I have a keyboard shortcut to type em-dashes, I use them so often — and fwiw, the AI editing tool I use *frequently* tries to remove them, so I really don't get the claim that an em-dash is a sign of AI writing. RE:
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John Pfaff (@johnpfaff.bsky.social)
I mean, the only reason ChatGPT uses them all the time is bc the stuff it was trained on—writing, by writers—must have used them all the time. ...
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A small group of people responded to this angrily suggesting that my point that fixing society is a long difficult process without easy fixes... is a push for "the status quo" or for "doing nothing" and I'm legit confused as to how someone could read it that way. RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
Someone who apparently follows me here on Bluesky is very, very, very mad at me in the comments on Techdirt because I have suggested that fixing so...
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Dominik Picheta (@dom96.picheta.me)
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He's delusional. RE:
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Lora Kolodny (@lorak.bsky.social)
What Elon Musk hopes the America Party will do...
Someone who apparently follows me here on Bluesky is very, very, very mad at me in the comments on Techdirt because I have suggested that fixing society is a long, difficult process with no easy answers, and they say we don't have time for that. I say: pining for magic wands will make things worse
Grok is no longer woke. RE:
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Grace (@gracekind.net)
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Uh, Matt Taibbi really telling on himself if he thinks Normandy was a bad thing. <<goose meme gif>> Who was it bad for Matt? Who? RE:
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L (@banalplay.bsky.social)
This is quite a comparison to make for something you believe is bad.
Except when they had a *good* public editor (which was only some of them). Then at least the public editor would call them to account every so often (not enough, but sometimes). But they ditched that and said social media was a good enough stand in. And so we get this nonsense from them. RE:
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Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social)
the NYT never says sorry for anything even when they are blatantly wrong. this is how it has always been. they rarely link, when called out about t...
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Went to Redwood City's 4th of July... drone show (in lieu of fireworks—though lots of unofficial fireworks were set off as well). They sure love their RWC motto (it's on overhead signs as you enter downtown). https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreig4hgoybiedqqycqjrvmxgxruiwkmrubmcytzdn6sz623g4ozpp4m https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreidelyqdwxd5xzyko3ydvabkg4yashafhydw5elxhxbvqm4jj4tdhu https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreibtad6kev3oheattiyuyirk27n7hhldzr3l7obph5padl6oszaw5e https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreiazuku6swtuffhpgrpcrpz6dqp426hbzfuhchqdgfsliuwa4nv3we
Brad Lander is a true poaster RE:
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Brad Lander (@bradlander.bsky.social)
Should have challenged Joey Chestnut to meet me on the Cyclone.