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Glenn Fleishman
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Technology journalist & printing historian. Columnist, Six Colors. Executive Editor, Take Control Books. Two-time Jeopardy! champ. Find out about my work at https://glennf.com Get a copy of my latest book https://sixcent.info
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The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Elizabeth Holmes was persecuted because she was a woman, not because she committed massive, massive fraud, proven thoroughly in court.
December 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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America, there's something you should know.

The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:

- "Chicken Soup for the _____"

- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"

- Books of New Yorker cartoons

I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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how to dress for the trump kennedy center now that the armrests are made from cold hard marble
December 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Woodward & Bernstein's first Watergate scoop literally contains the sentence "The White House did not comment."

Gift link: wapo.st/49d2tQr
December 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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December 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory
December 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“Indeed I am Saruman, one,might almost say, Saruman as he fucking should have been.”
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?

"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Eating a fabulous Lebanese meal in New Orleans, some of the diners are in hijabs, some are in leopard print booty shorts, and this is what this wretched country could be. This is the only way this wretched country will survive.
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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I remember listening to a talk given by a publishing exec and he was asked about "finding the next Harry Potter" and his answer was "we don't try to do that, because the success of Harry Potter is not reproducible".
This was said about young people as well, until Mamdani had exceptionally higher voter turnouts than prior elections. Perhaps condemning swathes of the population as "not worth appealing to" is why we're in this mess in the first place!
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I'm sure the 22 million people whose healthcare premiums will triple in six days are delighted by this news, you inhuman fuck.
December 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
www.theregister.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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I’ll believe it when I see it.

(When Massachusetts passed this tax, no one left there like they said they would, and the tax is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do, and the wealthy are still wealthy and still enjoying the benefits of living in MA.)
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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In less than a week, I will be sworn in as the next mayor of New York City. It was only possible because of the more than 100,000 people who volunteered on our campaign. Here’s a story about one of them, my mother.
December 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Seeing lots of people post clips from Sinatra in "The House I Live In" as a response to Stephen Miller being a racist about Sinatra. Just a random reminder that "The House I Live In" is in the public domain. Every once in a while it's good to remember the public domain is good...
Free to Use and Reuse: Public Domain Films from the National Film Registry | Library of Congress Free to Use and Reuse | Library of Congress
The National Film Registry selects 25 films each year to showcase the range and diversity of American film heritage. These public domain selections are part of an online collection.
www.loc.gov
December 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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“I cannot think of a community I care more about and I’m absolutely exploring if I can rise to the occasion for this moment. It’s been an honor and a lot of fun in the short time I’ve been talking to people in our community,” Boylan told The Post re a likely run for NYC city council district 3.
December 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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As your community newspaper cartoonist, I must say that anyone who's really interested in learning all about comic strip history, I have two recommendations to share:

Book: How Comics Are Made by @glennf.com
Documentary: Stripped by Sequential Films
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Here's an interview I did on analog production-- from Zipatone to Rubylith to paste-up tricks-- for Glenn Fleischman's podcast. His book How Comics Are Made is essential for any comics library.
Derf Backderf in conversation about his career and work with Glenn Fleishman
YouTube video by Glenn Fleishman
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November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Heroic Dog Saves Family Of 5 From Herb-Roasted Chicken https://theonion.com/heroic-dog-saves-family-of-5-from-herb-roasted-chicken/
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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December 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I'm once again politely asking Bluesky developers to allow us to attach multiple photos and videos in one post.
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If you’re looking for editing help on a book, or a publishing-related crowdfunding campaign, I may be able to help! glog.glennf.com/editing-serv...

My best abilities are budgeting, print/ebook production, and logistics. I raised & helped clients raise millions over the last decade in crowdfunding.
Crowdfunding Consultant and Editor for Hire
glog.glennf.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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NYT when a trans man wants to take testosterone: 😡😡😡😡😡

NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Earlier this year, we published an article on how women are increasingly seeking out testosterone to help with energy or their sex lives. We followed up with one woman who went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for her marriage.
What It’s Like When Your Wife Goes on Testosterone
She went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for their marriage.
nyti.ms
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Nobody in America was white until they reached a population substantial enough to discriminate economically, socially, and through support of violence against descendants of people from Africa and Asia.
December 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM