Ellipsus
@ellipsus.com
Write like a human. Ellipsus is an easy-to-use collaborative writing tool made by writers, for writers.
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Status 👉 https://status.ellipsus.com
Us 👉 ellipsus.com
Our stance on AI 👉 https://ellipsus.com/generative-ai
Support 👉 [email protected]
Status 👉 https://status.ellipsus.com
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"At the end of the day, the gap between what Google says and what it does—its brazen violations of its own policies; its freedom to unilaterally change its terms and conditions; […] its sneaky attempts to opt you in to data-scraping initiatives—makes real privacy on their platforms impossible."
As surveillance capitalism has expanded over the years, so has the data Google collects.
Biometric data (face, voice), location, private medical data—if it can be used to identify you, to sell to you, it creates value for Google. 🧵👇
Biometric data (face, voice), location, private medical data—if it can be used to identify you, to sell to you, it creates value for Google. 🧵👇
January 15, 2026 at 11:37 PM
As surveillance capitalism has expanded over the years, so has the data Google collects.
Biometric data (face, voice), location, private medical data—if it can be used to identify you, to sell to you, it creates value for Google. 🧵👇
Biometric data (face, voice), location, private medical data—if it can be used to identify you, to sell to you, it creates value for Google. 🧵👇
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I wanna say goodbye to Google Docs for good, tbh. At least with my creative work. I haven't trusted it since people have lost their entire Google Accounts for things a squinting, tipsy, AI bot would think looked like anti-TOS material (though in all those cases, it never was).
It Reads Your Docs.
It Reads Your Docs.
In case you missed it, our most recent blog post examines the devastation of online privacy norms under Google:
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The world Google built: Privacy, data, and the surveillance machine
In the second post in our series on Google and our discontents, we trace how Google’s long history of privacy erosion produced an internet built to observe and control its users—that is, all of us.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I wanna say goodbye to Google Docs for good, tbh. At least with my creative work. I haven't trusted it since people have lost their entire Google Accounts for things a squinting, tipsy, AI bot would think looked like anti-TOS material (though in all those cases, it never was).
It Reads Your Docs.
It Reads Your Docs.
The idea behind surveillance capitalism is super simple: 1. collect as much data as possible. 2. fashion behavioral predictions from said data, tied to user profiles, 3. sell the predictions as a product to interested parties (advertisers; governments; whomever's buying. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
January 14, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The idea behind surveillance capitalism is super simple: 1. collect as much data as possible. 2. fashion behavioral predictions from said data, tied to user profiles, 3. sell the predictions as a product to interested parties (advertisers; governments; whomever's buying. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
Google claims they don't sell your personal data—and technically that's true: they don't sell raw data. Rather, they sell predictions of your behavior fashioned from your data.
From its war on privacy, to data extraction: surveillance capitalism started with Google.
From its war on privacy, to data extraction: surveillance capitalism started with Google.
January 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Google claims they don't sell your personal data—and technically that's true: they don't sell raw data. Rather, they sell predictions of your behavior fashioned from your data.
From its war on privacy, to data extraction: surveillance capitalism started with Google.
From its war on privacy, to data extraction: surveillance capitalism started with Google.
Big Tech spends millions ever year on lobbying efforts in the US and EU to water down data protection laws, with Google at the front of the pack.
(Source:
www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobb...)
(Source:
www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobb...)
![A graph showing Alphabet's annual lobbying spending by million.
[Source: https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2025&id=D000067823]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7v7tyodqlespayktabsxq4cz/bafkreigau7jlad6dq54tkhxbrtvrhiodjanvchswm75scrupobbyxvaztq@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Big Tech spends millions ever year on lobbying efforts in the US and EU to water down data protection laws, with Google at the front of the pack.
(Source:
www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobb...)
(Source:
www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobb...)
Hey all! We had a brief hiccup with the synchroniser earlier today, but it’s been resolved.
Ellipsus stores your work locally in your browser, so your writing should be a-ok. If you’re having trouble opening the tool, please reach out to support and we'll get on it right away.
Ellipsus stores your work locally in your browser, so your writing should be a-ok. If you’re having trouble opening the tool, please reach out to support and we'll get on it right away.
January 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Hey all! We had a brief hiccup with the synchroniser earlier today, but it’s been resolved.
