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• Post #3428955

  I'm productive and in a pit of distraction Productivity, yup it's happening, but distraction is also creeping it's way in more and more. https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/27/im-productive-and-in-a-pit-of-distraction

• Post #1886429

  I finally put together a video for the #bikepacking trip I did a while ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmpQLPeC6h0 #cycling #princegeorge #britishcolumbia #canada

• Post #1886428

  Let Loose the Fallen - S. Kaeth Another excellent fantasy adventure in the Nexus world. https://curtismchale.ca/book/let-loose-the-fallen-s-kaeth #fiction #fantasy #bookreview #bookstodon

• Post #1886427

  Normal Sucks - Jonathan Mooney What does it mean to be normal anyway? https://curtismchale.ca/book/normal-sucks-jonathan-mooney #bookstodon #bookreview #normal

• Post #1886426

  Normal Sucks by Jonathan Mooney We all easily succumb to the lie that there is a thing called normal. The institutions and systems that we interact with help enforce this as we navigate the world[^4]. Learning to forget about what "... https://curtismchale.ca/2021/04/02/normal-sucks-by-jonathan-mooney

• Post #1886425

  The Folly of Sidewalk in Toronto A shorter one today as I'm on holiday but I finished a book called [Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy](https://amzn.to/3C9swrI). Here are some things that stuck out to me. First, we always want... https://curtismchale.ca/2022/12/31/the-folly-of-sidewalk-in-toronto

• Post #1886424

  Why We Feel Isolated in a Connected World - The Empty Promise of Social Media The guiding star of Alderian psychology is that we derive meaning from connection to community[1](#8c014bfb-96b9-46cb-bf95-0f04ad8fe1a4). That we can only feel connection to a community when we are us... https://curtismchale.ca/2025/02/15/we-need-community-connection

• Post #1886423

  Strong Towns - A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity - Charles Marohn What does it take to build a vibrant town you want to live in? https://curtismchale.ca/book/strong-towns-a-bottom-up-revolution-to-rebuild-american-prosperity-charles-marohn #bookstodon #bookreview #nonfiction #citydesign #taxation

• Post #1886422

  The American Dream is Ruining America I recently watched this video from Not Just Bikes about the [great places erased by suburbia](https://youtu.be/VvdQ381K5xg). The biggest thing that struck me is how Western car-centric city design mea... https://curtismchale.ca/2022/12/03/the-american-dream-is-ruining-america #americandream #infrastructure

• Post #1886421

  Slow Down, Tend the System, Engage Passion Struggles are required to feel value in accomplisment. https://curtismchale.ca/2026/05/02/slow-down-tend-the-system-engage-passion

• Post #1790386

  Destiny Lost - M.D. Cooper The Intrepid is cast across the system and into the future by thousands of years. They find a world inhabited, but missing much of the technology they carry on board. https://curtismchale.ca/book/destiny-lost-md-cooper #bookreview #bookstodon #sciencefiction #fiction

• Post #1790383

  Endless Scroll, Empty Soul - The Tyranny of Reading Later Pull and refresh on YouTube to bring you some new videos that their algorithm thinks you'll like. Pull and refresh on Mastodon to see new articles recommended by people you follow, I'm sure some of t... https://curtismchale.ca/2025/08/02/endless-scroll-empty-soul-the-tyranny-of-reading-later

• Post #1790377

  How Expertise Died We used to have experts, and we used to trust them. Where did the experts and the trust go? https://curtismchale.ca/2020/01/31/how-expertise-died #bookstodon #bookreview #expertise #safespaces #university

• Post #1744650

  The Accusation Outlasts the Art Can I still enjoy the art of someone that has been accused of terrible acts against another human? https://curtismchale.ca/2026/04/04/the-accusation-outlasts-the-art

• Post #1744649

  Don't Tie Ideas to Identity When we tie an idea to tightly to our identity we're unwilling to revisit it in the face of new information. https://curtismchale.ca/2026/04/05/dont-tie-ideas-to-identity

• Post #1744648

  Randomising my Hyprland Wallpaper Let's get a random wallpaper every time we unlock our system in Hyprland. https://curtismchale.ca/2026/04/08/randomising-my-hyprland-wallpaper #hyprland #linux

• Post #1744647

  Why My Reading and Note-Taking Process is Slow on Purpose In response to a comment on my recent [video about music](https://youtu.be/ZtMMIoMV6og) I said: > It's funny, or maybe obvious, how simply being intentional with what you're doing transforms an ex... https://curtismchale.ca/2026/01/03/why-my-reading-and-note-taking-process-is-slow-on-purpose

• Post #1744646

  STOP Taking Notes, it's a waste of time The cult of note-taking is failing most of us. It's convinced us that we need to take lots of notes on far too many things that come across our desks or screens when the truth is 95% of it is all th... https://curtismchale.ca/2022/04/20/stop-taking-notes-its-a-waste-of-time #obsidian #pkm #notes

• Post #1744645

  Dedicated Music Devices, Life at 1x and the Ability to Think A dedicated device does a make a difference, and we should ensure that we retain the ability to think critically. https://curtismchale.ca/2026/04/11/dedicated-music-devices-life-at-1x-and-the-ability-to-think

• Post #1744644

  Ignore the zebra's Don't pay attention to the zebra's. It's never a zebra. https://curtismchale.ca/2026/04/12/ignore-the-zebras

• Post #1744643

  Rate Limiting WordPress AJAX Handlers with Transients https://sfndesign.ca/rate-limiting-wordpress-ajax-handlers-with-transients #wordpress #security

• Post #1744642

  Mythos is Dangerous, AI taking jobs, and be nice to the chatbot AI is a tool we can use to increase the security of our software, and it will how we do our jobs. It's still a lot of hype, but there is some reality. https://curtismchale.ca/2026/04/18/mythos-is-dangerous-ai-taking-jobs-and-be-nice-to-the-chatbot

• Post #1744641

  Education Doesn't Insulate us from Misperceptions Just because you went to school doesn't mean you can avoid mistaken ideas. In fact it may make you hang onto them longer. https://curtismchale.ca/2026/04/19/education-doesnt-insulate-us-from-misperceptions

• Post #1744640

  The Perils of Perception - Bobby Duffy Interesting facts, only a little substance if you want to identify your own biases or learn to talk to those you don't agree with. https://curtismchale.ca/book/the-perils-of-perception-bobby-duffy #reading #bookstodon #bookreview #nonfiction

• Post #1744639

  Curate Your Inputs, Own Your People, Upgrade Yourself We should regularly recalibrate our inputs, upgrade ourselves, and make sure that we are in control of the connections we make online. https://curtismchale.ca/2026/04/25/curate-your-inputs-own-your-people-upgrade-yourself

• Post #1744638

  Should You Read The Perils of Perception by Bobby Duffy? It's got some interesting facts, but it doesn't add much to the discussion. https://curtismchale.ca/2026/04/26/should-you-read-the-perils-of-perception-by-bobby-duffy