diff --git a/papers/cli.mjs b/papers/cli.mjs
index 0b483a0abe..0551eb6215 100755
--- a/papers/cli.mjs
+++ b/papers/cli.mjs
@@ -337,12 +337,92 @@ const DOSSIER_DIRS = [
   "arxiv-microvision",
   "arxiv-calarts-news",
 ];
-const DOSSIER_SET = new Set(DOSSIER_DIRS);
 const dossierRank = (dir) => {
   const i = DOSSIER_DIRS.indexOf(dir);
   return i === -1 ? 99 : i;
 };
 
+// Top-level index categories. Every listed (non-hidden, non-archived)
+// paper resolves to exactly one. Order here is the page order. The
+// "software" lane is populated from the `extras` array (JOSS/ELS), not
+// from PAPER_MAP, so its `dirs` stays empty. Lists flagged `nosort` keep
+// their curated DOM order and are skipped by the client-side sort bar.
+const CATEGORIES = [
+  {
+    key: "platform",
+    title: "platform & language",
+    sub: "the runtime, the language, and the surfaces you actually touch.",
+    dirs: [
+      "arxiv-ac",
+      "arxiv-kidlisp",
+      "arxiv-os",
+      "arxiv-api",
+      "arxiv-pieces",
+      "arxiv-notepat",
+      "arxiv-kidlisp-reference",
+      "arxiv-kidlisp-cards",
+      "arxiv-keymaps",
+      "arxiv-url-tradition",
+      "arxiv-latency",
+      "arxiv-penrose",
+      "arxiv-identity",
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    key: "essays",
+    title: "essays & criticism",
+    sub: "arguments about creative computing — its lineage, its players, and its discontents.",
+    dirs: [
+      "arxiv-plork",
+      "arxiv-sustainability",
+      "arxiv-goodiepal",
+      "arxiv-whistlegraph",
+      "arxiv-complex",
+      "arxiv-dead-ends",
+      "arxiv-folk-songs",
+      "arxiv-futures",
+      "arxiv-holden",
+      "arxiv-fraserin",
+      "arxiv-score-analysis",
+      "arxiv-comp-strats",
+      "essay-may-26",
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    key: "audits",
+    title: "audits & field studies",
+    sub: "data turned back on the project itself — who uses it, what it cites, where it came from.",
+    dirs: [
+      "arxiv-archaeology",
+      "arxiv-network-audit",
+      "arxiv-diversity",
+      "arxiv-open-schools",
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    key: "dossiers",
+    title: "dossiers",
+    sub: "what's publicly recoverable about art-and-tech institutions and their largest funders — fact-surfacing, not argument.",
+    nosort: true,
+    dirs: [...DOSSIER_DIRS, "arxiv-ucla-arts"],
+  },
+  {
+    key: "software",
+    title: "software papers",
+    sub: "conventional software-paper summaries, for archival and citation.",
+    dirs: [], // populated from the `extras` array (JOSS / ELS)
+  },
+];
+
+// Papers retired to the quiet Archive section at the very bottom of the
+// page, regardless of their category. Keyed by `dir`.
+const ARCHIVE_DIRS = new Set(["arxiv-calarts"]);
+
+// dir -> category key (dossiers included; archived + software handled separately)
+const CATEGORY_OF = {};
+for (const c of CATEGORIES) for (const d of c.dirs) CATEGORY_OF[d] = c.key;
+const categoryOf = (dir) => CATEGORY_OF[dir] || "essays";
+
 function texName(base, lang) {
   return lang === "en" ? base : `${base}-${lang}`;
 }
@@ -697,8 +777,8 @@ function updateIndex(entries) {
     },
   ];
 
-  // Guest papers — moved to platter readings (OCR'd text files)
-  const guestPdfs = [];
+  // Guest papers were moved to platter readings (OCR'd text files); the
+  // lane is retired, so only the JOSS/ELS extras remain.
   const extras = [];
   for (const ex of extraPdfs) {
     const fp = join(SITE_DIR, ex.file);
@@ -968,7 +1048,7 @@ function updateIndex(entries) {
       ? `<a class="thumb" href="/${p.siteName}.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/${thumbName}" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a>`
       : "";
     return `
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="${tKey}"${hasCards ? "" : ` data-no-cards="1"`}${p.psycho ? ` data-psycho="1"` : ""} data-created="${p.created || ""}" data-updated="${updatedISO}">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="${tKey}"${hasCards ? "" : ` data-no-cards="1"`}${p.psycho ? ` data-psycho="1"` : ""}${p.deprecated ? ` data-deprecated="1"` : ""} data-created="${p.created || ""}" data-updated="${updatedISO}">
         ${thumbHtml}<div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/${p.siteName}.pdf" data-base="/${p.siteName}">${p.title}</a></div>
         <div class="detail">${detail}</div>
@@ -978,21 +1058,8 @@ function updateIndex(entries) {
     </div>\n`;
   }
 
-  // Build paper entries HTML — dossiers are split into their own
-  // "dossiers;" section so the fact-surfacing lane doesn't mix with the
-  // argumentative papers.
-  let papersHtml = "";
-  let dossiersHtml = "";
-  for (const p of papers) {
-    if (p.hidden) continue; // built + tracked, but not listed publicly
-    if (DOSSIER_SET.has(p.dir)) continue; // rendered in dossiers section below
-    papersHtml += renderPaper(p);
-  }
-  const dossierPapers = papers
-    .filter((p) => !p.hidden && DOSSIER_SET.has(p.dir))
-    .sort((a, b) => dossierRank(a.dir) - dossierRank(b.dir));
-  for (const p of dossierPapers) dossiersHtml += renderPaper(p);
-  for (const ex of extras) {
+  // Render one JOSS/ELS "software paper" card from the extras array.
+  function renderExtra(ex) {
     const createdStr = ex.created ? fmtDate(ex.created) : "";
     const revStr = ex.revisions > 0 ? `r${ex.revisions}` : "";
     const exKey = { "joss-ac": "joss-ac", "joss-kidlisp": "joss-kidlisp", "els-kidlisp": "els" }[ex.metaKey] || ex.metaKey;
@@ -1001,7 +1068,7 @@ function updateIndex(entries) {
     const exThumbHtml = exThumbExists
       ? `<a class="thumb" href="/${ex.file}" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/${exSiteName}.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a>`
       : "";
-    papersHtml += `
+    return `
     <div class="p" data-paper-id="${exKey}">
         ${exThumbHtml}<div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/${ex.file}">${ex.title}</a></div>
@@ -1012,25 +1079,72 @@ function updateIndex(entries) {
     </div>\n`;
   }
 
-  // Build guest papers HTML
-  let guestHtml = "";
-  for (const g of guestPdfs) {
-    const fp = join(SITE_DIR, g.file);
-    if (existsSync(fp)) {
-      guestHtml += `
-    <div class="p guest" data-paper-id="${g.metaKey}" data-no-cards="1" data-created="${g.year}-01-01" data-updated="${g.year}-01-01T00:00:00.000Z">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/${g.file}">${g.title}</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">${g.detail}</div>
-        <div class="abstract">${g.abstract}</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">${g.author}</span><span class="created" title="Published">${g.year}</span></div>
-    </div>\n`;
+  // Wrap a category's cards in a labeled <section>. `count` is the number
+  // of cards; `nosort`/extra modifiers control the client-side sort.
+  function renderSection({ key, title, sub, nosort }, cardsHtml, count, archive = false) {
+    if (!cardsHtml) return "";
+    const cls = `cat${archive ? " cat--archive" : ""}`;
+    const nosortAttr = nosort || archive ? " data-nosort" : "";
+    return `
+    <section class="${cls}" data-cat="${key}">
+        <div class="cat-head"><span class="cat-name">${title}</span><span class="cat-semi">;</span><span class="cat-count">${count}</span></div>
+        <div class="cat-sub">${sub}</div>
+        <div class="cat-list"${nosortAttr}>
+${cardsHtml}        </div>
+    </section>\n`;
+  }
+
+  // Bucket every listed paper into exactly one category; archived papers
+  // are pulled out to their own quiet section at the bottom.
+  const buckets = {};
+  for (const c of CATEGORIES) buckets[c.key] = [];
+  const archived = [];
+  for (const p of papers) {
+    if (p.hidden) continue; // built + tracked, but not listed publicly
+    if (ARCHIVE_DIRS.has(p.dir)) {
+      archived.push({ ...p, deprecated: true, psycho: false });
+      continue;
     }
+    buckets[categoryOf(p.dir)].push(p);
   }
+  // Dossiers keep their curated order; other lanes keep importance rank.
+  buckets.dossiers.sort((a, b) => dossierRank(a.dir) - dossierRank(b.dir));
 
-  // Read current index, replace paper entries between markers
-  let html = readFileSync(indexPath, "utf8");
+  const uncategorized = papers.filter(
+    (p) => !p.hidden && !ARCHIVE_DIRS.has(p.dir) && !CATEGORY_OF[p.dir],
+  );
+  if (uncategorized.length) {
+    console.log(
+      `  WARN ${uncategorized.length} uncategorized paper(s) → essays: ${uncategorized.map((p) => p.dir).join(", ")}`,
+    );
+  }
 
-  // Replace everything between the sub line and the footer
+  // Build the full categorized block (all sections, in page order).
