2026-07-26 Some Links I Found Around

What's under your feet in NYC? and what are the footprints of every building in NYC?

Librarian-hosted workshops on Avoiding AI have elicited "unprecedented demand". And perhaps Anthropic has something to learn from the socialists who invented the cotton picking machine.

Understanding large values: It's our ethical duty.

Alt text image descriptions are a literary practice
Related: Dungeons & Dragons taught me how to write alt text

I LOVE my 36 Portals to Aliveness decans planner so I was intrigued to come across the zodiacal C U Next Tuesday Planner.

Related: I think I'm not the target demographic for a Laurel Denise planner but I love my new academic year Scout planner anyway. (And wow, erasable gel pens work great now! Did everyone know this except me?)

via Ellane W, I learned about Forster lists, a to-do list approach that emphasizes doing things when you're feeling ready to do them.

And there's an astronomical monument hidden in plain sight at the Hoover Dam.