November 4, 2024

Five for Friday 633

Welcome to the weekend,

Here are five things I thought worth sharing this week.

“How can I enjoy something without my brain thinking about it?” On the artist’s eye and seeing the gaps in existing work.

On glib AI responses and unintended consequences.

Macbeth, immortalized in Shakespeare’s tragedy, was a real person, King of the Scots, in fact. His life really was full of twists and his death was something of a turning point for this part of the world.

Portofino police are hunting … A/C units.

A woman in Kent found an extremely rare copy of a 1688 novel, at home on a bookshelf.

Currently reading: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

Have a great weekend.


Image: Indian Summer. Egner, Marie. Austrian. Public Domain.