🏃♂️ Felt winter coming on today’s run with temperatures hovering around freezing
Microposts
Best opening of any grunge album
Perhaps moral philosophers can contribute to public discourse even now—for instance, in thinking about how decisions should be made given the tremendous uncertainty involved, or to insist on the relevance of some neglected considerations. Or perhaps we should confess that we, too, are embarrassed, that we cannot be confident just what to say. Depending on your expectations, this may be disappointing. But unlike many of the other interventions in today’s public discourse, such a response would at least be honest. And probably less harmful as well.
🏃♂️ Hill repeats at a steady, moderate pace for today’s run. I tried to focus on my downhill form: staying loose and keeping ground contact time short
🎵 Find A Way Home by MxPx is a fun punk rock album
Finished reading: American Moonshot by Douglas Brinkley. I’ve read several books about the Apollo missions, all of them focused on the science and engineering. This book is a fascinating look at the politics and JFK’s indispensable leadership. 🚀📚
📺 The Night Manager (2016) - ★★★☆☆
A good show. I binge-watched it over the weekend while recovering from a nasty cold. Hiddleston and Laurie are both great
Finished reading: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson is fun. A nice break from the epic storytelling of the previous series. The Sherlock Holmes meets Western lawman vibe fits in well with the allomancy 📚
Finished reading: Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky continues a great series. Interesting and diverse aliens, cosmic scale mysteries, and against all odds, plucky humans 📚
New running shoe day! After 1,109 kms, I’m replacing the orange ones with another pair of Saucony Kinvara. I definitely don’t recommend waiting so long, just got distracted 🏃♂️
Finished reading: Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson is pretty good. Nowhere near as visionary as Anathem or Seveneves, though tighter than _Fall; or Dodge in Hell_📚
🍿 I enjoyed Fathom (2021), a documentary about attempts to communicate with whales. Pairs well with Fathoms by Rebecca Giggs
Saturday, September 30, 2023 →
Day 30: Treasure
Day 29: Contrast
Thursday, September 28, 2023 →
Day 28: Workout
Thursday, September 28, 2023 →
In Search of Lost Time, by Tom Vanderbilt is delightful
Yet the more precisely time is measured, the less it starts to feel like time at all.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 →
This didn’t last long. When using Apple Podcasts to listen to Apple Music radio, you don’t see album art and can’t easily add music to your library. Discovery is my main use case. So, though I like the idea of this integration, in practice it doesn’t suit my needs 🎵
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 →
Day 27: Embrace
Day 26: Beverage
Day 25: Flare
Day 24: Belt
Finished reading: The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy by Tom Chivers is an entertaining and interesting book about AI risks and the Rationalists that worry about them 📚
🏃♂️ Starting to see the Fall colour changes on today’s run. Powered by PUP and Rage Against the Machine
Saturday, September 23, 2023 →
Starting Fall with a pumpkin ale from Lake of Bays brewery
Saturday, September 23, 2023 →
Day 23: A day in the life. Enjoying the nice Fall weather outside with a good book
Day 22: Road
🚴♂️ Likely the last ride of the season with this crew. Getting too dark! Unfortunately we had to end early, thanks to a flat tire.
Sunrises are a nice benefit of getting up early
Thursday, September 21, 2023 →
Day 21: Fall
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 →
Day 20: Disruption
