Independent journalism is essential right now. I encourage folks to check out Marisa’s excellent work.

This AI was good for a heck of a laugh this morning.

The image shows a tweet by "Libs of TikTok" (@libsoftiktok), reporting on a trans activist who allegedly exploited a loophole in Florida law to change their gender marker on their driver's license. The tweet states that the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) responded with a letter acknowledging the error and promising to address it. It also claims Florida law does not permit gender marker changes based on gender identity and alleges the activist may have lied about losing their license to facilitate the change. Below the tweet, two elements are visible: a video still of the activist smiling and holding their license, and a letter from the FLHSMV dated January 6, 2025.

The image is a detailed letter from the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), dated January 6, 2025, addressing the improper change of a driver's license gender marker from male to female. It explains that the change violated Florida law, which defines "sex" based on biological and genetic characteristics and prohibits alterations based on gender identity. The letter confirms the cancellation of the improperly issued license, issuing a corrected license instead. It also discusses potential misrepresentation of facts during the application process and warns of legal consequences for providing false information. The letter is signed by Dave Kerner, Executive Director.

A trans woman on tiktok posted about getting her gender marker changed on her Florida drivers license. Florida investigated her over it, canceled her license, and then leaked the story to libs of tiktok to announce it publicly to humiliate her.

So the solution, apparently, is for Meta to ditch the fact-checkers altogether.

Ugh. Just…ugh.

What Every UX Writer Needs to Know About Passive Voice Is passive voice the actual devil? Or is it perhaps a perfectly legitimate aspect of the English language to be understood and embraced?

Is passive voice to be avoided at all costs in #uxwriting and #content? Think again: uxplanet.org/what-every-u...

It’s rare to see public displays of courage these days. Certainly it’s in short supply with our Tech CEOs and media. But Judge Juan Merchan in Manhattan gave us one for the ages. My write up: https://buff.ly/49JgZzh

My doggo is usually photogenic. This one? Channeling Billy Idol. 🤦🏻‍♀️

A flow chart titled: Should I say resources? Do you mean people? If yes, say people If no Do you mean people and things? If yes say People and the things If no Do you mean things? If yes, say the things

Reposting my popular post from elsewhere. It's still relevant 6 years later. I made a handy flowchart called "Should I say resources?" Please use as needed.

Those elements would include a customer bio, a description of their challenge, an explanation of how our product helped them solve it, and results. However, the customer story (content type) could be presented as a video, an animated slideshow, or an article; these would be content formats. :-)

Hi! Here’s how we see it at my company. An example of a content type could be “customer story” (aka a case study). It would be consider-level content to illustrate a successful deployment of our products, and include certain standard elements…

Ooooh, I love this! Sharing with my content strategy team. We’ve been on a mission to get our org to adopt the content type (vs. content format) approach, and this dovetails so well with that. Awesome work! 👍

If you’re more upset about a transgender woman using your bathroom than you are about a rapist felon running your country, congratulations, you are an idiot, an asshole, and you’re in a fucking cult.

A billboard-style sign on a median between two roads with lettering that reads, “Khakis: What people in Boston use to start their car”

Can confirm.

Here it comes. Lawsuits based on unfavorable coverage of TFG will have a chilling effect on journalism, even if they don’t stand a chance of success (because facts). One step removed from the dictator playbook of violence against journalists who don’t toe the line.

Agree! But in my company, the SEO team is vociferously in favor of including FAQ sections wherever possible to boost visibility in search. They say doing so adds to content depth and complexity (better signals for search algorithms) and mimics search queries (“What is x”). Constant battle. :-)

A black and tan German Shepherd is asleep in his crate, curled up in comfort in a fuzzy gray dog bed.

Being a very good doggo can be exhausting. Sweet dreams, pup.

Grammarian vs Errorist - a supervillain showdown YouTube video by Elle Cordova

Elle Cordova strikes again. 🤣

Love this list! New to Bluesky so this is an awesome cheat code. (Hi Confab peeps!) ❤️

Oooooooh “friends of content design or content strategy” new to Bluesky (like me) — here’s a must-have starter pack. ❤️

Recruiters urge candidates to use AI to apply for jobs It is becoming acceptable to use the technology to draft letters and CVs — but not to answer assessments

Recruiters urge candidates to use AI to apply for jobs

www.ft.com/content/249d0f97-768e-48...

Where would Trump even cut trillions from the budget? Musk & Ramaswamy will quickly learn it’s not so easy, lest they lose the next election in an epic manner.