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Math teacher, Hoosier, professional social media disliker. Infinitefreetime.com He/him, but … whatever.
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So much of the “promise” of AI right now is saving time creating. Let me say it from my chest: all I want is to spend *more* time creating. I’m not making content. I’m engaging in my vocation, my calling, my literal reason for existing.

Let me add my voice to the chorus: I do not want a machine “writing” or “summarizing” for me. These are human joys that cannot be replicated by a machine. And I say that as someone who is struggling with reading fiction. There is no shortcut, because the journey is the point.

The only king I acknowledge

It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

Today's bloggery: Briefly: The concert

Pappybara. #art #capybara #FathersDay

Your regular reminder that there's a profession where the employees are so violent, so untrustworthy, that they are required by law to have personal video supervision every time they interact with the general public, just so there is any sort of factual record of what occurs.

ICE agent at a workplace raid: “you guys understand we have a signed warrant to be here” Worker: “And here’s my bag of f*cks”

Seeing people saying things about how the protests are “just about vibes” and should have had a list of demands, and it’s not clear what they’re about. It’s called No Kings. I wonder if we can infer anything from that?

wracking my brains to think of someone who would have had access to a police uniform, a police-issue plate carrier, and a police car

Today's bloggery: To be completely clear: On immigration infinitefreetime.com/2025/06/11/t...

So he drove to the assassination in a cop car but he was “impersonating” a cop.

How long until “dressed like a police officer” and “masquerading as a police officer” turns into “was a police officer”?

PSA: If you’re protesting today, turn the biometrics on your phone OFF. No facial recognition, no fingerprint, PASSCODE ACCESS ONLY. Law enforcement can make you unlock your phone with those, but they can’t make you use your passcode. That gives you a case in court should they go that route anyway.

All respect to Mr. Leao, but they were literally not "just doing their job." They were, in fact, doing the one thing that they are never, ever supposed to do.

Oh, shit, this is perfect www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/con...

Today's bloggery: Counting Crows tomorrow!

As God is my witness, I have no ability to evaluate whether this is true.

I will never apologize for a post

I look forward to the great Internet debate this will start: Man vs. Man's Weight in Wildcats.

Less than 5 months in: ☑️Arrested a judge ☑️Arrested a Democratic mayor ☑️Arrested a Democratic Congressperson ☑️Detained a Democratic Senator ☑️Threatening to arrest a Democratic Governor ☑️Investigating other political enemies ☑️Deploying Marines domestically They are not hiding their intentions.

Tried to wave John Schneider over to my booth at a con before realizing who he was. Did the same thing to Seth Gilliam maybe twenty minutes later. Neither bought any books.

John Irving Salman Rushdie Peter David Terry Brooks Charles Dickens Edgar Allan Poe Piers Anthony A sex pest who shall not be named A child abuser who shall not be named A transphobe who shall not be named

Robert Jordan Yoon Ha Lee Seanan McGuire Chuck Wendig Michael Moorcock Neal Stephenson Nnedi Okorafor Tana French Delilah Dawson/Lila Bowen Kevin Hearne

Pierce Brown Samantha Shannon Sarah J. Maas TJ Klune Robert Jackson Bennett Kevin Anderson Robert Howard HP Lovecraft James S.A. Corey Margaret Weis/Tracy Hickman

Let’s see if I can do ten more: Rin Chupeco JRR Tolkien Nghi Vo Justina Ireland Stephen King Brandon Sanderson H.W. Brands Matt Wallace Suzanne Collins John Scalzi

Better idea: never ever use ChatGPT for anything at all.

How is it possible that there are still people talking about impeachment? Impeaching him a third time would have all of the impact of a mean tweet. It’s completely pointless.

Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than 5 books: Adrian Tchaikovsky N.K. Jemisin Rachel Caine John Gwynne Kameron Hurley Walter Moseley Cherie Priest China Miéville Claudia Gray Daniel M. Ford

I need a biologist. Conjoined twins *have to* be identical, right? Because the way that happens is something doesn’t separate the way it’s supposed to?

It is bizarre the way people with guns, bulletproof vests, riot shields, tanks, and other military gear act like rocks are an equal threat. It’s madness! If you are scared of rocks and think the punishment for having them thrown at you should be death, you shouldn’t be in law enforcement!

More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.

having to research every book's cover artist, designer or illustrator before i read it to make sure there was no gen ai used is so fun. what's even more fun is that you can't tell if there was gen ai 'writing' used until you start. 🙃 all i want is NO GEN AI. that's it. that's the bar. 😭