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University of Winds
Three links to wonderful and thought-provoking things every other Saturday morning from Mita Williams.

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Jan
31

UofWinds 430, Week 05 2026: The Impact of Canadian Public Libraries, On political power, You are being misled about renewable energy technology

Good morning. I am writing today's newsletter from my bed on about 5 hours sleep on account of
6 min read
Jan
17

UofWinds 429, Week 03 2026: Human Intelligence, Everything is Gender, Bird by Bird

4 min read
Jan
03

UofWinds 428, Week 01 2026: The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property, The 2025 Reith Lectures: A Time of Monsters, Toward A World Where We All Can Fall, and Get Back Up Again

5 min read
Dec
20

UofWinds 427, Week 51 2025: Labyrinth Locator, The Grandmother Hypothesis, Gramsci’s Nightmare

5 min read
Dec
06

UofWinds 426, Week 49 2025: primarium, AI Killed the Take-Home Essay. COVID Killed Attendance. Now What?, going through hell, keeping going

4 min read
Nov
22

UofWinds 425, Week 47 2025: Cleaning Supplies are Extremely Stupid, "Your Temper, My Weather", Workers Inquiry

4 min read
Nov
08

UofWinds 424, Week 45 2025: British Summer Time Walks, Towards a more Elvish vision of technology, Divine Comedy

6 min read
Oct
25

UofWinds 423, Week 43 2025: Technology Connections, how to actually be enjoyably well-educated, How I use ActivityPub (and Why)

4 min read
Oct
11

UofWinds 422, Week 41 2025: Basic Human Emotion, Trusting your own judgment on ‘AI’ is a huge risk, Detroit Safety Team

4 min read
Sep
27

UofWinds 421, Week 39 2025: One monkey mind's 10 days of silence, The Limits of Data, Dialectic Notebooks

5 min read