Big work thing - the thing that has been my main work thing all year - got endorsed by the second highest committee last week. Scheduled for University Council approval first week of December.

I have leftovers that still need tidying, including a performance planning meeting with the boss (ostensibly annual, but the first one in three years), but I'm starting to check out.

I have January off. I want to buy a Steam Machine but I doubt they'll be available that early in 2026. Suppose I'll read, write and garden, instead.

Wow, what a take. Being the adventures of a race-baiting conservative commentator who comes to realise, with dawning horror, that Trump's ur-fascism might actually be a catalyst for - who'd have thought it? - fascism.

And he’s afraid to state that Jews do not openly support the “prosecution” of Christians (especially compared to Muslims, who are actively murdering Christians as we speak).

I'm going to assume this is a typical take from this chap. In spite of everything, he appears to be unaware that language like this has been instrumental to the creation of, and continues to contribute towards the advancement of, the fell juggernaut he fears is descending.

However, once the hype dies down at least we might be left with a bigger, stronger and cheaper energy grid in its wake?

I bet that's what this AI push has been about all along; a cabal of industrialists forcing the United States into the mass roll out of clean, renewable and affordable energy for all.

Re the Unisynk Stand 2 Magnetic Wireless Charger by Johan Thelander. When did we start putting magnets in wireless phone chargers? I grew up when magnets were bad for electronics.

Anyway, I like:

- The Ribbon Desk by Scot Distefano.

- Magician's rope by Hanqi Jia

Stripped back to its essentials, the argument for AGI rests on the premise that one technology, AI, has gotten very good, very fast, and will continue to get better. But set aside the technical objections—what if it doesn't continue to get better?—and you’re left with the claim that intelligence is a commodity you can get more of if you have the right data or compute or neural network. And it’s not.

This observation rings true.