I think some of the purchase these AI writing tools have on us is, ironically, due to the mythos writers have created around "writer's block" which is not and has never been a real thing. It's just procrastination, a thing everyone has to confront at some level.
call me old-fashioned, but i think that the name at the top of an article should signify the person who actually wrote the article
My incredible friend, tv producer and journalist @wardrachel.bsky.social is nominated for multiple Canadian Screen Awards for her documentary on the war on libraries. 👏
I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc.
But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.
Crazy crazy story. Times of Israel reporter ( English language Israeli news site ) gets escalating death threats to change story that’s at center of big polymarket bet. www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try...
If you haven't seen it, it's worth watching: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
I'm back in Wealthsimple's TLDR today for an interview I banked last fall with the lovely @averagejoelle.bsky.social and @dougboneparth.bsky.social, where we chatted joint finances: tldr-archive.wealthsimple.com/archive/33-%...
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)
We had only written the pilot of Halt and Catch Fire when we read Soul of the New Machine. That book had a huge impact not only on the content of our show, but the tone. The humanity at the center of the work. The book is still on my desk and will be forever. We owe Tracy a lot.
Sarah Rieger
if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com
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Sarah Rieger
the solution to "not wanting to write" is the same as the solution to roughly 90% of problems writers face: you knuckle the fuck down and write. there is no short-cut that will make you better at your job. just do it.
Chris Cantwell
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)
The library in Valleyview, Alta. is caught in the crosshairs of an international movement. Books stolen, its funding cut. At its heart: a group of queer teens and a movement that would see 2SLGBTQ+ id...
Bettors are using death threats to try to get The Times of Israel's military correspondent to change his report on a missile impact in central Israel. This is his alarming account
Fortune should be mortified—"A story by Lichtenberg sometimes starts with a prompt entered into Perplexity or Google’s NotebookLM, asking it to write something based on a headline he comes up with. He moves the initial drafts into a content-management system and edits the stories before publishing."
