Eve Rickert (she/her)
@everickert.bsky.social
Founder and mastermind, Talk Science to Me. Founder and publisher, Thornapple Press. Author, More Than Two. Dancer, climber, adventurer, cat servant. Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ territory. Book inquiries to press@thornapplepress.ca. Offline until September.
It produced similar tables for the chapters on rules & agreements and hierarchy and primary/secondary polyamory, but the summaries were most useful.
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It produced similar tables for the chapters on rules & agreements and hierarchy and primary/secondary polyamory, but the summaries were most useful.
Anyway, once we course corrected (I scolded it a bit and it promised not to make up any more stuff), it produced some interesting tables comparing concepts for a few key chapters.
Here's the one for the two chapters on communication.
Here's the one for the two chapters on communication.
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Anyway, once we course corrected (I scolded it a bit and it promised not to make up any more stuff), it produced some interesting tables comparing concepts for a few key chapters.
Here's the one for the two chapters on communication.
Here's the one for the two chapters on communication.
It created tables of "quotes" from the two works that looked just a little off. After I looked for and didn't find a couple of them in the PDFs, I asked ChatGPT what was up, and it admitted it had been paraphrasing.
Oh those quotation marks? That just meant it was copying the *style*. Oops!
Oh those quotation marks? That just meant it was copying the *style*. Oops!
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It created tables of "quotes" from the two works that looked just a little off. After I looked for and didn't find a couple of them in the PDFs, I asked ChatGPT what was up, and it admitted it had been paraphrasing.
Oh those quotation marks? That just meant it was copying the *style*. Oops!
Oh those quotation marks? That just meant it was copying the *style*. Oops!
The conclusion too is pretty much what we've been saying all along: The echo of the old book is there, but the new book is...new.
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The conclusion too is pretty much what we've been saying all along: The echo of the old book is there, but the new book is...new.
But since this is ChatGPT, it didn't stop there, but went deeper into the specific thematic differences in the two works.
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
But since this is ChatGPT, it didn't stop there, but went deeper into the specific thematic differences in the two works.
The summary was super validating of what we've been saying for the last year: "while the conceptual backbone of the 2014 edition remains recognizable, the language and ethical orientation of the 2024 edition represent a near-complete rearticulation."
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The summary was super validating of what we've been saying for the last year: "while the conceptual backbone of the 2014 edition remains recognizable, the language and ethical orientation of the 2024 edition represent a near-complete rearticulation."
Then it did a semantic analysis of overlapping ideas, finding a similarly of around 50%. Which isn't too surprising given that they're both big manuals on nonmonogamy and will have to cover a lot of the same topics.
I kinda love the specific mention of "post-#metoo awareness."
I kinda love the specific mention of "post-#metoo awareness."
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Then it did a semantic analysis of overlapping ideas, finding a similarly of around 50%. Which isn't too surprising given that they're both big manuals on nonmonogamy and will have to cover a lot of the same topics.
I kinda love the specific mention of "post-#metoo awareness."
I kinda love the specific mention of "post-#metoo awareness."
A purely mathematical analysis found text similarity below 1%.
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A purely mathematical analysis found text similarity below 1%.
I was looking for just a straight percentage, but the answer I got was way more interesting and in-depth.
It did do a straight across analysis of reused text. The match of 10–15% was pretty close to our guess of 5%, especially considering most was in ancillary bits like headings and the glossary.
It did do a straight across analysis of reused text. The match of 10–15% was pretty close to our guess of 5%, especially considering most was in ancillary bits like headings and the glossary.
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I was looking for just a straight percentage, but the answer I got was way more interesting and in-depth.
It did do a straight across analysis of reused text. The match of 10–15% was pretty close to our guess of 5%, especially considering most was in ancillary bits like headings and the glossary.
It did do a straight across analysis of reused text. The match of 10–15% was pretty close to our guess of 5%, especially considering most was in ancillary bits like headings and the glossary.
Four albums that completely defined my 20s
April 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Four albums that completely defined my 20s
Argh, meant to attach this in my first post. From an email sent out to US DHHS employees this week. Published at open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
January 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Argh, meant to attach this in my first post. From an email sent out to US DHHS employees this week. Published at open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
This new three-star Amazon review of More Than Two, Second Edition is a pretty darn good summary TBH.
@andreazanin.bsky.social should we make “Informative but leftist” the new book tagline?
a.co/d/iipzmik
@andreazanin.bsky.social should we make “Informative but leftist” the new book tagline?
a.co/d/iipzmik
January 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This new three-star Amazon review of More Than Two, Second Edition is a pretty darn good summary TBH.
@andreazanin.bsky.social should we make “Informative but leftist” the new book tagline?
a.co/d/iipzmik
@andreazanin.bsky.social should we make “Informative but leftist” the new book tagline?
a.co/d/iipzmik
A non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring
December 23, 2024 at 4:44 PM
A non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring
Jiji says y’all are some fuckin’ amateurs
December 12, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Jiji says y’all are some fuckin’ amateurs
That cancelled TG show that you’ll never stop thinking about.
November 16, 2024 at 5:41 AM
That cancelled TG show that you’ll never stop thinking about.
I have a new foster. Jiji isn’t happy about it.
November 5, 2024 at 10:44 PM
I have a new foster. Jiji isn’t happy about it.
One of my favourite pizzas has dates. And I've had figs and honey on pizza (with prosciutto, I think); it's yummy.
October 18, 2024 at 6:27 PM
One of my favourite pizzas has dates. And I've had figs and honey on pizza (with prosciutto, I think); it's yummy.
FYI I am getting this error when I try to access the feed.
October 6, 2024 at 10:06 PM
FYI I am getting this error when I try to access the feed.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #106,662!
September 18, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #106,662!
Quote skeet with one of your fave films that isn't a huge hit.
Let's get to know eachother a bit more!
Let's get to know eachother a bit more!
September 13, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Quote skeet with one of your fave films that isn't a huge hit.
Let's get to know eachother a bit more!
Let's get to know eachother a bit more!
Hey everyone! @andreazanin.bsky.social and I are going on a book tour in September to promote More Than Two, Second Edition, and Post-nonmonogamy and Beyond! We're hitting nine cities in eastern Canada/US and the Pacific Northwest! Visit morethantwo.ca for details!
August 17, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Hey everyone! @andreazanin.bsky.social and I are going on a book tour in September to promote More Than Two, Second Edition, and Post-nonmonogamy and Beyond! We're hitting nine cities in eastern Canada/US and the Pacific Northwest! Visit morethantwo.ca for details!
Can someone please explain the "non-boycotted" part of this headline to me? It's not explained in the article.
August 11, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Can someone please explain the "non-boycotted" part of this headline to me? It's not explained in the article.
Friends, I need your help with Goodreads. More Than Two, Second Edition, won't show up in a search unless you include "second." I've tried querying the librarians, but they have a ~1yr backlog. Could you add my book as "To read" and shelve it under "polyamory"?
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
June 26, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Friends, I need your help with Goodreads. More Than Two, Second Edition, won't show up in a search unless you include "second." I've tried querying the librarians, but they have a ~1yr backlog. Could you add my book as "To read" and shelve it under "polyamory"?
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...