Met this tree on my walk tonight 🌲 This dude has seen a lot.

A tree surrounded by foliage, but cast in the light of the setting sun

Beautiful clear, warm day. Everyone was out so I was gonna write. But just could not find the motivation. Do I do this? Or that? One of those days where I could just not pick a direction and just stewed in unproductive unsatisfactoriness. Decided to meditate. It’s okay to have days like this.

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Learn about a new massive data set for tracking open source, and how it helps fund #opensource projects not merely based on popularity, but on their criticality to the ecosystem as a whole. From @sustainoss@hachyderm.io | @sustainoss.bsky.social‬ podcast.sustainoss.org/270

Une petite catharsis of anomie — a review of Deep Work by Cal Newport

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Holy he did it! #COYS

Nice!

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Happy 47th birthday 🎈

Chad stands at the edge of a forest lake on a drab grey day, staring into the clear water reflecting the forest on the shore

A programming language resembling magical circles 🧙‍♂️

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“I have friends everywhere.”

fin

Five stars.

Key findings and recommendations from the Critical Infrastructure Lab’s new report on the EU’s digital innovation funding (like Horizon) and tech sovereignty. Lessons for Canada 🤔 #tech #techpolicy #digitalSovereignty

Key findings &10;1. There is an overreliance on the potential and promise of "disruptive" &10;technologies. The EU's funding strategies are heavily influenced by the idea &10;that breakthroughs in Al, quantum computing, and other emerging fields &10;will be a silver bullet that will turn things around for Europe's &10;competitiveness. &10;2. The approach to R&I funding is technology-centric rather than need-centric. &10;Funding for digital innovation remains overwhelmingly focused on &10;developing new technologies ("digitization for the sake of digitization") &10;rather than addressing well-defined, evidence-based needs and solving &10;problems ("digitization as a means to an end"). &10;3. Funding agencies fall for tech hype. EU funding programs often reflect &10;industry-driven narratives about new technologies and their potential. This &10;approach lacks critical rigor and analytical nuance in assessing the actual &10;potential of different technology areas. &10;Recommendations &10;1. Prioritize Public Digital Infrastructure (PDI) - EU funding should &10;strengthen public digital infrastructure rather than chase disruption. It &10;should ensure that publicly funded digital tools serve the public interest. &10;2. Align industry support with public interest - EU funding decisions in &10;support of industry should prioritize meeting public needs, with the goal of &10;enhancing both individual and collective autonomy. &10;3. Adopt a more critical approach to technology investments - Decision- &10;makers should move beyond techno-deterministic and techno-optimistic &10;narratives and take a more critical approach to assessing technologies.

Why Bell Labs Worked from @1517.bsky.social

This is familiar and correct… and very hard to do in today’s economic climate (as noted in the piece). Le sigh 😮‍💨

Read in 2025: The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay 📚

Stopped at the end of The Summer Tree. Struggled. This book is dated… that is the kindest thing I can say. Not going to continue.

Downtown Kelowna at the marina. Happy Mother’s Day!

Chad selfie at a marina on Okanagan Lake. He is wearing sunglasses but the sky is a bit overcast

Started What’s Left by Malcolm Harris 📚

Timeline of web features: Baseline timeline

Started listening to Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 📚

Been having these weird recurring dreams of being photographed in train stations in the Netherlands 🤷‍♂️ I’ve never even been to the Netherlands 🤔 What could this mean? 😳

Checking in on online media usage

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Lovely Saturday. Bought some handmade chili crunch and chocolate at the Nikkei Centre market, took a bunch of photos with family at our local wisteria trellis, and watched 2 eps of Andor.

Chad holds up a jar of chili sauce and a package of sugar free chocolate in one hand. In the background blurred is Nikkei CenterChad selfie surrounded by fronds of wisteriaWide shot of wisteria in full bloom. People are walking around and taking photos The entrance to the wisteria trellis, a 12 foot tall arched walkway that goes about 30 feet. This is one of 2