Shocked, I say. Utterly shocked.

MS NOW@ms.now · 4d ago

Pro-Trump ‘Freedom Fest’ featuring Kid Rock canceled after poor VIP sales

I love how Doctorow describes the type of writing feedback AIs give authors in this essay, and it succinctly explains why I think it's pointless to edit for people who generate their books with AI. pluralistic.net/2026/09/21/s...

We regulate bioweapons research because an escaped virus doesn't ask permission before it spreads. We should treat rogue AI agents the same way — once one's loose and acting on its own, 'we'll fix it later' isn't a strategy. Containment has to come before deployment, not after.

At The Atlantic Festival, @evanasmith.bsky.social spoke with @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social, The Atlantic’s editor in chief; Amna Nawaz, co-anchor of PBS News Hour; and Joe Kahn, the executive editor of The New York Times, about the state of independent media. #TAF26

The Goal of Contemporary Journalism

Jeffrey Goldberg, Amna Nawaz, and Joe Kahn discussed how to sustain a free press in an era of public distrust, social-media punditry, and a hostile federal government.

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I love this so much. #writerslife #writesky

I removed the intermediary landing zone between the floor and the top of my stand-up desk so my cat can't jump up and colonize my keyboard while I'm working. So now she's just circling my legs like a shark. #catlife #writerslife

My spirit animal.

Michael Warburton@michaelwarburton.bsky.social · last wk.

One of the best job applications ever written came from the hands of Robert Pirosh in 1934. MGM loved it, took him on and he went on to became an Oscar-winning screenwriter.

#TeenageSexandDeathatCampMiasma is an absolute gem of a film. So weird, so wacky, and so WTFy. I literally didn't know until the very end exactly what was happening, but in a good way! It's one of those movies that doesn't try to be profound and somehow was both bonkers and touching at once.

The only words I have for anyone saying the probe into Eric Trump's Putin-crony-funded wedding is illegitimate are "Hunter Biden's laptop."

"Please understand that this process is not punitive. It is our commitment to protecting literature from authors whose work was used to build the machines used to determine whether those authors wrote their work." #writerslife www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-n...

A Note from Your Editor Regarding the Entirely Routine Authentication of Your Humanity

“To establish that AI did not write your book, we will upload it to an AI detector. The detector will retain your words, learn from your distinct syntax and ...

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So many great takeaways from this Publishers Weekly article. But the icing on the cake is the policy Elly Blue and Microcosm have implemented in response to AI slop being submitted to them. Highly recommend: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Publishing’s AI Reckoning

The industry is learning to live with the disruptive technology, for better and for worse.

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I'm at that age where catching up on sleep is arguably as good as whatever fun event it was that made me go to bed late in the first place.

Good news: he lost.

As much as I hate the context of everything about this story, I love so much that NPR found it fit to write this stunningly perfect headline. #danielplainview #therewillbeblood

#iykyk #writesky #amwriting

Haha, despite only living in Kansas 6 of my 52 years, I guess having both parents and most of my extended family born and bred there means I picked up their speaking habits pretty closely. I'm just glad I've never once used the word "warsh."

Jennie@unabridgedopinions.com · 3w ago

Good to know that 20 yrs in the UK has still left me 50% Californian (and thus quite confusing for everyone)

if we could just turn off the earth's gravity for 5 minutes we could solve a lot of problems by introducing much bigger new ones

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

Natural Born Killers Mickey And Mallory

ALT: Natural Born Killers Mickey And Mallory

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Mike@mikeseverything.bsky.social · 3w ago

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen live Bonus challenge: One of them matches the person you QT Grateful Dead Phish Devotchka Lord Huron L7 KD Lang Team Dresch Tori Amos Killing Joke MC 900 Foot Jesus

Banned Randy 🇩🇰@bannedrandy.bsky.social · 4w ago

Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen live Bonus challenge: One of them matches the person you QT. The Cramps Fishbone Harry Belafonte Devo The Cult David Bowie Grateful Dead Dire Straits Muddy Waters Gypsy Kings

A terrifying look at the Hugging Face incident and more. substack.com/inbox/post/2...

Agency and Agents

From the Hugging Face Incident to Twilight Factories

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Actual footage of my brain trying to write one book. #writing #wip #ideas #motorsport

When writing a really spooky scene, if you play Phil Collins's "In the Air Tonight" on repeat, you write ten times faster. #writetip #writerslife #writesky

Music 80s

ALT: Music 80s

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*sigh* An "AI" does not "escape containment", as breathless news articles claim. It is *told to do something by its programmers*, then it *goes and does what it's been told*, then the corporation it belongs to releases a statement to drive fear-based engagement and media laps up the lie.

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Minotauro have now taken down their AI-voiced audio book of Burning Chrome, and assure me that no more will be sold. ALL of my audio contracts state that Al voicing must not be used. Minotauro apologize for their mistake in this case. My other audio books with Minotauro are human-voiced.

Describing a movie boringly: Foreigner with an inflamed hangnail misses his ride home after a vacation and spends a weekend trying to find a phone.

Describing a movie boringly: Nerd tests his new computer equipment and learns new ways to play Tic-Tac-Toe.