"Broadly, good writing seems to require a balance of conformity and nonconformity, and at times, deliberate rule-breaking." Interesting look at how generative AI gets writing wrong. #AI #ChatGPT #writing www.noemamag.com/what-ai-teac...
What AI Teaches Us About Good Writing | NOEMA
While AI can speed up the writing process, it doesn’t optimize quality — and it endangers our sense of connection to ourselves and others.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Broadly, good writing seems to require a balance of conformity and nonconformity, and at times, deliberate rule-breaking." Interesting look at how generative AI gets writing wrong. #AI #ChatGPT #writing www.noemamag.com/what-ai-teac...
My favourite travel app, Tripcase, is sundowning. Alternatives like Tripit seem pretty poor. Ideas welcome!
March 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My favourite travel app, Tripcase, is sundowning. Alternatives like Tripit seem pretty poor. Ideas welcome!
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L’actrice belge Emilie Dequenne, prix d’interprétation féminine à Cannes en 1999 pour « Rosetta », est morte à 43 ans
L’actrice belge Emilie Dequenne, prix d’interprétation féminine à Cannes en 1999 pour « Rosetta », est morte à 43 ans
La comédienne est décédée à l’hôpital Gustave-Roussy de Villejuif, près de Paris, des suites d’un cancer rare. Elle avait été révélée, à l’âge de 17 ans, par le film des frères Dardenne, qui avait également obtenu la Palme d’or.
www.lemonde.fr
March 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
L’actrice belge Emilie Dequenne, prix d’interprétation féminine à Cannes en 1999 pour « Rosetta », est morte à 43 ans
Word nerds unite! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/n...
Grammar Fans Flock to a Film About Participles and Gerunds (Gift Article)
“Rebel With a Clause” celebrates the improbable cross-country journey of a woman who gently imparts grammar rules to strangers.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Word nerds unite! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/n...
When identity is all about what you're not. francesays.com/2025/02/23/h...
How to be a Canadian
I’ve been thinking about what it means to be Canadian. Since I started writing this blog about life in France and lately in Switzerland, I’ve only posted a few times about my home country. Even tho…
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February 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
When identity is all about what you're not. francesays.com/2025/02/23/h...
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Just learned that The Ghastling is open for submissions: theghastling.com/submit/ 3K length horror stories #horrorwriters #Horror #WriteSky
Submit
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!! Please read the guidelines below. Successful writers and artists will be notified within a few weeks of the deadline closing, if you have not heard from us by February 20th p…
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January 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Just learned that The Ghastling is open for submissions: theghastling.com/submit/ 3K length horror stories #horrorwriters #Horror #WriteSky
What can you say about the death of a racist? francesays.com/2025/01/08/l...
Le Pen est mort
Founding father of the French far right Jean-Marie Le Pen has died at 96 It doesn’t do to speak ill of the dead. But when a racist and openly anti-semitic political leader, who once referred …
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January 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
What can you say about the death of a racist? francesays.com/2025/01/08/l...
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I wrote something (quickly) about David Lodge.
‘It’s largely thanks to him that the British comic novel remains in good health’: David Lodge remembered by Jonathan Coe | Books | The Guardian
The author always had a warmth and wry wisdom to his characterisations and his eye for the absurd ensured he was one of the most truthful of postwar novelists
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January 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I wrote something (quickly) about David Lodge.
Happy to live in Switzerland where our trains always welcome passengers in at least two of the official languages, plus English!
Train conductor’s bilingual morning greeting raises hackles in Belgium www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Train conductor’s bilingual morning greeting raises hackles in Belgium www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Train conductor’s bilingual morning greeting raises hackles in Belgium
Ilyass Alba welcomed passengers onboard a rush-hour train in Dutch and French – flouting strict language rules
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December 20, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Happy to live in Switzerland where our trains always welcome passengers in at least two of the official languages, plus English!
Train conductor’s bilingual morning greeting raises hackles in Belgium www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Train conductor’s bilingual morning greeting raises hackles in Belgium www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Even if Meta had 'no intention of silencing certain voices, the result is the same. Proof that the algorithm controls what we see and therefore think. www.bbc.com/news/article...
How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories
Palestinian news outlets have seen a steep drop in audience engagement since October 2023.
www.bbc.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Even if Meta had 'no intention of silencing certain voices, the result is the same. Proof that the algorithm controls what we see and therefore think. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Vive la France, vive la République ! #lesvoeuxduprésident
December 31, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Vive la France, vive la République ! #lesvoeuxduprésident
Am I the only one to be annoyed by the oft-used marketing term 'free gift'? Is not a gift free by definition?
December 24, 2023 at 10:56 AM
Am I the only one to be annoyed by the oft-used marketing term 'free gift'? Is not a gift free by definition?
Watching It's a Wonderful Life. Never gets old. Christmas must be coming!
November 10, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Watching It's a Wonderful Life. Never gets old. Christmas must be coming!
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Fake literary agency alert: AG Literary. Web domain 17 days old so a bit hard to figure how they sold so many books already 😜 What they're really selling: a "compelling book proposal", provided by a "third-party vendor" aka the actual scammer agliterary.com
Home - AG Literary Agency
Books to Traditional Publishers Books to TV/Film
agliterary.com
November 9, 2023 at 10:16 PM
Fake literary agency alert: AG Literary. Web domain 17 days old so a bit hard to figure how they sold so many books already 😜 What they're really selling: a "compelling book proposal", provided by a "third-party vendor" aka the actual scammer agliterary.com
Farewell to a well-travelled and much loved cat. francesays.com/2023/10/19/a...
October 19, 2023 at 4:53 PM
Farewell to a well-travelled and much loved cat. francesays.com/2023/10/19/a...