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Michael Fuhlhage
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Journalism prof, Wayne State University
Reporting, editing, com & media history. Cat daddy. I block surveillance followers
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Do you wanna make tea at the BBC?
Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop?
December 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by Michael Fuhlhage
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nocryptographer on tumblr: "I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist. every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you. you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cores about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real."
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Lost in Translation feels like the perfect December end-of-semester film. Everyone among the Americans in Tokyo is exhausted. All the faculty and students are exhausted. We are in a kind of daze. Yet everyone in the world we're moving through just seems to keep running at their full pace.
December 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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⚾️ Immaculate Grid 978 9/9:
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December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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And now your moment of Looie-loo, performing how tapped out I'm feeling after teaching my last classes of the semester.
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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You know that thing where students clap at the end of the last class of the semester? It doesn't happen that often, but damn if it isn't a special moment when it does.
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Here's why Trump's use of "Third World" to refer to poor immigrant-sending countries raised some people's hackles last week. #mjfNews #com2030news #NPRNews
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Trump uses 'Third World' in a social media post. What's up with that term?
"I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover," he wrote on Truth Social. That label raises the issue of how to classify certain nations.
www.npr.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Play The Mini Crossword
All the fun of the larger New York Times Crossword, but you can solve it in seconds.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Unquestionably my worst rarity score ever!

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November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild

coyote
marmot
javalina
muskrat
bighorn sheep
November 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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⚾️ Immaculate Grid 971 9/9:
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November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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And now your moment of Looie-loo, who isn't buying it this Black Friday.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Happy Black Friday. 🖤🎩🕳️
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Trump: Kids might have ‘two dolls instead of 30’ due to tariffs
The US president was addressing possible shortages due to tariffs on China during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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If I understand this reasoning correctly, you can get away with any crime as long as you make it complicated enough for the prosecutor to give up.
wajali.bsky.social Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10d
We all heard the phone call and know Trump tried to get the votes.
laurenmeidasa.bsky.social Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 10d
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday officially dropped the historic racketeering case against President Donald Trump and others for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
mjfuhlhage.bsky.social
And now your moment of Mila, who knows in her heart that every day is Caturday. Note that her choice of camouflage matches her widdle pink nose.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
mjfuhlhage.bsky.social
People around here are losing their minds about suburban coyote sightings. Meanwhile, Acme Co. keeps selling defective roadrunner-capture implements AND NOBODY IS REPORTING ABOUT IT.
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Git along, little DOGE
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14d
Bye bye, “DOGE”.

It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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American sports culture question: You just wadded up a piece of paper and made a trash can free throw and the shot went in. What is the appropriate next thing that you do?
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
mjfuhlhage.bsky.social
You know what would make an interesting movie mashup? "Margin Call" with "My Dinner with Andre."
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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To nobody's surprise whatsoever...
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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"No, no! I want test pilots!"
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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And now your moment of Mila and Looie-loo. I just realized I am always asking about Looie's snoot boopability but not Mila's. So, please rate Mila's snoot AND her beauty mark for boopability. And Happy Caturday to all!
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM