on any attempts to build a data center in city limits.
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I don’t remember much Georgian but I remember that word!
Rusudan Djakeli@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · last wk.Nine people just arrested in Georgia for standing on a sidewalk holding signs that read "Is Bidzina a d*ck?"—referring to Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire who made his fortune in Russia and founded the ruling Georgian Dream party, widely seen as the country's shadow ruler. 📷 Mo Se
I have definitely noticed an uptick in deep backlist sales from the OSU Press list. It's not the perpetual bestsellers but one-offs from decades ago that even I, after seven years at the press, have barely heard of. www.404media.co/ai-companies...
AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”
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“(T)he United States, a nation at war with itself and the world…” nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/japans-desig... Anne Lutz Fernandez. 2026. “Japan’s Design for Humans.” *Nobody Wants This.*
Japan's Design for Humans
A recent trip was a reminder of the US's missing care
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
The Types of People to Keep Around, including “people who text you to look at the moon”, “the friend who commits to the bit”, and “relentlessly creative folks”. [kottke.org]
The Types of People to Keep Around
Molly Burford, author of Moments to Hold Close, writes list poetry (is that a thing?) about the kinds of people that you want in your life. From Types Of People You Need To Hang On To: The friend who helps you clean y
kottke.org
Day 593 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia.
HyperEssays has had full-text search of John Florio’s and my own ongoing translation of the Essays (w/ Cotton/Hazlitt’s as a placeholder) for a while. Today I’m happy to announce that the original Middle French text is also searchable on the site. 🥳 hyperessays.net
HyperEssays
HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online edition of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne.
hyperessays.net
Posting on social media about being deeply insulted by how wrong a report is which agrees with you on the point you’re deeply insulted about is the most social media thing to do: denouncing something you haven’t read, carefully or at all, to score outrage points from people who won’t read it either.
The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America. “America’s roads are now full of tactical-grade headlights, and no one is happy about it.” [theatlantic.com]
Driving in America Is Headlight Hell
Car bulbs don’t have to be this blinding.
theatlantic.com
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My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it.
I haven't seen such a large crowd in Georgia in a while. This is the 545th consecutive day of nationwide protests. Happy Independence Day, dear Georgia! 🇬🇪
Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...
Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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Three signs that bookclub email you just got is probably a scam 🚩 1) Generic gmail (or similar) address 2) The book club, award, or organization doesn’t exist when you look it up 3) The email is overly long, vague, and full of excessive praise (often AI-written)
Nothing like seeing “From the creators of [inferior product]” to inspire confidence in a new product.
Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.
Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
arstechnica.com
“You opened this page. It already knows the following.” sinceyouarrived.world/taken
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
sinceyouarrived.world
Richard Dawkins: Trans women aren't real Also Richard Dawkins: AIs are conscious and my Claude is a Claudia
Matthew Sheffield@matthew.flux.community · 3mo agoIn totally unsurprising news, Richard Dawkins is developing AI psychosis. Paywall bypass: archive.is/6RdK9
Day 517 of uninterrupted protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪🇪🇺
