Pew tested AI synthetic surveys against actual survey data. Conclusion: “This experiment taught us that, at this time, AI models are not an adequate replacement for traditional polling on topics of broad public importance.” This is an all time bad idea. No need to hedge with “at this time.”

Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really

Synthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults.

pewresearch.org

Good morning lovely #poets, sharing something new for #PoemsAbout #Rot this week. 'Glas' can mean grey (Gaelic), green (Irish, sometimes Gaelic), blue (Welsh, Breton) or even paler/silvery shades! Colour as a social construct!

Next up: #Rot. Flowers rot. Houses rot. Governments rot. Love can rot beautifully if you leave it somewhere warm enough. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Read. Repost. Reply.

Happy #PoemsAbout folks, here's my quick contribution to #DeadLetters - will check back later to read others! Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poetrycommunity

Good morning everyone, still not finding time to write much this week but did manage this draft poem for #poemsabout #strays. Will pop back later to read others! #poetry #poetrycommunity

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #Strays. Who gets taken home? Who gets left outside? Who learnt they were better off there? Don’t post before Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

Crypto billionaires must be stopped from undermining democracy. This is more than that. Politicians are bought by corporations and the super rich. Normal people can't compete in the auction. Must ban all political donations. Let parties be funded by modest membership fees and public money.

The Guardian view on Reform UK: crypto billionaires must be stopped from undermining democracy | Editorial

Editorial: The vast sums given to Nigel Farage’s party in recent days must lead to action on political funding

theguardian.com

Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this week's #PoemsAbout #FaultLines, here's something short and sweet... will check in on others later! #poetry

Away again this week so won’t manage this rather good prompt…

The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)@thebrokenspine.co.uk · last mo.

#PoemsAbout #SheddingSkins starts Friday. Write the skin you outgrew. The identity discarded. The self underneath. The mess of becoming someone you weren’t yesterday. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

Finishing the final changes to a 50,000 manuscript before it heads to the editor and I head for a plane - the perfect time to share this photo... He's a forest bug (a type of shield bug)... he lives in the forest and looks like he has a shield on his back. What's not to love?

Delighted to be part of this!

Paul@paulwritespoems.bsky.social · last mo.

A September Takeover Special edition of The Book Bag: Poetic Voices featuring: @gphydeauthor.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social @leiabutler.bsky.social @merrildsmith.bsky.social @spanishtom.bsky.social @andywilliamson.com

The previous anthology was brilliant and this promises to be too with @paulwritespoems.bsky.social and @leiabutler.bsky.social as editors!

Paul@paulwritespoems.bsky.social · last mo.

After the success of The Book Bag's first anthology Unwhispered Legacy, I've decided to give it another go and raise more vital funds for MSF. This time I am joined by Guest Editor Leia Butler. Full details in the link, submissions open throughout November.

Hey Jen @jenthorne.bsky.social, thanks for the excellent #PromptCombo #Morning; had a few false starts on this one, so here goes! #poetry #poetrycommunity

What useless thing have you remembered for twenty years? On 20 September, The Broken Spine presents The Poetry of Cultural Debris, an online writing workshop exploring pop culture, memory & the ordinary things we can’t quite forget. Come make poems from the junk. #PoemsAbout shorturl.at/NTneI

The Poetry of Cultural Debris - A Writing Workshop

Turn cultural debris into poetry: use everyday objects, pop culture and memory to generate, craft, draft and revise compelling new work.

shorturl.at

Joint third place on #Fragmentsfriday @andywilliamson.com and @pollyoliverwales.bsky.social

Sharing a wee #poem for #PoemsAbout #EndOfSummer (which ironically has only just started up here!) - thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk and everyone else for the fantastic poems! #poetry #poetrycommunity

Tha làn-ghealach an Lùnastail ag èirigh thairis air Linne Shlèite…

Taken me a day to come up with something for #PromptCombo #era (and it's still a bit tenuous 😳). Thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for the challenge! #poems #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Morning all, here's a #poem for #PoemsAbout #DeepCuts many thanks to always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt! #poetrycommunity

Here's a random animal picture of a Madagascan hissing cockroach I took the other day. It's a marvelous creature, grows up to 7.5cm long and (as the name suggests) it hisses (loudly). A handsome chap, don't you think?

'How Place-Based Policy Could Counter Populist Discontent' Our latest essay on place and discontent is out today in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social Free to read ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Thankyou to @janpsolivagant.bsky.social for last week's excellent #PromptCombo My theme this week is #12Lines. The rules are below:

Back to #PromptCombo after some time away and this wonderful prompt from @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social - #12Lines! Here's my offering, prompted by a chance encounter with a thylacine* last week... (*other animals made extinct by humans are available) #poetry #poetrycommunity

Good morning everyone, still not much writing time but always good to write something about trains, so here's a wee draft for #PoemsAbout #LastTrain. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk as always! #poem #poetrycommunity

And just to say brilliant readings tonight from #poetrycommunity friends @johnadlam.bsky.social @leiabutler.bsky.social @bethbpoet.bsky.social @merrildsmith.bsky.social @palimpsest22.bsky.social @markantonyowen.com @zentinl.bsky.social @andywilliamson.com @jahshabby.bsky.social

Was surprised to see this included Scotland - the calendar interface is clunky with multiple calendars but otherwise very clever!

Tom Loosemore @tomski.com · 2mo ago

Termsync.co.uk is most excellent, not least it's running on an open weight LLM hosted under the maker's desk.

Had a bit of fun with #PoemsAbout #BadHabits, not my usual stye at all! With thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk! #poems #poetry #writingcommunity

#PoemsAbout #ExitWounds starts Friday. A slammed door. An empty chair. A scar. A city after the crowd has gone. We favour vivid imagery over explanation. Draft now. Use Alt Text.

A bit early I know, but I'm travelling tomorrow and been rubbish at posting poems lately 😀 Here's a wee contribution for #PoemsAbout #ExitWounds I wrote in the tiny spaces of the week. Hope you like it and thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk! #poems #poetry #writingcommunity

Apologies for the radio silence on here - no #poems, no posts! Been busy with start of school holidays and visitors. The weather this week in #Skye is magical. It wasn't last week but that was good for a moody sea and sky pic on a deserted Skye beach (I'm not telling you where!)