Uncategorized Día de los Muertos November 2, 2026 / November 2, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | Leave a Comment I am wishing you all happy memories on Día de los Muertos. You may know that this is the Mexican celebration when we remember our friends and loved ones who have passed on. It’s a joyful occasion, nothing grim about it, with the skeleton masks and make up and candy skulls. In yesterday’s first day […] Read more »
Social Action Radical Ideas October 11, 2026 / October 11, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | Leave a Comment Naomi Klien and Astra Taylor in The Guardian I want to alert you to an important and stimulating new interview with Naomi Klien and Astra Taylor that appears in The Guardian this morning as a first episode of a new video series called “Radical Ideas”. You can view it on the Guardian Website or on […] Read more »
Software Goodbye Margaret Hamilton October 8, 2026 / October 8, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | Leave a Comment Margaret Hamilton has died at age 90 Don’t mistake the name, this is not the actress who portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West, but the pioneering computer scientist who led the core software team for the Apollo moon landing in 1969. She deserves to be remembered as one of the founders of the computer […] Read more »
AI and Internet Mushrooms on my mind: Using AI Responsibly October 7, 2026 / October 8, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | Leave a Comment I discovered a fine YouTube channel that you should check out::Xplained with MUSHROOMS – YouTube Don’t be fooled by the clever and cheerful animations, these are clear and knowledgeable explanations of technical issues. I watched two that focused on AI and learned some new things that inspired this post: Here is some information I learned […] Read more »
Social Action Love Your Librarian October 3, 2026 / October 3, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | Leave a Comment FOR THE LOVE OF LIBRARIES A poem sent to us by Thom Woodruff, The World Poet.Currently traveling in Queensland, Australia As meeting placesRepositories of KnowledgeAs sanctuaries of silencesFor Communities /CommunicationAs voting spaces /Poetry readingsFor Clubs and SocietiesIndividual researchFor humanity of all agesFor their intrinsic worth Children in a Public Library in Anambra State Nigeria. Photo […] Read more »
AI and Internet AI Psychosis: High on their own supply October 3, 2026 / October 3, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | 1 Comment on AI Psychosis: High on their own supply Ok, I would not be surprised if, like me, you are getting a little sick of hearing about AI. I was working on a new post about banjos when I got distracted by a YouTube interview with Cory Doctorow. It is good enough and fresh enough that you should give it a half hour of […] Read more »
Social Action L’État, c’est Trump September 30, 2026 / September 30, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | Leave a Comment Read more »
AI and Internet Social Action To Fatalistic Fascism, we say F..Off! September 26, 2026 / September 28, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | 3 Comments on To Fatalistic Fascism, we say F..Off! Fascism can be a tricky word, and some would banish it from political discourse. One persuasive argument is that listeners will perceive that calling someone like Donald Trump or Elon Musk a fascist is to make a direct comparison with Hitler. These comparisons may not hold up historically or philosophically. On the other hand, a […] Read more »
Social Action End the terror – Abolish ICE September 26, 2026 / September 26, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | Leave a Comment We are saddened and horrified by the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in North Austin by ICE officers. Wilber was denied proper medical care, held in isolation, and forced to sleep on the floor and a non-medical bed at the for-profit Pearsall Detention Center, about 130 miles southwest of Austin away from his wife, […] Read more »
AI and Internet Frankenstein or Mickey Mouse September 25, 2026 / September 25, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | 1 Comment on Frankenstein or Mickey Mouse This post is a follow on to the earlier “Are the Robots Coming for Us?“ While I still maintain the importance of not falling into the illusion that AI models are sentient beings, I’m forced to recognize that it is nearly impossible to talk about them without using anthropomorphic language. And further, we cannot ignore […] Read more »