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No more "Wuthering Heights" adaptations, please. Throw "Jane Eyre" and all Jane Austen novels in there too. There are more stories.
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
No more "Wuthering Heights" adaptations, please. Throw "Jane Eyre" and all Jane Austen novels in there too. There are more stories.
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He does economically hit the highlights. Plagiarism, energy/environment, and horseshit. Check, check, check.
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
He does economically hit the highlights. Plagiarism, energy/environment, and horseshit. Check, check, check.
One hill I will die on is that every single kid/teenager/human under 22 must have hated Rory Gilmore (save for Lane). #gilmoregirls
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
One hill I will die on is that every single kid/teenager/human under 22 must have hated Rory Gilmore (save for Lane). #gilmoregirls
This is why no one and I mean NO ONE else could have sung "On My Own" with Ms. Patti LaBelle.
It's perhaps the greatest breakup song of all time. "Now we're out here talking divorce...and we weren't even marrieeeeed..."
It's perhaps the greatest breakup song of all time. "Now we're out here talking divorce...and we weren't even marrieeeeed..."
After making a big deal about exceptions all I could come up with was..the doobie brothers. And then we figured out I really just meant Micheal McDonald.
We now call it the McDonald Exemption.
We now call it the McDonald Exemption.
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is why no one and I mean NO ONE else could have sung "On My Own" with Ms. Patti LaBelle.
It's perhaps the greatest breakup song of all time. "Now we're out here talking divorce...and we weren't even marrieeeeed..."
It's perhaps the greatest breakup song of all time. "Now we're out here talking divorce...and we weren't even marrieeeeed..."
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feeling sorry for all the millionaires and billionaires who didn’t get to see this perfect NYC sunset because they fled the city forever today. 😞
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
feeling sorry for all the millionaires and billionaires who didn’t get to see this perfect NYC sunset because they fled the city forever today. 😞
I love Keri Russell. Probably in part because I saw her at Marshall’s with her son looking like the most normal Brooklyn mom ever.
November 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I love Keri Russell. Probably in part because I saw her at Marshall’s with her son looking like the most normal Brooklyn mom ever.
Two things are true: 1. We wouldn‘t need SNAP to the extent that we do if companies paid a living wage and offered health insurance and other benefits to employees. 2. There should always be a robust government program that offers food assistance to individuals and families who are struggling.
November 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Two things are true: 1. We wouldn‘t need SNAP to the extent that we do if companies paid a living wage and offered health insurance and other benefits to employees. 2. There should always be a robust government program that offers food assistance to individuals and families who are struggling.
If you're not over D'Angelo's passing, you are not alone. I keep dipping into his music, getting emotional, and dipping back out.
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If you're not over D'Angelo's passing, you are not alone. I keep dipping into his music, getting emotional, and dipping back out.
I have a not particularly original gripe about movies and moviemakers that seem more interested in being weird than being good. Being both is not only possible but fantastic. This one looked like the former to me.
The headline slightly overstates the case--I neither know whether Bugonia will get Oscar noms, nor did I *totally* hate it--but yeah, Yorgos Lanthimos' claustrophobic black comedy about a low-wage worker who kidnaps & tortures his Big Pharma boss was definitely not my bag.
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
It’s Going to Be Nominated for All the Oscars. I Hated It.
Emma Stone is phenomenal in the new movie from the auteur behind Poor Things. Too bad about that ending.
slate.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I have a not particularly original gripe about movies and moviemakers that seem more interested in being weird than being good. Being both is not only possible but fantastic. This one looked like the former to me.
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I would love to see more rich and famous people funding literary culture (they could still do something big with their names on it!) rather than pretending that they can write fiction.
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I would love to see more rich and famous people funding literary culture (they could still do something big with their names on it!) rather than pretending that they can write fiction.
Not having a Nazi tattoo is the lowest fucking bar for any candidate to clear, and certainly for a Dem. The wellll discourse around it is fucking ridiculous. If you can’t clear the bar that’s literally at the center of the earth, don’t run for fucking office.
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Not having a Nazi tattoo is the lowest fucking bar for any candidate to clear, and certainly for a Dem. The wellll discourse around it is fucking ridiculous. If you can’t clear the bar that’s literally at the center of the earth, don’t run for fucking office.
