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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 15h

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 10h

Woke up at 3AM for no reason and have personally taken it upon myself to like every Justin J. Pearson post on every platform on the Internet

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 11h

YESSS

State Rep. Justin J. Pearson to challenge U.S. Congressman Steve Cohen

State Rep. Justin J. Pearson, seen here in a 2023 constituent meeting at the Tennessee State Capitol, announced his intention to run for U.S. Congress.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 20h

I've made thousands of annoying little witticisms

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 1d

Monopoly of the life elements

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 1d

Brain plaque

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 1d

I made bread last week and support this message

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think Gen Z knows about Linkin Park

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 1d

Raised the seat on my exercise bike and I feel like a new person

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 2d

This but for the truest art form, literary criticism

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 2d

Every day a new horror www.aaup.org/event/politi...

Politicizing Accreditation in the South and Beyond

This webinar will explore the historic importance of independent accreditation systems for maintaining professional norms and standards for public higher education and examine the threats a politicize...

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 3d

Getting increasingly aggressive Instagram ads for hypnosis

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 3d

Need

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MikeLindgren @mikelindgren.bsky.social · 3d

look at these cool stamps, Dr R

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 4d

Not TIAA emailing me on my birthday to remind me I can't retire for like another 28 years

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 4d

I just hate receiving emails regardless of the content

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 4d

Historical novel about Black Revolutionary War veteran Ichabod Twilight when?

If that’s not a name for a well-researched Bildungsroman, IDK what is

Historical marker reading “Black Heritage Trail NH
- WARNER

The names of four Black men are etched on this Soldiers Monument representing three different wars. Ichabod Twilight served for three years in the Continental Army and after his service lived in Corinth, VT. William Bradish served in the War of 1812 and is buried in Warner's Poor Farm Cemetery. Cousins James and John F. Haskell served in the Civil War. James served with the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment.
John F. served with the 45th United States Colored Infantry. Both cousins are buried in the Maplewood Cemetery in Salisbury, NH. These soldiers' stories represent a small part of the rich history of Warner's Black community

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 5d

Sorry for all the mean things I've said about nutritional yeast, this is good cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025...

Chickpea Noodle Soup

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you! It's a whole forum muse.jhu.edu/issue/54367

Project MUSE - J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists-Volume 12, Number 2, Winter 2024

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 6d

hashtag life of a showgirl muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Project MUSE - Revisiting P. T. Barnum’s American Museum

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 6d

When I die please go on a long digression in my obituary about how you wanted to tell me that I couldn't say boo to a goose but despite this inclination you refrained

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Benjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social · 6d

One of my biggest beefs with AI writing is that basically all that’s good in prose, from the chaotic grammar of a dril post to the well-observed imperfection of C. McCarthy dialog to Dickinson’s ambiguous dashes, comes from idiosyncrasy if not error. Writing isnt bloodless communication, it’s style!

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 6d

Normalize being weak and contemptible in appearance but also a ready wit capable of capital repartees

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