Ian
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I like old memes and small boulders the size of large boulders.
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Ok, so, uh. Something came up.
But we are NOW proud to announce the publishing of our Inaugural Run of ivy. literary magazine. Keep reading, or click the link below 👇👇
But we are NOW proud to announce the publishing of our Inaugural Run of ivy. literary magazine. Keep reading, or click the link below 👇👇
ivy. literary magazine – Stories that grow on you.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ok, so, uh. Something came up.
But we are NOW proud to announce the publishing of our Inaugural Run of ivy. literary magazine. Keep reading, or click the link below 👇👇
But we are NOW proud to announce the publishing of our Inaugural Run of ivy. literary magazine. Keep reading, or click the link below 👇👇
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Ok hell yeah. Some kid (presumably) put their whole ass into this public education campaign. I’ve seen multiple stapled on poles near my house. I love the energy.
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Ok hell yeah. Some kid (presumably) put their whole ass into this public education campaign. I’ve seen multiple stapled on poles near my house. I love the energy.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
The IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete as their preferred gender since the 2004 games, and without needing surgery since 2015. If trans women had such an overwhelming advantage in sport, a trans woman should have won a medal by now?
Trans bans are fascist and pointless. Let her compete.
Trans bans are fascist and pointless. Let her compete.
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete as their preferred gender since the 2004 games, and without needing surgery since 2015. If trans women had such an overwhelming advantage in sport, a trans woman should have won a medal by now?
Trans bans are fascist and pointless. Let her compete.
Trans bans are fascist and pointless. Let her compete.
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Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
October 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
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The frustrating thing with the Sensible Centrists who just want there be "a conversation" about trans athletes is that already happened and continues to happen. Standards have been getting tested and tweaked for years, not often done apolitically but done. What they mean is that no one asked them.
September 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The frustrating thing with the Sensible Centrists who just want there be "a conversation" about trans athletes is that already happened and continues to happen. Standards have been getting tested and tweaked for years, not often done apolitically but done. What they mean is that no one asked them.
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As a colleague mentioned yesterday, Gamergate is one of the five most significant developments in US politics since the Cold War
September 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
As a colleague mentioned yesterday, Gamergate is one of the five most significant developments in US politics since the Cold War
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Gotham Writers is currently doing a survey of how writers are using AI and if you’re a writer it’s probably worth filling it out.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Gotham Writers is currently doing a survey of how writers are using AI and if you’re a writer it’s probably worth filling it out.
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Okay, here you go:
(Side note: this was drawn with nothing planned, so I apologize if anything is wrong or offensive!)
(Side note: this was drawn with nothing planned, so I apologize if anything is wrong or offensive!)
August 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Okay, here you go:
(Side note: this was drawn with nothing planned, so I apologize if anything is wrong or offensive!)
(Side note: this was drawn with nothing planned, so I apologize if anything is wrong or offensive!)
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Once there were brook trouts in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. They were epic as fuck, and for the win.
July 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Once there were brook trouts in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. They were epic as fuck, and for the win.
I'm starting to wonder if AI is just a way for these tech companies to admit they're in a bad way while still looking good for shareholders. The stocks are great, but the actual reason behind said stocks are made of wet cardboard.
Satya Nadella's memo on Microsoft's layoffs portends the harsh reality that AI could make software companies more profitable while employing fewer people (Om Malik/On my Om)
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July 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I'm starting to wonder if AI is just a way for these tech companies to admit they're in a bad way while still looking good for shareholders. The stocks are great, but the actual reason behind said stocks are made of wet cardboard.
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Post a book you love from the 1970s!
July 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Post a book you love from the 1970s!
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We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2025 literary competitions! Randall Mann has awarded the top Neruda Poetry Prize to Michael Lavers, and Nancy Jooyoun Kim has awarded the top Porter Fiction Prize to Talia Neffson. 1/5
July 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2025 literary competitions! Randall Mann has awarded the top Neruda Poetry Prize to Michael Lavers, and Nancy Jooyoun Kim has awarded the top Porter Fiction Prize to Talia Neffson. 1/5
Today I came home to see the tiniest little praying mantis on my railing. Hello, little guy!
