Big Frickin' Swede
@bigfrickinswede.bsky.social
Neal Gilbert Redman: Creative writer, English and Writing professor, occasional blogger extraordinaire, VCFA alum, and, you guessed it, Swede(ish-American). Profile picture by jammyness.bsky.social
Spouse to @mlisrevenge.bsky.social, kitty-dad to Ronan.
Spouse to @mlisrevenge.bsky.social, kitty-dad to Ronan.
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A craftsperson loves craft. Writing is craft. The people who practice it are into the process. People using AI don't have the SOUL of a craftsperson. They want an end result to stick their name on, that's it.
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A craftsperson loves craft. Writing is craft. The people who practice it are into the process. People using AI don't have the SOUL of a craftsperson. They want an end result to stick their name on, that's it.
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The original is less than a decade old, what are we even doing
First poster for the live-action remake of ‘Moana.’
In theaters July 10th.
In theaters July 10th.
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The original is less than a decade old, what are we even doing
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Calling LLMs AI has to be one of the greatest marketing “successes” of all time.
People, including ones who run companies, have been hearing the phrase “AI” in pop culture for 60 years.
They hear about AI, assume the product is what the term has always meant, & proceed as though it’s fucking Data.
People, including ones who run companies, have been hearing the phrase “AI” in pop culture for 60 years.
They hear about AI, assume the product is what the term has always meant, & proceed as though it’s fucking Data.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Calling LLMs AI has to be one of the greatest marketing “successes” of all time.
People, including ones who run companies, have been hearing the phrase “AI” in pop culture for 60 years.
They hear about AI, assume the product is what the term has always meant, & proceed as though it’s fucking Data.
People, including ones who run companies, have been hearing the phrase “AI” in pop culture for 60 years.
They hear about AI, assume the product is what the term has always meant, & proceed as though it’s fucking Data.
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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"A.i." is controlled by right wing billionaires who are channeling bullshit into your brains. Do not use it.
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"A.i." is controlled by right wing billionaires who are channeling bullshit into your brains. Do not use it.
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I call it “joyful rigor” when I explain this effort to my students. I don’t believe in or rather, I’m not a “suffering poet.” I’m a writer who enjoys writing. The work works on me and I’m grateful for the opportunity to delve into the process at my own pace and to be changed by it.
That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I call it “joyful rigor” when I explain this effort to my students. I don’t believe in or rather, I’m not a “suffering poet.” I’m a writer who enjoys writing. The work works on me and I’m grateful for the opportunity to delve into the process at my own pace and to be changed by it.
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Evan Dahm creates some incredible, detailed fantastic worlds, and 3rd Voice is breathtaking in its scope and intricacy. The webcomic at rice-boy.com/3rdvoice/ind... is well into the 2nd sequence, still metering out the secrets of the setting. It's the story of a pair of
October 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Evan Dahm creates some incredible, detailed fantastic worlds, and 3rd Voice is breathtaking in its scope and intricacy. The webcomic at rice-boy.com/3rdvoice/ind... is well into the 2nd sequence, still metering out the secrets of the setting. It's the story of a pair of
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It’s tiresome at this point, but again, their entire pitch is “wouldn’t it be great if there were no such things as talent, craft, and skill,” and what that means is a bland, slop-filled world. www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...
October 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It’s tiresome at this point, but again, their entire pitch is “wouldn’t it be great if there were no such things as talent, craft, and skill,” and what that means is a bland, slop-filled world. www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...
Can't help but notice the Forbes article seems to think a good literature, etc., essay would cover the same things Cliff Notes or any number of other "study aid" sites have been doing for years. This is the same as thinking the internet supersedes having libraries!
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Can't help but notice the Forbes article seems to think a good literature, etc., essay would cover the same things Cliff Notes or any number of other "study aid" sites have been doing for years. This is the same as thinking the internet supersedes having libraries!
Evan Dahm's work is always fascinating and beautiful, and this post-apocalyptic series promises to be as good or greater than Vattu, and that one is... *chef's kiss*
(plus you can read all of Evan's work for free on rice-boy.com)
(plus you can read all of Evan's work for free on rice-boy.com)
October 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Evan Dahm's work is always fascinating and beautiful, and this post-apocalyptic series promises to be as good or greater than Vattu, and that one is... *chef's kiss*
(plus you can read all of Evan's work for free on rice-boy.com)
(plus you can read all of Evan's work for free on rice-boy.com)
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Today's the final day to really boost my numbers!! The damn algorithm has a short attention span haha
Give it a watch if you haven't, and please keep posting about this! Thanks so much!
Give it a watch if you haven't, and please keep posting about this! Thanks so much!
Tansi ya'll!! I need your help.
My Ted Talk is finally live on YouTube, but I really need views & engagement so it can graduate from TedX to the official Ted site. That way it'll help more people discover comics and Indigenous Story Robes!!
youtu.be/MNeqk_XehEk?...
My Ted Talk is finally live on YouTube, but I really need views & engagement so it can graduate from TedX to the official Ted site. That way it'll help more people discover comics and Indigenous Story Robes!!
youtu.be/MNeqk_XehEk?...
