Author: Kate
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Collected quotes, 6 of n: Language, translation, identity, empire (1)
A confluence of things, lately: And as a result, then, a lot of simmering thoughts these days on the many ways to set the protocols and criteria and languages (in the broadest sense of the word) for sustaining or challenging various systems. Mythic language is discourse, that is, it cannot be anything but systematic; one…
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This space should be a notebook // Cats
Let’s not get too precious about what gets posted here.
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Today in science, 12.02.24
1. Researchers built a smartwatch heartbeat monitor that relied on slime mold to operate, and over the course of caring for their living devices, the participants developed an emotional attachment to these. This study’s main hypothesis was that requiring some degree of physical care in an interactive device would lead to users being more invested…
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Netrunner Never Died
Netrunner is one of the best games of all time. It has also been — at least, by official tally — “dead” for six years now. What is Netrunner anyway? Netrunner is an asymmetric card game for two players, with each playing vastly different games that somehow still mesh together beautifully. Since its inception, Netrunner…
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Grief (1)
1. The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee. I first started reading it after I’d transferred out of biology, funnily enough. It helped pass the time while I camped out with my parents or my uncle in my grandfather’s hospital room. By then, we already possessed an unwilling familiarity with the basic vocabulary of…
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