Ellipsus stores your work locally in your browser, so your writing should be a-ok. If you’re having trouble opening the tool, please reach out to support and we'll get on it right away.
Ellipsus stores your work locally in your browser, so your writing should be a-ok. If you’re having trouble opening the tool, please reach out to support and we'll get on it right away.
"At the end of the day, the gap between what Google says and what it does—its brazen violations of its own policies; its freedom to unilaterally change its terms and conditions; […] its sneaky attempts to opt you in to data-scraping initiatives—makes real privacy on their platforms impossible."
January 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"At the end of the day, the gap between what Google says and what it does—its brazen violations of its own policies; its freedom to unilaterally change its terms and conditions; […] its sneaky attempts to opt you in to data-scraping initiatives—makes real privacy on their platforms impossible."
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Gmail welcoming the Gemini era?
That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
January 9, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Gmail welcoming the Gemini era?
That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
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Switched to Ellipsus early last year for writing. Zero regrets. Easy to use, easy to share, easy to work with someone. Fun themes, drafts, templates, organization. Plus their stance on Ai mirrors mine.
Let’s set the record straight: the em dash doesn’t belong to ChatGPT. Gen AI has been around for two years—the em dash has been around for centuries. History time! 🧵👇 [1/11]
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Switched to Ellipsus early last year for writing. Zero regrets. Easy to use, easy to share, easy to work with someone. Fun themes, drafts, templates, organization. Plus their stance on Ai mirrors mine.
"Once upon a time, Google 'wasn't evil.' Now it's too big not to be. When a company has this much power—too embedded to boycott, too rich to punish, too essential to regulate—it becomes a monster of itself, mowing down anything that stands in the way of profit." 🧵👇
January 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
"Once upon a time, Google 'wasn't evil.' Now it's too big not to be. When a company has this much power—too embedded to boycott, too rich to punish, too essential to regulate—it becomes a monster of itself, mowing down anything that stands in the way of profit." 🧵👇
Even so, the deepening entanglement of AI with traditional writing apps is a net bad for writers and everyone who values human work. The enshittification wheel keeps on turning (next step, removing the "Opt-out" feature entirely 🤪).
No, Microsoft didn’t rebrand Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot
No, Microsoft didn’t rebrand Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft’s Office website is confusing the internet
buff.ly
January 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Even so, the deepening entanglement of AI with traditional writing apps is a net bad for writers and everyone who values human work. The enshittification wheel keeps on turning (next step, removing the "Opt-out" feature entirely 🤪).
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Best ad for Ellipsus that I have EVER seen
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I switched to it about 8/9 months ago and I don't regret it at all (and honestly the character limit here won't let me praise their progressive stances enough)
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I switched to it about 8/9 months ago and I don't regret it at all (and honestly the character limit here won't let me praise their progressive stances enough)
January 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Best ad for Ellipsus that I have EVER seen
ellipsus.com
I switched to it about 8/9 months ago and I don't regret it at all (and honestly the character limit here won't let me praise their progressive stances enough)
ellipsus.com
I switched to it about 8/9 months ago and I don't regret it at all (and honestly the character limit here won't let me praise their progressive stances enough)
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So glad I went back to Ellipsus. Fuuuuuuck that shit.
January 6, 2026 at 12:41 PM
So glad I went back to Ellipsus. Fuuuuuuck that shit.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
Here we go again 🙄 Google has granted itself access to your private messages & attachments on Gmail to train its AI models. Here's how to turn it off. 👇
Here we go again 🙄 Google has granted itself access to your private messages & attachments on Gmail to train its AI models. Here's how to turn it off. 👇
Gmail Users Were Automatically Opted In to This Controversial Setting. Here's How To Turn It Off.
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
Here we go again 🙄 Google has granted itself access to your private messages & attachments on Gmail to train its AI models. Here's how to turn it off. 👇
Here we go again 🙄 Google has granted itself access to your private messages & attachments on Gmail to train its AI models. Here's how to turn it off. 👇
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Trying to stay positive. Everything might be on fire, but I can take some small joy in fully switching from Docs over to Ellipsus
It’s only been a few days, but I just feel so much better??? My work feels safer, and isn’t lagging??
Little things to keep ya goin.
