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Dylan T

@dylan20.bsky.social
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Editor, swimmer, writer, banjo banger, poet, zen AF. Now certified Canadian

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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Post Edited: Are you writing backwards? dylan.tweney.com/are-you-writing-ba…
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Post Edited: Writing with purpose dylan.tweney.com/writing-with-purpo…
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Post Edited: Write like a real human dylan.tweney.com/write-like-a-real-…
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Post Edited: I was an 8-year-old polyester-wearing kid dylan.tweney.com/i-was-an-8-year-ol…
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Post Edited: How to Fight Slop and Influence Others dylan.tweney.com/how-to-fight-slop-…
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Post Edited: When the AI ghostwriter meets the AI ghost detector dylan.tweney.com/when-the-ai-ghostw…
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
New post: The dot-matrix era of AI writing dylan.tweney.com/the-dot-matrix-era…
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
It's safe to say that my position on AI is conflicted. Suspicious. Increasingly uncomfortable with it. More committed than ever to writing without it. But I’m not sure I am willing to stop using it entirely. open.substack.com/pub/dylan20/...
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Five things for June 4
In which I resurrect an old blog format and talk about writing more humanistically
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Jumping into the ocean can wake you up open.substack.com/pub/dylan20/...
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Inner life
How jumping into the ocean can wake you up
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/05/2026
As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
My latest newsletter: what you miss when you let AI write for you open.substack.com/pub/dylan20/...
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Can you use AI to write? Sure, but here's what you'll miss
Can AI empower you to do the work of ten writers? Here's why that won't work the way you think it will. Yes, it can help - but it's not a replacement.
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
New post: Can you use AI to write? dylan.tweney.com/can-you-use-ai-to-…
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Huh. what a surprise www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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State media control influences large language models - Nature
Government-controlled media influences the output of large language models via their training data, and models queried in the languages of countries with lower media freedom show a stronger ...
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This was a highly entertaining thread
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is the kind of content I come here for. A+
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
My first-ever "haiku happiness hour" happens May 13 in San Francisco - it promises to be a low-key, social, fun time writing and sharing haiku. Very accessible! No experience required! luma.com/fgaqxycu #haiku #poetry #sanfrancisco #sfbayarea
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Haiku Happiness Hour · Luma
Forget what your fourth-grade teacher told you: Haiku are not just about counting syllables. In fact, haiku are the original "party poetry," emerging from a…
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Haiku as portal and as tool (new post by me) dylan.tweney.com/haiku-as-por...
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How haiku can help you become a better writer
Haiku helped me become a better headline writer. They have helped me write better subject lines for emails. But most of all, they’ve helped me enjoy and appreciate life more.
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
“Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war!” Pope Leo XIV
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I don't think I've ever seen an *interface* described as being in the "uncanny valley" before
screenshot of text that says: The UI is in the uncanny valley of being sorta-WordPress sorta-not. I know it wasn’t a weekend vibecode project, but it has some of that smell. Stuff breaks at the edges.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Billionaires, Stop Whining and Give Your Money Away www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...
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Opinion | Billionaires, Stop Whining and Give Your Money Away
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Back in my day, we didn't need AI to write seven stories a day. Heck, Dean Takahashi regularly filed 15-20 from conferences like GDC. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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An AI Upheaval Is Coming for Media. This Journalist Is Already All In.
AI-assisted stories accounted for nearly 20% of Fortune’s web traffic in the second half of 2025. Most are written by Nick Lichtenberg.
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
"I think this is one of the reasons why solidarity matters. Not as an idea, but as a way of being that refuses isolation and stands powerfully together with others"
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"Solidarity is the only way home — for all of us" The Antisemitism Post (tm) - Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today. www.lifeisasacredtext.com/the-antisemi...
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The Antisemitism Post (tm)
Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
What do you do when your creative flow feels blocked? dylan.tweney.com/finding-your...
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Finding your flow as a writer – dylan tweney
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Communications leaders don't usually make public statements. But too much is at stake to stay quiet when journalism is under attack. That's why I am a co-signer here: www.commsforjournalists.org #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment
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Open Letter from Communications Leaders Defending Press Freedom
Communicators call for the end of federal prosecution of journalists covering Minnesota protests and the protection of First Amendment rights.
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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Today's Feature: "B rder-C ossi g as Tr th" by José Felipe Ozuna from Afternoon Visitor, issue 12.3 Read here: poems.com/poem/b-rder-...
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B rder-C ossi g as Tr th
I don’t remember much about crossing the
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Life's hard candy
Photo of a bag of candy, partially obscured by a container in front of it. The words LIFES HARD are visible on the bag.
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We'll increasingly recognize the limitations of AI in 2026. I wrote a post about it -- and included an AI prompt you can use to make you a better writer. dylan.tweney.com/never-let-ai...
