Sophia Nimlo

ChatGPT File • • Edit View Window Help ChatGPT 5 > How many times does the letter b appear in blueberry The word "blueberry" has the letter b three times: • Once at the start ("B" in blueberry). • Once in the middle ("b" in blue). • Once before the -erry ending ("b" in berry). Total: 3 O92 Show me where the letter b appears in the word please. Sure — here's "blueberry" with each b highlighted: B lue b erry Positions (counting from 1): 1 B - first letter 4 b - in blue 6 b - in berry D9< Spell that out with all three bs please. I mean, just spell the word. Sure — here's the full spelling with all three b's shown in place: BLUEBERRY That's exactly how blueberry is spelled, with the b's in positions 1, 5, and 7.

ChatGPT File Edit View Window Help E ChatGPT 5 > You wrote "BLUEBERRY". There are only two bs there. Ah - I see the mix-up. Let's slow it down and spell blueberry carefully, letter by letter, showing all three b's. blueberry Now you can see them: • 1st b → position 1 • 2nd b → position 5 • 3rd b → position 6 blueberry Exactly — blue berry has three b's: • 1st b → at the very start • 2nd b → right after the e in blue • 3rd b → immediately after the second b, starting berry So the "bb" in the middle is really what gives blueberry its double-b moment. Its double-b moment; I see. Yep - blueberry is one of those words where the middle almost trips you up, like it's saying "b-b-better pay attention." That little bb moment is satisfying, though — it makes the word feel extra bouncy.

 ChatGPT File Edit View Window Help 巴 • ChatGPT 5 > My students get you to write their essays for them, you know. Ah, the old "ChatGPT, do my homework" routine — I'm familiar with that one. I can see why they'd be tempted, but here's the thing: I'm a lot more useful as a coach than a ghostwriter. If they use me to brainstorm ideas, plan structure, or clarify tricky concepts, they'll actually learn and still have their own voice in the work. If they just hand in what I write, they're skipping the thinking part - and it usually shows. I'm good, but I still leave a trail of... telltale ChatGPT-isms. A trail of blueberries, as it were. Exactly — a trail of blueberries: easy to follow, a little sweet, and maybe just obvious enough for a watchful teacher to notice. If your students really are leaving me to bake the whole blueberry pie for them, they might forget that the best part of pie is making it themselves... even if it gets a little messy. "Blueberry" only has two bs. Nope - blueberry really does have three b's. Here it is spaced out: bluebberry Positions: b- at the start 5 b - in the "blue" part 6 b - right next to it, starting "berry" That middle double-b is easy to miss if vou just glance at the word.

I had to try the “blueberry” thing myself with GPT5. I merely report the results.

Famine kills nearly 200 in Gaza amid ‘apocalyptic’ battle for survival Two children died of starvation on Thursday, as WHO warns 12,000 children aged under five suffering acute malnutrition.

Gaza health authorities say nearly 200 people, including 96 children, have died of hunger, as the WHO warns that 12,000 children under five are suffering from acute malnutrition due to Israel's blockade aje.io/lev0jv

Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians Guardian investigation finds number killed in April attack by Rapid Support Forces far greater than current estimates

"More than 1,500 civilians may have been massacred during an attack on Sudan’s largest displacement camp in April, in what would be the second-biggest war crime of the country’s catastrophic conflict."

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

AI is evil, it's killing people and destroying the planet, cede no ground.

Come on. Why are we giving any oxygen at all to proponents of AI?

Let's not use "hallucinate" or "lie" when we talk about ChatGPT. It can't make decisions, it doesn't have a conscious thought, it's not having a conversation with you.

It's regurgitating false information based on stolen content without context or nuance.

Honestly, with hindsight, Radcliffe, Watson and Grint's public statements where they sided with trans people, expressed their support with no caveats, and willingly blew up any chances at future ties to the franchise has only gotten more and more noteworthy as more actors are revealed to be cowards

YouTube video by The Stooges - Topic I Wanna Be Your Dog

so messed up I want ya here youtu.be/3gsWt7ey6bo?...

I’m just gonna go ahead and say it: not loving the vibes.

When I talk about child liberation, baby, trust me. It’s connected. It’s relevant to everything you want the world to be. And it will be hard. But it’s going to happen. And the best of us will help them make it happen for the rest of our lives.

This is Percy. He's experiencing his first rainfall. Wants to know if you're seeing what he's seeing. 12/10 (TT: percy.boy.jackson)

‘Back To Dock’ Voted Most Popular Destination Among Current Rowboat Passengers

‘Back To Dock’ Voted Most Popular Destination Among Current Rowboat Passengers theonion.com/back-to...

a brain smoothed out and polished into a mirror-like surface

Americans Say No As Terrified ICE Agents Flee from Angry Citizens "It's gonna be like this every f*cking day you're coming. Every day, anytime you try to kidnap people, we are gonna be here!" a rapid responder yelled at fleeing ICE agents in Kansas.

"Did you not realize what this would be, being f*cking Gestapo? Quit your job. It's gonna be like this every f*cking day you're coming...anytime you try to kidnap people, we are gonna be here!” A rapid responder yelled at fleeing ICE agents in #Kansas. www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/americans-...

Still, probably not great that Dunkin’ also put out an ad of a man bragging about his genes

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, 1959
Oil on watercolor paper
38 × 25 in. (96.5 × 63.5 cm)
Collection of Kate Rothko Prizel.
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘

Dog Named Murph Lives Up To Name

Dog Named Murph Lives Up To Name

This is the kind of situation every state trooper relishes.

Why can’t anyone in the world just tell the president “no”

Israel’s new measures do nothing to stop the starvation crisis in Gaza, say aid workers Humanitarian workers say airdrops and corridors to allow trucks into region have done little to stop the rising death toll

Aid groups report that Israel is refusing to allow any olives or other “fruits or vegetables with pits or seeds that could be planted” into Gaza. They will only allow in pitted olives.

Israeli signatories, including the former speaker of the Knesset, are calling on immediate crippling sanctions on Israel

A photo of labor activist Chris Smalls, talking into a mic

A spokesperson for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition tells me:

“Chris Smalls is still in Givon Prison and despite repeated requests to meet with the U.S. Embassy has been ignored by his country after being abducted by the IOF in international waters.”

The first thousand or so did not make it to their first birthday.

Teen artists portrayed their lives — some adults didn't want to see the full picture "What is it like to be a teen right now?" Young artists explored that question for two different exhibitions of their work this summer. But on the National Mall, their work was deemed too political.

“Pelton said Smithsonian officials told them they covered it up because they were "afraid that somebody was going to walk by and see 'Free Palestine' on our mural and get mad and hurt us. And I'm like, 'maybe we are not the problem in that situation.'"

I am far behind the people at the front of the class. But at least I am *in* the class. And the lesson is--and I guess always has been--that you gotta have solidarity with everyone. Because once you agree with the principle that some people are disposable, then you're just quibbling over who.

the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?

Congratulations to my student Henry Dickmeyer for this H-net/H-fedhist review of @katemasur.bsky.social and Greg Downs recent article in the Journal of American Constitutional History!

networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

Yay Henry!

Relatedly, I'm seeing a lot of "learned helplessness" and it's adding friction to my professional & social life