+  let papersHtml = "";
+  for (const c of CATEGORIES) {
+    if (c.key === "software") {
+      const cards = extras.map(renderExtra).join("");
+      papersHtml += renderSection(c, cards, extras.length);
+    } else {
+      const list = buckets[c.key];
+      papersHtml += renderSection(c, list.map(renderPaper).join(""), list.length);
+    }
+  }
+  if (archived.length) {
+    papersHtml += renderSection(
+      {
+        key: "archive",
+        title: "archive",
+        sub: "deprecated — kept for the record, no longer actively maintained.",
+      },
+      archived.map(renderPaper).join(""),
+      archived.length,
+      true,
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Read current index, replace the categorized block between markers.
+  let html = readFileSync(indexPath, "utf8");
   const startMarker = "<!-- papers-start -->";
   const endMarker = "<!-- papers-end -->";
 
@@ -1055,29 +1169,13 @@ function updateIndex(entries) {
     }
   }
 
-  // Replace dossier entries between dossiers markers (own container so
-  // the client-side sort, which reorders only the first .p's parent,
-  // never scrambles this section).
-  const dossStart = "<!-- dossiers-start -->";
-  const dossEnd = "<!-- dossiers-end -->";
-  if (html.includes(dossStart)) {
-    const dBefore = html.slice(0, html.indexOf(dossStart) + dossStart.length);
-    const dAfter = html.slice(html.indexOf(dossEnd));
-    html = dBefore + "\n" + dossiersHtml + "\n    " + dAfter;
-  }
-
-  // Replace guest papers between guest markers
-  const guestStart = "<!-- guest-start -->";
-  const guestEnd = "<!-- guest-end -->";
-  if (guestHtml && html.includes(guestStart)) {
-    const gBefore = html.slice(0, html.indexOf(guestStart) + guestStart.length);
-    const gAfter = html.slice(html.indexOf(guestEnd));
-    html = gBefore + "\n" + guestHtml + "\n    " + gAfter;
-  }
-
   writeFileSync(indexPath, html);
-  const guestCount = guestPdfs.filter(g => existsSync(join(SITE_DIR, g.file))).length;
-  console.log(`  INDEX updated with ${papers.length + extras.length} papers + ${guestCount} guest papers.`);
+  const sectionCounts = CATEGORIES.map((c) =>
+    c.key === "software" ? `${c.key} ${extras.length}` : `${c.key} ${buckets[c.key].length}`,
+  ).join(", ");
+  console.log(
+    `  INDEX updated: ${papers.length + extras.length} papers across ${CATEGORIES.length} categories (${sectionCounts}${archived.length ? `, archive ${archived.length}` : ""}).`,
+  );
 
   writeFeed(papers, extras, PAPER_COPY);
 }
diff --git a/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/feed.xml b/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/feed.xml
index 48ff370672..d59db02b57 100644
--- a/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/feed.xml
+++ b/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/feed.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/"/>
   <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/feed.xml"/>
   <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/</id>
-  <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+  <updated>2026-05-23T15:53:13.635Z</updated>
   <author>
     <name>@jeffrey</name>
     <uri>https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4460-4913</uri>
@@ -13,180 +13,78 @@
   <icon>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/papers-og.jpg</icon>
   <rights>CC BY 4.0 unless noted otherwise.</rights>
   <entry>
-    <title>Aesthetic Computer &apos;26</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">A Mobile-First Runtime for Creative Computing · arXiv 5pp — Aesthetic Computer is presented as a mobile-first creative computing runtime where the interface, publishing flow, and community feedback loop are part of the medium. The paper argues that small pieces can make software feel more social, more portable, and easier to share.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>KidLisp &apos;26</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art on a Social Platform · arXiv 6pp — KidLisp is the platform&apos;s tiny Lisp for building visual and musical pieces in the browser. The paper shows how a minimal language can stay approachable while still supporting generative art and composition.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>PLOrk&apos;ing the Planet</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Laptop Orchestras, PLOrk Heritage, and Aesthetic Computer · arXiv — This paper connects Aesthetic Computer to laptop orchestras and the collaborative traditions of PLOrk. It treats the browser as a place for ensemble practice, not just solo desktop programming.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>AC Native OS</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ac-native-os-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ac-native-os-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">A Bare-Metal Creative Computing Operating System · arXiv 5pp — AC Native OS describes a bare-metal runtime for creative computing. It focuses on boot-time simplicity and the idea that the operating system itself can be a programmable art surface.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>From setup() to boot()</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/piece-api-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/piece-api-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <title>Jeffrey Alan Scudder — CV</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/jeffrey-alan-scudder-cv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/jeffrey-alan-scudder-cv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-23T15:53:13.635Z</updated>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Processing at the Core of the Piece API · arXiv 7pp — The Piece API rethinks creative software around composable pieces instead of monolithic apps. It uses Processing&apos;s lineage to connect setup(), boot(), and the act of publishing.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>Who Pays for Creative Tools?</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <title>Creative Time — A Dossier</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:34:03.454Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Funding, Burnout, and Survival in Open-Source Creative Computing · arXiv 5pp — A short look at who supports open-source creative tools and what that labor costs. The paper connects funding, burnout, and long-term maintenance to the life of artistic software.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">501(c)(3) public-art commissioner · IRS 990 pipeline · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Creative Time, the New York public-art nonprofit (1974–): structure, programs, people, and money from the IRS 990 series and its program archive. Scaffold revision — figures pending the data pass; fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>Pieces Not Programs</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <title>Creative Capital — A Dossier</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:34:03.454Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">The Piece as a Unit of Creative Cognition · arXiv 4pp — A piece is treated here as the basic unit of creative cognition in AC. The paper argues that smaller, shareable pieces encourage composition, remix, and publication.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">501(c)(3) artist-grant funder · 990 + grantee record · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Creative Capital, the New York nonprofit (1999–) that regrants to individual artists: structure, the award, people, and money from the IRS 990 series and the public grantee record. Scaffold revision — figures pending; fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>notepat.com</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/notepat-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/notepat-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <title>PLOrk&apos;ing the Planet</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">From Keyboard Toy to System Front Door · arXiv 5pp — notepat.com is framed as a keyboard-first front door to the system. The paper follows the toy-like input surface as it grows into a fuller creative interface.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">Laptop Orchestras, PLOrk Heritage, and Aesthetic Computer · arXiv — This paper connects Aesthetic Computer to laptop orchestras and the collaborative traditions of PLOrk. It treats the browser as a place for ensemble practice, not just solo desktop programming.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Radical Computer Art</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">Goodiepalian Approaches in Aesthetic Computer · arXiv 5pp — This paper treats Goodiepalian practice as a model for radical computer art. It emphasizes play, notation, and the social life of systems over polished product design.</summary>
   </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Whistlegraph</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Drawing, Singing, and the Graphic Score as Viral Form · arXiv 4pp — Whistlegraph explores drawing, singing, and score-making as forms that can spread like software. The paper links graphic notation to performance, remix, and browser-native sharing.</summary>
-  </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Sucking on the Complex</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">Platform Hegemony, Critique-as-Content, and Anti-Environments · arXiv 5pp — Sucking on the Complex critiques platform hegemony and the way critique becomes content. It looks for anti-environments that stay messy, resistant, and alive.</summary>
   </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Vestigial Features</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Dormant Paths, Evolutionary Branches, and Abandoned Approaches · arXiv 4pp — The paper catalogs dormant branches, abandoned experiments, and paths that never became default. It treats dead ends as useful history rather than failure.</summary>
-  </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Playable Folk Songs</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/folk-songs-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/folk-songs-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">Oral Tradition Meets the Browser Keyboard · arXiv — Playable Folk Songs brings oral tradition into the browser keyboard. The paper asks how simple interaction can carry collective memory and repetition.</summary>
   </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Repository Archaeology</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Tracing the Evolution of AC Through Its Git History · arXiv 3pp · interactive timeline — Repository Archaeology traces the project through its git history. The paper shows how version control can become a narrative medium for design evolution.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Network Audit</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Who Uses Aesthetic Computer and What Do They Make? · arXiv 4pp — Network Audit asks who uses Aesthetic Computer and what they make with it. The paper turns usage patterns into a portrait of a community in motion.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>KidLisp Language Reference</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">118 Built-ins in 12 Categories · arXiv 4pp — The KidLisp reference compresses the language into a usable field guide. It groups 118 built-ins into 12 categories for quick browsing and recall.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Citation Diversity Audit</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Diversity and Inclusion in AC Paper Citations · 4pp — Citation Diversity Audit looks at who gets cited in the papers and where the archive is thin. The paper uses citation patterns as a proxy for inclusion and intellectual range.</summary>
-  </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Get Closed Source Out of Schools</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/open-schools-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/open-schools-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-20T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
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     <title>Five Years from Now</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-20T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
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     <title>CalArts, Callouts, and Papers</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -216,7 +114,7 @@
     <title>Handle Identity on the AT Protocol</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -226,7 +124,7 @@
     <title>Two Departments, One Building</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -236,7 +134,7 @@
     <title>The Potter and the Prompt</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-04-05T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -246,7 +144,7 @@
     <title>Keymaps as Social Software</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -255,7 +153,7 @@
     <title>KidLisp Cards</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -265,7 +163,7 @@
     <title>Reading the Score</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/reading-the-score-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/reading-the-score-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -275,7 +173,7 @@
     <title>The URL Tradition</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/url-tradition-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/url-tradition-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -285,7 +183,7 @@
     <title>Where the Microseconds Go</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-04-26T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -294,25 +192,16 @@
     <title>Diagrams from Data</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
   </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Jeffrey Alan Scudder — CV</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/jeffrey-alan-scudder-cv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/jeffrey-alan-scudder-cv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-05-23T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-  </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Rhizome.org — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/rhizome-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/rhizome-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -322,7 +211,7 @@
     <title>School for Poetic Computation — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/sfpc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/sfpc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -332,27 +221,17 @@
     <title>Eyebeam — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/eyebeam-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/eyebeam-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">501(c)(3) art-and-technology recipient · IRS 990 pipeline · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Eyebeam: financials, governance, residencies, and named grants pulled from IRS 990 XML. The dossier surfaces the record without interpreting it.</summary>
   </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Recurse Center — A Dossier</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Recurse Center · for-profit, recruiting-funded model · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about the Recurse Center: a for-profit programmers&apos; retreat funded by a recruiting model, read through founder interviews and public statements. Fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
-  </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Internet Archive — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/internet-archive-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/internet-archive-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -362,7 +241,7 @@
     <title>Mellon Foundation — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/mellon-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/mellon-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -372,7 +251,7 @@
     <title>Pioneer Works — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pioneer-works-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pioneer-works-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -382,7 +261,7 @@
     <title>A Fraserin&apos; Art + Tech</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/fraserin-essay-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/fraserin-essay-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -391,7 +270,7 @@
     <title>Comp Strats</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/comp-strats-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/comp-strats-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-03T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
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     <title>MicroVision — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/microvision-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/microvision-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -410,7 +289,7 @@
     <title>What&apos;s New CalArts!? — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whats-new-calarts-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whats-new-calarts-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -420,7 +299,7 @@
     <title>NEW INC — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/new-inc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/new-inc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -430,7 +309,7 @@
     <title>Studio Museum in Harlem — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/studio-museum-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/studio-museum-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -440,7 +319,7 @@
     <title>HathiTrust — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/hathitrust-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/hathitrust-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -450,7 +329,7 @@
     <title>The Kitchen — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/the-kitchen-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/the-kitchen-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -460,7 +339,7 @@
     <title>Machine Project — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/machine-project-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/machine-project-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -470,57 +349,177 @@
     <title>Heavy Manners Library — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/heavy-manners-library-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/heavy-manners-library-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">Small space · status undisclosed · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Heavy Manners Library: a small space whose legal status is undisclosed, surfaced through what little public record exists. The dossier records the gaps as part of the record.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>Creative Time — A Dossier</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <title>Whistlegraph</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:33:52.895Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">501(c)(3) public-art commissioner · IRS 990 pipeline · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Creative Time, the New York public-art nonprofit (1974–): structure, programs, people, and money from the IRS 990 series and its program archive. Scaffold revision — figures pending the data pass; fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">Drawing, Singing, and the Graphic Score as Viral Form · arXiv 4pp — Whistlegraph explores drawing, singing, and score-making as forms that can spread like software. The paper links graphic notation to performance, remix, and browser-native sharing.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>Creative Capital — A Dossier</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <title>Aesthetic Computer &apos;26</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">501(c)(3) artist-grant funder · 990 + grantee record · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Creative Capital, the New York nonprofit (1999–) that regrants to individual artists: structure, the award, people, and money from the IRS 990 series and the public grantee record. Scaffold revision — figures pending; fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">A Mobile-First Runtime for Creative Computing · arXiv 5pp — Aesthetic Computer is presented as a mobile-first creative computing runtime where the interface, publishing flow, and community feedback loop are part of the medium. The paper argues that small pieces can make software feel more social, more portable, and easier to share.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>KidLisp (ELS 2026)</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.776Z</updated>
-    <category term="ELS"/>
+    <title>KidLisp &apos;26</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art with Social Composition · ELS ACM SIGS 4pp — An ELS conference version of KidLisp that emphasizes social composition. It positions the language as a shared practice rather than a solo scripting environment.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art on a Social Platform · arXiv 6pp — KidLisp is the platform&apos;s tiny Lisp for building visual and musical pieces in the browser. The paper shows how a minimal language can stay approachable while still supporting generative art and composition.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>KidLisp &apos;26</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.755Z</updated>
-    <category term="JOSS"/>
+    <title>AC Native OS</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ac-native-os-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ac-native-os-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">JOSS Summary · 3pp — A compact JOSS summary of KidLisp for archival and citation purposes. It frames the language as a small but expressive tool for generative art.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">A Bare-Metal Creative Computing Operating System · arXiv 5pp — AC Native OS describes a bare-metal runtime for creative computing. It focuses on boot-time simplicity and the idea that the operating system itself can be a programmable art surface.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>From setup() to boot()</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/piece-api-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/piece-api-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Processing at the Core of the Piece API · arXiv 7pp — The Piece API rethinks creative software around composable pieces instead of monolithic apps. It uses Processing&apos;s lineage to connect setup(), boot(), and the act of publishing.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Who Pays for Creative Tools?</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Funding, Burnout, and Survival in Open-Source Creative Computing · arXiv 5pp — A short look at who supports open-source creative tools and what that labor costs. The paper connects funding, burnout, and long-term maintenance to the life of artistic software.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Pieces Not Programs</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">The Piece as a Unit of Creative Cognition · arXiv 4pp — A piece is treated here as the basic unit of creative cognition in AC. The paper argues that smaller, shareable pieces encourage composition, remix, and publication.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>notepat.com</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/notepat-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/notepat-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">From Keyboard Toy to System Front Door · arXiv 5pp — notepat.com is framed as a keyboard-first front door to the system. The paper follows the toy-like input surface as it grows into a fuller creative interface.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Vestigial Features</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Dormant Paths, Evolutionary Branches, and Abandoned Approaches · arXiv 4pp — The paper catalogs dormant branches, abandoned experiments, and paths that never became default. It treats dead ends as useful history rather than failure.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Repository Archaeology</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Tracing the Evolution of AC Through Its Git History · arXiv 3pp · interactive timeline — Repository Archaeology traces the project through its git history. The paper shows how version control can become a narrative medium for design evolution.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Network Audit</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Who Uses Aesthetic Computer and What Do They Make? · arXiv 4pp — Network Audit asks who uses Aesthetic Computer and what they make with it. The paper turns usage patterns into a portrait of a community in motion.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>KidLisp Language Reference</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">118 Built-ins in 12 Categories · arXiv 4pp — The KidLisp reference compresses the language into a usable field guide. It groups 118 built-ins into 12 categories for quick browsing and recall.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Citation Diversity Audit</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Diversity and Inclusion in AC Paper Citations · 4pp — Citation Diversity Audit looks at who gets cited in the papers and where the archive is thin. The paper uses citation patterns as a proxy for inclusion and intellectual range.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Aesthetic Computer &apos;26</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-joss.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-joss.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.680Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.000Z</updated>
     <category term="JOSS"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">JOSS Summary · 2pp — A compact JOSS summary of Aesthetic Computer for archival and citation purposes. It distills the platform into a conventional software paper format.</summary>
   </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>KidLisp &apos;26</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.000Z</updated>
+    <category term="JOSS"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">JOSS Summary · 3pp — A compact JOSS summary of KidLisp for archival and citation purposes. It frames the language as a small but expressive tool for generative art.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>KidLisp (ELS 2026)</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.000Z</updated>
+    <category term="ELS"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art with Social Composition · ELS ACM SIGS 4pp — An ELS conference version of KidLisp that emphasizes social composition. It positions the language as a shared practice rather than a solo scripting environment.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Recurse Center — A Dossier</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-02T21:30:40.904Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Recurse Center · for-profit, recruiting-funded model · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about the Recurse Center: a for-profit programmers&apos; retreat funded by a recruiting model, read through founder interviews and public statements. Fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
+  </entry>
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+    <section class="cat" data-cat="platform">
+        <div class="cat-head"><span class="cat-name">platform &amp; language</span><span class="cat-semi">;</span><span class="cat-count">13</span></div>
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+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="ac" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/aesthetic-computer-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/aesthetic-computer-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
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         <div class="detail">A Mobile-First Runtime for Creative Computing &middot; arXiv 5pp</div>
         <div class="abstract">Aesthetic Computer is presented as a mobile-first creative computing runtime where the interface, publishing flow, and community feedback loop are part of the medium. The paper argues that small pieces can make software feel more social, more portable, and easier to share.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="kidlisp" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <div class="body">
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         <div class="title"><a href="/kidlisp-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/kidlisp-26-arxiv">KidLisp '26</a></div>
         <div class="detail">A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art on a Social Platform &middot; arXiv 6pp</div>
         <div class="abstract">KidLisp is the platform's tiny Lisp for building visual and musical pieces in the browser. The paper shows how a minimal language can stay approachable while still supporting generative art and composition.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
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-        <a class="thumb" href="/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv">PLOrk'ing the Planet</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">Laptop Orchestras, PLOrk Heritage, and Aesthetic Computer &middot; arXiv</div>
-        <div class="abstract">This paper connects Aesthetic Computer to laptop orchestras and the collaborative traditions of PLOrk. It treats the browser as a place for ensemble practice, not just solo desktop programming.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
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         <div class="detail">A Bare-Metal Creative Computing Operating System &middot; arXiv 5pp</div>
         <div class="abstract">AC Native OS describes a bare-metal runtime for creative computing. It focuses on boot-time simplicity and the idea that the operating system itself can be a programmable art surface.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
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         <div class="detail">Processing at the Core of the Piece API &middot; arXiv 7pp</div>
         <div class="abstract">The Piece API rethinks creative software around composable pieces instead of monolithic apps. It uses Processing's lineage to connect setup(), boot(), and the act of publishing.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
