Tina Books
@tbretc.bsky.social
✨ Book pusher
🎧 Cohost of the Book Talk, etc podcast
🎥YouTube- Tina Books
📚TBR, etc everywhere else
🎧 Cohost of the Book Talk, etc podcast
🎥YouTube- Tina Books
📚TBR, etc everywhere else
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Here is the presentation, with credit to you: youtu.be/ebvISwZ0wRk?...
I owe you a coffee and, in a weird twist, I am moving to Chicago in two weeks' time.
I owe you a coffee and, in a weird twist, I am moving to Chicago in two weeks' time.
re:publica 25: AI in Media: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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June 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Here is the presentation, with credit to you: youtu.be/ebvISwZ0wRk?...
I owe you a coffee and, in a weird twist, I am moving to Chicago in two weeks' time.
I owe you a coffee and, in a weird twist, I am moving to Chicago in two weeks' time.
The CEO from the Chicago Sun-Times called me to fact check my part in finding the AI Generated Summer Reading guide.
My takeaway: its was very real learning experience for more the just Sun-Times. And if we want local media, we need to support local media.
chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2025...
My takeaway: its was very real learning experience for more the just Sun-Times. And if we want local media, we need to support local media.
chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2025...
Lessons (and an apology) from the Sun-Times CEO on that AI-generated book list
The summer section was intended to be a supplemental value to our subscribers alongside our own journalism. Instead, it detracted and distracted from our work.
chicago.suntimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The CEO from the Chicago Sun-Times called me to fact check my part in finding the AI Generated Summer Reading guide.
My takeaway: its was very real learning experience for more the just Sun-Times. And if we want local media, we need to support local media.
chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2025...
My takeaway: its was very real learning experience for more the just Sun-Times. And if we want local media, we need to support local media.
chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2025...
Kicking off my long weekend with this absolute gem, DISAPPOINT ME by Nicola Dinan. This one is for anyone who has ever worried they’re getting left out of something they’re not even sure they want a part of (in this case, heteronormativity). #booksky
May 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Kicking off my long weekend with this absolute gem, DISAPPOINT ME by Nicola Dinan. This one is for anyone who has ever worried they’re getting left out of something they’re not even sure they want a part of (in this case, heteronormativity). #booksky
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Said some more stuff about AI, particularly that whole "hey we let it make up a bunch of fake books and then we published that list of fake books in the real world as part of a newspaper" thing. At the blog. Enjoy! Or don't! I'm not your boss.
Repeat After Me: AI Doesn’t Know Anything
Yesterday, the Chicago Sun-Times (and then also the Philly Inquirer) published an issue of their newspaper that included an insert about fun summer things, and in that was a list of fifteen great s…
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May 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Said some more stuff about AI, particularly that whole "hey we let it make up a bunch of fake books and then we published that list of fake books in the real world as part of a newspaper" thing. At the blog. Enjoy! Or don't! I'm not your boss.
The Sun Times’ response to the AI generated summer reading list they posted. chicago.suntimes.com/press-room/2...
Chicago Sun-Times response to May 18 special section
chicago.suntimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Sun Times’ response to the AI generated summer reading list they posted. chicago.suntimes.com/press-room/2...
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When I shared a screen capture of the OP with friends, several of them asked me (reasonably!) if it was real. I love that Tina has also demonstrated the importance of fact-checking and the (sometimes literal) footwork that can be necessary to verify sources in the age of AI. bsky.app/profile/tbre...
Yep- the bogus summer reading list from the Chicago Sun Times is real. Here I am with it from a few minutes ago.
(Support your local library!!)
(Support your local library!!)
May 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
When I shared a screen capture of the OP with friends, several of them asked me (reasonably!) if it was real. I love that Tina has also demonstrated the importance of fact-checking and the (sometimes literal) footwork that can be necessary to verify sources in the age of AI. bsky.app/profile/tbre...
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Extra! Extra! Get your fake books! Maximum dystopia!
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The one book to read this summer *beep-boop-beep*
This is not an AI-generated piece. Like, I promise.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Extra! Extra! Get your fake books! Maximum dystopia!
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...
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Oh good grief. This is what happens when we devalue expertise. Journalists, Librarians, Booksellers, Writers, literally ANYONE WHO READS could have made a real list of real books that actually exist.
Yep- the bogus summer reading list from the Chicago Sun Times is real. Here I am with it from a few minutes ago.
(Support your local library!!)
(Support your local library!!)
May 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Oh good grief. This is what happens when we devalue expertise. Journalists, Librarians, Booksellers, Writers, literally ANYONE WHO READS could have made a real list of real books that actually exist.
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This is the OP of the debacle! Follow her!
Yep- the bogus summer reading list from the Chicago Sun Times is real. Here I am with it from a few minutes ago.
(Support your local library!!)
(Support your local library!!)
May 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is the OP of the debacle! Follow her!
Hey so while we’re here if you like real summer reading guides that aren’t AI generated, subscribe to my podcast Book Talk, etc! Our Summer Bonanza episode drops a week from today.
www.booktalketc.com #books #reading #bookpodcast
www.booktalketc.com #books #reading #bookpodcast
Book Talk, etc.
