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Anne-Sophie Bolon
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Wandering word processor and apostrophe defender. 178 in journalism years.
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June 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Over the past 20 years, the French capital has limited vehicle traffic while adding bike lanes and green spaces. These maps show what it did to air quality. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The search for a silver bullet to identify AI-generated writing has been underway since tools like ChatGPT became available. Some people think AI writing has a tell — the em dash. Many writers disagree. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Some people think AI writing has a tell — the em dash. Writers disagree.
Em dashes have been derided as the “ChatGPT hyphen” — a punctuation mark overused by artificial intelligence. That’s not quite true.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Tariffs are coming for my . . .  nuclear warheads?
Imports boom
www.ft.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
March 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“It’s crazy what people are willing to spend,” Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith said of Air France’s new first class offering, which will cost about €10,000 to fly from Paris to New York.

Not sure that’s the best PR/Marketing pitch. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Air France Markets New First Class as Suite Fit for Private Jet
Air France unveiled a redesigned first-class cabin dubbed La Première, seeking to attract well-heeled customers with a travel experience that it says is akin to stepping onto a private jet.
www.bloomberg.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
For fans of Dave Eggers on the 25th anniversary of the incredible and fittingly named “Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.” slate.com/culture/2025...
It Was a Work of Staggering Genius—and a Sensation. Then It Went Away. What Happened?
Dave Eggers’ debut made us all lose our minds. Now we’ve mostly forgotten it. Maybe we shouldn’t have.
slate.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night-flying firefighters like never before. Mike Sagely, who has flown nearly 3,000 hours using night-vision equipment, likens it driving a car while looking through cardboard toilet-paper tubes. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
The Terrifying Ride of Copter 17 (Gift Article)
A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night-flying firefighters like never before.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

“Practically the entire economy has reoriented itself to allow Americans to stay within their four walls. This phenomenon cannot be reduced to remote work. It is something far more totalizing — something more like remote life."
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Reposted by Anne-Sophie Bolon
Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait predicts AI's impact on journalism: jobs will change, not vanish, reporting and breaking news will remain valuable, and more (John Micklethwait/Bloomberg)

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January 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Lake Superior State University has published its annual Banished Words List, a quirky tradition that dates from 1976. Among this year’s picks, “cringe,” “sorry, not sorry,” and “game-changer.”

www.lssu.edu/resources/ab...
Banished Words | Lake Superior State University 2025
The wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University have released LSSU's newest annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.
www.lssu.edu
January 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The L.A. Times guide to organizations helping those affected by the fires
www.latimes.com/california/s...
How to help those affected by fires raging across Los Angeles County
Those looking to assist residents affected by the Los Angeles County firestorm have a number of options to donate money, materials or their time.
www.latimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Calling those of you who have yet to delight in “Severance,” “Slow Horses,” “Shrinking” and so much more. Binge time is this weekend!

9to5mac.com/2024/12/30/a...
Apple TV+ announces free streaming weekend for its catalog of originals - 9to5Mac
After several days of teasers, Apple TV+ today confirmed that the streaming service will be free for all this weekend....
9to5mac.com
December 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Every French person doing
the NYT mini crossword shaking their head today. #pulignymontrachet
December 14, 2024 at 2:27 PM
The New York Times has published its list of 100 Notable Books of the year. (Also known as the list that will make even the most avid readers feel unaccomplished.) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
100 Notable Books of 2024
Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:12 AM
In France, the use of stylometry — the study of variations in literary styles — has largely been confined to academic circles. The Grégory case is the first time it has been applied in a major criminal investigation.
Will ChatGPT make this moot?
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
Can a Comma Solve a Crime? — The Dial
How forensic linguists use grammar, syntax and vocabulary to help crack cold cases.
www.thedial.world
November 27, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Bloomberg’s holiday gift guide includes a $500,000 necklace from Boucheron, a $164,000 IWC watch and a $6,500 tablecloth set...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
2024 Holiday Gift Guide: 100 New Classic Luxury Gifts
This year give them a traditional gift with a fresh twist.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Shall I compare thee to AI play?

A new study finds readers can’t distinguish between poems by Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, T.S. Eliot or Sylvia Plath and ChatGPT-3.5 emulating each writer’s style. On the other hand, readers preferred the AI-generated poems. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024...
ChatGPT is a poet. A new study shows people prefer its verses.
A new study finds that people prefer poems written by ChatGPT, a chatbot, over those written by human writers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Reposted by Anne-Sophie Bolon
Three very helpful Bluesky add-on tools:
(updated with a preferred link)

* Find your old Twitter peeps on this platform:
sky-follower-bridge.dev
* TweetDeck equivalent:
deck.blue
* Delete old posts (skeets):
bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup
November 18, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Angus Steakhouse in London has seen its popularity shoot up, puzzling locals. There’s been a coordinated effort to recommend the chain in the hopes website scrapers will recommend it, so that influencers and tourists go there instead of where locals like to eat. www.wsj.com/business/hos...
The Ruse That Turned a Culinary Punchline Into One of London’s Hottest Restaurants
Steakhouse chain mysteriously vaulted to the top of city’s rankings, leaving locals baffled; a ‘calamitous’ meal
www.wsj.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:22 AM
“I’ve spent the past few years reading tweets about articles, not full articles; reading screenshots of the bad part (highlighted); reading only the most outraging detail from a story.” www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/im-a...
I’m a journalist and I’m changing the way I read news. This is how.
Sometimes it's healthy to do something you love less, and differently.
www.niemanlab.org
November 18, 2024 at 5:22 AM
“This thinking, this behaviour, it flourishes in silence.”
A powerful and important read newsletter.carolinecriadoperez.com/p/invisible-...
Invisible Women: not all men...but how many?
“I saw him now and then in the bakery; I would say hello. I never thought he’d come and rape me.”
newsletter.carolinecriadoperez.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:22 AM
The Wall Street Journal features a large blank section on its front page to represent the missing journalism of Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia a year ago.

"A year in Russian prison. A year of stolen stories, stolen joys, stolen memories. The crime: journalism,"
#istandwithevan
November 18, 2024 at 5:22 AM