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-        <div class="title"><a href="/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv">Who Pays for Creative Tools?</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">Funding, Burnout, and Survival in Open-Source Creative Computing &middot; arXiv 5pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">A short look at who supports open-source creative tools and what that labor costs. The paper connects funding, burnout, and long-term maintenance to the life of artistic software.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/27</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="pieces" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="pieces" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv">Pieces Not Programs</a></div>
         <div class="detail">The Piece as a Unit of Creative Cognition &middot; arXiv 4pp</div>
         <div class="abstract">A piece is treated here as the basic unit of creative cognition in AC. The paper argues that smaller, shareable pieces encourage composition, remix, and publication.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
         </div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="notepat" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="notepat" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/notepat-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/notepat-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/notepat-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/notepat-26-arxiv">notepat.com</a></div>
         <div class="detail">From Keyboard Toy to System Front Door &middot; arXiv 5pp</div>
         <div class="abstract">notepat.com is framed as a keyboard-first front door to the system. The paper follows the toy-like input surface as it grows into a fuller creative interface.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="goodiepal" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv">Radical Computer Art</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">Goodiepalian Approaches in Aesthetic Computer &middot; arXiv 5pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">This paper treats Goodiepalian practice as a model for radical computer art. It emphasizes play, notation, and the social life of systems over polished product design.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 6</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="kidlisp-ref" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv">KidLisp Language Reference</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">118 Built-ins in 12 Categories &middot; arXiv 4pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">The KidLisp reference compresses the language into a usable field guide. It groups 118 built-ins into 12 categories for quick browsing and recall.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="whistlegraph" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/whistlegraph-26-arxiv">Whistlegraph</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">Drawing, Singing, and the Graphic Score as Viral Form &middot; arXiv 4pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">Whistlegraph explores drawing, singing, and score-making as forms that can spread like software. The paper links graphic notation to performance, remix, and browser-native sharing.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5648</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="identity" data-created="2026-03-27" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv">Handle Identity on the AT Protocol</a></div>
+        <div class="detail"></div>
+        <div class="abstract">Handle Identity on the AT Protocol treats naming as a social and technical problem. The paper explores how handles, identity, and publishing can be tied together without losing portability.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/27</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="complex" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv">Sucking on the Complex</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">Platform Hegemony, Critique-as-Content, and Anti-Environments &middot; arXiv 5pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">Sucking on the Complex critiques platform hegemony and the way critique becomes content. It looks for anti-environments that stay messy, resistant, and alive.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 6</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="keymaps" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv">Keymaps as Social Software</a></div>
+        <div class="detail"></div>
+        <div class="abstract"></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 18</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="dead-ends" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/dead-ends-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/dead-ends-26-arxiv">Vestigial Features</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">Dormant Paths, Evolutionary Branches, and Abandoned Approaches &middot; arXiv 4pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">The paper catalogs dormant branches, abandoned experiments, and paths that never became default. It treats dead ends as useful history rather than failure.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="kidlisp-cards" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv">KidLisp Cards</a></div>
+        <div class="detail"></div>
+        <div class="abstract">KidLisp Cards condenses the language into a pocketable card format. It is meant to make the language easier to browse, teach, and carry.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="folk-songs" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/folk-songs-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/folk-songs-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/folk-songs-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/folk-songs-26-arxiv">Playable Folk Songs</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">Oral Tradition Meets the Browser Keyboard &middot; arXiv</div>
-        <div class="abstract">Playable Folk Songs brings oral tradition into the browser keyboard. The paper asks how simple interaction can carry collective memory and repetition.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 6</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="url-tradition" data-created="2026-04-27" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/url-tradition-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/url-tradition-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/url-tradition-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/url-tradition-26-arxiv">The URL Tradition</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">Addressable Creative Computing from Lovelace's Footnotes to Aesthetic Computer &middot; arXiv</div>
+        <div class="abstract">The URL Tradition traces address-thinking from Lovelace's footnotes, Bush's trails, Xanadu, and the Negro Motorist Green Book through net.art, single-serving sites, the tilde, Glitch, and Aesthetic Computer's prompt-as-address-bar. It argues the URL is not a feature but a medium property that reshapes authorship, distribution, pedagogy, performance, and political claim.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">04/27</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="archaeology" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv">Repository Archaeology</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">Tracing the Evolution of AC Through Its Git History &middot; arXiv 3pp &middot; <a href="/ac-repo-archaeology">interactive timeline</a></div>
-        <div class="abstract">Repository Archaeology traces the project through its git history. The paper shows how version control can become a narrative medium for design evolution.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="latency" data-created="2026-04-26" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv">Where the Microseconds Go</a></div>
+        <div class="detail"></div>
+        <div class="abstract"></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">04/26</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 7</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="network-audit" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/network-audit-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/network-audit-26-arxiv">Network Audit</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">Who Uses Aesthetic Computer and What Do They Make? &middot; arXiv 4pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">Network Audit asks who uses Aesthetic Computer and what they make with it. The paper turns usage patterns into a portrait of a community in motion.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="penrose" data-no-cards="1" data-created="2026-04-28" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv">Diagrams from Data</a></div>
+        <div class="detail"></div>
+        <div class="abstract"></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">04/28</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="kidlisp-ref" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv">KidLisp Language Reference</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">118 Built-ins in 12 Categories &middot; arXiv 4pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">The KidLisp reference compresses the language into a usable field guide. It groups 118 built-ins into 12 categories for quick browsing and recall.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
         </div>
-    </div>
+    </section>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="diversity" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/citation-diversity-audit-26.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf" data-base="/citation-diversity-audit-26">Citation Diversity Audit</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">Diversity and Inclusion in AC Paper Citations &middot; 4pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">Citation Diversity Audit looks at who gets cited in the papers and where the archive is thin. The paper uses citation patterns as a proxy for inclusion and intellectual range.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <section class="cat" data-cat="essays">
+        <div class="cat-head"><span class="cat-name">essays &amp; criticism</span><span class="cat-semi">;</span><span class="cat-count">12</span></div>
+        <div class="cat-sub">arguments about creative computing — its lineage, its players, and its discontents.</div>
+        <div class="cat-list">
+
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="plork" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv">PLOrk'ing the Planet</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">Laptop Orchestras, PLOrk Heritage, and Aesthetic Computer &middot; arXiv</div>
+        <div class="abstract">This paper connects Aesthetic Computer to laptop orchestras and the collaborative traditions of PLOrk. It treats the browser as a place for ensemble practice, not just solo desktop programming.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="open-schools" data-created="2026-03-20" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/open-schools-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/open-schools-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/open-schools-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/open-schools-26-arxiv">Get Closed Source Out of Schools</a></div>
-        <div class="detail"></div>
-        <div class="abstract">Get Closed Source Out of Schools makes the case that creative computing should be teachable, inspectable, and modifiable. The paper argues for open tools as infrastructure for learning.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/20</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 6</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="who-pays" data-created="2026-03-27" data-updated="2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv">Who Pays for Creative Tools?</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">Funding, Burnout, and Survival in Open-Source Creative Computing &middot; arXiv 5pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">A short look at who supports open-source creative tools and what that labor costs. The paper connects funding, burnout, and long-term maintenance to the life of artistic software.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/27</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="futures" data-created="2026-03-20" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv">Five Years from Now</a></div>
-        <div class="detail"></div>
-        <div class="abstract">Five Years from Now is a projection paper about where the project could go if current habits continue. It uses the near future to test the consequences of today's decisions.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/20</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 6</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="goodiepal" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv">Radical Computer Art</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">Goodiepalian Approaches in Aesthetic Computer &middot; arXiv 5pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">This paper treats Goodiepalian practice as a model for radical computer art. It emphasizes play, notation, and the social life of systems over polished product design.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="calarts" data-psycho="1" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv">CalArts, Callouts, and Papers</a></div>
-        <div class="detail"></div>
-        <div class="abstract">CalArts, Callouts, and Papers turns a local institutional context into a study of friction, attention, and production. The paper leans into psycho style to show how academic labor is staged and performed.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 6</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="whistlegraph" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-14T22:33:52.895Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/whistlegraph-26-arxiv">Whistlegraph</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">Drawing, Singing, and the Graphic Score as Viral Form &middot; arXiv 4pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">Whistlegraph explores drawing, singing, and score-making as forms that can spread like software. The paper links graphic notation to performance, remix, and browser-native sharing.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5647</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:33</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="identity" data-created="2026-03-27" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv">Handle Identity on the AT Protocol</a></div>
-        <div class="detail"></div>
-        <div class="abstract">Handle Identity on the AT Protocol treats naming as a social and technical problem. The paper explores how handles, identity, and publishing can be tied together without losing portability.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/27</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="complex" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv">Sucking on the Complex</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">Platform Hegemony, Critique-as-Content, and Anti-Environments &middot; arXiv 5pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">Sucking on the Complex critiques platform hegemony and the way critique becomes content. It looks for anti-environments that stay messy, resistant, and alive.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="ucla-arts" data-created="2026-03-27" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv">Two Departments, One Building</a></div>
