{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"talqix.cloud - Jamie McHale","home_page_url":"https://talqix.cloud","feed_url":"https://talqix.cloud/posts/jamiemchale","_microblog":{"about":"https://talqix.cloud/about/api","id":"24670","username":"jamiemchale","bio":"","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":8,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Ftalqix.cloud%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png"},"items":[{"id":"91658051","content_html":"<p>Went to see the flamingoes in the wetlands near Bouzigues. Great to see them in the wild! Wish I’d brought my longer lens!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/a1c95c02de-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/06/06/went-to-see-the-flamingoes/","date_published":"2026-06-06T17:20:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 17:20","date_timestamp":1780766434,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91657850","content_html":"<p>Went back to Mèze today, with a little more sun than last time. Lovely port with restaurants, just a short walk from a small beach. Perfect wee family day.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/b67114c46b-m.jpg\" width=\"525\" height=\"600\" alt=\"H standing in shallow, clear water near a sandy beach lined with palm trees and buildings under a blue sky.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/06/06/went-back-to-mze-today/","date_published":"2026-06-06T17:15:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 17:15","date_timestamp":1780766153,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91536533","content_html":"<p>Mèze 🇫🇷</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/e16ba64ac8-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Colorful boats are docked along a waterfront with a scenic view of buildings and a cloudy sky in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/06/04/mze/","date_published":"2026-06-04T16:42:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 16:42","date_timestamp":1780591339,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91465847","content_html":"<p>Spending the week near Étang de Thau in the south of France. Beautiful weather and good food! 📸🇫🇷</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/f8bc32fbc2-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/06/03/spending-the-week-near-tang/","date_published":"2026-06-03T14:08:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-03 14:08","date_timestamp":1780495688,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91130896","content_html":"<p>A couple of highlights on AI and writing:</p>\n<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://putanumonit.com/2026/05/28/hw-02-slop-readers/\">Slop Readers, Jacob Falkovich</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Here’s the trick: the substance comes from volition, and the volition, for now, is all human. LLMs can’t write good if you tell them “write something for my catering page”. You’re not giving them any substance, and they won’t bring their own. LLMs write fine enough if you tell them exactly what you want to say and to whom and how, the whole structure of argument and motivation and your personal connection to it. But if you get that far, why let Claude be the only one who hears what you wanted to say? Just publish the prompt.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://x.com/dbreunig/status/2059114332781465886/?rw_tt_thread=True\">W...</a></p> <a href=\"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/05/29/a-couple-of-highlights-on/\">micro.jamiemchale.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/05/29/a-couple-of-highlights-on/","date_published":"2026-05-29T07:59:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-29 07:59","date_timestamp":1780041544,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91100005","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://substack.com/@normasancho/note/c-264346668\">Norma Sancho&amp;rsquo;s on AI and Education</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>So, the question is not only: “Are students using AI to avoid thinking?” The question is also: “What kind of economy and educational system has made a robot feel more viable, attentive, more dialogic, and more intellectually available than the institution charging students for a degree?” If we want students to think first and use ChatGPT later, then someone has to care about their thinking before ChatGPT enters the room.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/05/28/norma-sanchos-on-ai-and/","date_published":"2026-05-28T21:09:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 21:09","date_timestamp":1780002560,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89876232","content_html":"<p>Jack watching the boat at Brighouse with his gran 📸</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/5eaa760cf0-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Two people are sitting on rocks at a beach, watching a small sailboat on the water, with green hills in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/05/10/jack-watching-the-boat-at/","date_published":"2026-05-10T08:13:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 08:13","date_timestamp":1778400828,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89780103","content_html":"<p>Long Meg and Her Daughters. Neolithic stone circle, near Penrith. ~3000 BC 📸</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/0670f17002-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A grassy field with scattered standing stones, a tall one alone to the left, a person walking between them surrounded by a branch of a leafy tree.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/05/07/long-meg-and-her-daughters/","date_published":"2026-05-07T20:13:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 20:13","date_timestamp":1778184838,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89771075","content_html":"<p>Family day out at Lowther Castle near Penrith. Great adventure playground and a series of gardens to visit. 