Scott Williamson
@scotw.bsky.social
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One major problem, bluntly, is that lots of folks can't distinguish between good writing and poor writing. This is about education, not intelligence: they could learn the difference, but it's frequently not taught, even in "good" schools. This is ultimately a competitive disadvantage for them.
it's so wild that people conflate quickness with quality so they think chatGPT writing a wall of text in 10 seconds means it's good writing.
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
One major problem, bluntly, is that lots of folks can't distinguish between good writing and poor writing. This is about education, not intelligence: they could learn the difference, but it's frequently not taught, even in "good" schools. This is ultimately a competitive disadvantage for them.
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And what a tedious bit of 'Brexit wasn't done properly' nonsense he has come up with. Tho' I did enjoy the delicious stupidity of: "Post-Brexit, London also could have become more of a hub for blockchain and stablecoins. But many Bitcoin traders prefer Portugal and Milan because of the tax regime."
Paul Marshall, 'a writer' who also owns GB News, Unherd and The Spectator, and is chief stoker of the culture wars.
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
And what a tedious bit of 'Brexit wasn't done properly' nonsense he has come up with. Tho' I did enjoy the delicious stupidity of: "Post-Brexit, London also could have become more of a hub for blockchain and stablecoins. But many Bitcoin traders prefer Portugal and Milan because of the tax regime."
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GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed President Donald Trump for his comments on the murders of Rob and Michele Reiner, as she predicted more Republicans will follow her lead in breaking with Trump.
Marjorie Taylor Greene warns the “dam is breaking” in the GOP and slams Trump for being tone deaf on multiple issues | CNN Politics
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday slammed President Donald Trump for his comments on the murders of Rob and Michele Reiner, as she predicted more Republicans will follow her lead in breaking ...
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed President Donald Trump for his comments on the murders of Rob and Michele Reiner, as she predicted more Republicans will follow her lead in breaking with Trump.
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Age-gating mandates are reshaping the internet in ways that are invasive, dangerous, and deeply unnecessary. But users are not powerless! We can challenge these laws, protect our digital rights, and build a safer digital world for all internet users, no matter their ages.
Learn more at EFF.org/Age.
Learn more at EFF.org/Age.
December 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Age-gating mandates are reshaping the internet in ways that are invasive, dangerous, and deeply unnecessary. But users are not powerless! We can challenge these laws, protect our digital rights, and build a safer digital world for all internet users, no matter their ages.
Learn more at EFF.org/Age.
Learn more at EFF.org/Age.
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A lifetime of "thoughts & prayers" have done JACK-SQUAT to reduce or eliminate gun violence. We need to do MORE.
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
December 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A lifetime of "thoughts & prayers" have done JACK-SQUAT to reduce or eliminate gun violence. We need to do MORE.
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
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The rampant data sharing fueled by online tracking has serious consequences. Privacy Badger blocks online tracking to prevent your browsing data from being used against you. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Online Tracking is Out of Control—Privacy Badger Can Help You Fight
Every time you browse the web, you're being tracked. That’s why EFF created Privacy Badger, a free, open source browser extension used by millions to fight corporate surveillance and take back
www.eff.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The rampant data sharing fueled by online tracking has serious consequences. Privacy Badger blocks online tracking to prevent your browsing data from being used against you. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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I spent most of my adult life serving my country in one role or another. It almost cost me my life more than once.
I can barely recognize the country I sacrificed so much for. The US, by its own hand, is rapidly becoming a failed state.
I can barely recognize the country I sacrificed so much for. The US, by its own hand, is rapidly becoming a failed state.
December 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I spent most of my adult life serving my country in one role or another. It almost cost me my life more than once.
I can barely recognize the country I sacrificed so much for. The US, by its own hand, is rapidly becoming a failed state.
I can barely recognize the country I sacrificed so much for. The US, by its own hand, is rapidly becoming a failed state.
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If movie theaters were a thing consumers loved, they would be there. They go there for horror movies, some action blockbusters. Let me reiterate a line I wrote decades ago about the nascent digital space: Consumers have taken control of their entertainment experience & they are never giving it back.
The pandemic.
The strike.
