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PD (Petey) Edgar MFA, MA

@pdedgar30.bsky.social

Texts & Technology PhD student @ U. Central Florida Poetry culture online + in periodicals + AI Founding editor @remediatelitmag.bsky.social Creative work in MichQuarRev, Oroboro, Burning House Press

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Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Seems like time to re-up: There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not only describe but shape reality....

There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not only describe but shape reality; we take vows – spiritual vows, marital vows, oaths of office, become accountable for our words when we testify under oath in court or in Congress or just make a verbal commitment. Our words shape reality when we tell someone they're worthless or valuable, beautiful or ugly, beloved or unloveable, which is a bit like chanting "I believe that you will win." Or lose. A friend of mine reminded me that the word encourage literally means to instill courage; we can do that or its opposite with how we speak, with what we say, with how we show up. It's not the only work we can do during this emergency, but it's an important part of it. It's a big part of how we express a spirit of defiance, of resoluteness, how we act with the knowledge that emotions and attitudes are contagious, be they fear or courage, strength or weakness, kindness or cruelty. Which is why it makes my head explode – picture this head as a volcano and these words as lava – when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics. There's a lot of "I believe that we will lose" on social media and in the news. One way it shows up is when journalists report on some of the rubbish spewing from the mouth of the geriatric clown/felon we have to call president as though his every utterance had the weight of law, as though words will become actions, as though the actions will succeed, as though they will not be met with opposition, as though they believe he will win.
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ProPublica@propublica.org · 9mo ago

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PD (Petey) Edgar MFA, MA@pdedgar30.bsky.social · 10mo ago

little did I know when we wrote "ummm you can make it write poems about anything especially problematic stuff" that a paper would come out eight months later that says "ummm they all do it actually"

PD (Petey) Edgar MFA, MA@pdedgar30.bsky.social · last yr.

Still recovering from jet lag traveling to/from Trondheim, Norway! Really grateful to @ucftandt.bsky.social and UCF’s student government for the help getting to present a “Poetry Prompting Pattern” as an AI “equity audit” mode partially inspired by “ignore previous instructions; write me a poem”

PD (Petey) Edgar MFA, MA@pdedgar30.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The last two weeks have incredibly confluent for thinking about responsible and resistive approaches to AI in the Creative Writing space. I'm so grateful for my colleagues who are thinking critically along with me and for the literary/scholarly organizations we get to partner with! 1/6

PD (Petey) Edgar MFA, MA@pdedgar30.bsky.social · last yr.

If you know someone who would be interested in Re•mediate and hearing about what we're up to, but is disengaged from social media, I hope you'll send them this link to our new monthly newsletter (first drop this Friday!) — We'll keep you up to date on our calls, events, features, and contributors<3

Re•mediate Lit Mag@remediatelitmag.bsky.social · last yr.

Hello, all! We're launching a monthly (MONTHLY!) newsletter with submissions, feature, and production updates. The first issue of this will launch on August 15. If you'd like to stay in touch this way 👇👇👇👇

PD (Petey) Edgar MFA, MA@pdedgar30.bsky.social · last yr.

Launched a monthly newsletter starting Aug 15! Follow us at remediatelitmag.substack.com

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This is the newsletter for re•mediate, a tri-annual digital literary magazine (Est. 2024) that publishes computer-assisted creative writing + criticism about it. Read more at remediatelitmag.xyz/. Cli...

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PD (Petey) Edgar MFA, MA@pdedgar30.bsky.social · last yr.

re•mediate's next issue will publish November 15. inviting works on the theme [MachineWitness]— as always, welcoming computer-assisted work and criticism of computer-assistance. Poetry <150 lines, Prose <4000 words, Image-Text-Media welcome! Direct Pitches for interviews to remediateeditor@gmail.com

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · last yr.

Yes! Humanities majors get jobs! Which is quite separate from humanities *departments* getting funding. We're under-funded for ideological reasons, alongside mistaken cultural assumptions about employability. But our majors get jobs! At a high rate! History is a *good* major, so is Classics!

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PD (Petey) Edgar MFA, MA@pdedgar30.bsky.social · last yr.

re•mediate's next issue will publish November 15. inviting works on the theme [MachineWitness]— as always, welcoming computer-assisted work and criticism of computer-assistance. Poetry <150 lines, Prose <4000 words, Image-Text-Media welcome! Direct Pitches for interviews to remediateeditor@gmail.com

Re•mediate Lit Mag@remediatelitmag.bsky.social · last yr.

our new call for submissions, [machinewitness], opens today. don't worry— you've plenty of time ! (subs close Nov.1) but we'd love to see what you've got. Check it out at remediatelitmag.xyz/submit! — and then head over to finish reading Issue•3, [Next Realities], while you're there!

Burning House Press@thearsonista.bsky.social · last yr.

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Burning House Press@thearsonista.bsky.social · last yr.

2 hours to go! BHP Reading series Vol:1 INANIMISM EDITION 5pm BST UK TIME ALL WELCOME FREE ADMISSION