📸</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/8378a2d1dc-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/05/07/family-day-out-at-lowther/","date_published":"2026-05-07T16:17:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 16:17","date_timestamp":1778170677,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89665019","content_html":"<p>Day out at the National Railway Museum in York. The attached WonderLab was good family fun with a giant ball run and pneumatic tubes.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/95b56930d7-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/05/05/day-out-at-the-national/","date_published":"2026-05-05T20:08:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-05 20:08","date_timestamp":1778011696,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89590263","content_html":"<p>Lovely sunny day out at Piglets Adventure Farm near York. Recommended for a family summer day. Gocarts, pedal tractor, wee beach area were all favourites.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/ac7b525bc7-m.jpg\" width=\"525\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/05/04/lovely-sunny-day-out-at/","date_published":"2026-05-04T19:28:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-04 19:28","date_timestamp":1777922925,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89590179","content_html":"<p>Train journey down the east coast with the boy</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/d06de6e0c5-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/05/04/train-journey-down-the-east/","date_published":"2026-05-04T19:27:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-04 19:27","date_timestamp":1777922851,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88478272","content_html":"<p>🔗 Video: </p><div class=\"embed embed-16by9\">\n      \n    </div><p></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Why would we expect that people can develop and pitch a great idea for a novel interface without ever using and iterating upon a real working version of that interface? Non-programming designers are trying to invent something in an interactive medium without being able to make something meaningfully interactive. And so much of invention is about intimacy with the materials and about tight feedback and about sensitive observation and authentic use. So, it’s a catch-22. To enter into proper dialogue with their medium, a non-programmer needs to get help from a programmer. And that...</p>\n</blockquote> <a href=\"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/17/video-apps-and-programming-two/\">micro.jamiemchale.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/17/video-apps-and-programming-two/","date_published":"2026-04-17T21:15:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 21:15","date_timestamp":1776460545,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88474909","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://aleximas.substack.com/p/what-will-be-scarce\">What Will Be Scarce?, Alex Imas</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The same economic forces that moved 40% of the American workforce off farms and into factories and offices will move workers out of automatable commodity production and into what I’ll call the <strong>relational sector</strong>. By this I mean the human-intensive, provenance-rich, sometimes artisanal part of the economy where the human aspect is part of the value of the good or service itself. The economics of scarcity won’t disappear, it’ll just relocate.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Boutique, prestige, local, status enhancing, caring</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/17/what-will-be-scarce-alex/","date_published":"2026-04-17T20:27:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 20:27","date_timestamp":1776457633,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88469052","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://minutes.substack.com/p/against-taste\">Against Taste - by Will Manidis - Minutes, Substack</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This is what the taste thesis gets exactly backwards. The patron who built the cathedral was not exercising taste. He was exercising will. He was exercising worship. And that will was devoted to something beyond himself — towards God, towards the city, towards a future he would not live to see.\nStrip the transcendent out and what remains is consumption. However exquisite the eye, however refined the palate, however flawless the Queen Anne proportions — the activity is acquisition. And the acquisition leads nowhere.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/17/against-taste-by-will-manidis/","date_published":"2026-04-17T19:13:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 19:13","date_timestamp":1776453228,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88107073","content_html":"<p>Kite weather at Portobello. Food at The Beach House (their portion sizes seem to be better these days), then along to the play park. Teaching Jack how to ride his new pedal bike along the front.🪁📸</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/13533f6781-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A child and an adult are flying a colorful kite on a sandy beach, with a bicycle lying nearby and the ocean in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/12/kite-weather-at-portobello/","date_published":"2026-04-12T15:20:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-12 15:20","date_timestamp":1776007208,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87747221","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://www.gurwinder.blog/p/how-social-media-shortens-your-life\">How Social Media Shortens Your Life - by Gurwinder, Substack</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I don’t fancy meditating in graveyards, or lugging a human skull around, so I make my own memento mori from words I can repeat to myself.\n<em>If years were letters, the average human lifespan would not be longer than this sentence.</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/07/how-social-media-shortens-your/","date_published":"2026-04-07T06:40:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 06:40","date_timestamp":1775544001,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87636802","content_html":"<p>Happy Easter folks!