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Jill E Duffy
@jilleduffy.bsky.social
280 followers 540 following 160 posts
Writer: work, workplace issues, women in midlife, tech
Words at WIRED, PCMag, BBC, Gloria, others
Currently living somewhere along the Mekong
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I've been testing and reviewing language learning software for 13 years

This is one of many many many reasons you don't want an app that employs AI
A language learning app asks how do you say, "I want to drink water" in Spanish. The learner gives the correct answer. And AI responds that it's not the correct way to say "What do we have for breakfast?"
March 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Me at the end of The Substance
Rick from Rick & Morty looking derisively at a Cronenberg monster
March 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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This is an accessibility issue
The Edit Profile web page in Instagram, with a red arrow pointing to the line, "Editing your links is only available on mobile."
February 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Welp, turns out I'm a robot
An array of images with the instructions "Click the image matching an object show in the example image." and then there are images of artistic renditions of dogs, motorcycles, photos of two chickens, a rabbit, and two paintings of school buses.
December 30, 2024 at 4:07 AM
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BABY JESSICA IN THE WELL
A sheriff or ranger carrying a small child who is strapped to a board because she was just lifted out of a deep well in Texas, 1987
December 18, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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Not only is a hot dog a sandwich, but it falls into the category of "vanilla sandwich"
A menu from Bakery By Boris listing a "hot dog sandwich" under the heading "vanilla sandwich 45 kip," among other items
December 14, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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A pug won best in show at the National Dog Show this year. Ho hum.

Still I will never forget when Wasabi the Pekingese won best in show at Westminster because it was 2021 and we all really needed it.
Wasabi, the Pekingese dog that won best in show at Westminster Dog Show in 2021, walking on Astroturf on a leash, looking up at his handler
November 30, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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Who wants to tell them? 🇨🇦
A screenshot of an article teaser from The Atlantic: a picture of a turkey being pulled "off stage" by a giant hooked cane, and the headline "Thanksgiving Should Be in October"
November 27, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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November 15, 2024 at 2:14 PM