Derek

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

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I beg you all:
Please, DO NOT give one single penny to Wikipedia!
Wikipedia was sold ages ago.
It is an anti-rights, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Palestine, racist, ableist (and a long etc) fraud and platform of misinformation.

A thread with receipts! 🧵🔥

Please share! Please tell your friends and family!

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“Can an AI writer do this?”

*opens Word doc and screams*

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Report: Creating a 5-second AI video is like running a microwave for an hour That's a long time in the microwave.

So…about AI’s energy use…

“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”

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You are now required to have a cellphone to citizen.

That should not be allowed.

You should not be required to have a cellphone to work.

But many employers make a cellphone a de facto requirement.

It’s anti-poor. But it’s also anti-democratic.

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You’re not gonna believe this but I’m totally naked under all these clothes

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my offer to america: we bring woke back

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image of watchmen's doctor manhattan, a superhero who is entirely blue and nude, sitting on a rock, small in frame, on what is depicted to be a very pink version of the surface of the planet mars. he looks pensive.

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

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Google searched “enshittification” and

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