“Playing the AI-detection game drags me into a surveillance mindset that undermines the workshop environment. If you use AI, it reveals your orientation toward writing. Do you want to make art, or just turn in text? Do you want to actually learn how to write, or just pretend to do so?” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/10/fiction-writing-professor-ai

I encourage you to read, watch, or listen to Nilay Patel’s essay on “Why People Hate AI” https://www.theverge.com/podcast/917029/software-brain-ai-backlash-databases-automation

It couldn’t be more obvious what video I should do next. Stay Tuned.

Jacksonville is experiencing its driest conditions since 1872.

An update to the ActivityPub plugin for WordPress has a feature to add a Fediverse “reaction” to a post – Like, Repost, or Quote buttons make it easy. So go ahead, view it and react! Many, many thanks, @pfefferle and team!

I always forget.

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