John
@jhmc.bsky.social
📝 co-managing editor @ ellipsus
🏳️🌈 he/him
📍 berlino
🏳️🌈 he/him
📍 berlino
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www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Sure, AI can mimic us (sometimes to a scary degree)—but mimicry does not valuable writing make. 🧵👇
Sure, AI can mimic us (sometimes to a scary degree)—but mimicry does not valuable writing make. 🧵👇
What if Readers Like A.I.-Generated Fiction?
If economic and technological transformations have changed our relationship with literature before, they could do so again.
www.newyorker.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Sure, AI can mimic us (sometimes to a scary degree)—but mimicry does not valuable writing make. 🧵👇
Sure, AI can mimic us (sometimes to a scary degree)—but mimicry does not valuable writing make. 🧵👇
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‘Tis the season for avoiding your relatives while furiously typing your yuletide fic on your phone, using family drama as real-time reference material, and decking your doc’s halls with so many festive em dashes...
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
‘Tis the season for avoiding your relatives while furiously typing your yuletide fic on your phone, using family drama as real-time reference material, and decking your doc’s halls with so many festive em dashes...
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You asked, we made 'em: Defend the Em Dash stickers, new tote bags that tell the world you write like a human, cozy sweatshirts and winter beanies, and more.
Support your favorite local writing tool this holiday season. (And stick a few FCK GPTs in places Santa won’t look. 🫣 )
merch.ellipsus.com
Support your favorite local writing tool this holiday season. (And stick a few FCK GPTs in places Santa won’t look. 🫣 )
merch.ellipsus.com
Shop @ Ellipsus. Write it, stick it, share it. 🏳️🌈
Make a statement, sticker your laptop like it's 2010, and support Ellipsus’ ongoing development. Check out the latest offers in our merch store.
merch.ellipsus.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
You asked, we made 'em: Defend the Em Dash stickers, new tote bags that tell the world you write like a human, cozy sweatshirts and winter beanies, and more.
Support your favorite local writing tool this holiday season. (And stick a few FCK GPTs in places Santa won’t look. 🫣 )
merch.ellipsus.com
Support your favorite local writing tool this holiday season. (And stick a few FCK GPTs in places Santa won’t look. 🫣 )
merch.ellipsus.com
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Because we all have Wrapped fatigue (… and because we don’t track your every move, unlike some tools 👀), we've put together some predictions for 2026. (Or at least, a few New Years wishes we'd love to see come true)
December 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Because we all have Wrapped fatigue (… and because we don’t track your every move, unlike some tools 👀), we've put together some predictions for 2026. (Or at least, a few New Years wishes we'd love to see come true)
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Disney is renowned for aggressively punishing IP infringements—now it happily sells licenses to Open AI. What gives? 🧵
December 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Disney is renowned for aggressively punishing IP infringements—now it happily sells licenses to Open AI. What gives? 🧵
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www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
The thing is, short of consulting the metadata, there's really no way to tell what's gen-AI and what's not. Trying to 'sniff out' gen-AI like this is problematic at best; at worst, it does harm to writers 🧵👇 [1/10]
The thing is, short of consulting the metadata, there's really no way to tell what's gen-AI and what's not. Trying to 'sniff out' gen-AI like this is problematic at best; at worst, it does harm to writers 🧵👇 [1/10]
You write like AI, people think it's AI generated—what should you do?
AI writing can be obvious, repetitive and obvious, leading to a tapestry of issues for human writers—let's delve into this topic.
www.artshub.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
The thing is, short of consulting the metadata, there's really no way to tell what's gen-AI and what's not. Trying to 'sniff out' gen-AI like this is problematic at best; at worst, it does harm to writers 🧵👇 [1/10]
The thing is, short of consulting the metadata, there's really no way to tell what's gen-AI and what's not. Trying to 'sniff out' gen-AI like this is problematic at best; at worst, it does harm to writers 🧵👇 [1/10]
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‼️ Attention US writers/creators—Section 203 is under attack (again) and needs your help.
December 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
‼️ Attention US writers/creators—Section 203 is under attack (again) and needs your help.
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You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.
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Ho ho ho! We’ve left a few gifts under the Ellipsus tree...
🌌 Aura: An aurora borealis gradient to light up the long dark night.
🥂 Fête: A sparkly fizzy champagne gradient.
🎄 Jolly: Classic ugly sweater red-and-green.
