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\nThen I checked Flighty, and I’m at 39.
\nMaybe I am one of the crazy ones.
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People who have used Excel too much know exactly what happened.
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\nI don’t think I have ever actually understood it until now, today, as I struggle to encapsulate its movements and meanings for Chapter By Chapter.
\n“The best way to learn is by teaching” indeed.
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\nI would have paid half a month’s sub cost for just that game. But signing up and canceling was just too much work.
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\n\n\nWhat you want is to understand the ideas so well that you can trust yourself to find the words when you need them.
\n
The critical exception is the very first words you’re going to say, whether it’s a hard 1:1 conversation or a packed auditorium. Memorize them. Practice them. Then when your brain inevitably goes to lunch just as you open your mouth, you can start speaking while it gets back in gear.
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\nPeople are endlessly innovative when it comes to being terrible co-travelers.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jatowler/97298472","date_published":"2026-09-10T14:34:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Jerry Towler","url":"https://jerrytowler.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjatowler%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jatowler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-10 14:34","date_timestamp":1789050879,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97297918","content_html":"On one hand, the iPhone 18 Pro seems like a great upgrade, and it’s not too expensive if you trade in your iPhone 17 Pro.
\nOn the other hand, I’m fairly sure I don’t want to trade in this orange for that maroon burgundy1.
Even though it is nicely complementary for Hokies. ↩︎
\n@rscottjones My wife and I visited when were in Boise in June. It is much larger than we thought it would be. I like that it’s so easily accessible from the walking/bike paths along the river.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jatowler/96804629","date_published":"2026-09-02T03:53:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Jerry Towler","url":"https://jerrytowler.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjatowler%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jatowler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 03:53","date_timestamp":1788321223,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96802530","content_html":"Just finished Ezekiel 28, which officially brings me under 100 chapters left to write about for Chapter by Chapter.
\nIt doesn’t seem like much compared to the 1,090 I’ve already written, but it includes Daniel and all the minor prophets.
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\n\n\nI will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them.
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\n— Ezekiel 25:17
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","summary":"","url":"https://jerrytowler.com/2026/08/31/the-ai-detector-eats-itself.html","date_published":"2026-08-31T16:40:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Jerry Towler","url":"https://jerrytowler.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjatowler%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jatowler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-31 16:40","date_timestamp":1788194435,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:auigttnhbmqszyhozuvin6jn/post/3mufdvj325g23"]}},{"id":"96706893","content_html":"Every Monday, Matt Gemmell posts a new short story. They’re usually good, or at least original and interesting.
\nToday’s is exceptionally well executed.
\nWhen You’re Sleeping — Matt Gemmell
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\nAs of today, I’ve finished 1,086 chapters, or just over 91% of the Bible.
\nI have 103 chapters left to write about.
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\nYou’d think they were plum/apricot hybrids, and they are, but it’s more complex than that. Simple hybrids are calls plumcots and apriplums; these are “later generations.”
\nPluots have many, many named varieties.
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\n> no one worries that their Tesla will spontaneously decide to start ignoring traffic laws and obey laws that it invented himself.
\nHis bigger point is good, but savvy observers do worry about FSD.
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\n> no Tesla has ever decided to start ignoring traffic laws to pursue its own goals
\nI understand the point he wants to make about “rogue” versus “fatally flawed,” but Tesla is a bad example of “responsible AI.”
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\nAll I have to say is that he may not be as familiar with the state of AV technology in general, and Tesla in particular, as he is with other topics.
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\nA minor silver lining is I got to experience a new piece of Flighty UI.
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\nNow I just need podcasts abbreviated KPT, KTP, PTK, and PKT.
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\nAlso, I love imagining the world where every character an actor plays is actually the same character.
\nFor example, Major Mackenzie (JAG) is literally a witch (The Good Witch). Hawkeye (MAS*H) grows up to run for president (The West Wing). Et cetera.
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\nIt’s okay for things to end!
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\nThat article just says (to replace Pulse),
\n> Ask ChatGPT “give me daily suggestions based on my past chats and emails that I might find useful or interesting.”
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