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This is what is confounding me about any convo involving AI and writing. Why would you outsource any part of the writing process to something that will do mediocre work, at best, and rob you of the best parts.
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is what is confounding me about any convo involving AI and writing. Why would you outsource any part of the writing process to something that will do mediocre work, at best, and rob you of the best parts.
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That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
“Two-fifths of a fart” is an incredible turn of phrase and this is why humans are awesome.
I'm not going to dunk-quote but I do have to note that "you only hate LLMs because you're too stupid to appreciate how awesome it is" is the exact argument we heard on loop from people whose ugly monkey jpegs are now worth approximately two-fifths of a fart
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“Two-fifths of a fart” is an incredible turn of phrase and this is why humans are awesome.
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Best I've read on D'Angelo so far,
thanks to Ashon Crawley....
thanks to Ashon Crawley....
Opinion | D'Angelo's Pentecostal sound
One of the innovators of what was called neo-soul, D’Angelo’s influence was far greater than you might expect from someone who only released three studio albums.
www.msnbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Best I've read on D'Angelo so far,
thanks to Ashon Crawley....
thanks to Ashon Crawley....
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To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
October 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
D'Angelo was the only singer talented enough to cover Bill Withers, while being so handsome, it made us all stupid. 51 is unfair. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZeq...
D Angelo w David Sanborn Friends Use Me
YouTube video by Tomasz “Darealoops” Łaguna
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
D'Angelo was the only singer talented enough to cover Bill Withers, while being so handsome, it made us all stupid. 51 is unfair. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZeq...
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D’Angelo was one of the most widely revered artists of the past 30 years.
He began his career as a songwriter for other artists, but quickly asserted himself as a solo star with his 1995 debut 'Brown Sugar.'
More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
He began his career as a songwriter for other artists, but quickly asserted himself as a solo star with his 1995 debut 'Brown Sugar.'
More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
October 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
D’Angelo was one of the most widely revered artists of the past 30 years.
He began his career as a songwriter for other artists, but quickly asserted himself as a solo star with his 1995 debut 'Brown Sugar.'
More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
He began his career as a songwriter for other artists, but quickly asserted himself as a solo star with his 1995 debut 'Brown Sugar.'
More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
NO. NO No NOO. Damn you, 2025. How DARE you?
D’Angelo?????????????????
October 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
NO. NO No NOO. Damn you, 2025. How DARE you?
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It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.
A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.
October 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.
I agree with this. I would add only (hah) that so much of writing 101 goes too hard on the rules and scares people away from playing on paper.
October 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I agree with this. I would add only (hah) that so much of writing 101 goes too hard on the rules and scares people away from playing on paper.
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you are no longer allowed to have imposter syndrome.
not after this bari omgwtf weiss situation.
you're literally not allowed to feel imposter syndrome ANYMORE
not after this bari omgwtf weiss situation.
you're literally not allowed to feel imposter syndrome ANYMORE
October 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
you are no longer allowed to have imposter syndrome.
not after this bari omgwtf weiss situation.
you're literally not allowed to feel imposter syndrome ANYMORE
not after this bari omgwtf weiss situation.
you're literally not allowed to feel imposter syndrome ANYMORE
Pelvic floor therapy is essential for anyone struggling with pelvic floor issues. But because those issues are understood as "feminine", they're ignored. EVERYONE HAS A PELVIS. And anyone can need treatment.
Women are struggling with sex, pooping, and even sitting. You can guess how insurers are reacting. slate.trib.al/uF3HrxI
It Controls Sex, Bowel Movements, and Even Sitting Down. It’s Impossible to Get Any Help With It.
Some patients can't even sit down without excruciating pain.
slate.trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Pelvic floor therapy is essential for anyone struggling with pelvic floor issues. But because those issues are understood as "feminine", they're ignored. EVERYONE HAS A PELVIS. And anyone can need treatment.
A teacher friend is struggling with the same issue and it's awful. Learning to write, learning to love to write or even just tolerate it, learning what your voice sounds like on the page (or screen) is hugely important.
Students using AI is definitely the thing that is going to break me. Not even failing grades work as a deterrent.
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A teacher friend is struggling with the same issue and it's awful. Learning to write, learning to love to write or even just tolerate it, learning what your voice sounds like on the page (or screen) is hugely important.