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Things I love and want to share! I'll keep it short: you'll know why this is a good thing in just a few sentences!

  1. Long-term thinking on AI

    I’m presently working on aspects of AI in higher education, so I have started reading Pope Leo XIV first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas with interest. This technological change is a challenge for the nature of education and society. I appreciate the reminder that “technological evolution does not follow a predetermined path, but can be guided by personal and collective responsibility” (MH238) … and that this is something to be taught learned and lived.

    Also, he cites Gandalf.

    I am not Catholic and acknowledge the tonnage of history and present-day issues. And still, church can and should be a force for good, and I also want to open my eyes when it is. In this context, I also acknowledge Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical on capital and labor. It is the start of present-day Catholic social teaching. It is not surprising that Leo XIV's starts his narrative there.

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  2. The most 2026 headline

    We are 37.5% through 2026, but the competition is complete: the most 2026 headline is Popular Science’s “Japan runs out of robot wolves in fight against bears.” For maximum effect, imagine showing this to somebody in the early 1980s. Yes, the article has pictures.

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  3. Hood Internet's Year-by-Year Mashup

    Covid hadn’t even hit yet, and The Hood Internet decided to squeeze samples from 50-ish songs from one year into a killer mashup. And then they do it as a music video mashup. I spent approximately 47% of the pandemic living in their mixtape.

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  4. Maximum Fun

    Why pick a podcast network of all things? Well, MaxFun has two things going for it: it’s owned by its staff, pays artists fairly, and does not run ads. And the podcasts they host are fun! My long-time favorite is Triple Click, but there’s plenty more nice material there.

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  5. What if? by Randall Munroe

    I never miss anything Randall Munroe publishes. But his series of What If? articles is my favorite: I admire the tremendous amount of skill that goes into running the numbers on a preposterous question. Don’t have time for a read? The videos on YouTube are great, too!

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  6. Grizzy & the Lemmings

    What if I told you that you could combine wacky Looney Toons slapstick and an unhealthy love for Nutella generic nut paste into one cartoon series?! A lazy, snack-loving bear and a herd of thrill-seeking lemmings take over a Canadian mountain ranger’s cabin, and I fall off my couch laughing. Yummy!

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  7. This cuddly plush whale

    best plush whale ever This was actually my first-ever purchase on Etsy, well over a decade ago. Dana in Paris still makes them, and the product photos now come with a child for scale (a banana cannot cut it at this size). Still cuddly, but I’m still missing a bucket of plush krill to feed the beast.

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