Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/soft-ratios A public record of one person teaching himself to look more carefully. © 2026 Hoyd Breton 1f24c459-bea5-59ea-bb18-465c55a03d3d yes en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:24:50 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:25:16 -0400 https://softratios.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/VuubXxkuNus7TjDfanlHqiTB0FyQxacsmfaF5mh_kCc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kOTdm/Yzg0MDZlMTBlMjhj/ZTdmNDY0OGQ1OWM0/MWM0My5wbmc.jpg https://softratios.com episodic Hoyd Breton A public record of one person teaching himself to look more carefully. A public record of one person teaching himself to look more carefully.. Hoyd Breton No No 3 3 The answer was always yours (on the history of oracles) full 9433464d-b0a6-4147-ade4-b9bd99ab358a https://share.transistor.fm/s/988a574b When the next answer comes to you fluent and finished and certain — with none of the fog you'd have had to work through yourself — who's left to do the changing that the old vague ones used to force?

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]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:28:04 -0400 Hoyd Breton Hoyd Breton 1140 When the next answer comes to you fluent and finished and certain — with none of the fog you'd have had to work through yourself — who's left to do the changing that the old vague ones used to force?

]]> Oracles, Tamagotchis, Eight Ball, Ouija No 2 2 Making the river a road (on ex-formation) full 50e943b8-e9ed-4ec1-acdd-c3aa6dc48580 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fba741b6 Pick the most familiar thing you own — the one you're certain you know completely. What would it take to make it strange enough to actually see again?

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]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:08:54 -0400 Hoyd Breton Hoyd Breton 1383 Pick the most familiar thing you own — the one you're certain you know completely. What would it take to make it strange enough to actually see again?

]]> Ex-formation, Kenya Hara, Ku, Ma, Viktor Shklovsky, Art as Technique No 1 1 The room that gave itself away (on xerox parc) full 8c2e94de-179a-44a4-a184-81bb8b2e1144 https://share.transistor.fm/s/40451c6d When you look at the ordinary thing in your hand — the pointer, the window, the folder — which part are you holding: the invention that sat working in one room decades early, or the long, unglamorous crossing that made it cheap enough to reach anyone at all, and why do we only ever tell the story of the first?

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]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:04:24 -0400 Soft Ratios Soft Ratios 1139 When you look at the ordinary thing in your hand — the pointer, the window, the folder — which part are you holding: the invention that sat working in one room decades early, or the long, unglamorous crossing that made it cheap enough to reach anyone at all, and why do we only ever tell the story of the first?

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