Kate Griffin
@griffinkate.bsky.social
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I've thought this ever since the recorded announcements at train stations started saying "I'm sorry for the delay."
my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I've thought this ever since the recorded announcements at train stations started saying "I'm sorry for the delay."
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People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
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When people say there is an "overdiagnosis of X" (neurodivergence, mental health, trans people, disability), what they mean is that we've got by for a long time not giving a toss & oppressing these groups of people* and now you expect us to care & invest in support.
*who have always existed
*who have always existed
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
When people say there is an "overdiagnosis of X" (neurodivergence, mental health, trans people, disability), what they mean is that we've got by for a long time not giving a toss & oppressing these groups of people* and now you expect us to care & invest in support.
*who have always existed
*who have always existed
TFW an organisation you support in your personal life is hiring someone to do what you do but you're afraid to apply in case the Mist Of HR Shittery descends and makes you hate this really worthwhile org
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
TFW an organisation you support in your personal life is hiring someone to do what you do but you're afraid to apply in case the Mist Of HR Shittery descends and makes you hate this really worthwhile org
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If em dash and 3 adverbs you see,
Then A.I. dogshit the writing will be
- ancient proverb
Then A.I. dogshit the writing will be
- ancient proverb
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
If em dash and 3 adverbs you see,
Then A.I. dogshit the writing will be
- ancient proverb
Then A.I. dogshit the writing will be
- ancient proverb
I know I say this about once a fortnight, but it will never cease to amaze me how many press offices need you to ring them up with your question and then put the same question in an email.
"Why not just send the question by email in the first place?" Oh, my sweet summer child.
"Why not just send the question by email in the first place?" Oh, my sweet summer child.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I know I say this about once a fortnight, but it will never cease to amaze me how many press offices need you to ring them up with your question and then put the same question in an email.
"Why not just send the question by email in the first place?" Oh, my sweet summer child.
"Why not just send the question by email in the first place?" Oh, my sweet summer child.
Genuinely one of the worst things about going to the gym in winter is accidentally touching my skin with my freeeezing hands when I'm getting changed. ❄️ I've started taking black seed oil because I read a bunch of stuff online about how it improves circulation - when does it start doing anything?
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Genuinely one of the worst things about going to the gym in winter is accidentally touching my skin with my freeeezing hands when I'm getting changed. ❄️ I've started taking black seed oil because I read a bunch of stuff online about how it improves circulation - when does it start doing anything?
There's a lot of ignorance about school transport for kids with special needs, and the media doesn't help. I found this blogpost quite informative about
a) what the reality is and
b) how shit some "journalists" are at their jobs.
www.specialneedsjungle.com/challenging-...
a) what the reality is and
b) how shit some "journalists" are at their jobs.
www.specialneedsjungle.com/challenging-...
Challenging SEND misinformation, one radio interview at a time - Special Needs Jungle
Rachel Filmer discusses keeping your composure when managing challenging interviews with people taken in by an anti-SEND parent narrative
www.specialneedsjungle.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
There's a lot of ignorance about school transport for kids with special needs, and the media doesn't help. I found this blogpost quite informative about
a) what the reality is and
b) how shit some "journalists" are at their jobs.
www.specialneedsjungle.com/challenging-...
a) what the reality is and
b) how shit some "journalists" are at their jobs.
www.specialneedsjungle.com/challenging-...
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*scrambling to get anything done at 4:30pm* hurry, please we must hurry, the darkness is upon us, the darkness takes all and ends all, it is coming, it is almost here. we can not fight it, we can not fight the ruinous dark.
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
*scrambling to get anything done at 4:30pm* hurry, please we must hurry, the darkness is upon us, the darkness takes all and ends all, it is coming, it is almost here. we can not fight it, we can not fight the ruinous dark.
If you're wondering "what could be better than having a caravan in your house?" wonder no longer
youtu.be/1ykXnTlUOO0?...
youtu.be/1ykXnTlUOO0?...
1972: 84-year-old woman has an INDOOR CARAVAN | Nationwide | Classic BBC Clips
YouTube video by BBC Archive
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If you're wondering "what could be better than having a caravan in your house?" wonder no longer
youtu.be/1ykXnTlUOO0?...
youtu.be/1ykXnTlUOO0?...