It’s only been a few days, but I just feel so much better??? My work feels safer, and isn’t lagging??
Little things to keep ya goin.
January 4, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Trying to stay positive. Everything might be on fire, but I can take some small joy in fully switching from Docs over to Ellipsus
It’s only been a few days, but I just feel so much better??? My work feels safer, and isn’t lagging??
Little things to keep ya goin.
It’s only been a few days, but I just feel so much better??? My work feels safer, and isn’t lagging??
Little things to keep ya goin.
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Don't buy into the AGI hype. AI is far more vulnerable than we are led to believe. 🧵👇 [1/3] #antiai
Don't buy into the AGI hype. AI is far more vulnerable than we are led to believe. 🧵👇 [1/3] #antiai
ChatGPT and generative AI have polluted the internet — and may have broken themselves | Digital Watch Observatory
Researchers warn that future AI could collapse by learning from its low-quality output, instead of authentic human knowledge.
dig.watch
January 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Don't buy into the AGI hype. AI is far more vulnerable than we are led to believe. 🧵👇 [1/3] #antiai
Don't buy into the AGI hype. AI is far more vulnerable than we are led to believe. 🧵👇 [1/3] #antiai
2026 will be remembered as the year when the human resistance got organized. 🧵👇
January 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
2026 will be remembered as the year when the human resistance got organized. 🧵👇
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Looked into Ellipsus at long last and now I regret not doing so sooner - the possibilities 👀
January 2, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Looked into Ellipsus at long last and now I regret not doing so sooner - the possibilities 👀
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Sure, AI can mimic us (sometimes to a scary degree)—but mimicry does not valuable writing make. 🧵👇
Sure, AI can mimic us (sometimes to a scary degree)—but mimicry does not valuable writing make. 🧵👇
What if Readers Like A.I.-Generated Fiction?
If economic and technological transformations have changed our relationship with literature before, they could do so again.
www.newyorker.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Sure, AI can mimic us (sometimes to a scary degree)—but mimicry does not valuable writing make. 🧵👇
Sure, AI can mimic us (sometimes to a scary degree)—but mimicry does not valuable writing make. 🧵👇
‘Tis the season for avoiding your relatives while furiously typing your yuletide fic on your phone, using family drama as real-time reference material, and decking your doc’s halls with so many festive em dashes...
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
‘Tis the season for avoiding your relatives while furiously typing your yuletide fic on your phone, using family drama as real-time reference material, and decking your doc’s halls with so many festive em dashes...
Because we all have Wrapped fatigue (… and because we don’t track your every move, unlike some tools 👀), we've put together some predictions for 2026. (Or at least, a few New Years wishes we'd love to see come true)
December 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Because we all have Wrapped fatigue (… and because we don’t track your every move, unlike some tools 👀), we've put together some predictions for 2026. (Or at least, a few New Years wishes we'd love to see come true)
Disney is renowned for aggressively punishing IP infringements—now it happily sells licenses to Open AI. What gives? 🧵
December 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Disney is renowned for aggressively punishing IP infringements—now it happily sells licenses to Open AI. What gives? 🧵
In her time of need, will you answer? #defendtheemdash
December 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In her time of need, will you answer? #defendtheemdash
"human editors" 💀
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"human editors" 💀
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As an editor, it's actually been really disquieting to see people decide that polished writing and grammar are "AI tells." I saw a whole discussion about how humans don't actually use em dashes because "no one knows how to type them" (alt+0151).
www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
The thing is, short of consulting the metadata, there's really no way to tell what's gen-AI and what's not. Trying to 'sniff out' gen-AI like this is problematic at best; at worst, it does harm to writers 🧵👇 [1/10]
The thing is, short of consulting the metadata, there's really no way to tell what's gen-AI and what's not. Trying to 'sniff out' gen-AI like this is problematic at best; at worst, it does harm to writers 🧵👇 [1/10]
You write like AI, people think it's AI generated—what should you do?
AI writing can be obvious, repetitive and obvious, leading to a tapestry of issues for human writers—let's delve into this topic.
www.artshub.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
As an editor, it's actually been really disquieting to see people decide that polished writing and grammar are "AI tells." I saw a whole discussion about how humans don't actually use em dashes because "no one knows how to type them" (alt+0151).