1: Twelve thoughts from fatherhood — it’s cool.
2: GitHub - MiczFlor/RPi-Jukebox-RFID: A Raspberry Pi jukebox — long DIYers/hobbyists in 2026!
3: GitHub - clawdbot/clawdbot: Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. — why Apple hasn’t already shipped basically this is beyond me; the model companies can’t ship this due to the security risks, but Apple is in the best position to sandbox something useful. Is it too difficult to stop prompt injection?
4: GitHub - sebkrier/alexandria: Your personal Library of Alexandria and GitHub - alexknowshtml/smaug: Archive your Twitter/X bookmarks to markdown. and GitHub - tobi/qmd: mini cli search engine for your docs — again it’s DIY time!
5: O-Ring Automation | NBER via Marginal Revolution. “Jobs” aren’t going anywhere.
6: standard ebooks — there has got to be a better way to read books in the intelligence age…
Is there a better version of this yet? (Getting books into LLM contexts.) https://t.co/84DGFoasXb
— Patrick Collison (@patrickc) January 11, 2026
7: AsianCineFest: ACF 1791: 1DollarScan brings Japanese bookscanning trend of “Jisui” to U.S. readers — Claude says there’s not actually US legal precedent around digitizing books for personal use.
Referring to it as the “25 squared” approach, Sternfels said McKinsey is growing its client-facing roles — what you typically picture when you think of a McKinsey consultant — by 25%. At the same time, he said non-client-facing roles, which make up the other half of its workforce, have shrunk by about 25% while output from that side has grown 10%.
ho hum.
9: Introducing Cowork | Claude — I’m on a 2 month paternity leave and almost feel like I’ve fallen almost hopelessly behind.
10: Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway - Wikipedia
11: The Coming of Saint Columba by William McTaggart | National Galleries of Scotland
12: More Perfect by Christian Keil — more manifestos please! Bonus points for as a horizontal doc.
13: My Notes from the London Underground, with love.
14: No silver bullet - by Jason Crawford
A striking theme from the history of such achievements is that there is rarely if ever a silver bullet for risk. Safety is achieved through defense in depth, and through the orchestration of a wide variety of solutions, all working in concert.
15: On AI and Children - by Dean W. Ball - Hyperdimensional
The First Amendment has been a hindrance to many a statute drafter over American history. That is as it should be. The First Amendment is a regulation imposed on the government by the people, one of the few reminders we private citizens have left that sovereignty, in theory, rests with us, and not with our government. It may cause some headaches, especially for conservatives who want (often for good reason) to regulate the excesses of social media. I sympathize with the frustration, but ultimately, the headaches are worth it.
16: What’s the potential TFP impact of something like this?
Introducing Mave.
— Dhawal Jain (@thatssodhawal) January 28, 2026
Redefining mental health
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