Writing Club - January 2026
Welcome to the 19th writing club update, and first update of the new year! Continuing with my numerical tie-ins that no one asked for and which I refuse to give up, XIX is the number of The Sun card in the tarot deck. It's currently a blistering winter here, so a kiss of sunshine sounds lovely.
Anyway, according to Wikipedia, this card is "often seen as a sign of achievement and authentic self-expression" which sounds great for writing, so whether you put any truck in tarot, you could do worse than to head into the rest of the year with that thought.
I hope you've all had a brilliant year so far, but even if you haven't (maybe especially so) I want to hear from you. That goes for any passersby: feel free to chime in with your thoughts or writerly projects.
Clojure on Wasm
GitHub - chaploud/ClojureWasmBeta
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The job losses are real — but the AI excuse is fake
The job losses are real — but the AI excuse is fake
Both of these statements are true: Across the whole US economy, there’s not really a visible effect of AI on hiring and job mix; Some sectors are absolutely devastated directly by AI. But als…Pivot to AI
Map: Here are the S.F. businesses closed Friday for ‘ICE Out’ national strike
Map: Here’s who’s closed Friday for ‘ICE Out’ national strike
Some S.F. businesses will close for national strike; some will provide, free coffee and other aid to strikers.Junyao Yang (Mission Local)
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
What happens to the human body in 49C heat? Australians are finding out
What happens to the human body in 49C heat? Australians are finding out
Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attackDonna Lu (The Guardian)
Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native
Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native
Opinion: Just because you're paranoid about digital sovereignty doesn't mean they're not after youSteven J. Vaughan-Nichols (The Register)
AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast
AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast
Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
somegeek
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •If we can get high performance clojure on wasm that will be amazing.
I think for now, I will choose Rust for wasm, because going through the troubles of wasm without getting great performance seems not exciting.
☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
in reply to somegeek • • •GraalWasm
www.graalvm.orgsomegeek
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •Honestly, I think Graal and TeaVM and other VM based methods with big runtimes arent interesting for wasm.
If we could compile to wasm it will get interesting. I think scheme does that.
The last benchmark I saw about java and clojure with wasm was really unflattering. Not too interesting in performance and huge size.
☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
in reply to somegeek • • •