Amanda Weaver
@amandaweavernovels.com
Contemporary and historical romance/ political ranting and pop culture/ costumes and cute animals. Brooklyn, NY. she/her https://www.amandaweavernovels.com/
Look, I don't even know where to find it. Is Chat GPT a website? Is Claude an app? Don't know, don't intend to find out. I got this far in my life just using my own brain, so I figure it works pretty well.
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 11h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Agreed. She's about as establishment as you can get. If she's staking herself here, it'll push every other hopeful to the left.
geoffrey@parsnip.bsky.social · 4d agowhatever you think of harris's chances of regaining the nomination man this is a deeply welcome early stake to see claimed in the 2028 primary positioning
Absolutely gutted. I adored Once on Broadway. What a tragic loss. www.reuters.com/business/med...
Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash
Irish musician Glen Hansard, who won a Best Original Song Oscar in 2008 for the indie film "Once" and was lead singer for rock group The Frames, died in a motorcycle crash at the age of 56 early on W...
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I will reiterate: Christians in the West evangelize in public for the same reason men catcall. Neither is trying to persuade you; both are reminding you that the public sphere belongs to them and you exist in it at their sufferance.
I would SO love to hear @michaelhobbes.bsky.social tear this shit apart.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · last wk.Until recently, AI fiction has been easy to dismiss as slop—but not anymore, Will Oremus writes. He reports on how "Daggermouth," a best-selling romance novel, is raising uncomfortable questions about the future of writing: theatln.tc/AkahoImx
Among the worst ideas floating around is that "the free market" will naturally achieve desirable results for society. No, it won't, not even in theory, much less in practice. Markets don't optimize "good for society" unless you make them.
Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · last wk.Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
I'm so mad about this I could spit. There are plenty of "authors" who are loud and proud about using AI, but did Oremus talk about any of them? No, he goes after a Black woman on the EVE OF HER BOOK RELEASE to slyly question whether or not she used AI. She has vociferously denied it.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · last wk.Until recently, AI fiction has been easy to dismiss as slop—but not anymore, Will Oremus writes. He reports on how "Daggermouth," a best-selling romance novel, is raising uncomfortable questions about the future of writing: theatln.tc/AkahoImx
Can't wait to see what New York decides to call the stuff from Mamdani's stores, because you know we'll give it a name.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · last wk.Today Zohran is announcing that the New York City-owned grocery stores his administration is piloting will discount staple items 30%. Core groceries like produce, meat, seafood, pasta, bread, yogurt, butter, nuts, rice and beans will all receive this price cut.
This would be a better book, honestly.
Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2w agoRuin a book by adding a word: The Old Man and the Sea Scallops
The most amazing part of this is when she tells him London is not actually a dystopian hellscape, and he, the world's richest man who spends his days cooking his brain on his Nazi CSAM social media site, responds "You live a cloistered existence." He really is an extraordinary moron.
Luca Migo@victinibcn.bsky.social · 2w agoMusk is a pathetic liar. He tried telling The Economist’s Editor-in-Chief that a British civil war is "inevitable," only for her to calmly point out that he hasn't stepped foot in the UK in years, she actually lives there, and real crime stats prove he made the whole thing up. Pure gold.
I have a hard time being surprised by the gray lady anymore but LMAO come on man
~half of all kids are already in Medicaid or Chip. Automatic enrollment (including an opt out if people somehow want one) seems like a no brainer
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2w agoAndy Kim suggests a new health care policy: -Enroll every child in Medicaid until the age of 26 www.notus.org/healthcare/a...
if you're going at the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl in such a way that it gets you carded, please get in touch
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoScalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"
the president has number one customer status with temu home
Jo_clever_ke@insidejoke.bsky.social · 2w agoI swear those little seals are new, along with that weird golden "banner" at the top. This bullshit keeps multiplying.
Has anybody tried these weird ass chips at Trader Joe’s? Strangest combo but they are so addictive.
Ooh I know this one. It's by BANNING THE PERVERT GLASSES
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoMeta’s smartglasses mean any child can be covertly filmed. In the age of AI, how do we tackle that risk?
I know a lot of people have stopped paying attention to labubus which is fine but there is an important update: the newest ones have hair for some reason and look like hardworking divorced mothers from the 90s.
Actual faculty getting silenced and fired for their work from the right, and the big issue for a whole bunch of the commentariat is whether there is political discrimination against imagined faculty.
If he actually puts it in Times Square, New Yorkers will figure out how to destroy it within a week.
GAI Debord@dylanschenker.com · 2w agoLmao
Pool report from @svdate.bsky.social, who is at the World Cup ceremony: "The president walked onto the field at 1826 to a sustained chorus of boos. Ambient crowd noise was about 78 decibels. Booing brought it to 84."
