Jami Gold

Poor guy! I hope he recovers soon. ❤️

Our dog had these huge incisions for her 3 cysts, but she's a poodle, so you'd never know it after the first night. 🙄 Poodles are like a completely different species. 😆

New writers often get frustrated when agents or editors can't define "voice" sufficiently for them to understand. Voice is very "you know it when you see it" and seeing it often comes from having seen so much that you know when something feels distinct.

LLMs produce the opposite of voice by design.

Yep, like @scalzi.com says, I was that teenage SF reader--all Asimov and Heinlein--and when the misogyny clicked into place in my brain, I dropped the genre for *decades*.

Oh no, I'm so sorry that he had to go through this, but I'm glad the surgery went well.

Ours had 3 cysts (but no tumors) removed just before Thanksgiving, and the incisions were SO BIG. They really were horrifying, like a Franken-dog. *gentle hugs* to you both.

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That "Expanse prequel" is often how I've described the show to others. 😆

I really liked the way he "primed" the conversation by having them read about the de-skilling issue too. That's something that far too many AI advocates ignore.

Really interesting thread 🧵 on how a class structured their AI policies when given rein to make informed choices.

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Oh yeah, there were some years when the cookie marathon was a real struggle, but luckily this is one of our big family traditions, so I have help. ❤️

A "take home" container filled with Christmas cookies, including: Russian Tea cookies; plain, nut, and peanut butter varieties of fudge; pecan pie bars; sea salt and nut varieties of chocolate bark; fudge oatmeal bars; and Pfeffernusse (German spice ball cookies).

Merry Christmas! I know this can be a difficult time for many, so I hope everyone has the best day they can. ❤️🎄🎁

Here, have a virtual cookie! (We have a marathon baking session every year, and this year we made about 875 cookies. 😁)

Oh absolutely! You have way too much stuff going on, especially for this time of year. I wish for all the universe to give you and your family a break and some good stuff! ❤️

I hope the vet has calming news for you.

Our dog, a poodle, is susceptible to harmless cysts, which nevertheless manage to scare us every time they bleed. But they *are* harmless and painless, and I hope you get an easy explanation like that too.

You're holding together the best you can, and that's enough. *hugs*

And honestly, many others would be falling apart far more. You're doing amazing!

Ugh. Yes, I hate that "am I actually sick? Or just stressed that I'm sick?" question. I hope you're all in the clear soon! *hugs*

What an absolutely stressful situation. I'm so sorry!

Congrats! I love a new book from you, and I very much appreciate you pushing through all your pain issues to share this! ❤️

And here's hoping your appt confirming the shoulder issues leads to solutions for you. *hugs*

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Ooh, interesting! I'd just about gotten over my hot flashes when I got Covid. The hot flashes came back with a vengeance and never went away until I started HRT 3 years later.

I definitely think Covid messes with this stuff!

Ugh. I've been there with thinking an induced coma sounded appealing, and I didn't have even half your issues. I'm so sorry you're going through all this! *hugs*

I know it's really bad of me, but this crap is just pushing me further into my "ignore all email in my inbox" ADHD issue. My inbox is such a doom pile, and this crap just gives my brain even more justification that it's not worth it to wade into. 🤷‍♀️

This is amazing! So creative, and wow, I'm just blown away. You did a phenomenal job at curating cute "useful" things. 😍

These are adorable! 😍

Yeah, I still use it out of habit, but Google is definitely not the same. 🫤

😆 Exactly! One of my characters uses "The Google" unironically because it fit their character (fish out of time situation and didn't know differently), but yeah, none of characters would ever think of capital-i internet. (Yet even now, Google's autocorrect is trying to capitalize it on this post. 🙄)

"Alley royalty" 🤣

Yep, very accurate!