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@horsdoeuvre.bsky.social
parent, spouse, rhetoric prof, essayist. Nonfic at The Rumpus, CRAFT, Archetype, etc. Interviews & Craft Essays Editor at CRAFT. Pushcart nom & BAE notable 2021. One handed backhander. she/her/dr
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This great thread makes a point I've been trying to convey for years. Calling all data-driven prediction or decision software "AI" is a huge gift to LLM hypemen, who want people to believe, incorrectly, that LLM data centers are crucial for solar forecasting or operating buildings and power grids.
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This great thread makes a point I've been trying to convey for years. Calling all data-driven prediction or decision software "AI" is a huge gift to LLM hypemen, who want people to believe, incorrectly, that LLM data centers are crucial for solar forecasting or operating buildings and power grids.
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AI IS MADE BY HUMANS AND CONTAINS ALL OUR BIASES, HOPE THAT HELPS
We need to take these people’s toys away until they understand how they work.
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
AI IS MADE BY HUMANS AND CONTAINS ALL OUR BIASES, HOPE THAT HELPS
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It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
This is so stupid. The defunding and discrediting of the humanities is one of the most colossal own goals in human history. What a fuckin waste
Put writing high quality literary text on the list of things that AIs used to not be able to do but now can do
With fine-tuning, now outperforming MFA-trained expert writers at emulating award-winning authors when rated blindly by MFA-trained experts papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
With fine-tuning, now outperforming MFA-trained expert writers at emulating award-winning authors when rated blindly by MFA-trained experts papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is so stupid. The defunding and discrediting of the humanities is one of the most colossal own goals in human history. What a fuckin waste
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Also I think we can all agree GOOD GRACIOUS / ASS IS BODACIOUS is up there with anything Keats or Wordsworth have ever written
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Also I think we can all agree GOOD GRACIOUS / ASS IS BODACIOUS is up there with anything Keats or Wordsworth have ever written
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These emails really do highlight why rich folk are so impressed by ChatGPT.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
These emails really do highlight why rich folk are so impressed by ChatGPT.
Heyyyyyyy we got @roxanegay.bsky.social judging the Memoir Excerpt & Essay contest at CRAFT this year!! Send us your best! Can't wait to read :)
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CRAFT Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest 2025 - CRAFT
CRAFT 2025 Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest November 13, 2025 – January 25, 2026 $3,400 Awarded Guest Judge: Roxane Gay Add to Calendar Days are growing shorter, and the air is getting cooler. The seaso...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Heyyyyyyy we got @roxanegay.bsky.social judging the Memoir Excerpt & Essay contest at CRAFT this year!! Send us your best! Can't wait to read :)
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Can someone catch me up on the news of the day? I'm seeing excerpts of emails with J E but also that legislators are being pressured to rescind their votes to release the files so where are the emails coming from???
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Can someone catch me up on the news of the day? I'm seeing excerpts of emails with J E but also that legislators are being pressured to rescind their votes to release the files so where are the emails coming from???
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when you're putting a crew together, but the heist is destroying an oligarch on a spiritual level
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
when you're putting a crew together, but the heist is destroying an oligarch on a spiritual level
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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some good news: kim davis publicly ate shit, again
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
some good news: kim davis publicly ate shit, again
There's a "11/9 never forget" campaign out there for the taking
yeah this is with leadership’s blessing and you’ll never convince me otherwise. the whip is a yes, the rest of the yes’s are retiring or 4-6 years out from a primary, this is trash.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There's a "11/9 never forget" campaign out there for the taking
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Chuck Schumer has failed us.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Chuck Schumer has failed us.
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If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
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Letting a computer make decisions is letting whoever controls the computer decide the range of acceptable choices. There is no way that the owners of the AI systems will allow them to make decisions which are optimal for the user but against the interests of the owner...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Letting a computer make decisions is letting whoever controls the computer decide the range of acceptable choices. There is no way that the owners of the AI systems will allow them to make decisions which are optimal for the user but against the interests of the owner...
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I get this a lot too. I don't use ChatGPT or any LLMs in my work because I want my writing to sound like me, not like the averaged-out voice of the internet. But also, writing is thinking, and thinking is a habit. I don't want to get out of that habit.
A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I get this a lot too. I don't use ChatGPT or any LLMs in my work because I want my writing to sound like me, not like the averaged-out voice of the internet. But also, writing is thinking, and thinking is a habit. I don't want to get out of that habit.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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According to a person familiar with jury lunches
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
According to a person familiar with jury lunches
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This is a big deal, the opposite of Obama standing down his organizing base after 2008.
Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time
A campaign for an affordable NYC
ourtime.nyc
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is a big deal, the opposite of Obama standing down his organizing base after 2008.
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Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.
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New from me: I went deep on the way that generative AI and chatbots act as wormholes, pushing us deeper into our own minds. They threaten to compound the problems of algorithmic targeting that have festered unaddressed for years and years—what comes next may be even more alienating and isolating (🎁)
The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New from me: I went deep on the way that generative AI and chatbots act as wormholes, pushing us deeper into our own minds. They threaten to compound the problems of algorithmic targeting that have festered unaddressed for years and years—what comes next may be even more alienating and isolating (🎁)
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The blueprint for winning big on climate also came out last night. No more technocratic, policy wonk approaches. People showed they care about utility bills, free buses, affordable housing, etc. These are all climate issues. Talk about climate in terms people understand and experience.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The blueprint for winning big on climate also came out last night. No more technocratic, policy wonk approaches. People showed they care about utility bills, free buses, affordable housing, etc. These are all climate issues. Talk about climate in terms people understand and experience.