Katrina Kortright

How to turn off Google’s AI Overviews in web searches If you find Google's AI Overview more irritating than helpful, here's now to turn it off in Chrome.

Here's a simple way to disable AI mode in Google. I just did it, and I feel like a new, freshly showered woman!

www.engadget.com/big-tech/how...

I'll never forgive you for introducing me to this site. 😫

I'm so very sorry, Elizabeth. I hope your memories of him will be a comfort to you. 💙

There's no point at all (it's me, Janice, but I've had to change my username across social media because of my job).

What?! That is so...soon...when you put it like that.

Congratulations 👏🏻

'There is a power in being courageous' by Courtenay Kusitor. Abstract painting. Overlapping blocks of poppy red, sunshine yellow, black, white and sky blur. White and black line geometric shapes draw the eye in an upwards arc.

'To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair.'

Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

#BookwormSat
🎨 Courtenay Kusitor

Important. Clear, concise, imperative. Please watch.

there’s a popular digital guide written and used by police that recommends sharing links with URL tracking elements to capture people’s IPs.

Linkumori is a browser extension that purifies URLs before trackers can log you.

“If I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.”

We’ve unlocked interview with John Berryman. buff.ly/bOWysA8

I wouldn't take it that way. You're a great writer and a discerning reader. I'm interested in your opinion. 🤷🏻‍♀️

BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, The Death of Wildflowers A short story from Scottish writer Helen McClory marking the primal shift of the seasons.

Ahead of a new story of mine on BBC radio four, you can listen (should you wish) to a couple of other pieces of mine. Together they'll make a loose folk horrorish trilogy. here's The Death of Wildflowers:

Well, now I need to know what the book was. Please email or DM me and tell me, dammit.

Ann Patchett, Amy Bloom, Min Jin Lee and Others on the Books That Bring Them Comfort (Published 2020)

A gift, because at this point I have nothing else to give.

www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/b...

Too soon.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody. Thomas Paine

BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Snowbirds and Coyotes by KM Elkes After the death of her husband, Betty drives south from Ohio to the Arizona desert.

Very happy indeed to have a short story commissioned by the BBC! Broadcast 3.45pm July 11th, on Radio 4 and Sunday 13th at 11.45pm

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Brilliant, Ken. Congratulations! 👏🏻

Never heard of it. I'm from the Northeast.

How to Advocate for Trans Rights in Your Community Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.

Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.

Today, people—from students to federal workers, from immigrants to the LGBTQ+ community—find themselves forced to fight deportations, surveillance, and the drastic erosion of fundamental human rights.

So, WIRED dedicated a whole issue on How To Win A Fight. Start ⬇️:
www.wired.com/story/editor...

Happy Bloomsday to my fellow Joyce fans. If you don't know what Bloomsday is, but would like to learn more, here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsday.

Image Credit: Irish Times

Heads up: Buried in a 1,000-page bill is a section that would freeze every state’s ability to enforce A.I. laws for the next 10 years.

That means no new protections from A.I. scams, deepfakes, or impersonation.

Bad idea.

Cartoon drawing of minister delivering sermon at funeral next to closed casket + telling the mourners, "He died doing what he loved. Teasing bears."

Credit: Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra (Mannequin on the Moon)

A screenshot of a quote from Rebecca Solnit: "Joy doesn’t betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine act of insurrection.” And above are the words, in green: Unbox Your Words, June 2025: Writing Joy.

My #UnboxYourWords' June writing prompt is writing joy, inspired by this from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social “Joy doesn’t betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine act of insurrection.” substack.com/home/post/p-...

Currently reading. Not my usual fare, but I'm enjoying it at the recommendation of a friend. Wry humor, interesting characters, smart, intriguing plot, nicely paced. I'm hooked and will probably read more by Chris Pavone.

This would be beyond awful.