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/1658393593-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/05/happy-easter-folks/","date_published":"2026-04-05T10:49:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-05 10:49","date_timestamp":1775386144,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87610782","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-ozempicization-of-the-economy?r=obi6&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;triedRedirect=true\">The Ozempicization of the Economy, kyla scanlon</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>What’s being sold as personal control is not actually control. 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The utilitarian case for education has the force of necessity behind it. For millions of people, making yourself useful is what responsibility to their families demands.\nYet if the response to being replaceable is always to train for a different function, you have entered a race you structurally cannot win. The principle that makes your education valuable is the same principle that makes you...</p>\n</blockquote> <a href=\"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/04/you-are-not-a-function/\">micro.jamiemchale.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/04/you-are-not-a-function/","date_published":"2026-04-04T21:01:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 21:01","date_timestamp":1775336499,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87609935","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://freesystems.substack.com/p/building-political-superintelligence\">Building Political Superintelligence, Andy Hall</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>AI is like the printing press, to a point. Instead of making information cheap and easily available, it makes <em>intelligence</em> cheap and easily available. That is, it not only serves users information, but it can find it for them, analyze it for them, and help them convert it into understanding. If we could transform society by spreading information, then we ought to be able to transform it more dramatically by spreading intelligence.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/04/building-political-superintelligence-andy-hall/","date_published":"2026-04-04T20:53:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 20:53","date_timestamp":1775335996,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87343416","content_html":"<p>23km Inveruglas Arrocher Loop with Aileen today. Sunshine and showers.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/d9d7f6bbd8-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/3b4f4bdc0b-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/f344d1735a-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/eba36068cf-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/31/km-inveruglas-arrocher-loop-with/","date_published":"2026-03-31T19:16:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-31 19:16","date_timestamp":1774984573,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87273279","content_html":"<p>Out for a wee walk near Tyndrum</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/9cc212652e-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A snow-capped mountain range under a partly cloudy sky is surrounded by rolling hills and forested areas.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/a4df30741e-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/ec969b05eb-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/30/out-for-a-wee-walk/","date_published":"2026-03-30T19:34:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-30 19:34","date_timestamp":1774899261,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87183239","content_html":"<p>Sunday reading: <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215581569\">Maintenance of Everything, Stewart Brand</a> 📚</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/9177/2026/22fe2b3b29-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Book cover\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/29/sunday-reading-maintenance-of-everything/","date_published":"2026-03-29T08:33:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 08:33","date_timestamp":1774773184,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86716361","content_html":"<p>Started reading: <a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/books/9780911379075\">The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education</a> by W. 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I think it’s basically anything that’s interesting in some way.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4pnyauyasdlgunp2yimrdgu/post/3meggzxi2jc2d","date_published":"2026-02-09T12:26:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-09 12:26","date_timestamp":1770639993,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83715617","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://jamiemchale.com\">@jamiemchale.com</a> Grant, Tom and Lloyd organised it - Luma listing here:</p>\n<p>luma.com/x2lr3kcw?tk=…</p>\n<p>They don’t have a calendar set up (I think they are going to do this) - event running every two weeks between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Requirement going forward is that everyone demos.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4pnyauyasdlgunp2yimrdgu/post/3me76xrkoy22m","date_published":"2026-02-06T15:13:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-06 15:13","date_timestamp":1770390812,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83715241","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://jamiemchale.com\">@jamiemchale.com</a> That said, the building blocks are here for people to translate their vision into working software, processes and business. I expect more software to be built; more niches served; more people having a go, even if it’s just a side business to make a bit of additional income</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4pnyauyasdlgunp2yimrdgu/post/3me76okovo22m","date_published":"2026-02-06T15:08:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-06 15:08","date_timestamp":1770390497,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83715242","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://jamiemchale.com\">@jamiemchale.com</a> I think there is a risk of slopification. 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