Notices by Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)

“They muddy the line between person and thing, which, like the difference between humans and animals, or between the dead and the living, is a fundamental distinction that transcends cultures.”

AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive
#AI #Science #Tech

https://www.wired.com/story/organoids-lab-grown-brains-neural-networks/

@bigzaphod Sounds like we had the same dad. Miss mine also.

Here we go again. #Weather #Chicago

Political commentary after primary elections this year cracks me up. Pundits still reading the old scripts when voters seem to be writing new ones, regardless of who wins.

As I’ve been saying, people are pissed off and the old rules no longer apply. #Politics

@ianRobinson Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

Good read. Worth your time.

'Disunion,' a Short Story by Kurt Andersen - The Atlantic
#Politics
https://archive.ph/NnXPn

RE: https://social.coop/@adamgreenfield/117076914581549289

This is such a real problem for so many.

Good morning. Summer summers along. #Photography #Today #Summer #Chicago #bloomscrolling

@dtm I have watched 10 minute plays that felt interminable, and 8 hour cycles of theatre that I wish would never end.

What Does It Mean To Live A Good Life?

Intersecting, connecting, and missing the dots.
#Life #Family #Tech #AI

https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/11/what-does-it-mean-to-live-a-good-life/

These tornado warnings popped, followed by the sirens, which we rarely hear in this part of Chicago. Fun times. #Chicago #Weather

Your twice, and now continuing, weekly reminder that we're still in a Civil War

That feeling when you’ve been traveling off and on for most of the summer and finally have a moment to sit back at your desk and try to get back to what that normal is, and you feel you’re in an unknown place.

Good morning. Summer summers along. #Photography #Today #Chicago #Summer #bloomscrolling

@Tipa I hear you. Keep on keeping on in whatever form that will be.

@Tipa 🥲

Good morning. Summer summers along. #Photography #Today #Chicago #Summer #bloomscrolling

Location, location, location. This location seems all too ironically appropriate.

This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs | TechCrunch
#AI #Tech
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/09/this-former-notorious-red-light-district-is-now-one-of-the-worlds-top-ai-hubs/

Origin stories. Where do they begin? Where do they end?

Sunday Morning Reading
With writing from @dtm Neil Steinberg, Molly Taft, Hayden Field, Om Malik and more.

#SundayMorningReading #culture #Writing #tech #AI

https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/09/sunday-morning-reading-167/

Good morning. Summer summers on. #Photography #Today #Summer #Chicago #bloomscrolling