Some of my best writing is for @thesiecle.com, where I don't have an editor — but I do have to read every sentence out loud, leading me to pay much more attention to the word-by-word flow than I ordinarily would.
I continue to think it's a really fascinating trend that there are a bunch of British English pre-war phrases ('soccer' is one, 'movie' is another) that a lot of British people today are now convinced are Americanisms. How did that happen?
TIL the Telegraph corrections page has such a devastatingly perfect comedic rhythm that you will naturally hear it in Stewart Lee'e voice.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/teleg...
A good thread on screwworms. Talking to an entomologist last year, he also added that the pandemic was the first domino. Scientists couldn’t get to the facilities, couldn’t get out into the field to check outbreak reports.
a thing i heard once is that "according to a person familiar with [insert person]'s thinking" can actually be that person and it changed the way i thought about stories based entirely on leaks that seemingly entirely help the cause of that person
I was out walking my dog this evening and remembered @dbrauer.net’s post about our neighborhood war memorial and went to grab this photo of a fun fact: the negative space between pillars represents the profiles of soldiers in helmets.
David H. Montgomery
David H. Montgomery
I am now switching to entirely LMM-based generative computing.
That is, instead of AI, I will simply request that Lin-Manuel Miranda complete my tasks.
This is a perfect, ethical approach because:
1. He can produce unlimited, high-quality text
2. It does not appear that he can turn down a request
Sophie E. Hill
Stephen Bush
Kingfisher & Wombat
Parts of the Twin Cities are still blacked out after last night's storm, but do you know what DOES have power? @blackhartstp.com, where you can come by TONIGHT at 7 p.m. for the June Nerd Nite!
Featuring talks on sex ed, sex toys, and women's suffrage!
Good news: We're planning on being ON THE PATIO tonight!
