The confession is doing structural work. If you admit the danger, you establish yourself as the one honest actor. And if you are the one honest actor, your safety claims do not require external verification. You have pre-certified yourself through the performance of self-doubt. The confession is not transparency. It is inoculation against scrutiny. Behavioral experts call this manufactured…
Free open source voice-to-text for macOS. Local-first dictation with Parakeet, Apple Speech, Whisper, AI enhancement, command mode, write mode, and Intel support through Whisper.
An illustrated guide to chili peppers of the world, organized by Capsicum species and cultivar, with notes on origin, heat, form, domestication, and global food history.
A messaging app where your message is delivered at the speed it would take your chosen bird to travel in real-time. This reminds me of the fun, early era of social media.
This small lidded jar in Linen glaze has a quiet, understated beauty. The glaze settles into a soft, pale gray with a slightly warm undertone, and where it thins over the carved vertical lines that encircle the body, the warm, sandy brown clay peeks through in golden-amber traces. The lid fits snugly with an unglazed rim of exposed clay that echoes the unglazed base, creating a lovely contrast…
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.