Athena's Parthenon
The following is a draft I wrote with what I would like to see in favor of the policy laid out in github/rust-lang/rust-forge#1040 . Overview This RFC proposes a policy regarding the contribution of content generated by language models (a.k.a. LLMs, chatbots, or agents, including but not limited to Claude, ChatGPT, DeepSeek and others) to rust-lang/rust. This policy was written with the aim of…
Functional Interfaces UniFFI has good support for callback interfaces, allowing calling code to supply its own logic to be called from Rust. How to make this work on the other-language side was relatively obvious to me: you just implement the interface. However, how to make this smooth in Rust took a moment to figure out, so I figured I'd make a note. A UniFFI callback interface looks (using the…
Written for veilid_core version 0.5.3. This page walks through a unit test I wrote to check my own understanding of how to use the Veilid DHT. This is just about the simplest possible usage in demonstrating a put and a get, none of the fancy watch stuff. Walking through section by section: # [ tokio :: test ] async fn basic_dht_write_and_get ( ) { let done = CancellationToken :: new ( ) ; let…
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Philosophy Tube makes a lot of philosophy much more accessible; in particular her video about Judith Butler's work is great because Butler is... not the easiest to digest and I would recommend this as an onramp to give you something of a framework for understanding how things fit together.
Ars Technica provides well-reasoned and appropriately skeptical analysis of technology and science news. I subscribe to them.
Charlie Jane Anders is a first-rate sci-fi author who also has an excellent newsletter about society and media, as well as a podcast.
Dan McClellan is a doctor of theology & religion, particularly focusing on diety and divine images in the Hebrew Bible. He makes excellent, punchy but respectful videos on social media responding to misunderstandings of the history of the Bible.
Zoe is an awesome writer doing excellent work creating resources for newly-hatched trans folks and the people in their life, as well as more in-depth thought on trans life. Check out her writing at Stained Glass Woman
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an organization which fights for privacy and liberty in regards to technology. Roughly analogous to "the ACLU of the web", but don't take that analogy too far - they're pretty different organizations. Still, they put out a lot of good info on how to stay safe online.
If you want to keep up to date on trans issues in the USA, follow Erin Reed . She's absolutely the number one voice talking about trans legislation and her work is invaluable.
Helvetica is a really cool, pretty abstract/symbolic artist I happened across. I've ben meaning to pick up some prints of their work.
How to ADHD is a YouTube channel that helped me start working with my ADHD brain even before I had an official diagnosis. Highly recommended.
The Magnus Archives (complete) and in-progress The Magnus Protocol are some top-tier horror audio. The format keeps things away from most of the worst excesses of the genre - there are very, very few jump scares and although there are audio distortions they are mostly not too unpleasant - and it mixes in humor and human connection enough to keep things grounded. And unlike so many podcasts, it…
Julia Evans makes zines which simplify highly technical tools and protocols into digestible, understandable pieces. And has an excellent programming blog, to boot.
Julia Serrano is a biologist (PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) and author who has written some very excellent work on biology in relation to transgender people and on social phenomena around gender in general.
Margaret Killjoy does a bunch of stuff , but I am most familiar with her writing and podcast work. I've greatly enjoyed all of her fiction that I've read thus far, and her nonfiction writing (text and in podcast form) is on-point, engaging, and well-sourced.
The Foglios primarily make Girl Genius these days, which is a delightful ongoing steampunky pulp adventure comic. I've been a fan of this for longer than I can remember and it holds up.
ProPublica is an independent investigative journalism outlet that has universally impressed me with its quality, and it is free (though I donate monthly). They even provide a full-text RSS feed, so you can subscribe and read the whole thing in the news app of your choice. Note: They do not have a great history on topics related to autism.
qntm writes excellent fiction and commentary on technology, consciousness, and society. I especially recommend Lena and There Is No Antimemetics Division .
Journalist and host of the excellent podcasts Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here .
Sylvia Ritter is a digital artist I've followed for quite a while. I especially appreciate her use of geometric shapes and contrast - the landscapes are my favorites of her work. I have a number of prints of her work hanging in my house.
The author of The Locked Tomb trilogy, to which I had the following reactions after my first read: Gideon the Ninth: That was pretty good, I want to read the sequel! Harrow the Ninth: That was... really confusing but excellent , this has definitely joined the list of my top sci-fi series. Nona the Ninth: These are my favorite books. I have gone on to read several other works because Muir cited…
Kill Six Billion Demons is a great webcomic that is incredibly metal and has, at times, genuinely given me some things to think about. Note: While reading from the beginning is important, the first few pages are a considerably more grotesque art style than is typical for the comic; it quickly settles in to a more traditional look that's less uncomfortable to read.
The Icom IC-705 is a fine radio, but not without flaws, among which are these two: It uses a USB Micro-B connector, which is fragile and less convenient than USB-C. Extremely low current transistors were used for the Tuner/Amp control ports, so they frequently fail in typical use. In order to remedy this, the folks at ihelpu.tech have designed and sell a replacement SEND board designed for the…
It is the end of the day, and you have just finished a long day at work. A bit stiff from several hours in your office chair, standing is a relief. You gather your things, tidy your workspace, and walk out of your grey, featureless cubicle. Go down the flights of concrete stairs, across the asphalt of the street, and turn left into the building where you have always lived. It will be nice to be…