Plutonic Rainbows

2t2

In 2019, Cosey Fanni Tutti reignited her solo career with her first album TUTTI in almost four decades, and she has kept the flame diligently burning ever since. Returning with 2t2, she charges all sounds at her disposal into an arsenal of constantly morphing musical landscapes. In the album’s first half, all elements fluctuate around a driving, rhythmic core, with thrumming, pulsating synth lines slowly electrifying as vocals become abstract digital chants, while the second half is dressed in more obsidian tones, drifting from the electropop structures into something more formless and immersive.

Debating Bois Talisman

Dior released this fragrance at the end of January. I’m still debating whether to add it to my collection — would it be redundant? I’m not sure. I’ll have to revisit my sample and see.

03 Price Reductions

OpenAI drop the price of o3 by 80%. That's good news for people using the API. At this point, it really is very competitive with everyone trying to beat everyone else.

OpenAI o3 is the company's most powerful reasoning model that pushes the frontier across coding, math, science, visual perception, and more. It sets a new SOTA on benchmarks including Codeforces, SWE-bench (without building a custom model-specific scaffold), and MMMU. It’s ideal for complex queries requiring multi-faceted analysis and whose answers may not be immediately obvious. It performs especially strongly at visual tasks like analyzing images, charts, and graphics. In evaluations by external experts, o3 makes 20 percent fewer major errors than OpenAI o1 on difficult, real-world tasks — especially excelling in areas like programming, business/consulting, and creative ideation. Early testers highlighted its analytical rigor as a thought partner and emphasized its ability to generate and critically evaluate novel hypotheses — particularly within biology, math, and engineering contexts.

Updated: OpenAI have now added o3 Pro for users that are willing to pay $200 a month.

Sunday

Reading a variety of books today.

The God of the Woods

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore is a haunting, character-rich literary thriller set in 1975 at a remote Adirondack summer camp, where the disappearance of 13‑year‑old Barbara Van Laar echoes the unresolved vanishing of her brother 14 years earlier. Moore skillfully weaves multiple timelines and perspectives — campers, counselors, investigators, and the privileged Van Laar family — against a backdrop of dense, foreboding woods that feel almost alive. Critics consistently praise its immersive atmosphere, precise prose, and intricate plotting, likening its slow-burning tension to Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.