Ryne
@rynehager.bsky.social
Former journo for a site you might have read. W-Mass community evangelist, volunteer, and town representative. Holder of strong and sometimes retrospectively wrong opinions.
VP of US Vibes at a PR joint, but my career doesn’t define me.
VP of US Vibes at a PR joint, but my career doesn’t define me.
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I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.
I just saw a great take on writers using "AI" - people don't like to read something that's clearly written by "AI", so we need to respect that and make sure it seems natural.
So...put as much effort into tricking people into thinking we made an effort as we would into actually writing. Outstanding.
So...put as much effort into tricking people into thinking we made an effort as we would into actually writing. Outstanding.
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.
Anyone who has ever read and enjoyed (or worked for!) one of The Good Old Blogs before it suffered the indignity of a content mill acquisition will find this an outright joy.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Anyone who has ever read and enjoyed (or worked for!) one of The Good Old Blogs before it suffered the indignity of a content mill acquisition will find this an outright joy.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ars Technica is hiring a Tech Reporter
We're seeking an expert in one or more of these fields: software development, DIY tech, cybersecurity, free and open-source software (FOSS). Come join the team!
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We're seeking an expert in one or more of these fields: software development, DIY tech, cybersecurity, free and open-source software (FOSS). Come join the team!
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anyone who's been eagerly awaiting their linkedin wrapped should be put in a camp for everyone's safety
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December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
anyone who's been eagerly awaiting their linkedin wrapped should be put in a camp for everyone's safety
Gonna be a common refrain when ES6 finally lands.
I have Droops. I can barely move and I have no strength.
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Gonna be a common refrain when ES6 finally lands.
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@warren.senate.gov just co-sponsored KOSA again 🤦🏽♀️
You CANNOT claim to be an ally to the LGTBQ community and support this awful bill. Your office blatantly ignored our Boston coalitions pleas, so let’s see how you feel about those phones being melted. CALL HER!
You CANNOT claim to be an ally to the LGTBQ community and support this awful bill. Your office blatantly ignored our Boston coalitions pleas, so let’s see how you feel about those phones being melted. CALL HER!
This Trans Day of Remembrance we’re holding the memory of countless trans lives lost to bigotry and hatred, and fighting like hell to preserve trans lives still with us today!
Trans people deserve to be seen + celebrated, not erased. Trans people deserve real allyship, not censorship.
STOP KOSA
Trans people deserve to be seen + celebrated, not erased. Trans people deserve real allyship, not censorship.
STOP KOSA
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
@warren.senate.gov just co-sponsored KOSA again 🤦🏽♀️
You CANNOT claim to be an ally to the LGTBQ community and support this awful bill. Your office blatantly ignored our Boston coalitions pleas, so let’s see how you feel about those phones being melted. CALL HER!
You CANNOT claim to be an ally to the LGTBQ community and support this awful bill. Your office blatantly ignored our Boston coalitions pleas, so let’s see how you feel about those phones being melted. CALL HER!
My American mind simply cannot handle the speed of the average Japanese train. Looking out the window is scary.
December 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
My American mind simply cannot handle the speed of the average Japanese train. Looking out the window is scary.
Spent the last few weeks in Shenzhen. Enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.
Feels like the stories I used to hear about the way the Bay Area was in the 80s and 90s.
People here have crazy dreams to build crazy shit. I’d love to be here longer to see more of it come together.
Feels like the stories I used to hear about the way the Bay Area was in the 80s and 90s.
People here have crazy dreams to build crazy shit. I’d love to be here longer to see more of it come together.
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Spent the last few weeks in Shenzhen. Enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.
Feels like the stories I used to hear about the way the Bay Area was in the 80s and 90s.
People here have crazy dreams to build crazy shit. I’d love to be here longer to see more of it come together.
Feels like the stories I used to hear about the way the Bay Area was in the 80s and 90s.
People here have crazy dreams to build crazy shit. I’d love to be here longer to see more of it come together.
