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July Outlier Hour Poll

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Allyson Shaw

Allyson Shaw

15 Jun 2023 — 1 min read
July Outlier Hour Poll
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A painting of a feminine hand holding a shell. Salt or water is falling over it.  Around the wrist is anelaborate lace cuff.

A World Without Hands

—on the spiritual cost of generative AI— In this Missive:  ▫️AI & Spiritual Practice ▫️How to Turn off AI Overview in Chrome ▫️Links to previous posts I’ve written on the ethical dilemmas of AI ▫️A strange development in the world of GenAI Tech & further discussions. ..storytellers weaving truth

09 Aug 2025
A digital collage using Hieronymus Bosch's Temptation of St. Anthony, images of ergot, a full moon and a bright orange squiggle.

Ergot in the Beremeal

—A compromised Lammas dream harvest— What’s going down in this post:  * Musings on Dream Harvests past and present * A micro-podcast version of this post * Harvests from the archives * An invitation to this Sunday’s Outlier Hour For the last few years, I have posted a poem at Lammas. I

01 Aug 2025
a photo of fluffy fleece like flowers growing with wild grass and heather. A low mist covers the ground obscuring the horizon

Hope in Strange Places 👻

--a july round-up-- In this missive:  * Musing on Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt ’s Oblique Strategies * Reading Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa & Meander, Spiral, Explode by Jane Alison * Watching Conclave, Virgin Island and Murderbot * Planning a Lammas-adjacent Outlier Hour! This photo was taken on a recent

24 Jul 2025
A digital collage of the cover illustration of the Salt Path--a lino cut of a couple on a cliff over the ocean with seabirds.

On the Misery of Others: The Salt Path Scandal

At the beginning of the month, the British newspaper The Observer ran a damning expose of author Raynor Winn. Her memoir The Salt Path is a ‘true story’ of a couple made homeless through property investments gone bad. The book recalls their survival walking hundreds of miles while her husband

18 Jul 2025
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