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austin @aparker.io · 8h

we need to invent a more powerful form of grass for some of y'all to touch

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 5h

Been so mad at an editor only to realize they were right

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 6h

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.

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve worked adjacent to tech for large parts of my career and most of the engineers I worked with thought I was pretty dumb but also told me they wished they had my job, sometimes in the same breath.

👻 Prof. Ghosty Neilsen 👻 @joeyneilsen.bsky.social · 5h

I think scientists are sometimes dismissive of creative work. It's sad for a lot of reasons, one of which is certainly that creative work makes the world a richer place to live. Another one is that scientists are extremely dependent on the idea machine and ought to celebrate all its many dispensers.

Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 6h

questions which are stupid because they're asking for magic shortcuts. They want to know how to do a thing without work.

Which is why also creatives are often treated like what we do isn't work

NOT REALLY.

When skull sweat is labor and laborous.

Anyway when all else fails, sleep on it.

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 6h

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
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.

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👻 Prof. Ghosty Neilsen 👻 @joeyneilsen.bsky.social · 5h

I think scientists are sometimes dismissive of creative work. It's sad for a lot of reasons, one of which is certainly that creative work makes the world a richer place to live. Another one is that scientists are extremely dependent on the idea machine and ought to celebrate all its many dispensers.

Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 6h

questions which are stupid because they're asking for magic shortcuts. They want to know how to do a thing without work.

Which is why also creatives are often treated like what we do isn't work

NOT REALLY.

When skull sweat is labor and laborous.

Anyway when all else fails, sleep on it.

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 8h

Oh oh I see. I’m so sorry that happened to you. Getting let go sucks so much.

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 8h

Wait I think I’m misreading some or all of this

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 8h

Versailles and doubly so if you act weird about it

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 8h

I am so proud of you!!!

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 8h

Theirs is really good!

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 8h

Alas.

The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 8h

Please tell me you were like “so there’s definitely rye in here and what I like to do is drink six of them on an empty stomach.”

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 8h

Many of my closest friendships, a bunch of professional opportunity, some cool creative projects, and my husband, who slid into my DMs to request a copy of my master’s thesis.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

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

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 9h

Look having working in the corporate end of this, there are two approaches:
1. For a thousand years we have used the highest quality ingredients and this complex method to make this product which is unlike any others
2. Isn’t getting drunk with your pals fun?
One of these is a better hang.

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 9h

It’s very good in a boozy milkshake

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 10h

I can’t remember who recommended When the Clock Broke but I’m finishing it now and I want to second that rec. it’s smart and I think it meets our moment.

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 13h

This is also my strategy for reacting when I don’t like what’s happening but have to be nice. I just state the thing (you’re pregnant! You’re engaged!) in a really excited tone.

Liz Roderick, Veoma Jeziva 👻 @talesfrompurgatory.bsky.social · 13h

Apparently when you get engaged in Bosnia and/or Herzegovina they don’t say congratulations or any of that shit. They say “wedding wedding!” And leave it at that.

Good for them.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t believe my life is being affected by the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 15h

Getting a flashback to that episode of Scandal where someone said 'There's a special place in hell for women who don't support other women' and then Liv hit her with 'There's a special place in hell for women who spout that tired quote to justify their bad behavior'

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17h

A useful illustration of the limits of liberal identity politics.

It's astounding to see self-described progressives lose their minds over the successes of a Jewish female entrepreneur and intellect in @bariweiss, and a wildly successful Black man in @VanJones68. I guess equity, diversity, and inclusion don't mean as much as they've told us.

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 15h

See, this lady doesn’t even know me and is on top of the assignment! A+.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 16h

It happened. Last night I was feeling despair about a lot of different things and I realized I needed to enlist my dog’s help to make me feel better.

I present to you Maggie the Pug as Cher Pugowitz.

Maggie the Pug is majorly, totally, butt crazy in love with Josh. She’s wearing Cher’s classic yellow plaid ensemble.

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 1d

That’s what I love about you: you’re community minded

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 1d

Oh she’s going for extra points

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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 1d

Deeply @athousandpicnics.net coded

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