Writer and programmer. Science, spatiality, magic, mind. justinmanley.work Twitter: outoftheyardshttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.workhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lvpyhsgvkk2zTooze: "China is the decisive variable in climate politics going forward...when I say that China becomes the singular centre of the entire global energy drama, I’m not exaggerating. It’s true. It is the entire fossil game and by far the dominant wind and solar player." en.ccg.org.cn/archives/88518 http://en.ccg.org.cn/archives/88518?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#:~:text=Columbia%20University's%20Adam%20Tooze%20delivers,session%20with%20a%20live%20audience06 Aug 2025 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvpyhsgvkk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lvpxlntjtc2cjust devoured @annaleen.bsky.social's Automatic Noodle in less than 24 hours. Just what I needed 🤖🍜🎯😊 -- soooo on point!06 Aug 2025 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvpxlntjtc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lrfj5myrqk2ihow it started vs. how it's going on the Elizabeth Line [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2025 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrfj5myrqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lpcyr5exbc26wise words seem obvious once spoken. past me needed to hear this. maybe also present me. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2025 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpcyr5exbc26https://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3loov53m6ds2jsometimes I come across a book in a bookstore and think: this was written SPECIFICALLY for me. never more than today, tho:08 May 2025 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3loov53m6ds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lndi46ym222wI wouldn't expect grey, yellow, and red to go together, but somehow the M3 metro line in Milan makes the combo look SO cool. I look forward to any chance I get to ride this line as an opportunity to be immersed in this crazy color world21 Apr 2025 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndi46ym222whttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lllm3wk53222The London County Council has been defunct since 1965, and this coat of arms hasn't been officially in use since 1986, when Thatcher abolished its successor the GLC. But in some parts of London at least, the seal is still lovingly kept up!30 Mar 2025 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lllm3wk53222https://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lh7v2zord22glearned enough about metalworking this weekend to make a rough-and-ready stand for a corn bulb by welding steel rods together 👨‍🏭02 Feb 2025 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh7v2zord22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lgaqtsfeck2svery underwhelmed by GeoSpy. Just tried it out with a bunch of pics I took when I lived in San Francisco. I selected these pics to be difficult, but not impossible. They all show public places. GeoSpy seems almost completely clueless about anything that's not a typical StreetView-type photo.21 Jan 2025 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgaqtsfeck2shttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lfxrja5pec2tLondon Short Film Festival is back!! Loved the kickoff program of short films from the '90s, especially "Latifa and Himli's Nomadic Uncle" by Alnoor Dewshi https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-latifah-and-himlis-nomadic-uncle-1992-online17 Jan 2025 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxrja5pec2thttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lewae7qguc24I lean forward to get a better view of the painting, but the couple behind me is in the way.04 Jan 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lewae7qguc24https://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lenbdirhsk2nTop exhibitions I saw this year (in no particular order): Anthony Gormley: Time Horizon @ Houghton Hall (UK) Gala Porras-Kim @ MCA Denver Elizabeth Englander, Eminem Buddhism @ Aldrich Museum (CT) Tom of Finland / Beryl Cook @ Studio Voltaire (London) Lygia Clark @ Whitechapel Gallery (London)01 Jan 2025 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lenbdirhsk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lekszyao3k2pMy top reads this year, in order (yes, I know they're oldies -- but still just as good as ever!): 1. Dante's Inferno 2. The Knife Thrower 3. Life: A User's Manual 4. If on a winters night a traveler 5. Speak, Memory 6. Contact: Art and the Pull of Print 7. Five Ways to Forgiveness 8. Howard's End31 Dec 2024 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lekszyao3k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3ldnshvip3s2pmaking a Christmas gift for my mom: a set of David Umemoto's beautiful cut-and-fold paper sculptures https://davidumemoto.com/architecture-set-no119 Dec 2024 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldnshvip3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3ldllytuhes2vI thought I was too late to snag an Antistatic Print Object this year bc when I tried to sign up for one, they were already maxed out. But I guess I must have signed up earlier and then forgotten because GUESS WHAT JUST ARRIVED!!!18 Dec 2024 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldllytuhes2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3ldei77yrgk27a sizeable chunk of the moral panic around "AI" is about the destabilizing force of AI-generated falsehoods (aka "hallucinations"). but what about the falsehoods AI encourages us to generate ourselves? 🧵>>> a thread (1/10)15 Dec 2024 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldei77yrgk27https://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3ld7jniy7nc2emy mom made a podcast! (at the local public library, no less!) it's all about the built and designed world, and the first few episodes are about cars + roads. I just learned about how fire trucks shape our experience of the roads, even when they're not out & about https://open.spotify.com/episode/0udVhHOHbZKuBTxCOhNtqG https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VDWRwe1oBnGyQMOtu2SPX?si=9a249a584f014ab213 Dec 2024 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7jniy7nc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3ld4unbkp3s2vlord knows I love a good story about militant nuns (thinking of @nicolaz.bsky.social, @kenfollettauthor.bsky.social, Mark Salzman), so obviously I was VERY interested to see nuns on the front page of the NYT this morn sometimes reality is more unlikely than fiction https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/realestate/spain-nuns-convents-poor-clares-of-belorado.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/realestate/spain-nuns-convents-poor-clares-of-belorado.html#:~:text=Sister%20Bel%C3%A9n%20and%20several%20other,persecution%20by%20%E2%80%9Cthe%20devil.%E2%80%9D12 Dec 2024 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4unbkp3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lcd6ikykqs2syour reminder if you work in tech that, no matter how comfortable your salary, no matter how enviable your working conditions, no matter how often your employer refers to the company as a "family" 😬, they're ultimately on their side, not yours, the worker's. important firsthand account >>> [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Dec 2024 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcd6ikykqs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lccu5rjuyc2glouise nevelson on the brain02 Dec 2024 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lccu5rjuyc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lbnpdncj7c2ctired: flying carpets wired: flying urns24 Nov 2024 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbnpdncj7c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/justinmanley.work/post/3lbl3bw7y2c2ifrom my cursory testing of gpt-4o-2024-11-20 this afternoon, it seems slightly *worse* than its predecessor (gpt-4o-2024-08-06) at everything I've thrown at it (a bunch of tasks around generating video from documents)22 Nov 2024 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:k3ri76tyd3vpcabjo3rps3o5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbl3bw7y2c2i