A book recommendation podcast that's bound to grow your TBR!
www.booktalketc.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hey so while we’re here if you like real summer reading guides that aren’t AI generated, subscribe to my podcast Book Talk, etc! Our Summer Bonanza episode drops a week from today.
www.booktalketc.com #books #reading #bookpodcast
www.booktalketc.com #books #reading #bookpodcast
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We are looking into how this made it into print as we speak. It is not editorial content and was not created by, or approved by, the Sun-Times newsroom. We value your trust in our reporting and take this very seriously. More info will be provided soon.
May 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We are looking into how this made it into print as we speak. It is not editorial content and was not created by, or approved by, the Sun-Times newsroom. We value your trust in our reporting and take this very seriously. More info will be provided soon.
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I'm afraid I've confirmed that The Philadelphia Inquirer ran the same "Heat Index" supplement that the Chicago Sun-Times did
May 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'm afraid I've confirmed that The Philadelphia Inquirer ran the same "Heat Index" supplement that the Chicago Sun-Times did
Yep- the bogus summer reading list from the Chicago Sun Times is real. Here I am with it from a few minutes ago.
(Support your local library!!)
(Support your local library!!)
May 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Yep- the bogus summer reading list from the Chicago Sun Times is real. Here I am with it from a few minutes ago.
(Support your local library!!)
(Support your local library!!)
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What in the actual Hell?
Writing is not a trinket for a newspaper to use to makeup books to fill page space. Its an insult to the writers mentioned and to their readers.
This is why we need strong copyright laws AND policies that don't allow AI to infiltrate our 4th estate
Writing is not a trinket for a newspaper to use to makeup books to fill page space. Its an insult to the writers mentioned and to their readers.
This is why we need strong copyright laws AND policies that don't allow AI to infiltrate our 4th estate
Of the books named on this reading list, Brit Bennet, Isabel Allende, Andy Weir, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Min Jin Lee, Rumaan Alam, Rebecca Makkai, Maggie O'Farrell, Percival Everett, and Delia Owens' titles are all books that DO NOT EXIST!!!
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May 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What in the actual Hell?
Writing is not a trinket for a newspaper to use to makeup books to fill page space. Its an insult to the writers mentioned and to their readers.
This is why we need strong copyright laws AND policies that don't allow AI to infiltrate our 4th estate
Writing is not a trinket for a newspaper to use to makeup books to fill page space. Its an insult to the writers mentioned and to their readers.
This is why we need strong copyright laws AND policies that don't allow AI to infiltrate our 4th estate
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Only seen this photo shared by @tbretc.bsky.social, but it looks like the Chicago Sun Times had AI write about summer books…and it included some that don’t exist. Cool, cool. Could’ve paid me or someone else, you know? This is what I do. But yeah, go with AI slop. Do you.
May 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Only seen this photo shared by @tbretc.bsky.social, but it looks like the Chicago Sun Times had AI write about summer books…and it included some that don’t exist. Cool, cool. Could’ve paid me or someone else, you know? This is what I do. But yeah, go with AI slop. Do you.
Reposted by Tina Books
Of the books named on this reading list, Brit Bennet, Isabel Allende, Andy Weir, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Min Jin Lee, Rumaan Alam, Rebecca Makkai, Maggie O'Farrell, Percival Everett, and Delia Owens' titles are all books that DO NOT EXIST!!!
See Alt Text for more detail.
Image by @tbretc.bsky.social
See Alt Text for more detail.
Image by @tbretc.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Of the books named on this reading list, Brit Bennet, Isabel Allende, Andy Weir, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Min Jin Lee, Rumaan Alam, Rebecca Makkai, Maggie O'Farrell, Percival Everett, and Delia Owens' titles are all books that DO NOT EXIST!!!
See Alt Text for more detail.
Image by @tbretc.bsky.social
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I have no idea what I’m doing here but it feels better than the other places rn
January 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I have no idea what I’m doing here but it feels better than the other places rn
I’ve got a 7 hour drive this weekend and audiobook credits to spare. Whats the best audiobook you read recently? #booksky #audiobooks
November 16, 2024 at 1:27 AM
I’ve got a 7 hour drive this weekend and audiobook credits to spare. Whats the best audiobook you read recently? #booksky #audiobooks
Since I’m new here, I thought I’d share a few things about me:
I’m Tina, I’ve been talking books online since 2016.
I love reading thrillers, horror, contemporary/literary fiction.
My podcast is Book Talk, etc.
And I just started BookTube! youtu.be/qdD9PRqsQbw?...
#booksky #readers #aboutme
I’m Tina, I’ve been talking books online since 2016.
I love reading thrillers, horror, contemporary/literary fiction.
My podcast is Book Talk, etc.
And I just started BookTube! youtu.be/qdD9PRqsQbw?...
#booksky #readers #aboutme
Reading Vlog! New Release Tuesday, Weekly Reads, Book Shopping, and Thrifting
YouTube video by Tina Books | TBR, etc.
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Since I’m new here, I thought I’d share a few things about me:
I’m Tina, I’ve been talking books online since 2016.
I love reading thrillers, horror, contemporary/literary fiction.
My podcast is Book Talk, etc.
And I just started BookTube! youtu.be/qdD9PRqsQbw?...
#booksky #readers #aboutme
I’m Tina, I’ve been talking books online since 2016.
I love reading thrillers, horror, contemporary/literary fiction.
My podcast is Book Talk, etc.
And I just started BookTube! youtu.be/qdD9PRqsQbw?...
#booksky #readers #aboutme
God I forgot I set this up awhile back 😅 Hey pals! What a week.
November 14, 2024 at 11:12 PM
God I forgot I set this up awhile back 😅 Hey pals! What a week.