Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Post Edited: Are you writing backwards? dylan.tweney.com/are-you-writing-ba… 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Post Edited: Writing with purpose dylan.tweney.com/writing-with-purpo… 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Post Edited: Write like a real human dylan.tweney.com/write-like-a-real-… 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Post Edited: I was an 8-year-old polyester-wearing kid dylan.tweney.com/i-was-an-8-year-ol… 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Post Edited: How to Fight Slop and Influence Others dylan.tweney.com/how-to-fight-slop-… 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Post Edited: When the AI ghostwriter meets the AI ghost detector dylan.tweney.com/when-the-ai-ghostw… 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 24/07/2026New post: The dot-matrix era of AI writing dylan.tweney.com/the-dot-matrix-era… 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 04/06/2026It'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/...open.substack.comFive things for June 4In which I resurrect an old blog format and talk about writing more humanistically 021
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Health insurance in California is far more than $800 a year for a family of 4. It wouldn't take much of a discount to make that worth it. 0110
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Jumping into the ocean can wake you up open.substack.com/pub/dylan20/...open.substack.comInner lifeHow jumping into the ocean can wake you up 000
Reposted by Dylan TJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/05/2026As 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. 270138234174
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 22/05/2026My latest newsletter: what you miss when you let AI write for you open.substack.com/pub/dylan20/...open.substack.comCan you use AI to write? Sure, but here's what you'll missCan 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. 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 22/05/2026New post: Can you use AI to write? dylan.tweney.com/can-you-use-ai-to-… 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Huh. what a surprise www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comState media control influences large language models - NatureGovernment-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 ... 011
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Hmm, that illustration doesn't seem to match your description! 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 16/04/2026My 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 #sfbayarealuma.comHaiku Happiness Hour · LumaForget 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… 010
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Haiku as portal and as tool (new post by me) dylan.tweney.com/haiku-as-por...dylan.tweney.comHow haiku can help you become a better writerHaiku 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. 000
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 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 03/04/2026from Matt Mullenweg's post here: ma.tt/2026/04/emda...ma.ttEmDash FeedbackSo, two other Matts at Cloudflare announced EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security. (Is it nominative determinism or a simulation glitch that everyone trying to t… 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 03/04/2026I don't think I've ever seen an *interface* described as being in the "uncanny valley" before 100
Reposted by Dylan TMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Billionaires, Stop Whining and Give Your Money Away www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Billionaires, Stop Whining and Give Your Money Away 32920156
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Back 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...wsj.comAn 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. 010
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" 010
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Thank you for sharing that. A really accessible and informative read. 000
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...lifeisasacredtext.comThe Antisemitism Post (tm)Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today. 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 17/03/2026What do you do when your creative flow feels blocked? dylan.tweney.com/finding-your...dylan.tweney.comFinding your flow as a writer – dylan tweney 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Communications 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 #FirstAmendmentcommsforjournalists.orgOpen Letter from Communications Leaders Defending Press FreedomCommunicators call for the end of federal prosecution of journalists covering Minnesota protests and the protection of First Amendment rights. 020
Reposted by Dylan TPoetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Today'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-...poems.comB rder-C ossi g as Tr thI don’t remember much about crossing the 0157
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 06/02/2026So I guess I mean to say: the culture celebrated that behavior, and in so doing perpetuated it. But not "the culture" - specific men did this, through their actions and their writing 090
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 06/02/2026As a boy, growing up reading SF in the 80s, I read accounts in anthologies by Harlan Ellison etc that made it clear the male authors at conventions were mostly interested in women to hit on them. Now I realize those accounts were trying to teach me how to be a man, or an Important Male Author 250
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I want to read your poem! And congratulations on publication. But there's a ghastly, graphic drawing of a suicide in that zine as you flip through it - disturbing enough to me that I stopped looking when I hit it & didn't find your poem 210
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 30/01/2026As a Dylan with aspirations of super-ness I admit I took this one to heart 040
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 07/01/2026We'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...dylan.tweney.comNever let AI write your first draft – dylan tweney 020
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 22/12/2025I 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...dylan.tweney.comThe magic of magazines – dylan tweney 000
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Lovely! I've never heard that term before. Your explanation makes sense! 010
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 11/12/2025I am here for Calibri and em dashes all day and I don't care who knows it 020
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Out: weak DEI fonts In: strong, imperial fonts 🙄 apnews.com/article/rubi...apnews.comCalibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New RomanSecretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman. 000
Reposted by Dylan Ttinywords.com @tinywords.com · 28/11/2025colour wheel what the hummingbird tastes (haiga - click through to view) -Marianne Paul tinywords.com/2025/11/28/49128 031
Dylan T @dylan20.bsky.social · 26/11/2025One 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...dylan.tweney.comHaiku changed my life – dylan tweney 150