Please re-normalize the emdash.
Don’t let good writing suffer because a handful of the sort of idiots that use AI to do all their writing also think punctuation is all you need to detect it.
Don’t let good writing suffer because a handful of the sort of idiots that use AI to do all their writing also think punctuation is all you need to detect it.
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Please re-normalize the emdash.
Don’t let good writing suffer because a handful of the sort of idiots that use AI to do all their writing also think punctuation is all you need to detect it.
Don’t let good writing suffer because a handful of the sort of idiots that use AI to do all their writing also think punctuation is all you need to detect it.
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"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
February 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
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They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
They should do MyChart Wrapped
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Over and over I think back to that scene in The Matrix where Agent Smith said they designed The Matrix to look like the late 1990s because that was the height of human civilization and it seems more true every day.
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Over and over I think back to that scene in The Matrix where Agent Smith said they designed The Matrix to look like the late 1990s because that was the height of human civilization and it seems more true every day.
“We’re railroading you into accepting a system of automated copyright infringement, surveillance, and creative exploitation that generates garbage on demand under the guise of enhancing productivity — what do you mean you don’t love it?!”
www.pcmag.com/news/microso...
www.pcmag.com/news/microso...
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
www.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“We’re railroading you into accepting a system of automated copyright infringement, surveillance, and creative exploitation that generates garbage on demand under the guise of enhancing productivity — what do you mean you don’t love it?!”
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First time to Japan (in Okinawa), and so much about it is rad. The US could simply never sustain cloth curtains on a public bus.
Some fun shots from town today.
Some fun shots from town today.
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
First time to Japan (in Okinawa), and so much about it is rad. The US could simply never sustain cloth curtains on a public bus.
Some fun shots from town today.
Some fun shots from town today.
The inability of folk on Bluesky to understand obvious jokes apparently trickles down directly from the management, lol. Explain so much.
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The inability of folk on Bluesky to understand obvious jokes apparently trickles down directly from the management, lol. Explain so much.
Imagine saying this publicly, then two days later simply folding for nothing, and still expecting people to take you seriously.
Health care isn’t negotiable.
We need to both reopen the government and work together to protect access to affordable health care by extending the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
We need to both reopen the government and work together to protect access to affordable health care by extending the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Imagine saying this publicly, then two days later simply folding for nothing, and still expecting people to take you seriously.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.
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When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flight—your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government.
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out…
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November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flight—your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government.
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
Cooking is one of my favorite activities. I insist on cooking breakfast every single day, and I feel like I’m starting to get sort of adventurous with it.
Today’s is jalapenio, shiso, and onion rice porridge topped with fried bacon, sweet potato, and poached eggs, with sesame oil and ponzu.
Today’s is jalapenio, shiso, and onion rice porridge topped with fried bacon, sweet potato, and poached eggs, with sesame oil and ponzu.
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Cooking is one of my favorite activities. I insist on cooking breakfast every single day, and I feel like I’m starting to get sort of adventurous with it.
Today’s is jalapenio, shiso, and onion rice porridge topped with fried bacon, sweet potato, and poached eggs, with sesame oil and ponzu.
Today’s is jalapenio, shiso, and onion rice porridge topped with fried bacon, sweet potato, and poached eggs, with sesame oil and ponzu.
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Full disclosure: I am working on this account, and with my MS I’m intrinsically biased to think the subject is cool. But seeing some of the recent developments in accessibility like this has been heartening for me given everything else that’s going on.
youtu.be/cUcQbNRPqfM...
youtu.be/cUcQbNRPqfM...
Strutt ev¹ Wins Red Dot: Luminary 2025 | Innovation Meets Design Excellence
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October 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Full disclosure: I am working on this account, and with my MS I’m intrinsically biased to think the subject is cool. But seeing some of the recent developments in accessibility like this has been heartening for me given everything else that’s going on.
youtu.be/cUcQbNRPqfM...
youtu.be/cUcQbNRPqfM...
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Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.