‘Kat is a force multiplier of strength. She just believes if you do good things, it will come back to you in return twice over. That kind of hope emanates like it’s visible, like it’s light.’ I needed to read a good thing about a good person today. This was it.

Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.

If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.

A gut punch read, especially if you've ever been the only woman in a class where a male teacher has no boundaries.

ok here is a scrap of "expert advice" from a hu-man, not a slop machine: "But though" is 1 of the worst & most clunky ways to start a sentence. Always bugs me. Wheww if a book is using that once or twice *per page*? That is a real "editor asleep at the switch" situation. Clunk clunk clunk yikes.

Small update from my attorneys -- you don't need to do anything to be added to the class action. Anyone who was included as an expert in Grammarly Pro will automatically be a member of the class once it is certified by the court. Updates on the case will be posted here prf-law.com/current-case...

Nobody apart from everybody saw it coming!!!

ok here is a scrap of "expert advice" from a hu-man, not a slop machine: "But though" is 1 of the worst & most clunky ways to start a sentence. Always bugs me. Wheww if a book is using that once or twice *per page*? That is a real "editor asleep at the switch" situation. Clunk clunk clunk yikes.

Want to read a proper FU letter? Mo Ryan’s got you covered!

Grammarly's AI-fueled edits -- using my name - suggested making up sources and writing vague insinuations. In my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link) I describe Grammarly's terrible edits in my name -- and call for a federal right of publicity. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

A new print for the folks doing front line work ensuring democracy doesn’t die. $10 of each sales goes to @icirr.bsky.social www.starshaped.com/8x10prints/y...

*taps internet microphone* After months of work, a project i've been coordinating for @literaryhub.bsky.social in conjunction with @maris.bsky.social is now live ... We've commissioned 13 reviews of books by LGBTQ folks not covered by the NYTBR under Pamela Paul ... lithub.com/what-was-los...

somehow this is the exact guy you would figure to have lost old doctor who eps

Speechless.

the stink of gender resentment coming off Silicon Valley has been obvious for a while. these men hate women because they hate being told no.

not much feels funny this morning, but this & the stargate proposal at least are making me laugh as I psych myself up to face another day

I missed Matt's announcement a few days ago. His bookstore is wonderful — and I don't say that just because it carries signed copies of all the books he and/or I have written.

Spencer caught ICE trying to turn an American detainee into an immigration snitch (?) in Minneapolis. Details of his interrogation in this amazing Q&A: @attackerman.bsky.social

i, for one, am delighted that we finally have a definition of “woke”

If you were affected by the Grammarly “expert analysis” identity theft and want to join the active lawsuit, here’s the info to speak with an attorney about your options.

One year ago today, my book “We Tell Ourselves Stories” came out. Happy to say a paperback is on the way, coming June 23, with a cover that we designed to complement the hardcover. Here it is! And you can pre-order here: wwnorton.com/books/978132... @liveright.bsky.social

despite extraordinarily stiff competition from the Roberts Court, Citizens United keeps its place as one of the most damaging Supreme Court decisions of all time

Braille edition of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Marwencol. Highly recommend not looking up anything about it and just watching it. And just know that whatever you think this documentary is going to be about, it’s something else. In every way.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...

Oh my godddddd A sloppelganger of bell hooks? However much I cursed Grammarly before, consider it quadrupled

get their ass Mo

You may need a thing about now that isn’t awful. Here. Have a porcupine in a tree that I spotted near the St Lawrence River. I talked to them for a while and told them they were cool. I hope they got the vibe.

Seems like a new boycott just dropped. Let's see who ends up being the CostCo to their Target.

It looks like there is indeed a class action lawsuit, brought by @juliaangwin.com

grammarly, sora, anthropic. consent violations are the business model

Hope they read & were shamed by @moryan.bsky.social's scathing open letter (but that would assume they can feel shame): www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

Exactly. I'm still exploring my legal options, because this slopfest began last fall. At the very least Grammarly is going to receive a hefty invoice for the fuckery they engaged in during the past several months.

I need this so much

Oh my godddddd A sloppelganger of bell hooks? However much I cursed Grammarly before, consider it quadrupled

I think if I were to send the head of legal at Grammarly a note that said I broke into his house and took his wallet, but in future, he could opt out of me stealing his wallet, that would go great and they would be fine with that 👍🏻

"People used to be excited about tech, now they dread what data you're going to steal next, they dread what violation of privacy or the environment will turn up next." this whole missive will make you want to stand on your desk and yell "O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN!," but that bit really got me good

I think if I were to send the head of legal at Grammarly a note that said I broke into his house and took his wallet, but in future, he could opt out of me stealing his wallet, that would go great and they would be fine with that 👍🏻

Hahaha what the fuck

For those keeping score at home: I informed Grammarly via email precisely what I thought of their appropriation of my name and reputation and received an email from their head of litigation promising a full response by the end of the week. To be continued...

Boom! Had a great ight show over the skyline tonight. Here’s my first big lightning shot of the season. This is a 2-frame composite. Best as I can tell, two large, branching bolts struck the eastern antenna mast of the Hancock. #wxsky #ilwx

anyway!

I want every word of this in massive letters of fire in the sky. Thank you, @moryan.bsky.social.

If anyone affected by this wants to find out what their legal recourse may be, I know some good class action lawyers.

Mo off the top rope