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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 1d

The key to sticking to habits is to remember that even if you do the thing at quarter to midnight, it still counts as being done that day.

Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 2d

Sure, that'd be cool.

Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 2d

How do I join the local group so I can shout at them?

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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 5d

Every act of charity of a failure is government.

Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 7d

The government said they aren’t releasing SNAP benefits in November — but ALDI is helping families out. Their Thanksgiving meal bundle feeds 10 people for just $40! 🦃 Available now through Christmas Eve, it includes 21 items (like a 14-lb turkey + sides). Share this with everyone!

Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 13d

So lazy they didn't even get rid of the sora watermark.

Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 13d

I thought today's Connections had a neat Batman category, but it turns out it was a deep cut trap.
Puzzle #854
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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 16d

But doctor, I am the editor.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 16d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 18d

You should talk to @johnj.bsky.social, he'll have up-to-date information.

Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 19d

How typical that on the day I was going to start a new routine I wake up with a big headache and can do Jack All.

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 24d

(solemnly) You've had mail.

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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 24d

Aw dang. Not good. Time to set an alarm that goes off daily?

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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 25d

Fortunately they didn't get a word in to disrupt your edgewise message.

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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 25d

Plot twist: it's a submarine!

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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 26d

No, he's the bad guy in an 80s movie that wants to bulldoze a kids park and drill for oil.

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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · 27d

Tried an experiment to exercise/read more. Walked on treadmill while reading physical book, moderate success. Played board game while listening to audiobook, went badly. Played Minecraft while listening to audiobook, went well. Will do more of A and C in the future.

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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · Sep 24

Power cut at my house caused me to realise that my only non-mains light source is my phone. So, need to get some torches.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · Sep 24

Check your Accessibility Settings folks - as I discovered after some other people posted about it, my "require alt text before posting" setting too had switched itself off.

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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · Sep 21

Thinking about people who have AI psychosis and the uncanny valley. While we have built-in defences against things that look sort of like us, we don't have any for things that talk sort of like us.

Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · Sep 18

Suddenly stopping playing a video game really shows you how much you actually played that game.

Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · Sep 18

I wonder if the road sign that's an out of office auto reply in Welsh is still up.

Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · Sep 18

Interesting regarding AI and Kpop Demon Hunters 1/2

Artists Against Generative Al
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A Redditor caught this. Looks like a possible instance where a translation bot fabricated pro-Al misinformation and that got picked up and amplified as real news.
The misinformation states that ChatGPT was used by the creators of KPop Demon Hunters to help them write the song "Soda Pop".
Problem is, when somebody went back to the original source in Korean, IT DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT USING AI OR CHATGPT!
The article was translated with Al, and it looks like the Al itself made up this complete lie, and the truly terrifying thing is how nobody questioned it until this one person went digging for the truth.
We launched the OpenAl Korea office yesterday!
Fav moment from the launch celebration was hearing singer/songwriter Vince share that ChatGPT helped him write "Soda Pop" from KPop Demon Hunters! It apparently gave him ideas to make it sound "more bubbly"
OpenAl
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Tweet's now deleted, but here's a bit further down the web of this:
The original article this was sourced from, from Korea JoongAng Daily, says this:
"Prior to the unofficial event, producer Vince also spoke with Business Director Oliver Jay at OpenAl's official launch event. Vince stated, "We sometimes use ChatGPT to generate inspiration when producing K-pop," and also mentioned that Al technology is already being utilized in K-pop."
The thing is, that's only in the English translation.
The Korean article it's translated from doesn't mention KPop Demon Hunters using Al at all. So, how did it get there? Well, the English article, as confirmed by a note at the bottom, was translated using generative Al. So, since different language versions of the article contradict themselves, there's a nonzero chance that this entire debacle is an Al hallucination ITSELF, spawned from an Al translation

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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · Sep 17

That's the twine the post office sells for packages.

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · Sep 17

The Internet Archive has archived this report. Let's "Streisand Effect" this finding

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404 Media @404media.co · Sep 16

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · Sep 15

If we can make it through the next two years, we should see the collapse of OpenAI and Tesla, then a shift as (hopefully) people stop believing in crazy growth stories over things like profit and working products.

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Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · Sep 13

This wine is apparently made with AI. I find it amusing that people jumped on a band wagon with a product that if you consume it you've fallen off a wagon.

Picture of wine bottle with label that claims 'curated with AI'

Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social · Sep 9

Coming in 2026: Critterz cancelled after running out of budget due to rising AI costs and poor results from the same AI. Director says "We could never get it to look quite right, so we kept rolling the dice until we couldn't afford to anymore."

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Sep 8

OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'

• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models

(via WSJ)