this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

Deskilling is real. This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service. Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

I think that if you're a writer and you don't invent a word every now and then you're missing out on a solid chunk of the fun.

I've decided to implement a new policy in my life: noticing moments of Stupid Little Joy. The world is bad! Everyone won't shut up about it (rightfully)! And to preserve my mental health, I try to embrace a positive, hopeful mindset, but ya'll know that can be hard. But this is the genius of the SLJ

People who use AI think that they’re skipping to the success when they’re skipping to the failure. You begin and end your life as someone who has not written the novel, you did not teach yourself to express what was inside of you, you died without making something that no one else could make.

This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.

I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger

This kid is 15, and so has a moral clarity and uprightness that no adult elected official would or could ever have. There aren't really and never have been two sides of this issue, but if it has to be argued as a binary thing I don't see how anything less than this could seem like the side to be on.

at the core of andor is a very simple thing that i think about a lot the older i get and the more loss i naturally accrue: we are made up of all the people we've ever loved or respected, crown to heels

It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts

That is some moral clarity. “This is violence disguised as law.”

Words to live by.

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I can't speak for anyone else, But a thing that I am finding is really helping me to get through all this nonsense is helping others. It can be something small- sharing a job ad with a fired colleague, looking over a resume- or something larger. But helping others helps me.

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

NYC bar owner explaining why bar has an analog jukebox: "We will never have a digital one. We’re just so sick of the internet." nygroove.nyc/nyc-physical... by @rickpaulas.bsky.social via @bourgwick.bsky.social

Incredibly good advice for all workers

Writers, you might be struggling rn. Math might help. No, seriously. If you write 300 (around a page) words a day, you will have an 80k book in 267 days. Less than a year. If it's 200 words, it will take a little more than a year. Doing it slowly is still doing it. 💪

This is basically what C-3PO did in the original Star Wars movies and everyone was constantly telling him to shut the fuck up

once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.

The Premise is that everyone wants to get richer at every opportunity, no matter the stakes. Rejecting The Premise is very powerful

Rude of me to post so belatedly, but I had an absolutely lovely weekend at the @hamlinemfac.bsky.social alumni weekend. Good people with kind hearts getting together in the service of craft, of bettering themselves and others. Nothing better on this entire planet.

Been toying with the concept of fame for awhile (seems bad! For all parties!) but the concept of "idolatry" and "fealty" speaks to something that resonates in politics as well: everyone's looking for a hero, someone to champion their ideals, and confirm their story about the world.

Nice people are struggling over the revelations on Gaiman, and something I keep hearing is, 'His work had a big influence on how I shaped my own identity.' So here's something to remember: You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/

Incredible piece of writing. Very insightful.

Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️

I hold the following fruit facts to be true: 1. Sliced apples are a different fruit from hand apples. 2. Pears are apples with graduate degrees. 3. Bananas are the funniest fruit. (They are phallic, they have a funny name, it’s funny that monkeys like them etc.)

Name a non-LOTR character who could resist The One Ring.

So, I'm teaching Catcher in the Rye for the last time (switching to a new book next year) and I'm feeling weirdly nostalgic about it. Pre-nostalgic? Is that a thing? Like, I'm going to miss spending time with this total loser.

Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this

This article poses hard questions people refuse to ask themselves and point out some truths about the world many refuse to see

NEW: Trans people centered themselves in a trans case before a very not trans court. Not only was Chase Strangio arguing Wednesday, but a trans plaintiff was in the courtroom, as were many other trans lawyers, journalists, and observers. "Trans people were not hidden Wednesday, and that matters."

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community. Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

Student: Mr. Steeves, you have a kid!? Me: I have two kids. Weird, right? Student: Yeah. You look too happy to have kids.

Last night had a dream that a massive, world-ending bomb had gone off, and I only had a few seconds until the wall of fire consumed me. My genuine, immediate first thought was, "Welp, not much I can do about that" and held my wife's hand.

NEW: 10 takeaways from the 2024 election in Wisconsin. - Wisconsin *nearly* defies the red wave - SW WI zooms right - Tammy Baldwin survives - WOW shift slows - Senate Dems shine, mixed results in the Assembly + more! Let’s recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/10-takeawa...

Relearning how to use my voice. Here's something I posted elsewhere, and think it might do some good here as well.

One reason there should be a revival of physical media is because it used to be possible to give people movies as gifts. You used to be able to hand someone Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People on DVD and then they'd watch it. You can't do that anymore and it sucks.

hey not to be all corny but please understand and internalize that your creative work is vital and beautiful whether others see/hear it or not and that your creative expression enriches the world just by your having done it