Logging off indefinitely. Until the next time. youtu.be/PzHLPnGuVSQ
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David J.
@apocalypticdrift.bsky.social
Reluctant literary scholar with a focus on the end (of the world) American Studies at Universität Stuttgart (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) Other research interests include video games (& ludology), zombie studies, sound studies, and dark ecology.
i love m-dashes. i use 'not only but also' type of constructions in certain kinds of writing. i am not ai. i find the implication that i might be depressing. just as i dislike defensive academic writing targeting reviewers, i'd regret having to adopt defensive writing habits to prove i'm not a bot.
Academic social media is amazing because a grad student will post "Hour 14 in the library, gonna get this paper done" and a full prof will then be like "I don't feel like doing my job anymore, here's a scarf I knitted during 120 hours of my paid sabbatical"
Just me or is being an academic in American Studies giving Jack Gladney vibes?
In the last ten days I’ve gone from being in so much pain the doctors gave me fentanyl before they downgraded me to metamizole but that made me feel as grim as the fentanyl so we went for ibuprofen (despite my asthma) and now I’m celebrating being on 1000MG dosage of paracetamol every 6 hours…
"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men." Just saying it right out loud now. newrepublic.com/post/207693/...
Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power
They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.
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Sam Altman is a fucking moron. And for the record, water is a human right (UN General Assembly 2010).
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 5mo agoUpside down, by the ankles, and then treat him like a piñata.
good morning to @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social on the art & science of criticism! "Paying attention to something is a form of love... Criticism makes you slow down and stay and reflect, just like art does." chireviewofbooks.com/2026/03/11/w...
Why Criticism Continues to Matter: Book Reviews and Our Literary Community - Chicago Review of Books
My neighborhood in Chicago has a delightfully high density of Little Free Libraries. Inside one of these late last year, I stumbled upon a reissue of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence P...
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Make Adrian Chiles eligible for the Pulitzer. Peak journalism.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo agoI’ll never forget the day I tasted roast chicken crisps – it changed my life for ever | Adrian Chiles
Calling Cormac McCarthy’s authorial style a “mistake” that AI no longer makes is so funny
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5mo agoHow does A.I. stack up against some of the world’s best human writers? Take our quiz.
The best part about writing a book is planning and researching. The worst part about writing a book is writing the book.
loud in the streets, POWER IN THE SPREADSHEETS
Al Shaw@shaw.al · 5mo agoNEW: Over the past year, we've been collecting thousands of financial disclosure documents from across the Trump administration. Now we're making them searchable. Look up names, assets, former employers across 1,500+ Trump appointees and 3,000+ ethics documents.
ChatGPT is shedding users fast. Since yesterday alone, estimates suggest more than a million accounts have been deleted and the boycott continues to gain momentum. Incredible work, everyone!
If this man had a spine it would rip him in two because he’s such a wet paper towel.
Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe United States & Israel have launched an illegal and unprovoked attack on Iran. Keir Starmer condemns Iran.
Reposting this because, hilariously, someone running an AI news aggregator just plagiarized the hell out of it and got shared 3x as much as the original post. So you know, here's the actual piece. Where I talk about LLMs making copies of copies of copies of copies and how that drives disinformation.
AI update: replication crisis — Jessica Kant
Regardless of who actually prints a story, it is the merger of social media and machine learning which increasingly drives narratives in the immediate wake of a major event. The next time a catastroph...
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“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” James Baldwin
If this man had a spine it would rip him in two because he’s such a wet paper towel.
Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe United States & Israel have launched an illegal and unprovoked attack on Iran. Keir Starmer condemns Iran.
My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️
