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🐬 Space Dolphins, Big Foot & a new manuscript
An ode to human weirdness in a sea of AI sensibility
📚Bologna Children's Book Fair: on AI and the future of kids lit
What creators, unions, and execs are saying about AI, and where we go from here
🌲Forest trampolines, tiny bug chefs and cosy games
A small, joyful update midway through my study sabbatical
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🐉 Fantasy maps, AI tamagotchi and broken elevator books
Probably my silliest newsletter yet
🐸 Fluffy Robots, Flame Throwers and Frog Phones
Plus a free resource to help guardians talk to teenagers about AI companions
🏝️ Creepy robots, magical islands & witches
Equal parts whimsy and equal parts weird. Just how it should be.
🐛 Mail bugs, paper phones and the nature of technological change
Welcome to the Big Kid calm tech special
🚜 Apple watch pets, talking chairs, and wind up tractor books
A real mixed bag
🐐 Robot goats, Greenlandic myths and pepper mills
New year, new book, new projects!
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🐝 AI Pokedex, talking toys and a grizzly bear
Some of these links get real weird, sorry
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🐍 Musical snakes, ghosts and machine learning datasets
Kids toys and academic think pieces, lots to chew on
🍄 Flying Mushrooms, Elf School and Pocket Pets
Also I get sad about loosing things on the internet
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