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\nFinished reading: Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin š
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\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cxanujrx65atb5ln5rpw4g3l/post/3mpxgd5r5a22e","date_published":"2026-07-06T06:06:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Philip Borenstein","url":"https://pborenstein.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb50bf9194276162643b3296665054ed7%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"pborenstein"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 06:06","date_timestamp":1783317971,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93504173","content_html":"The sound that it makes
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105309/2026/620343eab3-m.jpg\")
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\nI had need of a scythe some time back before YouTube, so I rented a few movies based on Thomas Hardy novels.
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\nMy experience with cyclists on busy roads is to give them as much room as possible until Iām safely past.
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\nStill, every time Iām flying over Montana and lose the in-flight WiFi, I experience the fear of those early explorers.
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\nwhy donāt the dās cancel out?
Thatās not what the dās mean in this case.
\nTOPSY!!
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\nor
\nfore dreckening
\nEither way I like it.
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\nIāve done this sort of thing (pointing an LLM, then steering it) as toys and experiments, which is kind of what theyāre doing here, but weaponized.
\nwild times
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\nI liked it a lot at first, but in the end I watched for Matthew Rhys.
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\nIām saying I found the person and I think the characterization of them āon hereā is unfair and incorrect.
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\nItās really not to find out who this person is and how theyāre being maligned.
\nPresenter understands AI.
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\nwatch = we have the ingredients for tacos
\nwarning = the tacos are ready to eat
Remember: with great power, etc
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\nAlso, I like the wayNew Yorkers do happy, and Iām glad the Spurs lost bigly.
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\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cxanujrx65atb5ln5rpw4g3l/post/3mol5237oc22v","date_published":"2026-06-18T15:22:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Philip Borenstein","url":"https://pborenstein.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb50bf9194276162643b3296665054ed7%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"pborenstein"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-18 15:22","date_timestamp":1781796175,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93501193","content_html":"@kissane.myatproto.social if ānon-dairy dessert toppingā could write, this is what it would say
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\nThereās this Wired piece from March.
\nwww.wired.com/story/tech-rā¦
And this piece by @jasmine.bsky.social about using Claude as an editor. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2ā¦
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\nāCan it be a musical?ā
\nāHow could it not?ā
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