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Your mind is a marvel. Embrace that. It is not difficult to ascertain when students are using AI because the writing is bad. If your goal is to get a good grade, you want to put your best writing forward. I prefer flawed, human writing to mediocre machine writing.

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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Sep 7

“Uh-oh, overflow, population ‘common food, but it’ll do’, save yourself, serve yourself, world serves its own needs—listen to your heart bleed, dummy with the raptured and the revered and the right, right”

And let it be said I’m of the lets eat grandma school of punctuation, so

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Len Small @lenpsmall.bsky.social · Jun 11

You look more like Charlottes husband from SATC?

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · May 21

This headache really needs to make a decision about whether it’s a barometric pressure headache, shoulder exhaustion headache, recent head wound headache, the flu, or something else

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · Apr 24

“It's not a partisan issue. It’s not an ideological issue. So who voted for this? I personally don't remember Donald Trump's campaign promise to cut breast cancer research and to make menopause harder for American women,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Apr 21

Can't let Patriots' Day go by without returning to one of our most loved and controversial lists ever.

Fake Massachusetts Towns

Lameham Methol Shamesbury Blight Falls West Lameham Mansocket Whitefolk Leominsterlingburghamshireton Scroughton Unstable (/unst’-a-bull/) Hamham B...

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Len Small @lenpsmall.bsky.social · Apr 3

When I first moved here I was playing in a band with a sweet fellow named Mike. He would host any folk players who needed a place to crash. One time I found Michael Hurley napping in his chair. He woke up, took a toke, and went back to sleep. #RIP
www.brooklynvegan.com/michael-hurl...

Michael Hurley, RIP

The cultishly loved folk legend was 83 year old and had just performed at Big Ears.

www.brooklynvegan.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Mar 17

If I had made a bet on this, I would double it today.

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Len Small @lenpsmall.bsky.social · Mar 17

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Len Small @lenpsmall.bsky.social · Mar 17

*Dinner! @joshuajfriedman.com I need your notes in all aspects of my written life

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Len Small @lenpsmall.bsky.social · Mar 17

Hello to my new followers! I'm an Art Director for a magazine. A magazine is like a collection of long, interesting Instagram posts, except people notice if you read it during dunner.

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Len Small @lenpsmall.bsky.social · Mar 17

As you can probably tell, I'm as prolific here as I am in every platform.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Feb 12

We know

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Feb 11

Reporter: You said an example of fraud that you have cited was $50 million of condoms was sent to Gaza but after a fact-check apparently it was Gaza in Mozambique meant to protect them against HIV.

Musk: First of all, some of the things I say will be incorrect

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · Jan 30

Trump is an extremely dangerous man--stupid, vindictive, fixated on payback for his enemies. This country will be lucky to survive him.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jan 29

1. Getting word that we have another anti-trans EO tonight, this time targeting teachers.

It directs the federal government to work with state AGs to put teachers who use trans kids pronouns in jail through "sexual exploitation" laws or "practicing medicine without a license."

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