-        <div class="detail"></div>
-        <div class="abstract">Two Departments, One Building examines how funding and infrastructure shape creative work in shared spaces. The paper looks at administrative boundaries as part of the artistic system.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/27</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="dead-ends" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/dead-ends-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/dead-ends-26-arxiv">Vestigial Features</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">Dormant Paths, Evolutionary Branches, and Abandoned Approaches &middot; arXiv 4pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">The paper catalogs dormant branches, abandoned experiments, and paths that never became default. It treats dead ends as useful history rather than failure.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="holden" data-created="2026-04-05" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv">The Potter and the Prompt</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">John Holden's Proto-Cognitive Music Theory and Aesthetic Computer &middot; arXiv 7pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">The Potter and the Prompt argues that AC independently converges on the core principles of John Holden's 1770 proto-cognitive music theory. It proposes AC as a computational laboratory for advancing Holden's unfinished program on grouping, attention, and the module.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">04/05</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="folk-songs" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/folk-songs-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/folk-songs-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/folk-songs-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/folk-songs-26-arxiv">Playable Folk Songs</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">Oral Tradition Meets the Browser Keyboard &middot; arXiv</div>
+        <div class="abstract">Playable Folk Songs brings oral tradition into the browser keyboard. The paper asks how simple interaction can carry collective memory and repetition.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="keymaps" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv">Keymaps as Social Software</a></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="futures" data-created="2026-03-20" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv">Five Years from Now</a></div>
         <div class="detail"></div>
-        <div class="abstract"></div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 19</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="abstract">Five Years from Now is a projection paper about where the project could go if current habits continue. It uses the near future to test the consequences of today's decisions.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/20</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="kidlisp-cards" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv">KidLisp Cards</a></div>
-        <div class="detail"></div>
-        <div class="abstract">KidLisp Cards condenses the language into a pocketable card format. It is meant to make the language easier to browse, teach, and carry.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 6</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="holden" data-created="2026-04-05" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv">The Potter and the Prompt</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">John Holden's Proto-Cognitive Music Theory and Aesthetic Computer &middot; arXiv 7pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">The Potter and the Prompt argues that AC independently converges on the core principles of John Holden's 1770 proto-cognitive music theory. It proposes AC as a computational laboratory for advancing Holden's unfinished program on grouping, attention, and the module.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">04/05</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="score-analysis" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="score-analysis" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/reading-the-score-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/reading-the-score-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/reading-the-score-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/reading-the-score-26-arxiv">Reading the Score</a></div>
         <div class="detail"></div>
         <div class="abstract">Reading the Score looks at the graphic score as an interface for interpretation and collaboration. The paper treats notation as a computational and social object.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 6</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="url-tradition" data-created="2026-04-27" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/url-tradition-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/url-tradition-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/url-tradition-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/url-tradition-26-arxiv">The URL Tradition</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">Addressable Creative Computing from Lovelace's Footnotes to Aesthetic Computer &middot; arXiv</div>
-        <div class="abstract">The URL Tradition traces address-thinking from Lovelace's footnotes, Bush's trails, Xanadu, and the Negro Motorist Green Book through net.art, single-serving sites, the tilde, Glitch, and Aesthetic Computer's prompt-as-address-bar. It argues the URL is not a feature but a medium property that reshapes authorship, distribution, pedagogy, performance, and political claim.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">04/27</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
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-    </div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="latency" data-created="2026-04-26" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv">Where the Microseconds Go</a></div>
-        <div class="detail"></div>
-        <div class="abstract"></div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">04/26</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 8</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
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-    </div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="penrose" data-no-cards="1" data-created="2026-04-28" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv">Diagrams from Data</a></div>
-        <div class="detail"></div>
-        <div class="abstract"></div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">04/28</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
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-    </div>
-
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="fraserin" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="fraserin" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/fraserin-essay-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/fraserin-essay-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/fraserin-essay-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/fraserin-essay-26-arxiv">A Fraserin' Art + Tech</a></div>
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-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 1</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="comp-strats" data-created="2026-05-03" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="comp-strats" data-created="2026-05-03" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/comp-strats-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/comp-strats-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/comp-strats-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/comp-strats-26-arxiv">Comp Strats</a></div>
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         <div class="abstract"></div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/03</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/03</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
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+        </div>
+    </section>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="els">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/kidlisp-els-2026.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf">KidLisp (ELS 2026)</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art with Social Composition &middot; ELS ACM SIGS 4pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">An ELS conference version of KidLisp that emphasizes social composition. It positions the language as a shared practice rather than a solo scripting environment.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="created" title="Created"></span><span class="revisions" title="Revisions"></span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 2 22:01</span></div>
+    <section class="cat" data-cat="audits">
+        <div class="cat-head"><span class="cat-name">audits &amp; field studies</span><span class="cat-semi">;</span><span class="cat-count">4</span></div>
+        <div class="cat-sub">data turned back on the project itself — who uses it, what it cites, where it came from.</div>
+        <div class="cat-list">
+
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="archaeology" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv">Repository Archaeology</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">Tracing the Evolution of AC Through Its Git History &middot; arXiv 3pp &middot; <a href="/ac-repo-archaeology">interactive timeline</a></div>
+        <div class="abstract">Repository Archaeology traces the project through its git history. The paper shows how version control can become a narrative medium for design evolution.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="joss-kidlisp">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/kidlisp-26-joss.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf">KidLisp '26</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">JOSS Summary &middot; 3pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">A compact JOSS summary of KidLisp for archival and citation purposes. It frames the language as a small but expressive tool for generative art.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="created" title="Created"></span><span class="revisions" title="Revisions"></span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 2 22:01</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="network-audit" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/network-audit-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/network-audit-26-arxiv">Network Audit</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">Who Uses Aesthetic Computer and What Do They Make? &middot; arXiv 4pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">Network Audit asks who uses Aesthetic Computer and what they make with it. The paper turns usage patterns into a portrait of a community in motion.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
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-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="joss-ac">
-        <a class="thumb" href="/aesthetic-computer-26-joss.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/aesthetic-computer-26-joss.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
-        <div class="title"><a href="/aesthetic-computer-26-joss.pdf">Aesthetic Computer '26</a></div>
-        <div class="detail">JOSS Summary &middot; 2pp</div>
-        <div class="abstract">A compact JOSS summary of Aesthetic Computer for archival and citation purposes. It distills the platform into a conventional software paper format.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="created" title="Created"></span><span class="revisions" title="Revisions"></span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 2 22:01</span></div>
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="diversity" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/citation-diversity-audit-26.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf" data-base="/citation-diversity-audit-26">Citation Diversity Audit</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">Diversity and Inclusion in AC Paper Citations &middot; 4pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">Citation Diversity Audit looks at who gets cited in the papers and where the archive is thin. The paper uses citation patterns as a proxy for inclusion and intellectual range.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 14 15:27</span></div>
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+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="open-schools" data-created="2026-03-20" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/open-schools-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/open-schools-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/open-schools-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/open-schools-26-arxiv">Get Closed Source Out of Schools</a></div>
+        <div class="detail"></div>
+        <div class="abstract">Get Closed Source Out of Schools makes the case that creative computing should be teachable, inspectable, and modifiable. The paper argues for open tools as infrastructure for learning.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/20</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
+        </div>
     </div>
+        </div>
+    </section>
 
-    <div class="dossiers-header">dossiers<span class="dh-semi">;</span></div>
-    <div class="dossiers-sub">what's publicly recoverable about art-and-tech institutions and their largest funders — fact-surfacing, not argument.</div>
-    <div class="dossiers-list">
-    <!-- dossiers-start -->
+    <section class="cat" data-cat="dossiers">
+        <div class="cat-head"><span class="cat-name">dossiers</span><span class="cat-semi">;</span><span class="cat-count">18</span></div>
+        <div class="cat-sub">what's publicly recoverable about art-and-tech institutions and their largest funders — fact-surfacing, not argument.</div>
