The Trump Two-Step by David A. Graham sounds a lot like a mix between 'Schrödinger's douchebag' and Trump's brand of politicobabble/doubletalk. boffosocko.com/2016/09/30/com… theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Congratulations to Chris Adami on release day for The Evolution of Biological Information: How Evolution Creates Complexity, from Viruses to Brains! I'm awaiting the post for my own hardcover copy.
#ITBio #Complexity
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A quote to further Amanda Mull's excellent research on groupings of three and beverages at work that I saw on the Atlantic archive today:
'One [martini] is all right, two is too many, three is not enough.'—James Thurber via content.time.com/time/subscribe…

theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Don't think I'm just holding my breath waiting for this awesome book. Sometimes I turn blue and fall off my chair. 😰🪑

At least the press is saying Jan 16, 2024 now. Tough luck for those doing their holiday shopping for me.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Indelible
#annotation #BlackOutPoetry

Twitter is being rebranded as X. So, if one 'tweets' on Twitter, will one then be 'eX-iting' posts on X?
I think it's a perfect time to eXit the entire platform. #IndieWeb #eXiting
boffosocko.com/2023/07/24/exi…
theverge.com/2023/7/23/2380…

Zettelkasten Pedagogy Meeup? A Call for Interested Parties and Examples
#Zettelkasten #DigitalPedagogy #EdTech
boffosocko.com/2023/05/30/zet…

I finished Wondrium by The Great Courses' spectacular The Banjo: Music, History, & Heritage over the weekend. While looking up future tour dates for Rhiannon Giddens, I notice she's just won a Pulitzer and will be directing the Ojai Music Festival in June! Now massaging my vacation travel... 🪕🎶

A #zettelkasten or commonplace provides a catalytic surface to which ideas in the “solution of life” can more easily adhere to speed their reaction with ideas you’ve already seen and collected.
Once combined via linking, further thinking and writing… boffosocko.com/?p=55814329

Quantum mechanics anyone? Dozens have been disappointed by UCLA’s administration ineptly standing in the way of Dr. Mike Miller being able to offer his perennial Winter UCLA math class (Ring Theory this quarter), so a few friends and I are putting our… boffosocko.com/?p=55814122

Picked up some new books from Lost Books, one of the few remaining used book shops around. Almost concerning that I can often find exceptional copies of first editions for so little. 📚 (boffosocko.com/?p=55811770)

#FeedReaderFriday People I love following & learning from:
Kimberly Hirsh kimberlyhirsh.com fascinating educator, & fandom expert
Tom Critchlow tomcritchlow.com consultant, digital bricoleur
Aaron Davis - collect.readwriterespond.com educator
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As of this morning, nearly 15% of the 5,000 accounts I follow on Twitter have a Mastodon handle in their name or bio. (boffosocko.com/?p=55811732)

#FeedReaderFriday ! Idée de Chris Aldrich @[email protected] : on parle de flux web, on partage sources, outils et astuces… Je me lance :
- Mes sources : arthurperret.fr/liens.html
- Nouvelle page : arthurperret.fr/cours/flux-web…
- Nouveau billet : arthurperret.fr/blog/2022-11-1…

To help get people started, for my first #FeedReaderFriday note, I’m highlighting Matt Webb 🌸🌼🌸‘s (Matt Webb 🌸🌼🌸@mastodon.social) excellent introduction of feeds and readers.

aboutfeeds.com (boffosocko.com/?p=55811726)

Your Twitter “Go Bag”: boffosocko.com/?p=55811701

Are you a math person looking for an interesting space on Mastodon? Try mathstodon.xyz/about (boffosocko.com/?p=55811641)