It's kind of depressing having to write "as of November 2025" over and over again for compliance reasons when I know damn well nothing I'm writing will see the light of day this month because the publishing process is so slow 😭
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It's kind of depressing having to write "as of November 2025" over and over again for compliance reasons when I know damn well nothing I'm writing will see the light of day this month because the publishing process is so slow 😭
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
I'm seeing people clowning on Olivia Nuzzi for her bad writing and getting an idea of how alcoholics feel on NYE.
Absolute amateurs. I see writing much worse than that every day, before breakfast. Do you people not read marketing emails? Corporate handbooks? John Bird's column in the Big Issue?
Absolute amateurs. I see writing much worse than that every day, before breakfast. Do you people not read marketing emails? Corporate handbooks? John Bird's column in the Big Issue?
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I'm seeing people clowning on Olivia Nuzzi for her bad writing and getting an idea of how alcoholics feel on NYE.
Absolute amateurs. I see writing much worse than that every day, before breakfast. Do you people not read marketing emails? Corporate handbooks? John Bird's column in the Big Issue?
Absolute amateurs. I see writing much worse than that every day, before breakfast. Do you people not read marketing emails? Corporate handbooks? John Bird's column in the Big Issue?
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A link is like, 5 words, meaning a picture out-performs it by a factor of 200 🧠
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A link is like, 5 words, meaning a picture out-performs it by a factor of 200 🧠
Why make the text all readable and clickable and copy/pastable when you can turn it into an image? Everybody likes pictures!
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Why make the text all readable and clickable and copy/pastable when you can turn it into an image? Everybody likes pictures!
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It actually didn't occur to me I needed to hope they wouldn't do this
Even with my bedrock low opinion of Labour, I was clinging to some shred of hope that even they would realise that stealing the last remaining possessions of people who have fled for their lives was a disgusting policy. Turns out there isn't a bottom to this particular barrel they are scraping.
For fairly obvious reasons when people flee their countries of origin to seek asylum elsewhere they can't carry much. Often things like jewellery are all they have to hold onto. This isn't just stripping people of "assets", it is stealing their memories. 57/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It actually didn't occur to me I needed to hope they wouldn't do this
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'The hottest spot north of The Asda...' 🎶
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
'The hottest spot north of The Asda...' 🎶
Updating a guide I wrote a couple of years ago which has a couple of lines with the pattern of "Why? Because [bla bla bla]" and I'm having to edit them out because Chat GPT has tainted that structure now 😭
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Updating a guide I wrote a couple of years ago which has a couple of lines with the pattern of "Why? Because [bla bla bla]" and I'm having to edit them out because Chat GPT has tainted that structure now 😭
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
It's always the opposite of heartwarming where you see a guy who seems to be gamely humouring a random kid in a public space and then you find out it's his own damn kid
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It's always the opposite of heartwarming where you see a guy who seems to be gamely humouring a random kid in a public space and then you find out it's his own damn kid
"We're expecting your parcel"
should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party? Should we invite bella hadid
should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party? Should we invite bella hadid
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"We're expecting your parcel"
should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party? Should we invite bella hadid
should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party? Should we invite bella hadid
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During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
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He should have really silly punctuation imposed on him instead, as a mark of shame.
Andrew Mountbatten≠Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten@Windsor.
Andrew #Mountbatten#Windsor.
Andrew "Mountbatten" "Windsor".
Andrew Mountbatten[...]Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten ;-) Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten🍆Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten≠Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten@Windsor.
Andrew #Mountbatten#Windsor.
Andrew "Mountbatten" "Windsor".
Andrew Mountbatten[...]Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten ;-) Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten🍆Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s name to be hyphenated, as decreed by late queen
Palace announcement of ex-prince’s new name missed out hyphen used by other descendants of Elizabeth II
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
He should have really silly punctuation imposed on him instead, as a mark of shame.
Andrew Mountbatten≠Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten@Windsor.
Andrew #Mountbatten#Windsor.
Andrew "Mountbatten" "Windsor".
Andrew Mountbatten[...]Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten ;-) Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten🍆Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten≠Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten@Windsor.
Andrew #Mountbatten#Windsor.
Andrew "Mountbatten" "Windsor".
Andrew Mountbatten[...]Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten ;-) Windsor.
Andrew Mountbatten🍆Windsor.
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…