Lexi Charles
@lexicharles.bsky.social
Author (academic/nonfiction 📚) by day, aspiring author (fiction) by night. Bibliophile, dog mom, and certified smarty pants.
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A Gentleman's Gentleman is one of the NYT's Top 100 Notable Books of 2025
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A Gentleman's Gentleman is one of the NYT's Top 100 Notable Books of 2025
And, I'm just saying, I would rather pay $1.99/mo for this than buy into Google's drive storage scam. 🙄
I just want to point out that there is a lane for someone to start a small media company whose express mission statement is "nothing we put on the internet was made by AI" & every time a category gets overrun like this, they branch out
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
And, I'm just saying, I would rather pay $1.99/mo for this than buy into Google's drive storage scam. 🙄
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I just want to point out that there is a lane for someone to start a small media company whose express mission statement is "nothing we put on the internet was made by AI" & every time a category gets overrun like this, they branch out
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I just want to point out that there is a lane for someone to start a small media company whose express mission statement is "nothing we put on the internet was made by AI" & every time a category gets overrun like this, they branch out
Anyone else's #google drive mysteriously hit the size limit after turning these AI features off? Just curious. 🙄
Gmail now shuts off spelling and grammar checks unless you agree to let them train their AI off your personal correspondence. Extortion at its finest. 🙄
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Anyone else's #google drive mysteriously hit the size limit after turning these AI features off? Just curious. 🙄
Gmail now shuts off spelling and grammar checks unless you agree to let them train their AI off your personal correspondence. Extortion at its finest. 🙄
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Gmail now shuts off spelling and grammar checks unless you agree to let them train their AI off your personal correspondence. Extortion at its finest. 🙄
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HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS
Did Women Ruin the Workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Did Women Ruin the Workplace?
Number 130 for the year and book 91/100 for my library reading challenge! 🎉 I finished this one faster than you can say "flux capacitor." #booksky 📚
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Number 130 for the year and book 91/100 for my library reading challenge! 🎉 I finished this one faster than you can say "flux capacitor." #booksky 📚
128. Evelina, by Frances Burney. I'm glad I sought this out after reading Rebecca Romney's great Jane Austen's Bookshelf. The influence on Austen (even Dickens) is clear 1/x #booksky
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
128. Evelina, by Frances Burney. I'm glad I sought this out after reading Rebecca Romney's great Jane Austen's Bookshelf. The influence on Austen (even Dickens) is clear 1/x #booksky
Portrait of a Scotsman was book 51 of the year and it's fully worth the bargain price! (Feels so long ago 😄)
Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Tuesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
Your Tuesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Portrait of a Scotsman was book 51 of the year and it's fully worth the bargain price! (Feels so long ago 😄)
This #electionday don't sleep on your off-year races. Even if you don't have municipal races, the PSC races in #GA are vitally important. Turn out and send a message! #vote
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This #electionday don't sleep on your off-year races. Even if you don't have municipal races, the PSC races in #GA are vitally important. Turn out and send a message! #vote
Derp. 13 days to finish is a killer. 😅 Not pictured is Svetlana Alexievich's Secondhand Time, a beautiful, heart-wrenching doorstop of a book that I forgot to rate. #booksky #StoryGraph
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Derp. 13 days to finish is a killer. 😅 Not pictured is Svetlana Alexievich's Secondhand Time, a beautiful, heart-wrenching doorstop of a book that I forgot to rate. #booksky #StoryGraph
Fully expecting my October #Storygraph stats to be trick more than treat. 😅 In my defense, I've had about three 500-page books on deck for this library challenge.
a girl wearing glasses and overalls is saying i like big books and i can 't lie .
ALT: a girl wearing glasses and overalls is saying i like big books and i can 't lie .
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October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Fully expecting my October #Storygraph stats to be trick more than treat. 😅 In my defense, I've had about three 500-page books on deck for this library challenge.
Happy #Halloween to all (but especially to doggos in costumes)!
a dog in a ghost costume with a pumpkin in its mouth .
ALT: a dog in a ghost costume with a pumpkin in its mouth .
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October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy #Halloween to all (but especially to doggos in costumes)!
Every time Google alerts me to "new features," I think about how great it is that we lost democracy but now I can talk to my watch about it using natural language.
a gray and white cat is sitting on the floor looking at the camera .
ALT: a gray and white cat is sitting on the floor looking at the camera .
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October 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Every time Google alerts me to "new features," I think about how great it is that we lost democracy but now I can talk to my watch about it using natural language.
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*stares in 90s kid*
October 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
*stares in 90s kid*
In honor of #bannedbooksweek and Nobel week. Either the best or worst time to revisit a masterwork on the collapse of a society. #booksky 📚
October 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
In honor of #bannedbooksweek and Nobel week. Either the best or worst time to revisit a masterwork on the collapse of a society. #booksky 📚
The mechanical surveillance uterus was probably the next logical step in techbro dystopia.
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The mechanical surveillance uterus was probably the next logical step in techbro dystopia.
October 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM