RaelZero @raelzero@merveilles.town

A very relevant article by one of my favourite contemporary writers, Audrey Watters. She always proposes a critique that is lucid, grounded and undestandable.

This piece is about wellness tech.

An extract:

> "Technology of wellness" is similar (and even adjacent) to ed-tech in many ways: the hype, the wild promises, the obsession with data and quantification, a penchant for behaviorism, some fairly questionable politics, an embrace of techno- and pseudoscience.

http://audreywatters.com/2022/02/28/technology-of-wellness-1

Went for a short bike trip today, to the nearby "Vallette di Ostellato". Lovely day, despite the fact that it's still quite winter-y over here.

Along the way, we met a great many birds spending their winter over here, some pretty moss, and a pale, muted colour palette.

The place apparently is very busy during the warmer season, but visiting this at a "weird" time of the year made it even more unique. It's always worth it to explore our surroundings :3

#theCartographer

Hey @thomasorus!

I was trying to find your article "about the no-JS mindset", because I wanted to link it on the forum (and save it for my future use).

Do you still have it somewhere? I really liked it!

Fresh out of the oven!

I even took time to write down the recipe thanks to @cblgh gently prompting me :3

https://oddworlds.org/cooking/pancarre.html

#theGalley

Spent a bit of time rewriting this Wikipedia page. Still not perfect, but this story is _so_ amazing I had to do it!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeas_per_montes

Been away from Merveilles/Mastodon for a while... Ciao all, again! :D

I really miss the folks and the types of discussion that we have here, but at the same time I'm a bit put off by the "social media"-y vibe. I think I feel the need for something more private, slower, and more thoughtful.

What could describe what I'm looking for? A forum? Does anyone know interesting communities of this type? Would folks be interested in starting a forum?

@flaneur / @flancian I'm digging a bit more on your work on the Agora.

These days, I'm thinking about how I could create a space for my students to share their learnings, ideally also across years... Will definitely keep your work in mind!

I think the main question I have right now is how can people be eased into adopting a knowledge organisation process of some sort...

Still, the Agora is very inspirational. Thanks!

I found this yesterday - thought some folks around here might appreciate :D

cc @faun @theneko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7foO3-blSdo

Re-release of the Big Big Train's Underfall Yard today on Bandcamp \o/

So far it's really cool, but I'm not loving it as much as my favourites (English Electric and Folklore).

Anyone else into BBT?

https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/the-underfall-yard-2

#theStudio

How does @OCRbot work?

Also, wait, licenses for programming computers?! Dodged a bullet there.

Recommended by pixelheresy on the Merveilles IRC, I'm reading through the "Mondo 2000" zines. Beyond brilliant!

Archived here: https://anarchivism.org/w/Mondo_2000

Some excerpts in the pictures.

Delicious!

Recipe tomorrow, most likely! I used a strange proportion of dry yeast for these ones, so we first need to see how easy they are to digest :3

Sorry for the bad lighting, but we have fluorescent lights at home for some reason, which makes everything very blue-ish.

#theGalley

With all the talk about pitas recently, felt it was high time to try making some :3

Results in an hour-ish :D

#theGalley

Oooh @whtrbt I gather from your website you're a fellow Carlo Scarpa appreciator? :O

Next time you come over we have to go "hunting" for some of his less-known stuff around here :D

There're always more perspectives waiting to be discoverd, even in those same old 10 square kms.

#theDarkroom