The sale of Fox.
“.. Box office experts say 15 to 20 percent of regular moviegoers have simply never returned ..”
@thr.com
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
The strike.
The sale of Fox.
“.. Box office experts say 15 to 20 percent of regular moviegoers have simply never returned ..”
@thr.com
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If movie theaters were a thing consumers loved, they would be there. They go there for horror movies, some action blockbusters. Let me reiterate a line I wrote decades ago about the nascent digital space: Consumers have taken control of their entertainment experience & they are never giving it back.
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And on the substance of the superinjunction, it’d still be in place were it not for the joint work of so many of my colleagues from across the press. The most important thing is that no govt should ever be able to abuse the courts like it again.
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
And on the substance of the superinjunction, it’d still be in place were it not for the joint work of so many of my colleagues from across the press. The most important thing is that no govt should ever be able to abuse the courts like it again.
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Could not be more thrilled to win scoop of the year at the British Journalism Awards awards for the Press GazeAfghan data leak. A podcast first! Massive testament to the incredible team @newsagents.bsky.social
Genuine pinch me moment- for a show which didn’t exist little more than 3 years ago.
Genuine pinch me moment- for a show which didn’t exist little more than 3 years ago.
December 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Could not be more thrilled to win scoop of the year at the British Journalism Awards awards for the Press GazeAfghan data leak. A podcast first! Massive testament to the incredible team @newsagents.bsky.social
Genuine pinch me moment- for a show which didn’t exist little more than 3 years ago.
Genuine pinch me moment- for a show which didn’t exist little more than 3 years ago.
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Happy 32nd Birthday Doom!
On December 10, 1993, id Software released the legendary first-person shooter game Doom.
On December 10, 1993, id Software released the legendary first-person shooter game Doom.
December 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy 32nd Birthday Doom!
On December 10, 1993, id Software released the legendary first-person shooter game Doom.
On December 10, 1993, id Software released the legendary first-person shooter game Doom.
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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How dumb is Loony, I mean, Loomer? CNN is not part of the deal.
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
How dumb is Loony, I mean, Loomer? CNN is not part of the deal.
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Fortunately David Lammy you have the chance to vote for a customs union by backing our bill next week.
See you in the Aye lobby?
See you in the Aye lobby?
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Fortunately David Lammy you have the chance to vote for a customs union by backing our bill next week.
See you in the Aye lobby?
See you in the Aye lobby?
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And Donald Trump is still calling affordability a “scam.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
And Donald Trump is still calling affordability a “scam.”
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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
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wrote about the problem of the pardon power (gift link)
Opinion | Guess Which Presidential Power Trump Likes the Most
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December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
wrote about the problem of the pardon power (gift link)
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Mark Kelly: “Donald Trump is so singularly unqualified for this job as President. He wants to shut people up, but he’s not gonna shut me up. I’m not gonna be intimidated by him or Pete Hegseth and his threats to court-martial me”
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mark Kelly: “Donald Trump is so singularly unqualified for this job as President. He wants to shut people up, but he’s not gonna shut me up. I’m not gonna be intimidated by him or Pete Hegseth and his threats to court-martial me”
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👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
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Let silly hacks go and work on their next bit of Westminster gossip. THIS is the main news from that conference. The clearest indication yet, right from the top.
👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Let silly hacks go and work on their next bit of Westminster gossip. THIS is the main news from that conference. The clearest indication yet, right from the top.
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"My poll numbers have never been better."
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"My poll numbers have never been better."
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Alternate take if you are not a Trump toady like Judge Winebox: Performative militarization of a relatively safe city — extremely so around the White House — puts lives unnecessarily at risk. This avoidable tragedy all falls on the administration.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Alternate take if you are not a Trump toady like Judge Winebox: Performative militarization of a relatively safe city — extremely so around the White House — puts lives unnecessarily at risk. This avoidable tragedy all falls on the administration.
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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Lib Dems to force vote in Parliament on new customs union with EU
Lib Dems to force vote in Parliament on new customs union with EU
The Liberal Democrats are preparing to push a vote in Parliament on forging a new customs union with the EU.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Lib Dems to force vote in Parliament on new customs union with EU