# Scratch Pad
*Quick notes, surfaced content, things to have on hand today*
## [[Chickpea and Chorizo Soup]] Ingredients
- Olive oil
- 150g chorizo sausage, finely chopped
- 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 sticks of celery, finely chopped
- 500g fresh spinach, washed and chopped
- 8 fresh tomatoes, deseeded and roughly chopped
- 1 x 410g tin chickpeas, drained
- 1.3 litres chicken stock
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 55g pata negra, Spanish ham or prosciutto, finely chopped
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 2 hard-boiled eggs
## [[Anchovies and Roasted Red Pepper Pasta]] Ingredients
- 6 red bell peppers
- ½ cup olive oil
- 5-6 medium garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3 x 2-oz cans anchovy fillets (keep the oil)
- ¾ cup chopped fresh parsley
- Grated parmesan cheese
- Cracked black pepper
- 12 oz spaghetti or linguine
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# What's Happening
*Active threads and today's activity — updated by /harvest*
## Active
- **Generating Philosophy Substack** — developed structure/arguments, archived old drafts, researched creativity literature
- **McKenna/Propaganda paper** — pivoted from shadow propaganda to McKenna critique; developed dilemma structure
## Sessions
- 16:00 - "I want to talk to you ab..." — Developed "Generating Philosophy with AI" Substack: BUTTER CHICKEN counter, reciprocal prompting, novelty objection + creativity lit (Boden, Gaut, Kind); archived April & May 2025 drafts; updated working notes
- 20:30 - "remind me what we discussed..." — Compared shadow propaganda to slopaganda paper (Klincewicz); debated hacking vs propaganda framing; pivoted to McKenna's "sophistry on steroids"; developed two-horns dilemma; exported chat to try other LLMs
## Actions
- 11:10 - Completed 6 tasks: Grade Merel De Cock's essay, washing, Against Hearing Sounds (Section 2.1 + third objection), weekend planning, balcony cover
- 11:37 - Created [[SuperWhisper License Key]] in Notes/
- 16:10 - Created [[Generating Philosophy with AI (April 2025 Draft)]] in Notes/
- 17:26 - Created [[James Ladyman Talk in Milan]] in Notes/
- 17:32 - Created [[Generating Philosophy with AI (May 2025 Draft)]] in Notes/
- 17:30 - Updated [[Generating Philosophy with Artificial Intelligence]] in Writing/substack/ (working notes)
- 20:45 - Exported propaganda-brainstorm-2026-01-17.md to ~/Downloads/
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