Flexible AirTags/Mental Time Travel/Memorable Audible Books

I bought a few TagVault Fabric Mounts to attach Apple AirTags to my luggage, which I use to keep track of where they are. These flexible attachments have an adhesive backing that forms a permanent bond to fabric surfaces, ensuring the AirTag stays securely in place while allowing it to flex with the material. Recommended applications include jackets, backpacks, and handbags. I stuck mine to the inside of my suitcases under the lining, making them nearly invisible. — MF

This article “How to mentally travel through time” offers practical exercises to help you deal with your past and your future. These exercises encourage you to take a long-term view and gain a broad perspective on life and your place in the world. Here is a list of mental exercises that can help you gain clarity and meaning, and avoid harmful short-term thinking:

• Conversation with your future self: Imagine asking your future self open-ended questions to help you make better choices in the present.

• Empathy for future generations: Visualize the lives of future people to raise awareness for long-term problems like climate change.

• Time Windows: Take time each week to reflect on the past and the future by observing your surroundings.

• Generational Thinking: Reflect on your place in the timeline of your family and humanity to feel more connected to the past and the future.

• Give for the future: do something now that is good for yourself or future generations.

• Long-term communities: Partner with communities and movements that promote long-term thinking and effective altruism.

• Alternative Time Perspectives: Learn from different cultural views of time to enrich your understanding and approach to the future.

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Some of my most intense reading experiences have been listening to an audible book. When I was driving to work, audible books turned my commute from dread to anticipation. The best books left me sitting in my driveway, not wanting to get out because I had to hear more of the story. A few recommended books that are fantastic in audible form, and will not disappoint:

Lonely pigeon: Purely beautiful story from the first paragraph. I cried at the end of this western saga because I wanted to hear what would happen next and that the story would continue endlessly. It was made into a not bad video miniseries, but this audit is longer and therefore better.

Shantaram: A one-book wonder that tells the wild tale of a New Zealand fugitive hiding in the slums of India, who falls in love with the colorful characters of the Indian mafia and outlaw underground. An incredible glimpse into the Indian cities. The narrator does all the voices with a perfect accent.

Harry Potter: This version, narrated by Jim Dale, who does a stunning job of portraying every voice, is for me the canonical version of this franchise. I prefer it to reading the book or the movies.

Peter the Great: Nonfiction also works well in Audible. This long biography of Peter the Great, who transformed Russia, was a page-turner and a deep tour of the Russian soul. — KK.

Google has released an experimental AI called NotebookLM which allows you to upload PDF and text files for processing. The AI ​​then generates various outputs, such as FAQs, study guides, and briefing documents. The most intriguing feature is its ability to create a 10-minute podcast-style conversation between a man and a woman, discussing the uploaded documents as if they were the most fascinating subject they had ever encountered. For example, View the results from an 1897 article by The Beach Magazine about unusual competitions held in London’s East End. The AI-generated podcast show is surprisingly good. — MF

A cool use of an AI image generator is to produce modern snapshots of past celebrities based on paintings or sculptures. Someone named Hidreley has created some really nice ones to share on Demilked: meet historical figures at a dinner party. This is followed by extremely realistic video simulations of people from the past. — KK

This Food and flower seasonality chart is primarily intended for residents of the SF Bay Area and Northern California, but I’m sharing it anyway in case it inspires you to find a local listing of your own. — CD

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