❄️ Icicle: Brrr! Frosted winter wonderland blues.
Haaaappy #ThemeThursday! 🎁
🌌 Aura: An aurora borealis gradient to light up the long dark night.
🥂 Fête: A sparkly fizzy champagne gradient.
🎄 Jolly: Classic ugly sweater red-and-green.
❄️ Icicle: Brrr! Frosted winter wonderland blues.
Haaaappy #ThemeThursday! 🎁
December 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Ho ho ho! We’ve left a few gifts under the Ellipsus tree...
🌌 Aura: An aurora borealis gradient to light up the long dark night.
🥂 Fête: A sparkly fizzy champagne gradient.
🎄 Jolly: Classic ugly sweater red-and-green.
❄️ Icicle: Brrr! Frosted winter wonderland blues.
Haaaappy #ThemeThursday! 🎁
🌌 Aura: An aurora borealis gradient to light up the long dark night.
🥂 Fête: A sparkly fizzy champagne gradient.
🎄 Jolly: Classic ugly sweater red-and-green.
❄️ Icicle: Brrr! Frosted winter wonderland blues.
Haaaappy #ThemeThursday! 🎁
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Shadow-banned on X for talking about the broligarchs. Just another Tuesday 🥱
December 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Shadow-banned on X for talking about the broligarchs. Just another Tuesday 🥱
Happy birthday @meredithmeredith.bsky.social
The only person I would quit my job to work for 😝
Thank you for your relentless and intelligent advocacy for peace, people, and privacy.
📸: Slush 2025
The only person I would quit my job to work for 😝
Thank you for your relentless and intelligent advocacy for peace, people, and privacy.
📸: Slush 2025
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Happy birthday @meredithmeredith.bsky.social
The only person I would quit my job to work for 😝
Thank you for your relentless and intelligent advocacy for peace, people, and privacy.
📸: Slush 2025
The only person I would quit my job to work for 😝
Thank you for your relentless and intelligent advocacy for peace, people, and privacy.
📸: Slush 2025
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ellipsus.com/blog/the-end...
In our latest blog post, we look back to last September… when #NaNoWriMo (at least, the org) spontaneously imploded following its endorsement of generative AI.
#anti-ai #writers
In our latest blog post, we look back to last September… when #NaNoWriMo (at least, the org) spontaneously imploded following its endorsement of generative AI.
#anti-ai #writers
The End of NaNo (as We Know It)
So… NaNoWriMo is over (in more ways than one).
The community survived (and thrived!)… but the institution didn’t.
Here’s the story of what happened—and what writers are building in its place.
ellipsus.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
ellipsus.com/blog/the-end...
In our latest blog post, we look back to last September… when #NaNoWriMo (at least, the org) spontaneously imploded following its endorsement of generative AI.
#anti-ai #writers
In our latest blog post, we look back to last September… when #NaNoWriMo (at least, the org) spontaneously imploded following its endorsement of generative AI.
#anti-ai #writers
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December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
😮💨
We've been super busy this week, annnnd here's some new things you'll find in Ellipsus:
👾 GIF support in comments
📱Mobile comment redesign
📀 New themes
⌨️ Granular styling
Let's go!
👾 GIF support in comments
📱Mobile comment redesign
📀 New themes
⌨️ Granular styling
Let's go!
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
😮💨
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It’s coming... ThemeThursday! Four versions of the future we were promised (+ the one we’re writing ourselves).
⛓️💥 Wasteland - the poetry of ruin.
🫧 Aero - a shiny glint of optimism.
💾 Retrograde - the computer room, and one overly helpful paperclip.
❤️ Kudos - iykyk.
Check em out next week!
⛓️💥 Wasteland - the poetry of ruin.
🫧 Aero - a shiny glint of optimism.
💾 Retrograde - the computer room, and one overly helpful paperclip.
❤️ Kudos - iykyk.
Check em out next week!
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It’s coming... ThemeThursday! Four versions of the future we were promised (+ the one we’re writing ourselves).
⛓️💥 Wasteland - the poetry of ruin.
🫧 Aero - a shiny glint of optimism.
💾 Retrograde - the computer room, and one overly helpful paperclip.
❤️ Kudos - iykyk.
Check em out next week!
⛓️💥 Wasteland - the poetry of ruin.
🫧 Aero - a shiny glint of optimism.
💾 Retrograde - the computer room, and one overly helpful paperclip.