+        <div class="cat-list" data-nosort>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="rhizome" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="rhizome" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/rhizome-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/rhizome-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/rhizome-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/rhizome-dossier-26-arxiv">Rhizome.org — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">501(c)(3) digital-arts recipient &middot; IRS 990 pipeline &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about Rhizome.org: governance, finances, and named grants reconstructed from IRS 990 filings and masthead snapshots. The dossier records the documentary record and stops where the facts run out.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="sfpc" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="sfpc" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/sfpc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/sfpc-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/sfpc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/sfpc-dossier-26-arxiv">School for Poetic Computation — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">School for Poetic Computation &middot; LLC, public finance repo &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about the School for Poetic Computation: an LLC that publishes its own finances to a public GitHub repository, read alongside programs and people. Fact-surfacing, not argument.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="eyebeam" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="eyebeam" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/eyebeam-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/eyebeam-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/eyebeam-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/eyebeam-dossier-26-arxiv">Eyebeam — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">501(c)(3) art-and-technology recipient &middot; IRS 990 pipeline &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about Eyebeam: financials, governance, residencies, and named grants pulled from IRS 990 XML. The dossier surfaces the record without interpreting it.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="recurse" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="recurse" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-02T21:30:40.904Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv">Recurse Center — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">Recurse Center &middot; for-profit, recruiting-funded model &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about the Recurse Center: a for-profit programmers' retreat funded by a recruiting model, read through founder interviews and public statements. Fact-surfacing, not argument.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 2 14:30</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="internet-archive" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="internet-archive" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/internet-archive-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/internet-archive-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/internet-archive-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/internet-archive-dossier-26-arxiv">Internet Archive — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">501(c)(3) recipient &middot; IRS 990 + litigation track &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about the Internet Archive: finances and governance from IRS 990 filings, plus a litigation track from public court records. The dossier records both and stops at the facts.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="mellon" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="mellon" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/mellon-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/mellon-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/mellon-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/mellon-dossier-26-arxiv">Mellon Foundation — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">The funder flip &middot; 990-PF + grants database &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">The funder side: what is publicly recoverable about the Mellon Foundation from its 990-PF and grants database — the Form 990-PF that paid for nontrivial chunks of the other dossiers. Fact-surfacing, not argument.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="pioneer-works" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="pioneer-works" data-created="2026-05-02" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/pioneer-works-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/pioneer-works-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/pioneer-works-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/pioneer-works-dossier-26-arxiv">Pioneer Works — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">501(c)(3) recipient &middot; founder-as-funder &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about Pioneer Works: finances, governance, and a founder-as-funder structure reconstructed from IRS 990 filings and public record. The dossier surfaces the record without interpreting it.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/02</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="new-inc" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="new-inc" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/new-inc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/new-inc-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/new-inc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/new-inc-dossier-26-arxiv">NEW INC — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">Embedded in the New Museum's 990 &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about NEW INC, the New Museum's incubator: finances and governance read out of the parent museum's IRS 990, where the program is embedded rather than separately filed. Fact-surfacing, not argument.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 1</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="studio-museum" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="studio-museum" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/studio-museum-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/studio-museum-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/studio-museum-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/studio-museum-dossier-26-arxiv">Studio Museum in Harlem — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">501(c)(3) recipient &middot; capital campaign &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about the Studio Museum in Harlem: finances, governance, and a capital campaign reconstructed from IRS 990 filings and public documents. The dossier records the documentary record.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 1</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="hathitrust" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="hathitrust" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/hathitrust-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/hathitrust-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/hathitrust-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/hathitrust-dossier-26-arxiv">HathiTrust — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">UMich library service &middot; no separate 990 &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about HathiTrust: a University of Michigan library service with no separate IRS 990, surfaced instead through host-institution disclosures and public reports. Fact-surfacing, not argument.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 1</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="the-kitchen" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="the-kitchen" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/the-kitchen-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/the-kitchen-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/the-kitchen-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/the-kitchen-dossier-26-arxiv">The Kitchen — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">501(c)(3) recipient &middot; a 50-plus-year arc &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about The Kitchen: a half-century of finances and governance reconstructed from IRS 990 filings and public record across the organization's long arc. The dossier stops where the facts run out.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 1</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="machine-project" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="machine-project" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/machine-project-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/machine-project-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/machine-project-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/machine-project-dossier-26-arxiv">Machine Project — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">501(c)(3) recipient (until 2018) &middot; Echo Park &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about Machine Project: the Echo Park space's finances and governance from IRS 990 filings through its 2018 wind-down. Fact-surfacing, not argument.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 1</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="heavy-manners-library" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="heavy-manners-library" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/heavy-manners-library-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/heavy-manners-library-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/heavy-manners-library-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/heavy-manners-library-dossier-26-arxiv">Heavy Manners Library — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">Small space &middot; status undisclosed &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about Heavy Manners Library: a small space whose legal status is undisclosed, surfaced through what little public record exists. The dossier records the gaps as part of the record.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 1</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="creative-time" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="creative-time" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:34:03.454Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv">Creative Time — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">501(c)(3) public-art commissioner &middot; IRS 990 pipeline &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about Creative Time, the New York public-art nonprofit (1974–): structure, programs, people, and money from the IRS 990 series and its program archive. Scaffold revision — figures pending the data pass; fact-surfacing, not argument.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 1</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:34</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="creative-capital" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="creative-capital" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:34:03.454Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv">Creative Capital — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">501(c)(3) artist-grant funder &middot; 990 + grantee record &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What is publicly recoverable about Creative Capital, the New York nonprofit (1999–) that regrants to individual artists: structure, the award, people, and money from the IRS 990 series and the public grantee record. Scaffold revision — figures pending; fact-surfacing, not argument.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 1</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:34</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="microvision" data-created="2026-05-04" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="microvision" data-created="2026-05-04" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/microvision-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/microvision-dossier-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/microvision-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/microvision-dossier-26-arxiv">MicroVision — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">The public-company flip &middot; SEC EDGAR + 11-year archive &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">The public-company side: what is publicly recoverable about MicroVision (NASDAQ: MVIS) from SEC EDGAR and an eleven-year family archive of filings. Fact-surfacing, not argument.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/04</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 3</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/04</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="p" data-paper-id="calarts-news" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z">
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="calarts-news" data-created="2026-05-18" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
         <a class="thumb" href="/whats-new-calarts-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/whats-new-calarts-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
         <div class="title"><a href="/whats-new-calarts-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/whats-new-calarts-26-arxiv">What's New CalArts!? — A Dossier</a></div>
         <div class="detail">CalArts &middot; a dossier in news format &middot; arXiv</div>
         <div class="abstract">What's New CalArts!? surfaces what is publicly recoverable about CalArts in a news-format dossier: programs, finances, and governance from public documents. The dossier records the record and stops at the facts.</div>
-        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 2</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 23 15:45</span></div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">05/18</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 1</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="ucla-arts" data-created="2026-03-27" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv">Two Departments, One Building</a></div>
+        <div class="detail"></div>
+        <div class="abstract">Two Departments, One Building examines how funding and infrastructure shape creative work in shared spaces. The paper looks at administrative boundaries as part of the artistic system.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/27</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 4</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+        </div>
+    </section>
+
+    <section class="cat" data-cat="software">
+        <div class="cat-head"><span class="cat-name">software papers</span><span class="cat-semi">;</span><span class="cat-count">3</span></div>
+        <div class="cat-sub">conventional software-paper summaries, for archival and citation.</div>
+        <div class="cat-list">
+
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="joss-ac">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/aesthetic-computer-26-joss.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/aesthetic-computer-26-joss.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/aesthetic-computer-26-joss.pdf">Aesthetic Computer '26</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">JOSS Summary &middot; 2pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">A compact JOSS summary of Aesthetic Computer for archival and citation purposes. It distills the platform into a conventional software paper format.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="created" title="Created"></span><span class="revisions" title="Revisions"></span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 2 15:01</span></div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="joss-kidlisp">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/kidlisp-26-joss.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf">KidLisp '26</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">JOSS Summary &middot; 3pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">A compact JOSS summary of KidLisp for archival and citation purposes. It frames the language as a small but expressive tool for generative art.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="created" title="Created"></span><span class="revisions" title="Revisions"></span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 2 15:01</span></div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="els">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/kidlisp-els-2026.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf">KidLisp (ELS 2026)</a></div>
