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POAP 7552077 at You've met Jamie Thingelstad in Winter 2026.

A long story in The Hollywood Reporter about George R.R. Martin and all the work he is juggling. The problem with a book taking so long — I know this firsthand — is that the author’s expectations keep going up, as if it needs to be even more perfect. But…

It's been a while since the pandemic has brought masks to the awareness of anyone that wasn't required to wear them before. It's also been a while since the general public was mandated to wear them. I still wear masks, though.

I wear them in the supermarket, in public transport,…

I wanted to start this blog post with a quote. I started flicking through Walden, which I have just finished reading, for one that would be appropriate. But then I realised any choice would be arbitrary, for the wisdom is so deep within the book that any choice would leave…

I start my degree in art history at the Open University in under two weeks. Just after the holidays, I got access to the materials for my first year, which is made up of two modules: “Discovering the arts and humanities” and “Cultures”. In the former module I’ll study a…

Thinking back to being in school, a specific class might have been challenging when experiencing it for the first time.

Now imagine repeating that same grade, same class, same contents, same exams each year. You’d be bored out of your mind at some point, obviously. You've heard these things a…

…My prerequisite to thinking love was a reasonable answer to this meaning-of-life business was the realization that I’m part of a greater mystery, which is more of a feeling than a thought I can type into words on my laptop. It’s an acceptance I found through sobriety and meditation and…

There’s never been a better time to learn a little about nearly everything in web technology. 2026 will be a year for generalists and new tools that span platforms. And yet I see folks on the fediverse who have strong opinions about Bluesky without really understanding why it exists or…

We officially have a new W3C working group to advance ActivityPub and related specifications (including IndieWeb standards). There has been a lot of work in the years since the last specs were updated, so it’ll be good to see conventions formalized.

So I’ve started a new blog, Thought Brew, to share interesting links I come across as well as some notable thoughts and instances from life on Earth. The blog’s centerpiece though would be the links, sometimes shared with quotes or linked commentary. After all, the originator of the idea…