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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 6h

a) Hoffman ain't reliable, but he ain't boring.

b) I'd pay good money for boring right now.

François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 13h

Found several freelance clients, including one for whom I covered my last E3 in Los Angeles and with whom I kept working for almost a decade.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

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

François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 13h

Found several freelance clients, including one for whom I covered my last E3 in Los Angeles and with whom I kept working for almost a decade.

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 17h

PASSIVE AGGRESSION TRANSLATED

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 1d

Streaky guy. Sometimes he'll lose his way for five weeks at a time. But when he's on, he's darn near superhuman.

François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 1d

That, and napalm.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 1d

Today's loot is somewhat eclectic.

@courtney-floyd.com
@markwaddell.bsky.social
@badancient.bsky.social

The covers of four books: Enshittification by Cory Doctorow, Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd, Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell, and The Far Edges of the Known World by Owen Rees.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 1d

On my way to pick up my preorder (as well as, in all likelihood, an unreasonable number of other books) right now!

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 1d

LLMs out to gaslight authors about their own writing.

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 2d

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 1d

Stop. Sanewashing. Fascism!

What, are you afraid that he's going to take away all your funding if you're not servile enough? Oh, about that...

NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 2d

Le Roussel qui n'est plus un cadet connaît-il Gabrielle Destroismaisons?

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 2d

I could see Giannis passing Shaq, but it would take a lot of things to go right.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 2d

I know one person who never speaks first on any topic, because if they did they might accidentally agree with what the other person is about to say.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 2d

Loved your interview on Writersdigest.com; will be getting the book as soon as I can! All the best.

Home

The home page of the Writer's Digest community, including the magazine, competitions, conference, online content, and more.

Writersdigest.com

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 3d

Never saw Titanic or Top Gun. Never owned a game console until the PS1, when I'd been working in gamedev for years. Never got into Michael Jackson, Madonna or Prince. Kind of culturally out to lunch, is what I'm saying.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 3d

World, meet Trey Yesavage.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 3d

World, meet Trey Yesavage.

François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 3d

Most of the decisions you've made before your thirtieth birthday can be reversed if they no longer work for you. I started a new career at 35, got a PhD at 48 and just finished writing my first novel in my fifties. Can't wait to see what comes next.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 3d

7 strikeouts in 3 innings, the ALDS against the Yankees. This is something from a 22 year-old in his 4th MLB game.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 3d

M'en vais me baigner tout à l'heure!

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 3d

If you see any grues, run away.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 3d

Finished a 11,700 word novelette in fifty hours, split over five weeks. Not bad, considering that the 94,000 word novel took three years!

Now, let's work through the novel's beta reader reports, make a last pass of edits, and start looking for an agent, shall we?

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Frames @oxinabox.bsky.social · 4d

Part of same thing "it seems like in humans consciousness just appeared when sufficiently complex systems. So you can't rule it out for LLMs"

Yes we can. The way it makes mistakes is exactly indicative of nonconciousness.
Of a lack of any sense of comprehension of its inputs.
And of self awareness.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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