+        <div class="detail">A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art with Social Composition &middot; ELS ACM SIGS 4pp</div>
+        <div class="abstract">An ELS conference version of KidLisp that emphasizes social composition. It positions the language as a shared practice rather than a solo scripting environment.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="created" title="Created"></span><span class="revisions" title="Revisions"></span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 2 15:01</span></div>
         </div>
     </div>
+        </div>
+    </section>
+
+    <section class="cat cat--archive" data-cat="archive">
+        <div class="cat-head"><span class="cat-name">archive</span><span class="cat-semi">;</span><span class="cat-count">1</span></div>
+        <div class="cat-sub">deprecated — kept for the record, no longer actively maintained.</div>
+        <div class="cat-list" data-nosort>
 
-    <!-- dossiers-end -->
+    <div class="p" data-paper-id="calarts" data-deprecated="1" data-created="2026-03-21" data-updated="2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z">
+        <a class="thumb" href="/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv.pdf" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/thumbs/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></a><div class="body">
+        <div class="title"><a href="/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv.pdf" data-base="/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv">CalArts, Callouts, and Papers</a></div>
+        <div class="detail"></div>
+        <div class="abstract">CalArts, Callouts, and Papers turns a local institutional context into a study of friction, attention, and production. The paper leans into psycho style to show how academic labor is staged and performed.</div>
+        <div class="meta-row"><span class="author">@jeffrey</span><span class="created" title="Created">03/21</span><span class="revisions" title="Revision count">revision 5</span><span class="updated" title="Last updated">May 18 06:16</span></div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+        </div>
+    </section>
+
+    <!-- papers-end -->
     </div>
 
+
     <!-- guest-start -->
     <!-- guest-end -->
 
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-            const papers = [...container.querySelectorAll('.p')];
-
-            papers.sort((a, b) => {
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@@ -1651,8 +1766,12 @@
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+            document.querySelectorAll('.cat-list:not([data-nosort])').forEach(list => {
+                const papers = [...list.children].filter(el => el.classList.contains('p'));
+                papers.sort(cmp);
+                for (const p of papers) list.appendChild(p);
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-                if (!container) return;
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   <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/feed.xml"/>
   <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/</id>
-  <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+  <updated>2026-05-23T15:53:13.635Z</updated>
   <author>
     <name>@jeffrey</name>
     <uri>https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4460-4913</uri>
@@ -13,180 +13,78 @@
   <icon>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/papers-og.jpg</icon>
   <rights>CC BY 4.0 unless noted otherwise.</rights>
   <entry>
-    <title>Aesthetic Computer &apos;26</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">A Mobile-First Runtime for Creative Computing · arXiv 5pp — Aesthetic Computer is presented as a mobile-first creative computing runtime where the interface, publishing flow, and community feedback loop are part of the medium. The paper argues that small pieces can make software feel more social, more portable, and easier to share.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>KidLisp &apos;26</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art on a Social Platform · arXiv 6pp — KidLisp is the platform&apos;s tiny Lisp for building visual and musical pieces in the browser. The paper shows how a minimal language can stay approachable while still supporting generative art and composition.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>PLOrk&apos;ing the Planet</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Laptop Orchestras, PLOrk Heritage, and Aesthetic Computer · arXiv — This paper connects Aesthetic Computer to laptop orchestras and the collaborative traditions of PLOrk. It treats the browser as a place for ensemble practice, not just solo desktop programming.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>AC Native OS</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ac-native-os-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ac-native-os-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">A Bare-Metal Creative Computing Operating System · arXiv 5pp — AC Native OS describes a bare-metal runtime for creative computing. It focuses on boot-time simplicity and the idea that the operating system itself can be a programmable art surface.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>From setup() to boot()</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/piece-api-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/piece-api-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <title>Jeffrey Alan Scudder — CV</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/jeffrey-alan-scudder-cv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/jeffrey-alan-scudder-cv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-23T15:53:13.635Z</updated>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Processing at the Core of the Piece API · arXiv 7pp — The Piece API rethinks creative software around composable pieces instead of monolithic apps. It uses Processing&apos;s lineage to connect setup(), boot(), and the act of publishing.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>Who Pays for Creative Tools?</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <title>Creative Time — A Dossier</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:34:03.454Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Funding, Burnout, and Survival in Open-Source Creative Computing · arXiv 5pp — A short look at who supports open-source creative tools and what that labor costs. The paper connects funding, burnout, and long-term maintenance to the life of artistic software.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">501(c)(3) public-art commissioner · IRS 990 pipeline · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Creative Time, the New York public-art nonprofit (1974–): structure, programs, people, and money from the IRS 990 series and its program archive. Scaffold revision — figures pending the data pass; fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>Pieces Not Programs</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <title>Creative Capital — A Dossier</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:34:03.454Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">The Piece as a Unit of Creative Cognition · arXiv 4pp — A piece is treated here as the basic unit of creative cognition in AC. The paper argues that smaller, shareable pieces encourage composition, remix, and publication.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">501(c)(3) artist-grant funder · 990 + grantee record · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Creative Capital, the New York nonprofit (1999–) that regrants to individual artists: structure, the award, people, and money from the IRS 990 series and the public grantee record. Scaffold revision — figures pending; fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>notepat.com</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/notepat-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/notepat-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <title>PLOrk&apos;ing the Planet</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/plorking-the-planet-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">From Keyboard Toy to System Front Door · arXiv 5pp — notepat.com is framed as a keyboard-first front door to the system. The paper follows the toy-like input surface as it grows into a fuller creative interface.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">Laptop Orchestras, PLOrk Heritage, and Aesthetic Computer · arXiv — This paper connects Aesthetic Computer to laptop orchestras and the collaborative traditions of PLOrk. It treats the browser as a place for ensemble practice, not just solo desktop programming.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Radical Computer Art</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/radical-computer-art-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">Goodiepalian Approaches in Aesthetic Computer · arXiv 5pp — This paper treats Goodiepalian practice as a model for radical computer art. It emphasizes play, notation, and the social life of systems over polished product design.</summary>
   </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Whistlegraph</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Drawing, Singing, and the Graphic Score as Viral Form · arXiv 4pp — Whistlegraph explores drawing, singing, and score-making as forms that can spread like software. The paper links graphic notation to performance, remix, and browser-native sharing.</summary>
-  </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Sucking on the Complex</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/sucking-on-the-complex-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">Platform Hegemony, Critique-as-Content, and Anti-Environments · arXiv 5pp — Sucking on the Complex critiques platform hegemony and the way critique becomes content. It looks for anti-environments that stay messy, resistant, and alive.</summary>
   </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Vestigial Features</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Dormant Paths, Evolutionary Branches, and Abandoned Approaches · arXiv 4pp — The paper catalogs dormant branches, abandoned experiments, and paths that never became default. It treats dead ends as useful history rather than failure.</summary>
-  </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Playable Folk Songs</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/folk-songs-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/folk-songs-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">Oral Tradition Meets the Browser Keyboard · arXiv — Playable Folk Songs brings oral tradition into the browser keyboard. The paper asks how simple interaction can carry collective memory and repetition.</summary>
   </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Repository Archaeology</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Tracing the Evolution of AC Through Its Git History · arXiv 3pp · interactive timeline — Repository Archaeology traces the project through its git history. The paper shows how version control can become a narrative medium for design evolution.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Network Audit</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Who Uses Aesthetic Computer and What Do They Make? · arXiv 4pp — Network Audit asks who uses Aesthetic Computer and what they make with it. The paper turns usage patterns into a portrait of a community in motion.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>KidLisp Language Reference</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">118 Built-ins in 12 Categories · arXiv 4pp — The KidLisp reference compresses the language into a usable field guide. It groups 118 built-ins into 12 categories for quick browsing and recall.</summary>
-  </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Citation Diversity Audit</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Diversity and Inclusion in AC Paper Citations · 4pp — Citation Diversity Audit looks at who gets cited in the papers and where the archive is thin. The paper uses citation patterns as a proxy for inclusion and intellectual range.</summary>
-  </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Get Closed Source Out of Schools</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/open-schools-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
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-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
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     <published>2026-03-20T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
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     <title>Five Years from Now</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/five-years-from-now-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
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     <published>2026-03-20T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
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     <title>CalArts, Callouts, and Papers</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/calarts-callouts-papers-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
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     <title>Handle Identity on the AT Protocol</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/handle-identity-atproto-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
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     <title>Two Departments, One Building</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ucla-arts-funding-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
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     <title>The Potter and the Prompt</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/potter-and-prompt-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-04-05T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -246,7 +144,7 @@
     <title>Keymaps as Social Software</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/keymaps-social-software-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -255,7 +153,7 @@
     <title>KidLisp Cards</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-cards-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -265,7 +163,7 @@
     <title>Reading the Score</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/reading-the-score-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/reading-the-score-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -275,7 +173,7 @@
     <title>The URL Tradition</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/url-tradition-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/url-tradition-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -285,7 +183,7 @@
     <title>Where the Microseconds Go</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/where-the-microseconds-go-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-04-26T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -294,25 +192,16 @@
     <title>Diagrams from Data</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/diagrams-from-data-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
