I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.

while grading I found myself about to say a few times, “this prose feels empty in an AI sort of way,” in cases where I had no idea if the student used AI, but the empty prose simply “felt” sorta fake & I think it’s fascinating how AI has so quickly become a synonym for meaningless, empty, useless

It’s not the correcting that’s exhausting. It’s feeling like the other person doesn’t want to put in the effort. (Phone Call pt. 3/5) #webcomics

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This is something Lt Barclay would come up with (extremely derogatory)

Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised. Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Fellas, is it gay to use a sans serif font

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

Celebrating its 54th year of lighting up the holiday season in Baltimore, the Washington Monument Lighting takes place from 5-8 p.m. Thursday. WBAL-TV 11 News will be there! https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimore-maryland-holiday-events-monument-tree-lighting-parade/69596584 

I’m editing an anthology! And it’s about cryptids! 👀 This is a dream project for me, and I can’t wait to share this book of games, stories, poems, and other uncanny ephemera with you. Follow the project on Backerkit to learn more.

Oh, damn. RIP. I think I told you once how he long-ago visited my college. He walked to podium, lighted a cigarette, then smoked in silence & stared at us. Finally said, “What are you doing here? You should be at home, writing." Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is why I pursued a theater degree.

JUST IN: Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88

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And a delightful one!

TYHOID?

If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand” Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.

Excellent speech by @charliejane.bsky.social about imagination in service to society. Great stuff. buttondown.com/charliejane/...

Mish discovers the internet.

Issue 73 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover was designed by our friends at Wide Angle Youth Media.

pretty sure they're just fucking with us at this point

People who've been in journalism for a while should be able to recall a time when the news side of Fox News was basically sound, it was just a few primetime opinion personalities who'd left journalism behind. Let's not pretend we don't know where a reorganization like A. G. and Khan's leads.

Larry Summers needs to resign or be pushed out of Harvard. This is absolutely unacceptable.

Eating an oscar mayer wiener straight from the refrigerator; call that rawdogging it.

We won a thing! And it’s judged by librarians! No higher honor than that. ✨ We are celebrating with a fancy new cover and a fancy new ebook sale this weekend: a.co/d/8hEb4hv

I discovered this while a Subaru was parked behind me, and I saw it in my rearview mirror. It was a revelation.

Fun fact: Subaru spelled backwards is U R A BUS.

these two characters are played by the same actress, and I like to imagine that when they were casting The Ring, their immediate first thought was “someone find out what the little girl from Lilo and Stitch is up to”

I would rather run the gauntlet than read this because doing so would probably spike my blood pressure enough to kill me anyway

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Foot of Leakin Street BUY SOME GLASSES! also a boat i guess

I listened to two Christmas songs today, on purpose. "Do they know it's Christmas" and 'Last Christmas". I think I'm done for the season. Also: I listened to the Richard Cheese versions.

today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts. Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.

Devastating. Teen Vogue's politics coverage has been incredible and this is a major loss for journalism. Legacy journalism keeps on getting rid of the only people making it worth anything anymore.

It's a good thing Nikola Tesla isn't alive to see his name being dragged through the mud by a Temu Thomas Edison. He'd be so mad that he would probably write an angry letter to the pigeon god who lived on the windowsill.

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I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.

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I'm a hero. Transform 変身っ悪はちぃたんにお任せくださいっ☆

YES this is an important distinction

A day at Elk Neck State Park.

I can only see this working if you're cosplaying Six.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

We're living in a tech dystopia. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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If you are a furloughed federal worker, you can get a free meal at great restaurant in Baltimore. Bring your ID. ekibenbaltimore.com

when trans people take HRT to feel normal: “look at these depraved sex freaks performing their sick fetish in public, we should bully them out of existence” when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:

me: one problem w/Kant’s Categorical Imperative is life is chaos. You can’t predict stuff! How do you make up rules for things you can’t imagine? What if you wake up & the president has posted a video of himself pooping on people? students: haha that wouldn’t happen me: students: students: oh no