“No, not really.” As you grab another box, then the entire shelf. He cannot look away when you tear into a box with your teeth and shotgun the plastic bag inside. Sprawled on the floor, choking through tears (and flakes) you manage “Terrible. Please. Help,” before the overhead fluorescents fade.
Very welcome. The story you think you're writing vs. what story wants to be written is always surprising to me... and mostly delightful.
I think attrition is the point. They over-hired by a ridiculous degree and now he's trying to hide his mistakes by putting on a digital prophet costume.
The double tap of literary rejections.
It pains my 'tism so much to include someone on an email just because their title unlocks getting things moving.
@lwcoates.bsky.social I read Camp Olvido last night. Really well done. 👏 Esteban is a great character.
Was you fixin to get some viddles when you thought of that?
Reading all the rest of the work in Marrow's Issue 16 and this piece is probably my fave.
"The Week I Killed My Father" by Alex Tumolo
marrowmagazine.com/the-week-i-k...
Wrote about a road trip I took with a friend who's since died. "The Desert" is up in Marrow Magazine, Issue 16.
marrowmagazine.com/the-desert/
Manateeassy - let’s gooooooo
did someone say mantisy?
Gonna be real disappointed if it doesn’t have anything to do with mantises.
Related: Defying all social pressure, I wrote code today without AI and some of it actually worked.
Set it down and endure its disappointed stare for as long as I can.
Future generations will look back on that generation of HP printer as this era’s pyramids.
How did Discord become a thing people use? The UI feels like it was designed by and for meth-addled chimps.
Small goblin got questionably licensed KPop Demon Hunter dolls in her Easter Basket. There’s a bit of a Black Hole Sun vibe to them.
“They’re so creepy. I love them!”
Y’all *gestures expansively* gonna make me finally go read Ellul aren’t you? Can I at least start with Postman?
Last night: 10yo is inconsolable when he drops and shatters a beloved piece of selenite.
Tonight: "If you want we can find you a new rock tomorrow."
"What rock?"
That it’s inconsistent with their product story? I mean… sure?
The use case is Claude code specifically, right? the detection is probably good enough 90% of the time and basically instant. If it works, who cares?
What, exactly, is wrong with this? it seems like a good optimization to me. LLMs are nondeterministic. They‘re also trying to optimize for token usage.
A set of screenshots from DEEP SPACE NINE. An old Klingon throws his arms around Dax and shouts "Curzon, my beloved old friend!" Dax returns the hug and says "I'm Jadzia now." The Klingon grabs her shoulders, smiles, and says "Jadzia, my beloved old friend!"
Star Trek figured this out thirty years ago. It's not hard. Even an old, drunk Klingon got it.
Summer Woods is gonna force me to start practicing with a metronome (I know... I should already be.) Her acoustic arrangements are 👨🍳💋.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=twXj...
After my last tattoo being a many months’ long project that involved complex stencils and planning, walking into the shop and sketching something minutes before the artist freehanded it was kinda wild.
chrisdodds.net/blog/2026-03...
In which I wear my tech, designer, and author hats simultaneously.
#booksky
@ashleyhoneysett.bsky.social just finished Fictions last night. Really enjoyed it. 👏👏👏
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