   </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Jeffrey Alan Scudder — CV</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/jeffrey-alan-scudder-cv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/jeffrey-alan-scudder-cv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-05-23T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-  </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Rhizome.org — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/rhizome-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/rhizome-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -322,7 +211,7 @@
     <title>School for Poetic Computation — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/sfpc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/sfpc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -332,27 +221,17 @@
     <title>Eyebeam — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/eyebeam-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/eyebeam-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">501(c)(3) art-and-technology recipient · IRS 990 pipeline · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Eyebeam: financials, governance, residencies, and named grants pulled from IRS 990 XML. The dossier surfaces the record without interpreting it.</summary>
   </entry>
-  <entry>
-    <title>Recurse Center — A Dossier</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
-    <category term="arXiv"/>
-    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">Recurse Center · for-profit, recruiting-funded model · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about the Recurse Center: a for-profit programmers&apos; retreat funded by a recruiting model, read through founder interviews and public statements. Fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
-  </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Internet Archive — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/internet-archive-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/internet-archive-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -362,7 +241,7 @@
     <title>Mellon Foundation — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/mellon-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/mellon-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -372,7 +251,7 @@
     <title>Pioneer Works — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pioneer-works-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pioneer-works-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
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     <title>A Fraserin&apos; Art + Tech</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/fraserin-essay-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/fraserin-essay-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
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     <title>Comp Strats</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/comp-strats-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/comp-strats-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-03T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
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     <title>MicroVision — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/microvision-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/microvision-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -410,7 +289,7 @@
     <title>What&apos;s New CalArts!? — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whats-new-calarts-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whats-new-calarts-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -420,7 +299,7 @@
     <title>NEW INC — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/new-inc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/new-inc-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -430,7 +309,7 @@
     <title>Studio Museum in Harlem — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/studio-museum-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/studio-museum-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -440,7 +319,7 @@
     <title>HathiTrust — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/hathitrust-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/hathitrust-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -450,7 +329,7 @@
     <title>The Kitchen — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/the-kitchen-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/the-kitchen-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -460,7 +339,7 @@
     <title>Machine Project — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/machine-project-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/machine-project-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
@@ -470,57 +349,177 @@
     <title>Heavy Manners Library — A Dossier</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/heavy-manners-library-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/heavy-manners-library-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-18T13:16:55.495Z</updated>
     <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">Small space · status undisclosed · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Heavy Manners Library: a small space whose legal status is undisclosed, surfaced through what little public record exists. The dossier records the gaps as part of the record.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>Creative Time — A Dossier</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-time-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <title>Whistlegraph</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/whistlegraph-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:33:52.895Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">501(c)(3) public-art commissioner · IRS 990 pipeline · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Creative Time, the New York public-art nonprofit (1974–): structure, programs, people, and money from the IRS 990 series and its program archive. Scaffold revision — figures pending the data pass; fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">Drawing, Singing, and the Graphic Score as Viral Form · arXiv 4pp — Whistlegraph explores drawing, singing, and score-making as forms that can spread like software. The paper links graphic notation to performance, remix, and browser-native sharing.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>Creative Capital — A Dossier</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/creative-capital-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-23T15:45:51.978Z</updated>
-    <published>2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <title>Aesthetic Computer &apos;26</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
     <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">501(c)(3) artist-grant funder · 990 + grantee record · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about Creative Capital, the New York nonprofit (1999–) that regrants to individual artists: structure, the award, people, and money from the IRS 990 series and the public grantee record. Scaffold revision — figures pending; fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">A Mobile-First Runtime for Creative Computing · arXiv 5pp — Aesthetic Computer is presented as a mobile-first creative computing runtime where the interface, publishing flow, and community feedback loop are part of the medium. The paper argues that small pieces can make software feel more social, more portable, and easier to share.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>KidLisp (ELS 2026)</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.776Z</updated>
-    <category term="ELS"/>
+    <title>KidLisp &apos;26</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art with Social Composition · ELS ACM SIGS 4pp — An ELS conference version of KidLisp that emphasizes social composition. It positions the language as a shared practice rather than a solo scripting environment.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art on a Social Platform · arXiv 6pp — KidLisp is the platform&apos;s tiny Lisp for building visual and musical pieces in the browser. The paper shows how a minimal language can stay approachable while still supporting generative art and composition.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
-    <title>KidLisp &apos;26</title>
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf"/>
-    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.755Z</updated>
-    <category term="JOSS"/>
+    <title>AC Native OS</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ac-native-os-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/ac-native-os-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
-    <summary type="text">JOSS Summary · 3pp — A compact JOSS summary of KidLisp for archival and citation purposes. It frames the language as a small but expressive tool for generative art.</summary>
+    <summary type="text">A Bare-Metal Creative Computing Operating System · arXiv 5pp — AC Native OS describes a bare-metal runtime for creative computing. It focuses on boot-time simplicity and the idea that the operating system itself can be a programmable art surface.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>From setup() to boot()</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/piece-api-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/piece-api-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Processing at the Core of the Piece API · arXiv 7pp — The Piece API rethinks creative software around composable pieces instead of monolithic apps. It uses Processing&apos;s lineage to connect setup(), boot(), and the act of publishing.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Who Pays for Creative Tools?</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/who-pays-for-creative-tools-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Funding, Burnout, and Survival in Open-Source Creative Computing · arXiv 5pp — A short look at who supports open-source creative tools and what that labor costs. The paper connects funding, burnout, and long-term maintenance to the life of artistic software.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Pieces Not Programs</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/pieces-not-programs-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">The Piece as a Unit of Creative Cognition · arXiv 4pp — A piece is treated here as the basic unit of creative cognition in AC. The paper argues that smaller, shareable pieces encourage composition, remix, and publication.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>notepat.com</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/notepat-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/notepat-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">From Keyboard Toy to System Front Door · arXiv 5pp — notepat.com is framed as a keyboard-first front door to the system. The paper follows the toy-like input surface as it grows into a fuller creative interface.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Vestigial Features</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/dead-ends-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Dormant Paths, Evolutionary Branches, and Abandoned Approaches · arXiv 4pp — The paper catalogs dormant branches, abandoned experiments, and paths that never became default. It treats dead ends as useful history rather than failure.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Repository Archaeology</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/repo-archaeology-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Tracing the Evolution of AC Through Its Git History · arXiv 3pp · interactive timeline — Repository Archaeology traces the project through its git history. The paper shows how version control can become a narrative medium for design evolution.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Network Audit</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/network-audit-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Who Uses Aesthetic Computer and What Do They Make? · arXiv 4pp — Network Audit asks who uses Aesthetic Computer and what they make with it. The paper turns usage patterns into a portrait of a community in motion.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>KidLisp Language Reference</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-reference-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">118 Built-ins in 12 Categories · arXiv 4pp — The KidLisp reference compresses the language into a usable field guide. It groups 118 built-ins into 12 categories for quick browsing and recall.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Citation Diversity Audit</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/citation-diversity-audit-26.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-14T22:27:38.274Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Diversity and Inclusion in AC Paper Citations · 4pp — Citation Diversity Audit looks at who gets cited in the papers and where the archive is thin. The paper uses citation patterns as a proxy for inclusion and intellectual range.</summary>
   </entry>
   <entry>
     <title>Aesthetic Computer &apos;26</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-joss.pdf"/>
     <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/aesthetic-computer-26-joss.pdf</id>
-    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.680Z</updated>
+    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.000Z</updated>
     <category term="JOSS"/>
     <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
     <summary type="text">JOSS Summary · 2pp — A compact JOSS summary of Aesthetic Computer for archival and citation purposes. It distills the platform into a conventional software paper format.</summary>
   </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>KidLisp &apos;26</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-26-joss.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.000Z</updated>
+    <category term="JOSS"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">JOSS Summary · 3pp — A compact JOSS summary of KidLisp for archival and citation purposes. It frames the language as a small but expressive tool for generative art.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>KidLisp (ELS 2026)</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/kidlisp-els-2026.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-02T22:01:58.000Z</updated>
+    <category term="ELS"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art with Social Composition · ELS ACM SIGS 4pp — An ELS conference version of KidLisp that emphasizes social composition. It positions the language as a shared practice rather than a solo scripting environment.</summary>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Recurse Center — A Dossier</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="https://papers.aesthetic.computer/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf"/>
+    <id>https://papers.aesthetic.computer/recurse-dossier-26-arxiv.pdf</id>
+    <updated>2026-05-02T21:30:40.904Z</updated>
+    <published>2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
+    <category term="arXiv"/>
+    <author><name>@jeffrey</name></author>
+    <summary type="text">Recurse Center · for-profit, recruiting-funded model · arXiv — What is publicly recoverable about the Recurse Center: a for-profit programmers&apos; retreat funded by a recruiting model, read through founder interviews and public statements. Fact-surfacing, not argument.</summary>
+  </entry>
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