AndrewJamison

I just finished reading Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson and warmly recommend it for its thoughtful take on contemporary life. Winterson is both insightful and downright funny about AI, transpeople, Mary Shelley, sexbots, and so much more and, in the process, manages to “update” Shelley’s immortal tale most impressively. And speaking of AI there was an interesting article in the Guardian today by a fellow who teaches people how to use it. He even offers an online course of instruction for those of you who must use it.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/teaching-ai-what-i-learned

As for me I think I’ll stick to my own human intelligence and keep laughing at the lies as long as I can.

and you can have done something useful. And then you can go on and read this young man’s books. I’ve just bought his latest, Moral Ambition.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/04/quit-chatgpt-subscription-boycott-silicon-valley

As part of Malmö scenfest on March 28 – a whole day with free theater all over Malmö – theater maker Dina Gordon will bring her performance art to Andy’s Corner in which she plays her namesake, Dr. Dina S. Gordon, self-published author and dynamic therapy advocate, who invites you to a workshop on how to locate, understand and overcome what’s keeping you from unlocking your full potential. Through exercises, personal accounts and working through and with discomfort, you are familiarized with methods from his book “Lose again, lose better”, which will be available at a discounted price during the break. 

Dress comfortably and bring water. The show will start at 6.15 (kl 18.15).

Here’s a trailer from Dina’s performance at Malmö Stadsteater:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FY80ip5icf9abMblA1wqX2LfZwjAzXaW/view

and here’s the program for the day:

https://malmoscenfest.se/program/

A year ago I stopped posting on facebook, and started more actively posting on the blog on this website. And as the year has brought a never-ending stream of “news” of disgusting behavior by the owners and users of facebook and all the other (anti)social media I have felt like I did the right thing. But why stop there? Apple and Google and Amazon have also shown, to say the least, a distinct lack of social and moral responsibility. Here’s an article in today’s Guardian that can help you find a way out of the bigtech jungle.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/26/how-to-replace-amazon-google-x-meta-apple-alternatives

Not far from our country house there’s a lovely spot where you can watch the Rörum river flow and for a moment forget everything else and flow with it. It’s not the Thames but it sure is sweet.

This amazing tapestry, “Tied to the Other Side” by Otobong Nkanga is one of many amazing things in an exhibition, “Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona. It’s a fascinating journey of discovery showing the many ways in which visions of Africa have been portrayed, both in Africa itself as well as in America. Here are some other artworks, by Arthur Bisop de Rosario, Dumile Feni, and Hale Woodruff, all of whom are well worth discovering. Check them out on ecosia.

and here’s a short film about Nkanga:

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We’re heading back to Malmö today with lots of inspiration from sunny Spain. The shop will be open tomorrow at the usual hours.

Ubu Roi, or Ubo the King, is a play written by 23 year-old Alfred Jarry in 1896, that has strongly influenced art and literature ever since. A grotesque, irreverent, and extremely imaginative story of the obscenity of power, it continues to be regularly performed and has never grown out of date and is perhaps especially relevant in the age of Trump. The Picasso Museum in Barcelona is hosting an exhibition about the play and its cultural influence that we went to see the other day. It’s really eye-opening, to say the least. Here are some of the works on display, by Max Ernst, Enrico Baj, Duboffet, Miro, Picasso, and Hélène Delprat.

and here’s a recent version of the play:

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How about some of you actors out there doing a performance at Andy’s Corner? We’ll be open again on Saturday if you want to come and talk about it.

The long march through the institutions continues. For someone who spent his academic career trying to rethink and change science and engineering education, mostly in vain (you can check out my last book for details: https://andrewjamison.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/the-making-of-green-engineers.pdf), this seems like something to encourage. And not just for economics!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/10/rethinking-economics-student-academic-organisation-changing-education

It’s that time of year again which means that we are off to Barcelona for a family visit and that the store will be closed, this year until February 21. We’ll try to bring some warmth and sunshine back with us.

I have often wondered how anybody in their right mind could use Amazon since the behavior of Jeff Bezos, both as businessman and private person has always been particularly disgraceful in regard to just about any criterion of human decency. But what he has done to The Washington Post is downright disgusting. So let me make a simple request. Never use Amazon! I would be happy to help you order anything – well, just about anything – that you might want to order from Amazon.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/05/amazon-ai-robotics-bezos-washington-post