❤️ Kudos - iykyk.
Check em out next week!
Just reminder when you pop the hood of the internet this is what you'll see: 🐍🐍🐍
October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Just reminder when you pop the hood of the internet this is what you'll see: 🐍🐍🐍
That is always my hack, too ;)
ellipsus users: if you are also sad that the chat function only works in documents with collaborators now, invite yourself via another email address! you don't have to accept it. chat will switch on for the document & you can use it to stash notes again 🥳
September 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
That is always my hack, too ;)
I can help with that 📲 ellipsus.typeform.com/mobile-beta
September 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I can help with that 📲 ellipsus.typeform.com/mobile-beta
1) We want our free plan to be comparable to GDocs long-term (unlimited docs, drafts, collaborators, words)
2) No Gen AI.
3) We’re trying to get chapters in this fall! 📚
FWIW I love writing in notebooks.
2) No Gen AI.
3) We’re trying to get chapters in this fall! 📚
FWIW I love writing in notebooks.
TLDR: Ellipsus better fucking not ruin their beautiful free writing platform with money-greed or gen ai.
(They could also add chapters, similar to what reedsy had bc that was why I chose reedsy to begin with and i am struggling to let it go)
(They could also add chapters, similar to what reedsy had bc that was why I chose reedsy to begin with and i am struggling to let it go)
August 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
1) We want our free plan to be comparable to GDocs long-term (unlimited docs, drafts, collaborators, words)
2) No Gen AI.
3) We’re trying to get chapters in this fall! 📚
FWIW I love writing in notebooks.
2) No Gen AI.
3) We’re trying to get chapters in this fall! 📚
FWIW I love writing in notebooks.
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made this after a discussion about ellipsus' new themes in the ellipsus server.
tiermaker.com/categories/r...
if you also use ellipsus, i'd love to see how you'd rank them.
tiermaker.com/categories/r...
if you also use ellipsus, i'd love to see how you'd rank them.
August 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
made this after a discussion about ellipsus' new themes in the ellipsus server.
tiermaker.com/categories/r...
if you also use ellipsus, i'd love to see how you'd rank them.
tiermaker.com/categories/r...
if you also use ellipsus, i'd love to see how you'd rank them.
Theme Thursday y'all!
Theme Thursday is live!
This week, we have:
Lilium - a midnight garden 🥀
Love Letter - a secret romance 💌
Cinéma Vérité - greyscale shadowplay 🌫️
Cotton Candy - dreamcore pastels 🍬
Find them all in the themes picker - and let us know what you think!
This week, we have:
Lilium - a midnight garden 🥀
Love Letter - a secret romance 💌
Cinéma Vérité - greyscale shadowplay 🌫️
Cotton Candy - dreamcore pastels 🍬
Find them all in the themes picker - and let us know what you think!
August 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Theme Thursday y'all!
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You can now set a password for your Ellipsus account—no more digging for login codes in your inbox every time you sign in.
Code login is still around if you prefer it, but this update makes it way faster (and easier!) to jump back into your writing. Set whatever weird password your heart desires.
Code login is still around if you prefer it, but this update makes it way faster (and easier!) to jump back into your writing. Set whatever weird password your heart desires.
August 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
You can now set a password for your Ellipsus account—no more digging for login codes in your inbox every time you sign in.
Code login is still around if you prefer it, but this update makes it way faster (and easier!) to jump back into your writing. Set whatever weird password your heart desires.
Code login is still around if you prefer it, but this update makes it way faster (and easier!) to jump back into your writing. Set whatever weird password your heart desires.
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BLESS THE ELLIPSUS TEAM GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND 🙌🙌🙌🙌
August 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
BLESS THE ELLIPSUS TEAM GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND 🙌🙌🙌🙌
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Ellipsus services are back online. Team is continuing to monitor.
Syncing might be slower for a period of time. Please check your work and reach out to support if you need any assistance.
status.ellipsus.com
Syncing might be slower for a period of time. Please check your work and reach out to support if you need any assistance.
status.ellipsus.com
Ellipsus status
Welcome to Ellipsus status page for real-time and historical data on system performance.
status.ellipsus.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Ellipsus services are back online. Team is continuing to monitor.
Syncing might be slower for a period of time. Please check your work and reach out to support if you need any assistance.
status.ellipsus.com
Syncing might be slower for a period of time. Please check your work and reach out to support if you need any assistance.
status.ellipsus.com