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Momentarily hijacking this thread, but I can't let it go by without referencing how we need more "A1" in education.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/12/linda-mcmahon-a1-instead-of-ai/83059797007/

Which should be the CW for Nepal politics?

I’m utterly amazed and shocked by the news in Nepal. I honestly have no clue how I’m feeling about it but I think it’s mostly positive.

Nepal appoints its first female PM after historic week of deadly protests

Former chief justice Sushila Karki, who was nominated by gen Z representatives, to lead interim government

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Just got a second. Google Classroom spam wave?

Just received a spam message via… Google Classroom invite? That's a new one.

I've got a new project idea I'm really excited about, but this one I'm gonna keep under my hat until I'm ready to launch it. Could be a month or two, but I think it'll be really cool (and will, for once, actually relate to my field of study).

I've got a mini project idea mostly as a thought experiment—

Imagine a wall with a thousand mailboxes on it, none of them locked. Anyone can leave a letter in any box, and anyone can read any letters that have been left. People can have one-on-one conversations if they know the same box number, or they can go to a commonly-chosen number like "1" and have big group discussions. No one has any real way of proving their identity, just social convention/pressure.

Maybe it's me being a COMM student and a nerd about this stuff, but I would be fascinated to see the community culture that would grow around this wall and what conventions would form.

I'm considering experimenting with making a small website version of this. Would be lightweight to code and host; the main time commitment would be moderation. (I'd have people make accounts for spam prevention and code of conduct enforcement reasons, but wouldn't show who posts in any public-facing way.)

Would others be interested in seeing what happens if I did this? (Also, does anyone have ideas of what to name such a project?)

Judging from my notifications (and the instances they're coming from), there are a lot of knitters in New Zealand and Australia online right now. A pleasure to meet you all! :)

Knitting is going well!

@daniel

I plead the third.