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Mark Roy Long
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@thewacoinsider.bsky.social by night | Wolfram by day | Once taught English, then published other people’s books, then taught English again | Now writing articles that don’t flinch
New podcast episode about decade-long feud over a parking lot across the street from Pinewood turned into a story about how neighborhoods change—and what it costs to make peace.

🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/25I7...
October 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New words about The Mexican Standoff show at Texas Music Cafe in Waco on Friday night—trust me, I'll be there in the front row for this sonic knife fight!
✍️ www.instagram.com/p/DO_Jj1TEfnd/
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Metalcore rule: the harder the name is to read, the harder they thrash. If you know, you know. If not? Squint harder, dad.
Full breakdown on insta: www.instagram.com/p/DJaBGNuNx9k/
#wacosoundcheck
May 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A second line hits Bridge Street Plaza in East Waco on Wednesday night. King Cabbage Brass Band brings the heat—real brass, real lungs, real sweat.

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#wacosoundcheck
April 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Wrote about Papa Joe’s Texas Saloon, a roadhouse just south of Waco, where legend has it Billy Joe Shaver once shot a man in the parking lot after asking, “Where do you want it?”

It’s also where my fiancée and I are getting married this fall.

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April 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Wolfram released a new product today—Notebook Assistant—which is an AI-powered code writing helper. But what's REALLY exciting is that my cats Squally Beans and Eastwood make an appearance in CEO Stephen Wolfram's blog post about it!

writings.stephenwolfram.com/2024/12/usef...
December 9, 2024 at 7:53 PM
The split-second choices we make on the road can define us: Brake? Swerve? Speed up? When the driver is an algorithm, however, what happens when AI decides who lives—and dies? It's time to confront the ethics of the inevitable.

aiyiyi.substack.com/i/150555432/...
November 23, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Every step you take, every move you make, AI is watching you. This week's AI Yi Yi! dives into the trade-offs between safety and surveillance.

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#AIethics #BigBrother #TechTransparency #AIart
November 19, 2024 at 9:20 PM
My own obligatory cat photo.

#cats
November 14, 2024 at 2:11 PM
The 1956 movie ‘Giant’ had big hats, fast cars, and even bigger biases. Today? Bias hides in job ads with words like “dominant” and “nurturing.” Gender Decoder is here to flag the language that holds us back and drive change.

Read more about it here:

aiyiyi.substack.com/p/ai-ethics-...

#aiethics
November 13, 2024 at 4:01 PM