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This struck me as a metaphor for our times. The sublime is still here, rising above the fog produced by the politicians and billionaires. Mother Earth watches.
St Johns church, Glastonbury peeping through the mist. Photo taken on Glastonbury Tor on Sunday.
June 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
This struck me as a metaphor for our times. The sublime is still here, rising above the fog produced by the politicians and billionaires. Mother Earth watches.
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
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So a couple of days ago when I suddenly stopped spending time here, it was because I saw an article saying that an order came down to remove pages about women in NASA and it set my hair on FIRE
So I went straight to The Lady Astronaut series because
1. fuck you!
2. The new book is coming out soon.
So I went straight to The Lady Astronaut series because
1. fuck you!
2. The new book is coming out soon.
Lady Astronaut | Series | Macmillan
About this Series On a cold spring night in 1952, a m...
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February 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
So a couple of days ago when I suddenly stopped spending time here, it was because I saw an article saying that an order came down to remove pages about women in NASA and it set my hair on FIRE
So I went straight to The Lady Astronaut series because
1. fuck you!
2. The new book is coming out soon.
So I went straight to The Lady Astronaut series because
1. fuck you!
2. The new book is coming out soon.
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
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January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
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The firing was illegal so sending security to force her out is doubly illegal
NEW:
“Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [Phyllis Fong] out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration.”
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
“Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [Phyllis Fong] out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration.”
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
Exclusive: USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House
Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The firing was illegal so sending security to force her out is doubly illegal
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Aw. 🎻
OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product.
On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
January 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Aw. 🎻
Because it is only things like this video that help me keep breathing right now.
January 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Because it is only things like this video that help me keep breathing right now.
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While Trump is trolling Canada about annexing it, Canadians are in Los Angeles tonight dropping water on the Palisades fire. He’s a disgrace.
January 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
While Trump is trolling Canada about annexing it, Canadians are in Los Angeles tonight dropping water on the Palisades fire. He’s a disgrace.
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and I'm not naive and think "more humanities majors = save the republic." some of the worst fucking people in the world studied history philosophy and literature. I just want real college educations for zero debt taught by full time well paid instructors available to everyone who wants them.
January 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
and I'm not naive and think "more humanities majors = save the republic." some of the worst fucking people in the world studied history philosophy and literature. I just want real college educations for zero debt taught by full time well paid instructors available to everyone who wants them.
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“they mistake the product for the point.” Exactly!
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 11, 2024 at 11:54 PM
“they mistake the product for the point.” Exactly!
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Usinge AI to learne to wryte ys lyke having a robot go to the gym for you
December 12, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Usinge AI to learne to wryte ys lyke having a robot go to the gym for you
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Historians rightly warn against making the people of the past “just like us”. Eleanor Barraclough’s command of both written and material evidence of the Viking age ensures we are always aware of its manifest otherness.
— TLS review by Heather O’Donaghue, a new Viking history, *Embers of the Hands*
— TLS review by Heather O’Donaghue, a new Viking history, *Embers of the Hands*
December 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Historians rightly warn against making the people of the past “just like us”. Eleanor Barraclough’s command of both written and material evidence of the Viking age ensures we are always aware of its manifest otherness.
— TLS review by Heather O’Donaghue, a new Viking history, *Embers of the Hands*
— TLS review by Heather O’Donaghue, a new Viking history, *Embers of the Hands*
I’m not a huge cheeseburger fan, but I gotta say I love her attitude.
We’re making cheeseburgers for Thanksgiving this year.
No one really likes turkey that much. Cheeseburgers rock. And fuck it. There are no rules anymore.
We are all agents of chaos now.
No one really likes turkey that much. Cheeseburgers rock. And fuck it. There are no rules anymore.
We are all agents of chaos now.
November 19, 2024 at 10:42 PM
I’m not a huge cheeseburger fan, but I gotta say I love her attitude.
Hard words, but disturbingly on point. www.salon.com/2024/11/17/g...
Goodbye to all that — once again, and for the last time
Farewell reflections from an American who has now lost his country: I quit the GOP 13 years ago. That wasn't enough
www.salon.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Hard words, but disturbingly on point. www.salon.com/2024/11/17/g...
Recent events have had me avoiding news, political podcasts, etc. Last night I thought “Oh, maybe it’s time to listen to The Rest is Politics. Then my stomach clenched. So, nope. Back to radio edits of You’re Dead to Me. Screaming when they get things wrong is better than existential dread.
November 19, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Recent events have had me avoiding news, political podcasts, etc. Last night I thought “Oh, maybe it’s time to listen to The Rest is Politics. Then my stomach clenched. So, nope. Back to radio edits of You’re Dead to Me. Screaming when they get things wrong is better than existential dread.
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You should be able to go to your local Democratic Party headquarters and get help with anything you need help with. Don't have a printer and need to print out a form? We gotcha! Need help applying for a passport? We gotcha! Need a bathroom or a sandwich? We gotcha!
I'm not kidding in the least.
I'm not kidding in the least.
November 9, 2024 at 3:05 PM
You should be able to go to your local Democratic Party headquarters and get help with anything you need help with. Don't have a printer and need to print out a form? We gotcha! Need help applying for a passport? We gotcha! Need a bathroom or a sandwich? We gotcha!
I'm not kidding in the least.
I'm not kidding in the least.
One of my favorite historical fiction series! So happy. ❤️
Publication date officially 3 December, but copies are appearing in independent bookshops in the UK. Haven't yet heard of sightings in the US. You can order them here. Signed copies from the events listed! #historicalmystery #crime #medieval #books
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November 16, 2024 at 8:42 PM
One of my favorite historical fiction series! So happy. ❤️
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I suspect this word will come to define many of my days in the near future.
Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘latibulate’, a 17th-century verb meaning to find a corner somewhere and hide in it.
November 16, 2024 at 2:32 AM
I suspect this word will come to define many of my days in the near future.
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Hi there. Here’s an embroidery portrait in progress of my cat.
November 14, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Hi there. Here’s an embroidery portrait in progress of my cat.
I suspect that this photo of one of my TBR piles tells people most of what they need to know about me. Oh, there should also be a cat or two and a stack of LPs (in the interests of full disclosure).
November 14, 2024 at 1:09 AM
I suspect that this photo of one of my TBR piles tells people most of what they need to know about me. Oh, there should also be a cat or two and a stack of LPs (in the interests of full disclosure).
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I saw a post where someone described cozy fiction as "vapid" and "escapist". They, of course, prefer "dark" and "serious" books.
But what if I don't want to be turned into an elitist book snob?????
But what if I don't want to be turned into an elitist book snob?????
November 13, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I saw a post where someone described cozy fiction as "vapid" and "escapist". They, of course, prefer "dark" and "serious" books.
But what if I don't want to be turned into an elitist book snob?????
But what if I don't want to be turned into an elitist book snob?????