A craftsperson loves craft. Writing is craft. The people who practice it are into the process. People using AI don't have the SOUL of a craftsperson. They want an end result to stick their name on, that's it.

The original is less than a decade old, what are we even doing

Calling LLMs AI has to be one of the greatest marketing “successes” of all time. People, including ones who run companies, have been hearing the phrase “AI” in pop culture for 60 years. They hear about AI, assume the product is what the term has always meant, & proceed as though it’s fucking Data.

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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

"A.i." is controlled by right wing billionaires who are channeling bullshit into your brains. Do not use it.

I call it “joyful rigor” when I explain this effort to my students. I don’t believe in or rather, I’m not a “suffering poet.” I’m a writer who enjoys writing. The work works on me and I’m grateful for the opportunity to delve into the process at my own pace and to be changed by it.

Evan Dahm creates some incredible, detailed fantastic worlds, and 3rd Voice is breathtaking in its scope and intricacy. The webcomic at rice-boy.com/3rdvoice/ind... is well into the 2nd sequence, still metering out the secrets of the setting. It's the story of a pair of

It’s tiresome at this point, but again, their entire pitch is “wouldn’t it be great if there were no such things as talent, craft, and skill,” and what that means is a bland, slop-filled world. www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...

Can't help but notice the Forbes article seems to think a good literature, etc., essay would cover the same things Cliff Notes or any number of other "study aid" sites have been doing for years. This is the same as thinking the internet supersedes having libraries!

Evan Dahm's work is always fascinating and beautiful, and this post-apocalyptic series promises to be as good or greater than Vattu, and that one is... *chef's kiss* (plus you can read all of Evan's work for free on rice-boy.com)

Today's the final day to really boost my numbers!! The damn algorithm has a short attention span haha Give it a watch if you haven't, and please keep posting about this! Thanks so much!

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

Necessary reminders for educators and students returning to class, where they will be hearing wide-ranging things about "AI" and its use. The current programs cannot be used ethically or responsibly. We need to push for their inherent problems to be fixed and say no to them until they are.

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

** Attention all authors whose books may have been trained on by AI ** Attorneys are collecting contact information from all authors and publishers who may be part of the class action lawsuit.

The cricket outside our window trying to prove his worth to the world via volume needs to take it down a few notches. Kids/crickets these days, I tell you.

I'll say it again, as this is ramping up: if you gave access to the archives of goverment data and information, it is your moral responsibility to make sure that untouched versions get preserved, now. There are people worh archival expertise who can help you, if you don't have it yourself. Start now

It's official: Republicans killed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This is devastating, and many stations and newsrooms will follow. They have trashed decades of democracy-building work and will deny many journalists, artists, educators and creators the opportunity to be heard.

Gift link. This "deal" gets portrayed as a win for Trump, but what do most Americans get from it? Just a 15% tax on cars / electronics / etc from Japan? There's gifts in there for Boeing, rice exporters, and LNG producers, but so what? All I get is a tax. I bet that's true for >99% of Americans.

btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.

This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

"Learn to code" was always bad advice, unless you actually like to code. College students have the best chance of professional success if they major in topics that interest them. Today in @startribune.com. Please tell high school students and parents. www.startribune.com/what-should-...

MIT just pubbed a study on ChatGPT users. “Brain scans revealed neural connection collapse... a 47% reduction in brain connectivity. When researchers forced ChatGPT users to write w/o AI, they performed worse than people who never used AI at all. It's not just dependency. It's cognitive atrophy.”

Writing is always such an act of faith, to think what you start will actually go somewhere and that you’ll be able to make some sense of yourself.

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

Can confirm all of this. Nap times are blessed moments when we can actually get things done and not have to keep half an eye (or ear) out for what kind of mischief he's up to.

And my words in @latimes.com about the long history of pushing people out of the body politic - of monstrifying them - and how it continues in and beyond the rhetoric of the US's geographical borders.

Wikipedia wanted to use AI summaries at the top of article pages. Editors said please please don't www.404media.co/wikipedia-pa...

Watching Coco Gauff play Aryna Sabalenka feels like watching a Rocky movie. Sabalenka emotional, punching hard, and Gauff just methodically absorbing the hits and striking back. #frenchopen #tennis

Maria Dahvana Headley's modern slang translation of Beowulf is always on point, and there are delightful nuggets like this throughout. "For the vault was more than a treasury: piles of preciouses nested beneath the coils of the sleeping serpent." #beowulf #poetry

Given some of the replies in the article and on Bluesky, I'm reiterating and underlining this point. Actually READ the experiences in the article and understand them before trotting out any instant solutions. We need to have conversations about AI, but they need to be informed and nuanced.

Oathbreakers is still on sale from @libro.fm for $4.99 for JUST TWO MORE DAYS and apparently people are buying it and you could follow this lovely trend. libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

It's that time of the year again! If you enjoy Señorita Cometa, please consider nominating it for a Ringo Award! 😊❤️ ringoawards.com [ #ringoawards #webtoon #webcomic #senoritacometa #señoritacometa #senoritacometawebtoon ]

shocked to hear that “...AI chatbots have had no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation" based on a study of 25,000 workers at 7000 companies by the National Bureau of Economic Research www.nber.org/papers/w33777 fortune.com/2025/05/18/a...

I saw someone say AI is useful because it generates ideas. My dude, I'm full of ideas. I have docs and docs marked under 'ideas.' I have outlines and fragments of stuff I might work on. Trunked stories galore. Even if I continue to write a novel a year for the next 40 years I won't run out of ideas.

Happy pub day to this wild little book! Watch out for deer and idiots, y'all, and I'll see you on the road!

I realize I’m just shouting into the wind here, but: please, please, please stop posting screenshots without links, or summarizing breaking news events without links. There’s a serious problem with unsourced assertions all over the world right now, don’t be part of the problem.

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

The orcanize slogan? Amazing. The hoody? So comfy, 100%.

Wisconsin peeps - send a screen shot of the comment by Josann Reynolds to your friends and family who may not be convinced they should vote for Susan Crawford. Don’t let them buy this seat like they bought the US presidency!

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order that aims to upend U.S. elections and disenfranchise millions of eligible voters. This is an extreme abuse of power — we'll see him in court.

DO. NOT. BUY. THE. AI. HYPE. I cannot stress it enough. I know your grad schools are teaching it, I know there are content/tech jobs in it, and I know you're using it. But for the love of fuck, run the opposite direction.

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

Fuck it. Let’s run a give away. This dice box can be yours if you -follow me -repost If you are live in Canada let me know and you get 3 entries. I got shipping. Giveaway ends on Sunday March 9th! Good luck!