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Megan Tayles
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Writer and reader--fantasy, sci-fi, horror. Story enthusiast. Occasional engineer. She/her. 🇨🇦
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"AI needs to work where people work so they don't have to work and can get to the work that matters."

I'm beginning to question their style and comprehension after using "work" 3 different ways in one sentence.

(Ironically, the CEO of Superhuman-formerly-Grammarly is pretty bad at communicating.)
Text with 11 instances of the word "work" underlined messily in orange. Text body: "Why it matters: Closing the Al productivity gap More than half of workers use Al tools for productivity, yet a gap remains between Al's promise and its practical use. Most Al tools work in isolation, forcing workers to manually add context, effectively prompt, and explain their work across disconnected apps to make the results valuable. Instead of reducing inefficiency, this fragmented approach adds to it. Superhuman eliminates this context gap by bringing Al to wherever people work, reducing context switching and workflow disruption. "Superhuman represents a fundamental shift in how we think about Al at work," said Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Superhuman. "The name Superhuman reflects our belief that Al should amplify human capability, not replace it or force people to adapt to its limitations. Our vision is Al that makes every person better by working everywhere they work, understanding how they actually work, and bringing them what they need at the right time, so people can stop managing tools and start focusing on work that matters.""
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I've been tinkering for a couple of days (since reading TSB's quoted post) and I've managed to reproduce a lot of Scrivener.

Not mentioned in the post, but there's a shiny new feature called "Bases", which will give you an outline or corkboard view very easily.

This is what I have so far...
Custom writing interface for Obsidian. Big writing space in the middle, outline view below it, file explorer and custom glossary in collapsible left column, and file metadata and "cuts" window in collapsible right column. Soft sandy colour scheme, dark blue links.
October 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Site of alleged violation of "US territory." You might notice that corner is the direct route between Sidney Is. and Pender Is., both popular recreational areas for small boats, kayaking, etc. What the map doesn't show is that Haro Strait/Boundary Pass is an international shipping lane.
Drawing of the Canadian Gulf Islands and US San Juan Islands area. The border zigzags wildly, and one pointy corner, between Haro Strait and Boundary Pass, has been circled in red. The border is real weird looking. One sharp point of "US territory" sticks out between Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and Active Pass, basically forcing the most used BC Ferries route to cut through it. Original picture credit: By Pfly - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15730665
September 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Waiting in line at the big local book sale, so #FlowerReport #yyj #TimesColonistBookSale
Plum coloured lilac blooms, green leaves, dappled sun and shade, blue skies. Viewed from below because it is tall. Brilliant purple camas flowers, looking spiky enough to hurt if they weren’t so soft. Grass and a foreground yellow buttercup. Oak Savannah meadow. Garry oaks with gothic twists to their forms, green and purple field of camas flowers, rocks and dry brown patches about.
May 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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For anyone not familiar with the "notwithstanding clause" of the Canadian Charter, it's basically a way to override people's rights on an "emergency" basis.
More in link: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/n...

Poilievre is proposing a violation of basic principles for Canada.
Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is known as the notwithstanding clause. Also known as the override clause, it is part of the Constitution of Canada. The clause allows federal, provincial or territorial governments to temporarily override, or bypass, certain Charter rights. These overrides are subject to renewal after five years. Although the clause is available to governments, its use is politically difficult and therefore rare. It is known colloquially as the “nuclear option,” because its use is considered extremely severe. Since the Constitution was patriated in 1982, the clause has been used only a handful of times by various provinces. The federal government has never invoked the clause.
April 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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"Heh heh heh," I cackle, as I use Amazon to shop for ebook deals, then buy the books elsewhere.

Incidentally, Kacen Callender's "Infinity Alchemist" is on sale today, and I got it DRM-free from ebooks.com. Trans author, 'Zon-free.
Cover page for Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender, best-selling and award-winning author. Cover shows a figure against a midnight-purple background, dimly lit in red by light from a glowing book. A pattern of circles interlocking with a triangle is inscribed in gold across the scene. Very alchemical. Catchphrase is "Unexpected love. Unimaginable power."
March 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I have to change my profile picture today, don't I? 🙄
Screenshot of my profile, showing my picture is of a cute brown and grey cartoon squirrel, obviously drawn by a rank amateur (who is me), on a green background. Header image matches the theme: gnarled tree limbs and mossy rocks.
November 4, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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My favorite seasonal joke from Twitter, because this is a good season to resurrect dead things.
Tweet from "your bff alex", Twitter handle @psybermonkey Me: *destroys spider web Spider: wow Me: *puts up fake spider web Spider: WOW Dated Oct 10, 2018
October 30, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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#FlowerReport, Victoria, Canada edition. Camas, Shooting Stars, and White Fawn Lilies.

I kind of love wildflower season around here.
Camas. Purple flower surrounded by grasses and underbrush. The flower has many narrow petals grouped in sets of 5 or 6, giving it a spiky look. Shooting Star. Vivid fuchsia flowers with a black part pointing at the ground, like a set of fountain pens posed for action. White Fawn Lilies. Curved white petals and yellow stamens arched toward the ground. Leaves have mottled patterns like fawn spots.
April 7, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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Mail from the Reaper…. Many thanks!
@thedeadlands.com @psychopomp.bsky.social
“The Deadlands, Year One”, a paperback with a spooky dark tree on the cover. Propped up on the packaging, which has “Psychopomp” beside a tiny Grim Reaper.
March 19, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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This tree has never eaten a human a day in its life. Definitely never eaten a few cougars or bears either.

(From Avatar Grove, near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island, 2016.)
Huge gnarly tree trunk. The wooden pedestrian boardwalk dodging around it suggests the trunk is 4-5 meters in diameter (it's frickin' big).
December 2, 2023 at 2:27 AM
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Just going to put this out there...
Screenshot from https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOGL/alphabet/net-worth. Highlighted portion says: "Alphabet net worth as of November 28, 2023 is $1705.31B." Screenshot from https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-drive-users-angry-over-losing-months-of-stored-data/ Highlighted portion says: "Google's support forums are backed by volunteers"
November 29, 2023 at 7:00 PM
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To quiet my seething envy over people's pet pics, some pictures of animal visitors.

Local barred owl, demonstrating its spooky blink, wonders why I have to stand so near the plum tree and scare away the rats it was planning for lunch.
A barred owl, fluffy beige with dark stripes and black eyes, perched on a low branch at noon. Definitely staring at photographer. Same barred owl, same pose, now with a spectral glint in its black eyes. Definitely not considering eating the photographer.
September 13, 2023 at 11:45 PM