Elizabeth Lopatto

Elizabeth Lopatto

@lopatto.bsky.social

internet typist at the verge, known cat lady, zevon stan. she/hers/hesher tip me: liz@theverge.com

52,767 Followers 502 Following 1,797 Posts Joined Apr 2023
13 hours ago

europeans are so funny about this. I remember reading a recipe that was like "and add paprika for some heat" and I was like paprika?? for heat?? and then I realized the recipe writer was from the UK

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13 hours ago

skill issue

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18 hours ago
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ooooh temu figured out it's now shorthand for "cheap off-brand garbage" and is not happy about it

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14 hours ago
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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

lol, and additionally: lmao www.wired.com/story/gramma...

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21 hours ago

I’m sorry. I didn’t realize that a rough beast was slouching this way, and that’s on me.

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1 day ago

RIP David Foster Wallace, you would have hated this but kinda enjoyed feeling smug about calling it.

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1 day ago
rfk standing very normally in a steak and shake

leland palmer in the black lodge

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1 day ago

I'm no lawyer, but I think "we're going to keep stealing your stuff until you tell us you don't want us to steal your stuff" isn't quite the defense Grammarly thinks it is—at least not in the court of public opinion. I hope this company is sued into oblivion. I canceled my pro account today.

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1 day ago
Each of these data companies touts its stable of pedigreed experts. Mercor says around 30,000 professionals work on its platform each week, while Scale AI claims to have more than 700,000 “M.A.’s, Ph.D.’s, and college graduates.” Surge AI advertises its Supreme Court litigators, McKinsey principals, and platinum recording artists. These companies are hiring people with experience in law, finance, and coding, all areas where AI is making rapid inroads. But they’re also hiring people to produce data for practically any job you can imagine. Job listings seek chefs, management consultants, wildlife-conservation scientists, archivists, private investigators, police sergeants, reporters, teachers, and rental-counter clerks. One recent job ad called for experts in “North American early to mid-teen humor” who can, among other requirements, “explain humor using clear, logical language, including references to North American slang, trends, and social norms.” It is, as one industry veteran put it, the largest harvesting of human expertise ever attempted.

"It is, as one industry veteran put it, the largest harvesting of human expertise ever attempted."

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The laid-off lawyers and PhDs training AI to steal their careers Experienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy.

grim www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

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give liz an aircraft carrier

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I'm a military genius

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iran could get critical online support for this if, instead of deploying mines, they simply deployed One Big Boat, which then got stuck

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Insurrectionist Brunch: Trumpists plotted to deploy military on U.S. soil Before the 2024 election, a cadre of MAGA loyalists met over brunch to plot ways for Trump to use the military domestically.

This is just astonishingly great reporting.

All of the crises the White House has claimed over the last 14 months were planned in advance. All of them.

And however much contempt you have for media outlets who reverently relayed Trump's claim to have no relation to Project 2025, it isn't enough.

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1 day ago

“When you cover capital crime cases, you notice the ways in which stupidity and evil become indistinguishable.”

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1 day ago

exactlyyyyyyy

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clown event still possible

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Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

unbelievable banger from the always-good london review of books: "As a couple, they have always been too stupid to understand the vulnerability of the institution that supports them, and they began wrecking it from the inside as soon as they met." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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2 days ago
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Chris Fleming on Nightmare Stand-Up Gig, Jacob Elordi Kissing Jimmy & Being in a Super Bowl Ad YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

my favorite part of this clip is that jimmy kimmel is visibly afraid of chris fleming www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsxd...

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2 days ago
an email with the header "Opt out" from me to expertoptout@superhuman.com. 

Body text: Hi there. No idea if I am one of your experts, but I’d rather not be. You see, I do actually edit people and I don’t need your hallucination machine ruining my bad reputation.

Thanks
Liz

I write emails! thanks to @caseynewton.bsky.social for embarrassing Grammarly into doing the bare fucking minimum www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...

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2 days ago

once again making warren zevon references to my politely bewildered coworkers

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huge fan of several sociologists of money!

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A very up close tuxedo cat. Her nose is pink

hello?

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3 days ago

Nuremberg 2, Immediately.

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3 days ago

beautiful sunset rn fyi

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3 days ago

totally

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is that good

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3 days ago
A graph with the x axis labeled on a continuum between "dracula music" and "carnival music" and the y axis labeled between "sex music" and "no sex music." it is populated with a lot of bands, but the main thing is that sunn o))) is off the chart on both the "no sex" and "dracula" side

image unrelated I just really like this chart

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