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- AI as an existential threat – Kevane preliminary draft
- “What can it do?” A living list of computational problems that deep learning/AI/neural nets can or seems likely to “do” (at varying cost and efficacy)
- Reading August-September 2025
- The typical popular sci-fi version of AI posing an existential risk?
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Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Sumbrungu Community Library nighttime reading
- Résumé du livre Une grande mère criminelle
- Organisation d’une séance de discussion autour d’un livre à la bibliothèque de Dimikuy
- Librarians of Tuy monthly meeting January 2026, Burkina Faso
- Impressions sur la production de livres CMH au Burkina Faso
- Compte rendu de la première rencontre des gérants de la zone du Tuy
- Science fiction books for libraries in Burkina Faso and Ghana
- Animation d’une séance de lecture à la bibliothèque de Dimikuy
- Nyariga Community Library in Ghana, photos January 2026
- Visite à la bibliothèque de Béréba, Burkina Faso
Category Archives: Culture
Jeffrey Page, le chorégraphe de Beyoncé est à Ouagadougou
I came to Ouagadougou and finally met a celebrity! He was really nice. Dans le cadre de l’évènement « Ouagadougou International Dance Festival (OIDF) », qui se tient du 19 au 26 janvier 2013, Jeffrey Page, le chorégraphe de Beyoncé, … Continue reading
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Geranium Cat’s Bookshelf: Thursbitch by Alan Garner
Thursbitch feels very much like a sequel to Red Shift to me, although the only connection is the intensity of its sense of place, and a setting geographically close, since Garner likes to write about the area around his home. … Continue reading
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Meet Don Francisco, Host of the TV Show ‘Sábado Gigante’
Otro articulo tan interesante, de mi hermana!!! This fall, the wildly popular Spanish-language television show Sábado Gigante Supersize Saturday—seen by millions of Hispanics around the world for two hours every Saturday afternoon—celebrates its 50th anniversary. This makes it, according to … Continue reading
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AIGA | Case Study: Neighborhoods and Shared Memories/Nuestros vecindarios y sus memorias
Mariano Desmaras was always “my friend’s little brother” but now here he is winning awards…. congratulations! And I see some inspiration for FAVL’s microbooks project here, as we shift into community history! “Neighborhoods and Shared Memories” (Nuestros vecindarios y sus … Continue reading
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If I had a million dollars
I’d remake The Wild Thornberrys (the movie) and keep the exact same story except make the Thornberrys an African family, and Eliza an young African girl. It is one of the most perfect children’s movies, but why does the heroine … Continue reading
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