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Writer of books (mostly history), articles & resumes. Philadelphia, formerly Delaware.

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Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots

This is the technological equivalent of not being able to get your house insured in Florida, and for similar reasons.

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23.11.2025 09:45 πŸ‘ 586 πŸ” 155 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 7

She is going to be GREAT.

18.11.2025 23:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

β€œThe United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.” www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

11.11.2025 18:25 πŸ‘ 181 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3

The President reacts to the election results

05.11.2025 03:23 πŸ‘ 156 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Confused by PA’s judicial elections and the whole weird, bizarre β€œretention” thing? Here’s a handy guide from the Philly Bar Association on who to vote for today!

04.11.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing that β€œNo kings and no Nazis” is suddenly a controversial slogan and up for debate in 2025. These are the two most basic creeds of American history.

19.10.2025 00:48 πŸ‘ 2378 πŸ” 541 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 10

And to start the washing machine and dryer when asked to put clothes in them!

(That was teenage me.)

18.10.2025 10:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great interview!

16.10.2025 00:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was Dick Tracy that Halloween. I was 11. It was awesome.

13.10.2025 03:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good survey construction

19.09.2025 22:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You have the something to remain something …

14.09.2025 22:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a parent, as a human, this family deserves a settlement against ChatGPT that should put them out of business.

26.08.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 1388 πŸ” 343 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 16

Got it, thanks! I was initially thinking that you had much better recall than I did. πŸ˜„

22.08.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve got to ask - how do you remember the precise dates of the original watch? Did you keep a diary or log?

22.08.2025 01:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Picked up @timqueeney.bsky.social’s new book ROPE from @maveybooks.bsky.social. So looking forward to cracking this one open! Looks really good.

14.08.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Prediction: He’ll lose by an even bigger margin than he lost the primary.

09.08.2025 20:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Worth reading to understand the flood of spam fundraising garbage.

04.08.2025 01:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

May be a sign that, I dunno, healthcare shouldn’t be a business but a universal government service.

29.07.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Intro to Drama, Intro to Poetry, & Intro to Short Story, all three taught by two profs who honed my writing down to a fine scalpel.

29.07.2025 01:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.

27.07.2025 04:17 πŸ‘ 9546 πŸ” 2643 πŸ’¬ 157 πŸ“Œ 61

My writing process is β€œresearch, research, research, make tons of notes … [months pass] … OK, now write!”

One source at a time? Nope. I’m assembling the story from a multiplicity of sources, and I have no idea what the combined narrative is going to say until I read all of them.

26.07.2025 23:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I do think some people really are weirdly ignoring the whole β€œLLMs can’t go out into the world and collect information that a human hasn’t already recorded and put on the internet” thing

19.07.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 981 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 22

And then this shit just came out.

When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.

When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is β€œare we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.

26.06.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 12840 πŸ” 4137 πŸ’¬ 204 πŸ“Œ 120

They are the absolute worst.

01.06.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes

01.06.2025 10:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are the internships paid, and what’s the rate and hourly expectation?

23.05.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A new Deryni novel by Katherine Kurtz like the 70s/80s/90s books.

11.05.2025 00:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I hate that the thanks I get for donating to a Democratic candidate is having my phone number sold on a list to a hundred other campaigns, all of whom send me passive-aggressive texts asking for my donation, often weirdly attempting a guilt trip, as though I knew them."

10.05.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 269 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 7
Screenshot of joindelawareschools dot org, which has a message saying it is expired.

Screenshot of joindelawareschools dot org, which has a message saying it is expired.

While DE school districts are smack in the middle of hiring and recruitment season, the state’s jobs portal - joindelawareschools.org - has apparently expired.

Whoops …

04.05.2025 00:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for doing this and sharing!

01.05.2025 00:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0