A screenshot of a ChatGPT conversation reading: "can you write something about robert e. lee in the voice of washington post staff writer gillian brockell?" "Certainly! Here's an excerpt written in the voice of Gillian Brockell, a staff writer at The Washington Post, reflecting on Robert E. Lee's legacy: The Complicated Legacy of Robert E. Lee: A Figure Divided by History By Gillian Brockell When Robert E. Lee's name is invoked, it is often as a symbol of Southern pride military brilliance, or a tragic, doomed cause. But history has a way of shifting its lens, and in recent years, the image of Lee -- the Confederate general, the hero of lost causes -- has become increasingly more fraught. The man who stood as the face of a rebellion that tore the nation apart now stands at the center of an ongoing reckoning over the Confederacy's legacy, and our struggle to reconcile memory with reality."

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.

Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

That Prince knows how to work the camera! He’s a supermodel!!!

Lady Astronaut | Series | Macmillan About this Series On a cold spring night in 1952, a m...

So a couple of days ago when I suddenly stopped spending time here, it was because I saw an article saying that an order came down to remove pages about women in NASA and it set my hair on FIRE

So I went straight to The Lady Astronaut series because

1. fuck you!
2. The new book is coming out soon.

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...

The firing was illegal so sending security to force her out is doubly illegal

Aw. 🎻

Because it is only things like this video that help me keep breathing right now.

While Trump is trolling Canada about annexing it, Canadians are in Los Angeles tonight dropping water on the Palisades fire. He’s a disgrace.

and I'm not naive and think "more humanities majors = save the republic." some of the worst fucking people in the world studied history philosophy and literature. I just want real college educations for zero debt taught by full time well paid instructors available to everyone who wants them.

What a gorgeous pink.

“they mistake the product for the point.” Exactly!

Usinge AI to learne to wryte ys lyke having a robot go to the gym for you

Historians rightly warn against making the people of the past “just like us”. Eleanor Barraclough’s command of both written and material evidence of the Viking age ensures we are always aware of its manifest otherness.

— TLS review by Heather O’Donaghue, a new Viking history, *Embers of the Hands*

Maybe not with the poster, but disclosing there in a comment that there was AI and a perceived attempt to deceive would be an act of moral good.

Title and author are in the 1st post of this thread.

I’m not a huge cheeseburger fan, but I gotta say I love her attitude.

Goodbye to all that — once again, and for the last time Farewell reflections from an American who has now lost his country: I quit the GOP 13 years ago. That wasn't enough

Hard words, but disturbingly on point. www.salon.com/2024/11/17/g...

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Recent events have had me avoiding news, political podcasts, etc. Last night I thought “Oh, maybe it’s time to listen to The Rest is Politics. Then my stomach clenched. So, nope. Back to radio edits of You’re Dead to Me. Screaming when they get things wrong is better than existential dread.

Oooo…I shall give it a look.

You should be able to go to your local Democratic Party headquarters and get help with anything you need help with. Don't have a printer and need to print out a form? We gotcha! Need help applying for a passport? We gotcha! Need a bathroom or a sandwich? We gotcha!

I'm not kidding in the least.

One of my favorite historical fiction series! So happy. ❤️

You a sit in front of the dryer and color in your coloring book as you wait if that makes it easier.

I suspect this word will come to define many of my days in the near future.

Hi there. Here’s an embroidery portrait in progress of my cat.

I suspect that this photo of one of my TBR piles tells people most of what they need to know about me. Oh, there should also be a cat or two and a stack of LPs (in the interests of full disclosure).