I don't like the comma after "squeaky"

My story in the Nov @christianitytoday.com asks, What did we gain by deporting two leaders at @Saddleback Church? And what is a couple to do when ICE assures them "they're never going to kick you out?" Thanks for reading! 🙂 www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/ice-...

Worth it to sit down and settle in with this remarkable, nuanced piece from my colleague @andyrolsen.bsky.social Months of reporting on the deportation of one church-leading couple www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/ice-...

AUTHORS!! Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON? Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen. More here:

Love this idea of a "Human Written" seal.

Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."

In case you're wondering how bookish creatives are feeling about the constant AI talk: "Reading through all of this makes me unspeakably sad about the future of humanity and glad my life is more than half over."

Left a salty voice mail. We didn’t come this far for nothing!

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

First we snub Rhea Seahorn from Emmys AND NOW SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS?! #Pluribus

Sorry I can't right now, I have to ruin the workplace 💅

Clearly 2020 me thought I could be one of the bread people. 2025 cupboard cleaning me knows better. 😂

Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Gift Article: 🎁 Michelle Obama on the Restrictive Beauty Standards of Being First Lady www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...

Is there a 50 Pushing 50 list? Asking for a friend—ope, never mind, she doesn’t care because she’s pushing 50. 😁

This Lions game. Sheesh.

Surround yourself with the kind of people who appreciate, defend, and respect the Oxford comma.

Everyone knows that there was a “reverse Underground Railroad” too, right? That there were gangs hunting down Black people — some self-emancipated, some born free, didn’t matter — and dragging them to a slave state? That it wasn’t just Solomon Northup, it was tens of thousands of people? Because ⬇️

All of this is true enough as far as it goes. But even more problematic is the fact that when the U.S. Coast Guard interdicts suspect vessels, boarding and searching for drugs, a quarter of the time they find no contraband. We're not just murdering drug smugglers. We are murdering innocent people.

I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944: “America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.

I unfortunately do not know the original provenance of this photo, but it has a very important place in my heart for a very specific reason. (1/)

How?! 🤣

Went to a Halloween BOO-ty Burn workout and made every joke possible about pirates’ booty and how they like to shake their ARRRRRRSE.

Perfect.

Today would be a great day to donate to your local food pantry. They love nonperishables, but financial donations often go even farther, since then they can purchase what they need in bulk.

ChatGPT. An untrustworthy solution in search of a nonexistent problem.

A reminder here that these men and women have jobs, lives, and families they’re away from.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Inside a Cello Charles Brooks Photography

Adults should get stickers when they are brave. They shouldn’t just be for kids. Didn't cry at your blood draw? Sticker. Opened wide for the dentist? Sticker. Parallel parked on a busy street while a truck driver called you names? STICKER. What does your sticker say today?

For those who do care about what's happening in the world, but who sometimes need an #Uplift: bsky.app/profile/debb... Hand-curated by yours truly. Criteria unapologetically subjective, but esp: word nerds • acts of kindness • quirky • obscure interest deep-dives • alt-text

Page One in Detroit: @freep.com

Today I learned you CAN turn off AI search results in Google and I'm so happy! (Look for "Web" along the top--it may be under a "More" drop-down on your browser.)

That's no ballroom

'The new right groans under the weight of its nostalgia for a nation that did not exist. It pines for a story that vindicates its reactionary rage.' - David French

Wow, over lunch at this event, I was chatting with a woman and she mentioned how she failed Mississippi's "literacy" test 3 times, keeping her from the vote Just now I learned there are a couple people here who integrated their schools This ain't ancient history y'all

Joe Flacco has a new perspective with age 😂

I had a great chat with @wordrake.bsky.social about something business leaders need to hear: AI can't replace editors, but can change what we need editors for. If you care about whether your writing actually works, you still need a human editor. Read the interview now: zurl.co/XI0xO. #BizTips

Me at Trader Joe’s: Dang, this fruit is too expensive. I’ll get it at Aldi. *proceeds to drop $100 on fun foods and specialty condiments*

A new study shows that feeding large language models low-quality, high-engagement content from social media lowers their cognitive abilities. www.wired.com/story/ai-mod...

"No, destroying the White House is not as bad as blowing up boats carrying possibly innocent people. It’s not as bad as corrupting the Justice Department. It’s not as menacing as sending troops into American cities. And yet, this hurt is sharp." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...

The Legion of Whom? Now you know: it doesn’t matter. Shep’s got them running through any wall to prove what Detroit is made of.

I’m gonna keep posting this hoping to make it a thing bsky.app/profile/rysm...

I have hearing damage from watching at home. #OnePride

This is actually a perfect meme. Send this to anyone, at any time, for any reason!

Game time babyyyy!

If you have—or know—a little kiddo who participated in the No Kings march, may I recommend LOVE IS POWERFUL, a picture book about the unifying experience of exercising our rights. "A celebration of diversity, love, and the right to protest." #books #kidlit #bookrec