June 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Today I came home to see the tiniest little praying mantis on my railing. Hello, little guy!
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Was not prepared.
shoutout to all the HAD dads!
today's square from Richie Zaborowske left me a little stunned when I read it as a submission, making me immediately reread it a couple more times, and it wowed me all over again rereading just now
https://www.havehashad.com/ezrmx
today's square from Richie Zaborowske left me a little stunned when I read it as a submission, making me immediately reread it a couple more times, and it wowed me all over again rereading just now
https://www.havehashad.com/ezrmx
June 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Was not prepared.
Ten writers by whom I've read more than 5 books:
Tamora Pierce
Diana Wynne Jones
Ursula K Le Guin
Garth Nix
Haruki Murakami
T Kingfisher
Martha Wells
Bryan Lee O'Malley
JRR Tolkien
Jonathan Stroud
Fun challenge!
Tamora Pierce
Diana Wynne Jones
Ursula K Le Guin
Garth Nix
Haruki Murakami
T Kingfisher
Martha Wells
Bryan Lee O'Malley
JRR Tolkien
Jonathan Stroud
Fun challenge!
Oooh, I like this one! Pleasingly challenging, even though books are my job…
Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than 5 books:
Frances Burney
Julian Barnes
Hilary Mantel
Agatha Christie
Leila Slimani
Philip Pullman
Jane Austen
Angela Carter
David Mitchell
Zadie Smith
Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than 5 books:
Frances Burney
Julian Barnes
Hilary Mantel
Agatha Christie
Leila Slimani
Philip Pullman
Jane Austen
Angela Carter
David Mitchell
Zadie Smith
Ten writers by whom I've read more than 5 books:
Jenny Erpenbeck
William Gibson
Christa Wolf
Alison Lurie
Anthony Powell
Daniel Kehlmann
Lawrence Durrell
Ursula Le Guin
Ulrich Ritzel
Georges Perec
Jenny Erpenbeck
William Gibson
Christa Wolf
Alison Lurie
Anthony Powell
Daniel Kehlmann
Lawrence Durrell
Ursula Le Guin
Ulrich Ritzel
Georges Perec
June 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Ten writers by whom I've read more than 5 books:
Tamora Pierce
Diana Wynne Jones
Ursula K Le Guin
Garth Nix
Haruki Murakami
T Kingfisher
Martha Wells
Bryan Lee O'Malley
JRR Tolkien
Jonathan Stroud
Fun challenge!
Tamora Pierce
Diana Wynne Jones
Ursula K Le Guin
Garth Nix
Haruki Murakami
T Kingfisher
Martha Wells
Bryan Lee O'Malley
JRR Tolkien
Jonathan Stroud
Fun challenge!
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literature is dead and no one cares about short fiction... but 155 of you squares submitted to a pretty specific call in under 60 seconds.
June 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
literature is dead and no one cares about short fiction... but 155 of you squares submitted to a pretty specific call in under 60 seconds.
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"Some hotels skip the thirteenth floor because they think it's unlucky. But people on the fourteenth floor, you know what floor you're really on."
Everyone has one Mitch Hedberg joke stashed in their brain like a squirrel to sustain them whenever they need to feel joy for 30 seconds and mine is “they say the recipe for Sprite is Lemon and Lime but I tried to make it at home, there’s more to it than that”
May 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"Some hotels skip the thirteenth floor because they think it's unlucky. But people on the fourteenth floor, you know what floor you're really on."
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‘I’m against picketing, but I don’t know how to show it.’
Everyone has one Mitch Hedberg joke stashed in their brain like a squirrel to sustain them whenever they need to feel joy for 30 seconds and mine is “they say the recipe for Sprite is Lemon and Lime but I tried to make it at home, there’s more to it than that”
May 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
‘I’m against picketing, but I don’t know how to show it.’