Tyler Stercula
@tstercula.bsky.social
Writer, nerd, coffee guzzler
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Writing isn’t boring!!! If you’re using AI for the parts of your writing that you find boring, WHY ARE YOU WRITING?!?!?
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Writing isn’t boring!!! If you’re using AI for the parts of your writing that you find boring, WHY ARE YOU WRITING?!?!?
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
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Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
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Mushroom feast
July 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Mushroom feast
Did anyone else's Reddit mobile app experience just get irreconcilably awful? Most of my front page is now recommended posts from subs I do not follow. What is the point of using a "curated front page of the internet" that can't be curated???
July 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Did anyone else's Reddit mobile app experience just get irreconcilably awful? Most of my front page is now recommended posts from subs I do not follow. What is the point of using a "curated front page of the internet" that can't be curated???
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Dear Dems: this is what we want. This is who we want. Listen to us.
Breaking news: Former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo has conceded to progressive rival Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary for New York City’s next mayor www.ft.com/content/e4b8...
June 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Dear Dems: this is what we want. This is who we want. Listen to us.
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For my first @salonnewsroom.bsky.social piece, I wrote about how freaks for the em dash (me, and possibly you) will not stand by and cede our precious punctuation to AI www.salon.com/2025/06/11/a...
AI can’t have my em dash
Gen Z and AI have pulled a divisive punctuation mark into the spotlight.
www.salon.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
For my first @salonnewsroom.bsky.social piece, I wrote about how freaks for the em dash (me, and possibly you) will not stand by and cede our precious punctuation to AI www.salon.com/2025/06/11/a...
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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
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this is the most sociopathic thing ive ever seen and i wrote a whole book about neonazis
May 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
this is the most sociopathic thing ive ever seen and i wrote a whole book about neonazis
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they are busy insider trading
The President of the United States engaged in insider trading, and laughed about it.
He is not exempt from the law.
Where the fuck is Congress?
He is not exempt from the law.
Where the fuck is Congress?
April 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
they are busy insider trading
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BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
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HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
April 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
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BREAKING — DOGE will descend upon Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) buildings tomorrow, an agency source tells me.
FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.
FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.
April 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
BREAKING — DOGE will descend upon Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) buildings tomorrow, an agency source tells me.
FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.
FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.
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everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring
In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?"
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
March 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring
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Here I am, a factory worker enjoying his lunch in the North End of Boston on January 15, 1919. I’ve survived the influenza pandemic, I’m feeling good about life, and I’ve never been more confident I will not be swallowed up by a flood of liquid sugarcane extract
January 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Here I am, a factory worker enjoying his lunch in the North End of Boston on January 15, 1919. I’ve survived the influenza pandemic, I’m feeling good about life, and I’ve never been more confident I will not be swallowed up by a flood of liquid sugarcane extract
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It is also extremely important to me that you see the version of Pluto and Charon's capture that I set to music.
January 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It is also extremely important to me that you see the version of Pluto and Charon's capture that I set to music.
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again going to my bench of favorite complaints: it is weird how openly predatory US culture is and it would be good to have a government that feels some semblance of responsibility for people's wellbeing
DraftKings has launched a new $20 a month subscription service that “will give members increased odds on the types of bets that are most profitable for the company”
DraftKings Users Can Now Buy Better Odds Via Subscription
DraftKings' new Sportsbook+ subscription service will increase member odds for the biggest, longest parlays, which are best for company margins.
www.sportico.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
again going to my bench of favorite complaints: it is weird how openly predatory US culture is and it would be good to have a government that feels some semblance of responsibility for people's wellbeing
Nine Sols : Sekiro :: Hollow Knight : Dark Souls may be reductive, but it's absolutely true -- and I am thrilled about it.
Sekiro is one of my favorite games of all time, and Nine Sols' translation of the high-skill precision parry "dance" into 2D is divine. Genuinely my GOTY.
Sekiro is one of my favorite games of all time, and Nine Sols' translation of the high-skill precision parry "dance" into 2D is divine. Genuinely my GOTY.
a cartoon character is dancing in front of a wall with chinese writing
ALT: a cartoon character is dancing in front of a wall with chinese writing
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December 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Nine Sols : Sekiro :: Hollow Knight : Dark Souls may be reductive, but it's absolutely true -- and I am thrilled about it.
Sekiro is one of my favorite games of all time, and Nine Sols' translation of the high-skill precision parry "dance" into 2D is divine. Genuinely my GOTY.
Sekiro is one of my favorite games of all time, and Nine Sols' translation of the high-skill precision parry "dance" into 2D is divine. Genuinely my GOTY.
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This feels surreal. President Yoon Suk Yeol is the first president to declare martial law since South Korea democratized in 1987. Forty-five years of progress in democracy... regressing in the blink of an eye. #SouthKorea #MartialLaw
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
South Korea President Yoon declares martial law
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late night address broadcast live on YTN television.
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:24 PM
This feels surreal. President Yoon Suk Yeol is the first president to declare martial law since South Korea democratized in 1987. Forty-five years of progress in democracy... regressing in the blink of an eye. #SouthKorea #MartialLaw
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
After reading 'A Short Stay in Hell,' I was reminded of the digital version of Borges' Library of Babel that I stumbled upon back in 2015-2016. Everything ever written, everything that could ever be written, represented in math. Shame the site seems inaccessible now.
The Library of Babel (website) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 2, 2024 at 2:04 AM
After reading 'A Short Stay in Hell,' I was reminded of the digital version of Borges' Library of Babel that I stumbled upon back in 2015-2016. Everything ever written, everything that could ever be written, represented in math. Shame the site seems inaccessible now.
People who pull this kind of shit think of art purely as a commodity - as something to be bought, sold, and consumed - not an end in and of itself. I hope to god the industry doesn't actually embrace these practices.
Why? Who is this meant to be good for? Nobody wants your shit AI books, never mind 8,000 in a year. Just a terrible idea and a horrible road the publishing industry is heading down.
November 25, 2024 at 12:50 PM
People who pull this kind of shit think of art purely as a commodity - as something to be bought, sold, and consumed - not an end in and of itself. I hope to god the industry doesn't actually embrace these practices.
Balatro continues to inspire that little part of my creative soul that desperately wants to make a video game. For better or worse, the parts that want to finish a damn novel continue to win out
November 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Balatro continues to inspire that little part of my creative soul that desperately wants to make a video game. For better or worse, the parts that want to finish a damn novel continue to win out