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Grammarly declined my request to interview CEO Shishir Mehrotra today. But it told me that in response to criticisms, it will allow experts to opt out of the feature by emailing expertoptout@superhuman.com.

I've decided that instead of wasting my own time to see if Grammarly has stolen my name and writing for use their business, I'd just email them to opt out and make them waste some time cleaning up their own goddamn mess.

www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...

Walking outside at lunch. 70 degree weather in Boston.

Can almost make me forget everything going on in the world.

Spell like no one is watching.

Nobody's Baby Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in the second entry of this cozy sci-fi mystery series, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective.Welcome to ...

Out tomorrow: Nobody’s Baby, a sapphic sci-fi mystery novella on a space cruise ship where, suddenly, a wild baby appears!

People get onto Beyonce's internet to yell about people not reading enough but when romance readers do it suddenly they're reading too much or not the "right" kind of books.

"Human writing often includes some clunky phrases, like this passage from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, caused by the author's aversion to punctuation: 'As well ask men what they think of stone.'"

This is the stupidest g.d. thing I have read all day.

😡

Republicans CHOSE to cut $1 trillion from Medicaid.
 
They CHOSE not to extend the ACA tax credits to keep your premiums down.
 
They said it was too expensive. 
 
And yet, Republicans are completely fine with a reckless war with Iran that's costing billions.

I say again, when I file, I want to earmark my taxes as "not for wars"

I'm no fancy political consultant, but, hey, if you're in Dem comms, you should notice that Fox News panicked over Trump wearing a cheap Trump merch baseball cap to receive the bodies of soldiers he got killed for no reason he can articulate, and you should absolutely lean into that.

Time to Ditch Your Ring Doorbell? Here Are the Best Privacy-Minded Alternatives Video doorbells are handy, but they’re a threat to privacy. I spoke to experts about why you might ditch your doorbell, and how to safeguard your video.

Video doorbells are handy, but they’re a threat to privacy. I spoke to experts about why you might ditch your doorbell, and how to safeguard your video.

Dealing with a cold AND daylight savings is too much.

I don't think work will happen tomorrow

Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues * TorrentFreak In an ongoing lawsuit, Meta now argues that uploading pirated books to strangers via BitTorrent qualifies as fair use.

In 2013 Aaron Swartz committed suicide for facing 35 years in prison for mass downloading scientific articles.

13 years later, Meta is almost getting away with an infraction orders of magnitude larger.

The law didn't change.

torrentfreak.com/uploading-pi...

So let me get this straight ...

1. US bombs Iran
2. Oil price goes up a bit, benefitting Russia's petrostate
3. Russia gives Iran targeting info
4. Oil price shoots WAY up
5. US unsanctions Russian oil

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.

My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!

go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

This administration is so caught-up in the idea of celebrity that they can't just evacuate folks they should have already evacuated without making some sort of spectacle.

To point out, the Patriots had nothing to do with this.

This plane is run by a charter company.

Seriously boycotting Inter Miami

Mavericks at Celtics: Jayson Tatum set for season debut on Friday - The Boston Globe Tatum last played in an NBA game 298 days ago.

Less than 10 months after tearing his Achilles in the playoffs, Jayson Tatum is set to return to the Celtics’ lineup as they take on the Mavericks.

I couldn't finish reading this. Not the fault of Wired. This was a necessary interview.

Dorsey comes across as having zero empathy & and pretending he does.

I wonder if Claude would be “anxious” because the military is using it to bomb schoolgirls or because it’s poisoning the air around data centers or because it’s going to crash the economy or because it’s encouraged thousands of psychotic delusions or all of the above

Sources - Celtics' Jayson Tatum expected to make season debut Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum is expected to make his 2025-26 NBA season debut against the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night at TD Garden, sources told ESPN.

Great news!

www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

Saw the "OMG why are 40 & 50 year old people even ON social media?" post & my first thought was, "What do you think *should* happen, kid? Should we all just do a Logan's Run?" & then I realized this child has never once in their life heard of Logan's Run & I turned to dust & my ghost is typing this.

Also, I don’t entirely agree with OP’s framing that this is some kinda MAGA thing.

We are being intentionally separated from books as a method of cultural exchange & knowledge transfer. They are less & less ubiquitous in daily life.

It’s dire out here for all of us.

My wife told me that people not consuming a consistent diet of literature is why they struggle with empathy & putting themselves in the shoes of others & now I see it in everything.

Nothing surprising about this guy beating his chest & proudly proclaiming that he doesn’t read though.

No shit man.

😆

Also tested opening a manuscript in Word and editing.

Worked well without jumping through hoops!

Pic of an eink tablet with drawing app icons to the left and a pencil drawing of a horned dragon head on screen.

Okay. I don't know what I'm doing. I don't draw, really ever, and I never use digital drawing tools. I followed a how-to-draw for this 🤣

But drawing on the Supernote felt good!

The image isn't all that clear. But I did a thing!

I just don't care about the stuff The Verge is posting anymore.

Unfollow.

For all I know he was filming himself. LOL

But no, didn't duck behind anything, probably because it would mean walking through a foot+ of snow in his running shoes.