“effective extractivism” 🔥🔥🔥
Woke up to the earthquake news in Kumamoto. I remember the last big one that hit the mainland in Kumamoto. 😬
Started CIRCE by Madeline Miller 📚
#AmReading
Anglo-Saxon maxxing
Ever since visiting the British Museum in February I have been on an Anglo-Saxon history kick: reading books, watching videos, listening to podcasts… That was certainly not on my “Reading Goals for 2026” list, but it kind of took over my media diet for the first half of the year. Early British history is not something I have ever studied before; I am an Asian Studies scholar since Grade 10, and prior to that we only learned about Britain in the formation of the Canada.
Been consuming The Odyssey meta all day: podcasts, interviews, behind the scenes, Emily Wilson’s reaction to the film. It is a very impressive feature, and totally worth watching on a big screen if you can. I have decided to move Circe by Madeline Miller up to my next book read!
I’ve been IMAX 70mm’d!
Wow… gonna have to sit with this achievement for a bit. It was a real… journey… or as one might say, an Odyssey
About to be Odysseyed! 🐴
There is a LOT of great material in here (read the extensive refs in the shownotes!) but I want to highlight an important piece of WISDOM from Erin:
“refusing contempt in favour of inquiry”
That’s a bar 🔥
Listen to the ep: atproto.com/off-proto…
For the latest Off Protocol conversation, @jimray.bsky.team had a delightfully wide-ranging talk with @kissane.myatproto.social about so many things and ultimately a desire to make better mistakes
After the Goodbot.ca summer BBQ took a selfie with the big World Cup Ball before they take it down. Lovely hot evening in Vancouver tonight.
On the weekend I drove to my hometown deep in the Rockies for a 30 years grad reunion. It has been 10 years since I have been back. Realized how I took these stupendous mountains for granted.
I’m in my hometown in the Rockies for the first time in 10 years. We had our 30th High School Reunion. So good to catch up with old friends.
Magnifica Humanitas Breakdown
Me yapping about the Pope’s encyclical on AI
Lost Prophets Podcast
Taste-tested this new-to-me podcast with an excellent ep on Ivan Illich. Recommended! 🌟
森林浴 Forest Bathing
This is in Redwood Park, near the Fairie Forest in South Surrey, just a few blocks from the US border.
silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self
#Buddhism
I mean, I have seen a ton of Cory Doctorow interviews over two decades + of following his work, but this one is particularly fun and a great one to share with folks that might not necessarily know who he is:
Read Play Unsafe How Improvisation Can Change the Way You Roleplay by Graham Walmsley 📚
A bunch of us DMs read this together for discussion. It’s nice a short and gives everyone solid situations to talk about, rather than dredging up and criticizing specific elements of one another’s game.
Walking through history in Heidelberg
Old friends and older castles
Why am I up until 1:30am listening to Beck’s One Foot in the Grave? Nostalgia good sir. 🪵
We’ve been blessed by lovely weather yesterday and today. Third Beach at Stanley Park