Tylor
@restlessdsm.bsky.social
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes
November 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes
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The storm will spread through the Midwest and Great Lakes regions over the weekend with "widespread heavy snowfall and hazardous travel conditions," the National Weather Service said. n.pr/440gsqZ
A major winter storm disrupts travel as millions head home after Thanksgiving
The storm will spread through the Midwest and Great Lakes regions over the weekend with "widespread heavy snowfall and hazardous travel conditions," the National Weather Service said.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The storm will spread through the Midwest and Great Lakes regions over the weekend with "widespread heavy snowfall and hazardous travel conditions," the National Weather Service said. n.pr/440gsqZ
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there are hardly any writing tips I think are worth anything at all -- any path is good, I don't trust any maxims about which one works better or is more valid or results in deeper/harder/better work -- but this is a sound principle.
WRITING TIP, something simple but it catches many of us out: if you have a great/fun idea for your story, *use it now*.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
there are hardly any writing tips I think are worth anything at all -- any path is good, I don't trust any maxims about which one works better or is more valid or results in deeper/harder/better work -- but this is a sound principle.
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Lord I see what You’ve done for others
But if the court finds OpenAI knowingly trained on pirated books and deleted the evidence to to avoid scrutiny, that could mean actual consequences to the tune of billions of dollars.
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Lord I see what You’ve done for others
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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On the SOM podcast feed tonight: The original Back to the Future was impossible for a sequel to beat. What we got was a brilliant, time-hopping adventure across 60 years of Hill Valley history, which includes ground-breakingly re-staging the original film!
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/back-to-th...
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/back-to-th...
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
On the SOM podcast feed tonight: The original Back to the Future was impossible for a sequel to beat. What we got was a brilliant, time-hopping adventure across 60 years of Hill Valley history, which includes ground-breakingly re-staging the original film!
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/back-to-th...
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/back-to-th...
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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Currently, every living former Korean president from the right is a convicted felon, and every living former Korean president from the left is a booktuber.
I mean, it's only one guy, and he only just started his channel, but it does explain the vibe of the parties.
I mean, it's only one guy, and he only just started his channel, but it does explain the vibe of the parties.
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Currently, every living former Korean president from the right is a convicted felon, and every living former Korean president from the left is a booktuber.
I mean, it's only one guy, and he only just started his channel, but it does explain the vibe of the parties.
I mean, it's only one guy, and he only just started his channel, but it does explain the vibe of the parties.
Funny the thing that can lead you to learning and accepting things about yourself.
The deepest, most profound masterpieces can leave you in awe and introspective. But, just as often, some silly cliche story can hit just the right notes to reveal parts of yourself that you hadn't fully grasped yet.
The deepest, most profound masterpieces can leave you in awe and introspective. But, just as often, some silly cliche story can hit just the right notes to reveal parts of yourself that you hadn't fully grasped yet.
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Funny the thing that can lead you to learning and accepting things about yourself.
The deepest, most profound masterpieces can leave you in awe and introspective. But, just as often, some silly cliche story can hit just the right notes to reveal parts of yourself that you hadn't fully grasped yet.
The deepest, most profound masterpieces can leave you in awe and introspective. But, just as often, some silly cliche story can hit just the right notes to reveal parts of yourself that you hadn't fully grasped yet.
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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this is the soap opera way and it's the only way. oh you have opinions about who else should have played the part? tell it to your coworkers. at the water cooler. that is the appropriate venue we're trying to make a show here
Bond writers in 2025: agonising over the change of actors
Interview with the Vampire (series) in 2022:
Interview with the Vampire (series) in 2022:
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
this is the soap opera way and it's the only way. oh you have opinions about who else should have played the part? tell it to your coworkers. at the water cooler. that is the appropriate venue we're trying to make a show here
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this explains why hes so good at voicing graha
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
this explains why hes so good at voicing graha
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this book comes out on Tuesday and I'm proud of it -- I think it's a good read. admittedly, it has fewer pornographic film titles in it than "Devil House" did, but that's a high bar to clear. buy a copy at your local or get it here: thisyearbook.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
this book comes out on Tuesday and I'm proud of it -- I think it's a good read. admittedly, it has fewer pornographic film titles in it than "Devil House" did, but that's a high bar to clear. buy a copy at your local or get it here: thisyearbook.com
A lovely thing came in the mail today from @themountaingoats.bsky.social and The Regulator Bookshop.
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A lovely thing came in the mail today from @themountaingoats.bsky.social and The Regulator Bookshop.
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Watched “The Lego Movie” with my kids (their first time, my Nth) and am newly amazed by how over-stuffed with ideas it is. You know how everybody was so excited that “Barbie” was a toy movie that was so smart and relevant? Miller and Lord did it better and ten years earlier.
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Watched “The Lego Movie” with my kids (their first time, my Nth) and am newly amazed by how over-stuffed with ideas it is. You know how everybody was so excited that “Barbie” was a toy movie that was so smart and relevant? Miller and Lord did it better and ten years earlier.
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If anybody has any idea why my Twitter account is Japanese, let me know!!
"The X account of Hank Green, a popular YouTuber, says his account is based in Japan; Green told me Sunday that he’d never been to Japan"
A little reminder that all of you trust Elon Musk's website way too much.
A little reminder that all of you trust Elon Musk's website way too much.
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If anybody has any idea why my Twitter account is Japanese, let me know!!
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
Another example of how discrimitory policies hurt both individuals and the whole of society.
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Another example of how discrimitory policies hurt both individuals and the whole of society.
It is not exactly subtle that this K-drama I've been watching has a meat company as one of its sponsors.
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It is not exactly subtle that this K-drama I've been watching has a meat company as one of its sponsors.
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Working with editors early on made me realise that, truly, maybe the biggest problem with YouTube criticism is no one has to work with an editor
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Working with editors early on made me realise that, truly, maybe the biggest problem with YouTube criticism is no one has to work with an editor