Using comics and storytelling to engage memory and bring fun back to learning | Alina Pete | TEDxRRU
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Today's the final day to really boost my numbers!! The damn algorithm has a short attention span haha
Give it a watch if you haven't, and please keep posting about this! Thanks so much!
Give it a watch if you haven't, and please keep posting about this! Thanks so much!
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May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies.
May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.
This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.
Vaccinate your pets please.
May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.
This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.
Vaccinate your pets please.
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies.
May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.
This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.
Vaccinate your pets please.
May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.
This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.
Vaccinate your pets please.
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Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.”
Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.
No questions asked.
No proof required.
Pass it on.
Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.
No questions asked.
No proof required.
Pass it on.
August 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.”
Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.
No questions asked.
No proof required.
Pass it on.
Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.
No questions asked.
No proof required.
Pass it on.
Necessary reminders for educators and students returning to class, where they will be hearing wide-ranging things about "AI" and its use.
The current programs cannot be used ethically or responsibly. We need to push for their inherent problems to be fixed and say no to them until they are.
The current programs cannot be used ethically or responsibly. We need to push for their inherent problems to be fixed and say no to them until they are.
Respectfully, I have not seen you substantially respond to the good faith critiques of "A.i." in education and the materials I've seen from the website you shared seem to celebrate and promote the use of "A.i."
August 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Necessary reminders for educators and students returning to class, where they will be hearing wide-ranging things about "AI" and its use.
The current programs cannot be used ethically or responsibly. We need to push for their inherent problems to be fixed and say no to them until they are.
The current programs cannot be used ethically or responsibly. We need to push for their inherent problems to be fixed and say no to them until they are.
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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** Attention all authors whose books may have been trained on by AI **
Attorneys are collecting contact information from all authors and publishers who may be part of the class action lawsuit.
Attorneys are collecting contact information from all authors and publishers who may be part of the class action lawsuit.
Anthropic Authors’ Rights Class Action – Author Contact Page – Lieff Cabraser
www.lieffcabraser.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
** Attention all authors whose books may have been trained on by AI **
Attorneys are collecting contact information from all authors and publishers who may be part of the class action lawsuit.
Attorneys are collecting contact information from all authors and publishers who may be part of the class action lawsuit.
The cricket outside our window trying to prove his worth to the world via volume needs to take it down a few notches. Kids/crickets these days, I tell you.
August 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The cricket outside our window trying to prove his worth to the world via volume needs to take it down a few notches. Kids/crickets these days, I tell you.
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I'll say it again, as this is ramping up: if you gave access to the archives of goverment data and information, it is your moral responsibility to make sure that untouched versions get preserved, now. There are people worh archival expertise who can help you, if you don't have it yourself. Start now
The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.
US to rewrite its past national climate reports
US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
www.france24.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'll say it again, as this is ramping up: if you gave access to the archives of goverment data and information, it is your moral responsibility to make sure that untouched versions get preserved, now. There are people worh archival expertise who can help you, if you don't have it yourself. Start now
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It's official: Republicans killed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
This is devastating, and many stations and newsrooms will follow. They have trashed decades of democracy-building work and will deny many journalists, artists, educators and creators the opportunity to be heard.
This is devastating, and many stations and newsrooms will follow. They have trashed decades of democracy-building work and will deny many journalists, artists, educators and creators the opportunity to be heard.
Shuttering the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Undermine Democracy and Endanger Communities Nationwide
The end of CPB is the direct result of the deep and corrupt failure of Congress and the Trump administration to invest in informing the American public. They have trashed decades of democracy-building...
www.freepress.net
August 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It's official: Republicans killed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
This is devastating, and many stations and newsrooms will follow. They have trashed decades of democracy-building work and will deny many journalists, artists, educators and creators the opportunity to be heard.
This is devastating, and many stations and newsrooms will follow. They have trashed decades of democracy-building work and will deny many journalists, artists, educators and creators the opportunity to be heard.
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Gift link. This "deal" gets portrayed as a win for Trump, but what do most Americans get from it? Just a 15% tax on cars / electronics / etc from Japan?
There's gifts in there for Boeing, rice exporters, and LNG producers, but so what? All I get is a tax. I bet that's true for >99% of Americans.
There's gifts in there for Boeing, rice exporters, and LNG producers, but so what? All I get is a tax. I bet that's true for >99% of Americans.
Trump Says Japan Deal Reached With Tariff Rate Set at 15%
President Donald Trump reached a trade deal with Japan that will impose 15% tariffs on US imports from the country, including its auto sector, while creating a $550 billion fund backed by the Japanese...
www.bloomberg.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Gift link. This "deal" gets portrayed as a win for Trump, but what do most Americans get from it? Just a 15% tax on cars / electronics / etc from Japan?
There's gifts in there for Boeing, rice exporters, and LNG producers, but so what? All I get is a tax. I bet that's true for >99% of Americans.
There's gifts in there for Boeing, rice exporters, and LNG producers, but so what? All I get is a tax. I bet that's true for >99% of Americans.
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btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.
Donate to your local PBS/NPR stations. It's up to us now.
July 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.
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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
www.politico.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...