Jeff Abbott

So called "writing software" that uses "AI" disrespects both the craft and art of writing and writers themselves in a way that is entirely without precedent or peer.

thank you for freeing all of us up from meaningful work that brings us and others joy so we can do something else

Strongly encourage all academics, novelists, reporters, bloggers, whatever to just email this account and state that you want to opt out of this idiocy.

Overload them with emails and make them regret they ever tried this shit.

expertoptout@superhuman.com

this thread: watch AI help destroy a legal career
but also a great example of this regime's constant incompetence and lack of care

SNL cast members in military fatigues and with bobbed hair wigs strike poses while saying "Serve and protect. But mostly serve." in the Slay Divsion skit

the books serving her

Jay Graber 6 yr. ago • @arcalinea • Maybe my brain is internet poisoned, but I often don't try to read books linearly. Like, look, the book is there to serve me, not vice versa. I'm going to read it how I want. l've appalled people by sometimes starting in the middle of fiction books. If the end was good I'll go back and read the beginning. There are so many books out there, I had to see if it was worth my time! 2 8

Rare “I am a dipshit” announcement.

just so innovative and edgy! i started reading her posting in the middle, it's there to serve me

just wanted to be sure @lauralippman.bsky.social was aware of this account

Eighteen-Year-Old Channels Joni Mitchell with “Both Sides Now” | The Voice Blind Auditions | NBC YouTube video by The Voice

the daughter of a friend of my wife's competed and advanced on THE VOICE last night. Her name is Grace Humphries and she has a lovely voice. Also my wife keeps saying she's one degree of separation from John Legend now:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=65JZ...

a principled stance in the face of the gutting of the ethics and professionalism of a once proud news organization

Company town

Author With One New York ‘Times’ Best Seller $49,000 $30,000 from book advance $14,000 from teaching two retreats $5,000 from narrating own audiobook I’m trying to manifest more abundance, but I’m really feeling the income streams have dwindled. I have over 800,000 Instagram followers. Before, if I wanted to do a brand partnership on social media, $10,000 was an easy get. Now it’s, like, $500. I pretty much live from a bucket of savings.

Also: checks out

You know the economy is bad when scammers are trying to get emerging writers and authors. Baby, you got off at the wrong exit.

Fast & Furious: I Ran

we moved a lot out of stocks into defensive positions after the election, so missed out on some of the gains, but figured the correction would be worse

we just changed the planet's rotation a little

And yet, not a word indicating agency in the title or subhead. It’s not “upon us”, it is a direct and obvious consequence of choices by US leadership

Bowen Yang, Glen Powell and Sarah Sherman from SNL with matching black bobbed hair and in pseud-army uniforms as the "Slay Division"

symmetrical warfare slays

JERRY -- NO

Company Jerry reporting for duty

"spring forward" do i look like an acrobat

"i approved new digital ads even though we don't have the budget for them" is not the fundraising flex you think it is

Working on adapting DUNE into a ballet AND an opera

i have a weekly recurring order for those

Thing that really gets my goat is the way people are eager to fund this bullshit but you need eleven layers of analysis and a ton of collateral if you want to open a small grocery store in a food desert.

a Getty Images photo from Alex Pantling shows Arsenal fans at Mansfield Town FA Cup game, with a woman in a leopard print blouse and redlined coat leadings the fans in cheers, both fists clenched

oh wait here we are

Getty wouldn't duplicate the whole picture but it still showed her (they showed her at least twice on TV and she was hyped up)

i have only been following Arsenal the past two seasons but i enjoyed it, it was competitive and that's all right (watch someone yell at me)

Arsenal progress to the quarter-final of the FA Cup and remain in contention for every single competition possible this season.

The quadruple is still on.