# 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 --- # 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/ ---