At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/
A small leg-based incident π
Repost for the π folks: βWhere lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no more?β
@hleisthen.bsky.social and @rnrhamster.bsky.social--for your listening pleasure!
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Get excited for the return of The Rumpus.
"An old woman picked up my book and gave it to me...In handing me the book, she shook her head slightly, without saying anything. At the sight of the hat and the compassionate air of that woman, I do not know why, I suddenly thought of the wind-up bird." πΎ
The small kindnesses that keep the world.
The City He Became
(Apologies to @nkjemisin.bsky.social! If you havenβt read her Great Cities Duology and you love NYC joy AND Lovecraftian lore, go find these books!)
Look, I am not complaining about Toruβs devotion to ironing and going to the dry cleaner. πΎ