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The Tower of Babel by Bruegel the Elder

Thomas and I are doing a collaborative writing challenge where we each choose a painting for the other to write about. Thomas chose The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder for me to write about. You can read about the painting I chose for Thomas, Meindert Hobbema’s Wo...

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Organising my blog categories

My blog categories page has, until today, been designed with a functional mindset: the purpose of the page was to list all of the categories I use on my website. But, this week, I started thinking about how I could improve the page, to make it more of a hub to explore differ...

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kinda chic to order books from your local bookstore instead of Amazon who is now destroying books in their #VGT3 division, see the hashtag.also kinda chic to pay cash when buying local, to give local businesses an extra 2-3% instead of credit card companies, at no additional charge to you.#books #orderBooks #bookstore #localBookstore #Amazon #payCash #cash #localBusiness #localBusinesses #kindaChic#Blaugust #Blaugust2026

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📚 picked up the Silo books trilogy @borderlands-books.com earlier today: “Wool”, “Shift”, “Dust”, and a small booklet of “Silo Stories” which came inside the boxset. Looking forward to cracking them open and seeing how far I get while waiting for the last three episodes of season three.Previously: https://tantek.com/229/t1/watched-silo-season-3-episode-7#Silo #books #trilogy #boxset#Blaugust #Blaugust2026

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▶️ watched Silo season 3 episode 7 “Radio” last Friday night. I watched the first six season 3 episodes before that, and was inspired to order the Silo trilogy boxset (of books) @borderlands-books.com last Wednesday.Previously: https://tantek.com/2026/222/t1/watched-silo-season-1-2#Silo #SiloTV #AppleOriginal #AppleTV #2026_226 #2026_08_14#Blaugust #Blaugust2026

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And @bramus's reply: https://www.bram.us/2026/08/18/the-case-for-tri-state-dark-mode-toggles/

What’s your take? 🤔

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Just kidding, of course. This is an important discussion, and I’m glad we’re talking about these details.

For context:
@leaverou's post – https://lea.verou.me/blog/2026/dark-mode-toggles/

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“Gather ’round, children. Let me tell you about the Dark Mode Toggle Wars…”

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18.08.2026

A yellow digger on a pebble beach.
That’s what I came here for.

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The Hay Wain by John Constable

V.H. and I are doing a painting exchange challenge where we each choose a painting for the other person to write about. We gave each other three options. From the options given to me, I chose The Hay Wain by John Constable. V.H. wrote about Corot’s “Entrance to the Wood”. W...

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The Poet (Le poète) by Picasso

When I was looking for a painting to share with someone to do an art writing exchange – where we each write about a painting we choose for each other – there was one painting that stood out to me that I wanted to analyse: Picasso’s The Poet (Le Poète). The painting, in Cubis...

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Movement

When Joe pointed out the movement in Stanley Cursiter’s “Surf” painting, I made a mental note of the word “movement.” I noted in the aforelinked post that Monet, among other Impressionists, such as Berthe Morisot, depicted movement in their works; Monet painted trees blown b...

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Wonders of Web Weaving, Episode 15

The fifteenth episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out:
In Episode 15, I chat with Zoe, the author of zoeloukia.bearblog.dev about, among other things, writing on personal websites, making art from whatever is around, zines, and more.
I hope you enjoy the episode!

Wonders of Web Weaving also has an RSS feed you can use to follow along from wherever you get your podcasts.

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17.08.2026

View from a tent onto a campground, with a view on a lake.
Lago di Garda

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Plainsong by The Cure

Thamara and I are doing a collaborative writing challenge where we gave each person three songs from which we were to choose one to write about. I chose “Plainsong” by The Cure from Thamara’s list. Thamara chose Gimme Sympathy from my list. You can read Thamara’s post for th...

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Miniatures, reference works, and writing

One of the works at the Stanley Cursiter exhibition I saw at the National Gallery of Scotland this week was a collection of miniatures he had painted. According to the gallery website, Cursiter, who served as keeper, and later director, of the gallery, painted “miniature wat...

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16.08.2026

A girl trying a handstand in front of a wacky building.
Designerhandstand

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I’m Old Fashioned by Ben Paterson

Ruben and I are doing a writing challenge where we each gave each other three songs and we picked one to write about. From Ruben’s list, I chose “I’m Old Fashioned” by Ben Paterson. You can read about the song that Ruben chose from my list on his website. The cover of the a...

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CSF_03: today’s Cybersecurity Friday post: the effective security of small business websites has likely gotten worse due to LLMs and “AI agents” (with or without safeguards) and what actions you may want to consider.This article documents an instance of this problem:* https:/...

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Inspiration from physical artefacts

This evening I was on a wonderful call about websites where, at two points, I reached for books that were around me as a visual reference. One of the books was “Mini Louvre”, a gift given to me that contains images and information about various artworks in the Louvre. We end...