From corey at toegristle.com Sun Aug 2 19:31:17 2026 From: corey at toegristle.com (Corey Eiseman) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 13:31:17 -0400 Subject: [NetBehaviour] toegristle #429 Message-ID: Perpetual Canvas No.429 https://toegristle.com/?id=429 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From netwurker at gmail.com Sun Aug 9 08:49:15 2026 From: netwurker at gmail.com (Mez Breeze) Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 16:49:15 +1000 Subject: [NetBehaviour] Announcing [Interesting LinkThings] Message-ID: Hi Peeps, Thought some of you might be interested in something different happening at my Patreon site: inspired by the incomparable Rhea Myers and her earlier contributions here on the list, I'm going to try to compile a list of *ILTs* ie [*Interesting LinkThings*] on a monthly basis. Here's the links that have been floating my boat this month: ? *Butterflies around the world are changing habitats * *:* *?Butterflies are early?warning indicators and are signalling a warning across the entire planet. If their ranges shift this dramatically, it signals profound changes across ecosystems.?* [This taps into my early-warning-catastrophe-system of critically observing animals (especially groups/flocks/herds). One of my maxims includes: *?If you see a highly unusual/unexpected collective of animals moving rapidly in the same direction, it?s probably best to do the same??* ie follow them.] ? *How the bird eye was pushed to an evolutionary extreme * *:* *?Half of the retina lives in a chronic state of anoxia, where there?s no oxygen present at all.?* [I like to keep a mental file of animal-facts-that-sound-invented (that I forget preddy quickly so I tend to hoover up new ones to replace them) and this has gone straight into it.] ? *Professor hides white font in midterm, catches students using AI in the stupidest way possible * *:* *?Madagascar floats sideways through the afternoon.?* [This may be the best sentence in the entire ILT list, all due to the fact a professor hid instructions in white text telling AI to insert Madagascar-related nonsense into answers about the Industrial Revolution.] ? *Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI * *:* [Just?no.]... 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On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 7:53?AM Mez Breeze via NetBehaviour < netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote: > Hi Peeps, > > Thought some of you might be interested in something different happening > at my Patreon site: inspired by the incomparable Rhea Myers and her earlier > contributions here on the list, I'm going to try to compile a list of > *ILTs* ie [*Interesting LinkThings*] on a monthly basis. > > Here's the links that have been floating my boat this month: > > ? *Butterflies around the world are changing habitats > * > *:* *?Butterflies are early?warning indicators and are signalling a > warning across the entire planet. If their ranges shift this dramatically, > it signals profound changes across ecosystems.?* [This taps into my > early-warning-catastrophe-system of critically observing animals > (especially groups/flocks/herds). One of my maxims includes: *?If you see > a highly unusual/unexpected collective of animals moving rapidly in the > same direction, it?s probably best to do the same??* ie follow them.] > > ? *How the bird eye was pushed to an evolutionary extreme > * > *:* *?Half of the retina lives in a chronic state of anoxia, where > there?s no oxygen present at all.?* [I like to keep a mental file of > animal-facts-that-sound-invented (that I forget preddy quickly so I tend to > hoover up new ones to replace them) and this has gone straight into it.] > > ? *Professor hides white font in midterm, catches students using AI > in the stupidest way possible > * > *:* *?Madagascar floats sideways through the afternoon.?* [This may be > the best sentence in the entire ILT list, all due to the fact a professor > hid instructions in white text telling AI to insert Madagascar-related > nonsense into answers about the Industrial Revolution.] > > ? *Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI > * > *:* [Just?no.]... > > [You can read the rest here > ]. > > > Chunkily, > > Mez > -- > | mezbreezedesign.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From netwurker at gmail.com Sun Aug 9 20:35:46 2026 From: netwurker at gmail.com (Mez Breeze) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:35:46 +1000 Subject: [NetBehaviour] Announcing [Interesting LinkThings] In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 8:26?PM Ann Light wrote: > Thanks so much for this! > A pleasure, Ann. :) > You've picked up some of the more extraordinary things I'd noticed and > then added a flotilla more... beautiful, hysterical, scary. > Glad you're resonating [these are beautiful, hysterical, scary times alright!]. Chunkily, Mez :) > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 7:53?AM Mez Breeze via NetBehaviour < > netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote: > >> Hi Peeps, >> >> Thought some of you might be interested in something different happening >> at my Patreon site: inspired by the incomparable Rhea Myers and her earlier >> contributions here on the list, I'm going to try to compile a list of >> *ILTs* ie [*Interesting LinkThings*] on a monthly basis. >> >> Here's the links that have been floating my boat this month: >> >> ? *Butterflies around the world are changing habitats >> * >> *:* *?Butterflies are early?warning indicators and are signalling a >> warning across the entire planet. If their ranges shift this dramatically, >> it signals profound changes across ecosystems.?* [This taps into my >> early-warning-catastrophe-system of critically observing animals >> (especially groups/flocks/herds). One of my maxims includes: *?If you >> see a highly unusual/unexpected collective of animals moving rapidly in the >> same direction, it?s probably best to do the same??* ie follow them.] >> >> ? *How the bird eye was pushed to an evolutionary extreme >> * >> *:* *?Half of the retina lives in a chronic state of anoxia, where >> there?s no oxygen present at all.?* [I like to keep a mental file of >> animal-facts-that-sound-invented (that I forget preddy quickly so I tend to >> hoover up new ones to replace them) and this has gone straight into it.] >> >> ? *Professor hides white font in midterm, catches students using >> AI in the stupidest way possible >> * >> *:* *?Madagascar floats sideways through the afternoon.?* [This may be >> the best sentence in the entire ILT list, all due to the fact a professor >> hid instructions in white text telling AI to insert Madagascar-related >> nonsense into answers about the Industrial Revolution.] >> >> ? *Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI >> * >> *:* [Just?no.]... >> >> [You can read the rest here >> ]. >> >> >> Chunkily, >> >> Mez >> -- >> | mezbreezedesign.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org >> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > -- | mezbreezedesign.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From netwurker at gmail.com Fri Aug 14 07:29:45 2026 From: netwurker at gmail.com (Mez Breeze) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:29:45 +1000 Subject: [NetBehaviour] 2026 Updates: Judging, 404-ing, BabyHex-ing + Other Good Strange Things Message-ID: Hi Again All, There?s a fairly ridiculous amount happening here at the moment: I?ve been back judging the New Media Writing Prize + ELO?s 2026 [Un]Supervised programme + the Games for Change Student Challenge [the latter genuinely clawed back some hope + positivity for me]; *Digital T[H]Readings [1994?2025]* is about to head to the 404 International Festival of Art and Technology?s first UK edition [with the very welcome surprise addition of an artist honorarium]; and there?s a new academic article taking *A Place Called Ormalcy* apart through a political ecology + authoritarianism lens. Also in the pile: I?m writing about *_Prog[W]res[tle]s_* for the forthcoming ICIDS 2025 publication; the BabyHex post-digital ebook is FINALLY finished after the better part of a year; I?ve made a commissioned work for Australian Poetry Journal?s forthcoming ?visual poem? issue; *Digital T[h]Readings* has been selected for the inaugural issue of SDSU Press?s *[caption]*; *Humidcity* has been published in AltSalt?s *Scrollimation*; and the gloriously ancient *Sky Scratchez* [made with Talan Memmott in 1999] has been restored + brought back into exhibition circulation. There?s also *The [E]State Change*: the major new work I?m currently chasing funding for, and one that is intensely personal, potentially controversial + quite possibly majorly inflammatory. So that should go smoothly [*insert eye-roll-emoji here*]. And in a rather lovely change of register, the 2025 Lane Cove Literary Awards anthology is now out, including my piece *To Country*, which made both the Travel Story Prize + WAIG Women Writers Prize shortlists. Basically: judging things, resurrecting things, remediating things, writing things, healing things, getting other things written about, and occasionally discovering that digital work from 1999 has absolutely no intention of remaining in 1999. Full update over on Patreon . Chunkily, Mez -- | mezbreezedesign.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: