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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
Even if this were true, should the "paper of record" be publishing ironic puff pieces? And if you have to implicitly scold "Bluesky" for not recognizing it as such, is it accomplishing the goal of...what, exactly, being a smartass in on a joke that we're not? Just what we need more of in journalism.
The Nuzzi piece is an excellent realtime test of whether Bluesky can recognise an ironic writing style.
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Even if this were true, should the "paper of record" be publishing ironic puff pieces? And if you have to implicitly scold "Bluesky" for not recognizing it as such, is it accomplishing the goal of...what, exactly, being a smartass in on a joke that we're not? Just what we need more of in journalism.
Every time I start to vaguely consider subscribing to the NYT again, they go all NYT again.
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Every time I start to vaguely consider subscribing to the NYT again, they go all NYT again.
November 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Imagine getting an expansion team and deciding to name it after your state's demonym.
Yeah we're the San Francisco Californians!
Root root for the New York New Yorkers!
Go, Philadelphia Pennsylvanians!
Texans is not a mascot, it's just a person. Basic-ass state.
#texans
Yeah we're the San Francisco Californians!
Root root for the New York New Yorkers!
Go, Philadelphia Pennsylvanians!
Texans is not a mascot, it's just a person. Basic-ass state.
#texans
October 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Imagine getting an expansion team and deciding to name it after your state's demonym.
Yeah we're the San Francisco Californians!
Root root for the New York New Yorkers!
Go, Philadelphia Pennsylvanians!
Texans is not a mascot, it's just a person. Basic-ass state.
#texans
Yeah we're the San Francisco Californians!
Root root for the New York New Yorkers!
Go, Philadelphia Pennsylvanians!
Texans is not a mascot, it's just a person. Basic-ass state.
#texans
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Well, it's finally happening. The Bay Area is getting its gestapo invasion. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/23/l...
Flash bangs, injured protester at Coast Guard Island as feds arrive in Bay Area: live updates
Customs and Border Protection agents have arrived at the Coast Guard’s facilities in Alameda along with over 100 protesters. Live updates.
www.berkeleyside.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Well, it's finally happening. The Bay Area is getting its gestapo invasion. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/23/l...
October 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I'm joining the Write a Description of Something That Doesn't Include the Word 'Iconic' Challenge. Won't you join me? Please?
October 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm joining the Write a Description of Something That Doesn't Include the Word 'Iconic' Challenge. Won't you join me? Please?
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Saw "One Battle After Another." (Very light spoilers follow.)
It deserves the raves and left me ponderin' all night. But this morning what came racing into my brain were the very last lines of the movie -- and how prescient they might very well become. #oakland
It deserves the raves and left me ponderin' all night. But this morning what came racing into my brain were the very last lines of the movie -- and how prescient they might very well become. #oakland
October 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Saw "One Battle After Another." (Very light spoilers follow.)
It deserves the raves and left me ponderin' all night. But this morning what came racing into my brain were the very last lines of the movie -- and how prescient they might very well become. #oakland
It deserves the raves and left me ponderin' all night. But this morning what came racing into my brain were the very last lines of the movie -- and how prescient they might very well become. #oakland
Oh wow you double the garlic? In *every* recipe? Incredible. No, no I've never heard that before, that's so cool and interesting and totally new. You must really love garlic, you rebel.
October 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Oh wow you double the garlic? In *every* recipe? Incredible. No, no I've never heard that before, that's so cool and interesting and totally new. You must really love garlic, you rebel.
Man, I chose a perfect time to get on this bandwagon (1.5 months ago)
Cal Raleigh doubles down on his comments from last night following the Mariners' division title clinching win
September 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Man, I chose a perfect time to get on this bandwagon (1.5 months ago)
A Starlink receiver inside a wheelbarrow from the 1800s at the incredibly well-preserved gold-mining ghost town of Bodie, California.
August 31, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A Starlink receiver inside a wheelbarrow from the 1800s at the incredibly well-preserved gold-mining ghost town of Bodie, California.
Kinda smitten with this photo I took in Seattle
August 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Kinda smitten with this photo I took in Seattle
I've been boycotting baseball since the @athletics.com and @mlb.com fucked over Oakland, but I broke down and tried to watch a Mariners game on NBC Sports ..... and it's blacked out. Perfect.
August 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I've been boycotting baseball since the @athletics.com and @mlb.com fucked over Oakland, but I broke down and tried to watch a Mariners game on NBC Sports ..... and it's blacked out. Perfect.
@sfgate.com When the headline writer doesn't read to the end of the story.
"This brewery only makes one beer"
"the taproom has given Larson and his team more room to experiment with other smaller-batch beers"
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
"This brewery only makes one beer"
"the taproom has given Larson and his team more room to experiment with other smaller-batch beers"
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
This Berkeley brewery only makes one beer. And it's winning everything.
The only beer packaged and released in its history is also "the most awarded pilsner beer in the world."
www.sfgate.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
@sfgate.com When the headline writer doesn't read to the end of the story.
"This brewery only makes one beer"
"the taproom has given Larson and his team more room to experiment with other smaller-batch beers"
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
"This brewery only makes one beer"
"the taproom has given Larson and his team more room to experiment with other smaller-batch beers"
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
One of the tiny joys in my life is knowing that I have never contributed a single cent to the yacht fund for one of the world's most pernicious bigots. No books, no movies, no theme parks, nothing. I saw the first movie via a borrowed DVD 20+ years ago. That's it. Fuck you, JK Rowling.
July 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
One of the tiny joys in my life is knowing that I have never contributed a single cent to the yacht fund for one of the world's most pernicious bigots. No books, no movies, no theme parks, nothing. I saw the first movie via a borrowed DVD 20+ years ago. That's it. Fuck you, JK Rowling.
Costco gas station hot dog pneumatic tube delivery system
July 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Costco gas station hot dog pneumatic tube delivery system
Put this straight into my veins. #oakland www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Debacle in the desert: will the Athletics’ $1.75bn stadium on the Vegas Strip ever be built?
It’s been over two years since the A’s were awarded public funding for their new ballpark. But despite last month’s “groundbreaking”, its completion is anything but certain
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Put this straight into my veins. #oakland www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Gonna have this in the back of my mind tomorrow.
"How, then, can we tell whether America has crossed the line into authoritarianism? We propose a simple metric: the cost of opposing the government."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
"How, then, can we tell whether America has crossed the line into authoritarianism? We propose a simple metric: the cost of opposing the government."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Gonna have this in the back of my mind tomorrow.
"How, then, can we tell whether America has crossed the line into authoritarianism? We propose a simple metric: the cost of opposing the government."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
"How, then, can we tell whether America has crossed the line into authoritarianism? We propose a simple metric: the cost of opposing the government."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Checks out
These are your words of the week
insurrection
ICE
fascism
mercurial
ammunition
desiderium
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
insurrection
ICE
fascism
mercurial
ammunition
desiderium
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
The Words of the Week - June 13
Dictionary lookups from Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and music
www.merriam-webster.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Checks out
I have been away from the internet all day and LOL, LMAO, ROFL, etc.
June 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I have been away from the internet all day and LOL, LMAO, ROFL, etc.