semi•random items, images, observations
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Not sure why or how these images popped up on my iPhone's lock screen, which they did over the past couple days, but they were entrancing to me, as well as deeply poignant; they brought me back to these moments and spots in a way that I can't quite articulate...
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This resource web page for Pollan's book is invaluable...
Consciousness
Resources for A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness
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Is it a coincidence that there are 13 letters in the word "consciousness"? This triskaidekaphile thinks not. ::chuckle:: As it happens, it's one of the 2 canonical numerals of this space, along with, uhm... 5. ;-)
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Neither of the best public models of the frontier companies (ChatGPT's 5.5 on Thinking; and Anthropic's Fable 5 on Max) found the anomaly in this photo below, after being presented it in an acontextual cold-prompt in a new thread...
...probably neither did you, come to think of it. ::snicker:: (Unless you already have, primed by the hint in this item's 'prompt.') It was instantly obvious to me, when I saw it at the New Non-Fiction shelf at Christopher's Books in Potrero Hill, a couple years ago.
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Hani is the imperturbable guardian-avatar and mackerel tabby of North Point Grocery. His own servant-deity is Ali, who works days at the cashier's spot. Hani reminds me of poor KitKat of the Mission, who was summarily dispatched by a heedless/headless Waymo in late October of last year. KitKat was the beloved bodega cat of Randa's Market. I attended the memorial at 16th Street near Valencia. I like to think Hani remembers KitKat with feline fealty, as she side-eyes the frequent passing Waymos here on Polk...
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