Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
This day in American Indian history
On this day (25 November) in 1876, U.S. Army troops raid the Cheyenne village of Chief Dull Knife (pictured below) on the Red Fork of the Powder River in retaliation for General Custer’s defeat at the Battle of the Little … Continue reading
My Thanksgiving break readings
Book: Jorge Almazán, et al., “Emergent Tokyo: designing the spontaneous city” (for a 2024 trip to Tokyo I am preparing for; see also book cover below; hat tip: Kevin Postlewaite). Survey article: Dirk Bergemann & Marco Ottaviani, “Information markets and … Continue reading
Friday funnies
Happy Thanksgiving-break Friday! I had to do a double take earlier this week when I first saw the parody post pictured below via “shitposter” extraordinaire Alex Cohen (@anothercohen):
Happy Thanksgiving!
I first saw this thought-provoking autobiographical tribute to Thanksgiving Day by Comanche author Paul Chaat Smith when I visited the American Indian Museum in Washington, D.C. earlier this year (see here). Alas, I could not find this excellent and entertaining … Continue reading
Never mind …
What a difference a day makes four or five days make!
A history of pop culture representations of the JFK assassination (and the Zapruder film)
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. Sherlock Homes Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the day President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas: 22 November 1963. To mark … Continue reading
ChatGPT goes to college
To my fellow college professors in search of a new book to read during the upcoming Thanksgiving break, check out this excellent and innovative open-access work “ChatGPT Assignments to Use in Your Classroom Today” by my University of Central Florida … Continue reading
Music Monday: Moonlights
Moonlight #1 [Dept (뎁트), featuring Sonny Zero (오넷) and OoOo]: Moonlight #2 (Kali Uchis): Moonlight #3 (Ludwig van Beethoven, featuring Anastasia Huppman on the piano):
Yoani Sánchez interviews Yulier P.
I have featured Cuban surrealist street artist Yulier Rodríguez (a/k/a Yulier P.) on this blog several times before. Now, I just discovered his Instagram page; in addition, award-winning Cuban author and blogger Yoani Sánchez interviewed the grafitti artist in August … Continue reading
What’s the real reason Sam Altman was fired?
Yesterday (17 November), the board of directors of OpenAI unceremoniously fired Silicon Valley legend and ChatGPT boy wonder Sam Altman. According to the official announcement, Mr Altman was fired for his deceit and chicanery: “A deliberative review process by the … Continue reading