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Never let AI write your first draft – dylan tweney
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I just wrote 'The magic of magazines', a very personal reflection on my career in magazines, and also a link to a magazine I helped a client create this year! dylan.tweney.com/the-magic-of...
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The magic of magazines – dylan tweney
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I am here for Calibri and em dashes all day and I don't care who knows it
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Out: weak DEI fonts In: strong, imperial fonts 🙄 apnews.com/article/rubi...
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Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman.
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tinywords.com @tinywords.com · 28/11/2025
colour wheel what the hummingbird tastes (haiga - click through to view) -Marianne Paul tinywords.com/2025/11/28/49128
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
One crisp autumn day, on a whim, I sent some haiku to a few friends via SMS. It started a journey that changed my life. This fall, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of @tinywords.com. Here's more about that story and a haiku workshop I'm leading soon: dylan.tweney.com/haiku-change...
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Haiku changed my life – dylan tweney
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tinywords.com @tinywords.com · 29/10/2025
every day more like a crone the carved pumpkin   -Patricia J. Machmiller tinywords.com/2025/10/29/44003
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I just wrote 'Collaboration and photography', about a collaboration I was lucky to be able to do this summer with a photographer friend, JP Manninen: dylan.tweney.com/collaboratio...
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Collaboration and photography – dylan tweney
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tinywords.com @tinywords.com · 21/10/2025
high surf before the hurricane . . . plovers huddle in the dunes -Hannah Mahoney tinywords.com/2025/10/21/43936
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
“I’m tired of Google mansplaining to me,” one of my friends said recently. In fact, we can barely open an email, a document, or a search engine without some overeager AI interrupting us with its faux-solicitous recommendations. dylan.tweney.com/its-clippys-...
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It’s Clippy’s world now – dylan tweney
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tinywords.com @tinywords.com · 02/10/2025
sleepless above this heat the night sky -martin gottlieb cohen tinywords.com/2025/10/02/43842
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
There's hope for our future
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tinywords.com @tinywords.com · 29/09/2025
you and me a log that won’t catch   -Frank Hooven tinywords.com/?p=43755
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Elizabeth S. @elizs.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
"I’m free today because of this advocacy,” Soliman said. “Don’t underestimate your voice."
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Just out today: a terrific new album by Meredith Moon, who I know as a banjo player but who is also an amazing guitar player, singer, and songwriter. This is just beautiful meredithmoon.bandcamp.com/album/from-h...
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From Here To The Sea, by Meredith Moon
11 track album
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The Mindfulness Bell @mindfulnessbell.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
@dylan20.bsky.social embraces the support and wisdom of Dharma teachers as a retreat facilitator www.parallax.org/mindfulnessb... photo by Elan Nguyen #PlumVillage #BelovedCommunity #communitybuilding #sangha
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Becoming an “Elder in Training” – The Mindfulness Bell
D. F. Tweney embraces the support and wisdom of Dharma teachers as a retreat facilitator
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I wrote about co-organizing a Zen and writing retreat, and what I learned from the elder teachers there: www.parallax.org/mindfulnessb...
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Becoming an “Elder in Training” – The Mindfulness Bell
D. F. Tweney embraces the support and wisdom of Dharma teachers as a retreat facilitator
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Last weekend, on a sunny balcony overlooking Monterey Bay, with cocktail chatter in the near background and sea lions barking in the distance, I talked about love with a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Army Special Forces. dylan.tweney.com/what-its-lik...
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What it's like to attend a Renaissance Weekend
Everything is up for discussion: tech, business, science, democracy, and love
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
"Orgy Dome destroyed by storm; organizers vow to rebuild"
Screenshot of a headline from the SF Chronicle saying "Burning Man 2025: Orgy Dome destroyed by storm, organizers vow to rebuild." There's a photo of the sun behind the iconic Burning Man sculpture atop the headline.
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Dave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Listener poets, an undocumented sun & more w/ @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @dylan20.bsky.social @trishhopkinsonpoet.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @oyoguhito.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/08/poet...
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 34
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
"One top GEO technique involves using AI to write AI-friendly pages — bots writing for bots." Count me out! This proliferation of bots is the exact opposite of economic, societal, and cognitive efficiency
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
How I spent my summer: learning how to write poems for people dylan.tweney.com/when-listeni...
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When listening and poetry collide
the spark of connection, the alchemy of hearts and minds meeting
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Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Enough is enough. I can't stand by while Gaza starves. We owe it to the people of Gaza - to the hostages - and to our own humanity - to stand against this. #endgazastarvation
Photo of me, wearing glasses, holding a post-it note on which is written SAVE GAZA FROM STARVATION
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