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The long list has landed.

Get ready for the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social, with the 70 most Rooster-worthy novels of the year! www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-...
The 2026 Long List — The Tournament of Books
Literary bloodsport approaches! As we narrow down our shortlist of Tournament competitors, here are the 70 works of fiction in consideration from this year.
www.tournamentofbooks.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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For @spitfirenews.com I wrote about "ChatGPT induced psychosis," how the chatbot distorts reality for all of its users, and why, despite what feels like growing pressure to conform to the hype, I still won't use it (and I'm not missing out)
spitfirenews.com/p/why-i-stil...
Why I Still Won't Use ChatGPT
This technology easily manipulates your perception of reality. Who is that useful for?
spitfirenews.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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i haven’t seen technology this forced on all of us in my life time. they’re trying to make it so we have no choice to use this shit
May 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Reading and responding to student writing IS the core duty of writing teachers. Outsourcing it to an algorithm that can't read is choosing to give up on that duty. The fact that teachers are responsible for too many students to do this duty is not an excuse! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Bridget Phillipson eyes AI’s potential to free up teachers’ time
Exclusive: education secretary exploring tools to compile student reports and assess writing and vocational skills
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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There’s no mystery around why academics and journalists are far more likely to be registered Democrats than Republicans. Quite frankly it’s that facts don’t care about your feelings
March 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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The Youngstown State Penguins are still waddling! They’re going to the Horizon League championship game for the first time EVER and are just one game from their first ever NCAA Tournament.

Enjoy these pictures of the YSU Penguin hanging out with the Pittsburgh Penguin
March 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM