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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22/04/2025

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.

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."

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Jake Rill @jakerill.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

In October 2022, Marcus Moore from Annapolis launched Moore Crunch Pretzels, now sold at Camden Yards. “It’s more than the pretzels. It helps my confidence and stuff.” On Thursday, Moore will throw out the 1st pitch at #Orioles’ Autism Acceptance Night: www.mlb.com/orioles/news...

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'More than the pretzels': Moore to headline Autism Acceptance Night at Camden

BALTIMORE -- When Marcus Moore tosses a ceremonial first pitch on Thursday night at Camden Yards, it’ll be the first time the 31-year-old Annapolis native has stepped onto the field. However, he’s alr...

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Chris Samnee @chrissamnee.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Was struggling with drawing wind the other day (I know, I know) so I decided to pare it down to it’s absolute simplest form with a little CHARLIE BROWN & SNOOPY here to help my scrambled brain.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 16,1945

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
While Nancy Cheers
I WANNA GO WITH YOU-TAKE ME ALONG

NO!

BAW

( NANCY WANTS TO GO TO TOWN WITH MR SPUTTER)

OH, TAKE HER, DEAR-THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE'S EVER WANTED TO GO ANYWHERE WITH YOU

SHE MUST BE GETTING
FOND OF YOU

THAT’S WHAT YOU THINK!

( NANCY SEEMS TO BE ENJOYING WATCHING MR SPUTTER AT THE DENTIST OFFICE)

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.

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Matt @fahnert.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Unionize everyone unionize

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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 04/04/2025

I’m left with a certain sinking feeling that says if the Nintendo delay picks up steam and points a lot of new fingers at Trump, the administration will vindictively start picking apart the whole industry under the guise of “video game violence is destroying the youth” or some such shit.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.

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Matt @fahnert.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Schumer says he doesn't care about democracy, fake outrage is his only course of action. Really fuck this guy and his generation

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 03/03/2025

literally all the democratic party has said to me and my peers since 2016 is "fuck you, we don't want you, and we don't need you" while spamming my phone nonstop for money and then, after, "you're why we lost" and the notion that i would invest an ounce of energy in helping them recover is ludicrous

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

This is what oligarchy looks like.

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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A 1942 Gallup poll on Bible reading and the song that immediately popped into my head when I read this.

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Matt @fahnert.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

My weird #dog 🐕 asleep again

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Dan Orlowitz @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

THEY’RE CLIMBING THE POLES IN TOKYO GO BIRDS🦅🦅🦅

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Jalen Hurts got everyone in bed at a decent time on a school night because he cares about the teachers

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God @thegodshow.com · 09/02/2025

The NFL removed the ‘end racism’ text from their endzones once Trump got elected, in a clear nod to the notion that racism won.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Elon Musk is not a Federal employee or a political appointee. DOGE is not a real department. None of their activities are legal. This is a coup. The Republicans in Congress are willing participants in it. At what point do Democrats in DC get that and start acting like it? It’s not the price of eggs!

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷‍♂️

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Matt @fahnert.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Had to get dressed up tonight.

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Matt @fahnert.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The sky a few days ago

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Matt @fahnert.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

What a beautiful morning in the Magic Kingdom at #DisneyWorld

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Matt @fahnert.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

We were at Pinballz in Austin last night #pinball

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Matt @fahnert.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I wonder if they ever figured this out 🤦

One neighbor has a package at the wrong address while another neighbor is asking if anyone has a package that has been delivered to the wrong house

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

extraordinary feat of Americanness www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

• A 24-carat gold-plated handgun found in the luggage of Liliana Goodson on 23 April 2023. Photograph: Australian
Border Force

"What about the gun in your bag?" she was asked by a customs officer.
Goodson replied: "Oh yeah, I forgot about that."
A review of Goodson's phone revealed she had searched online "can I have a gun in my suitcase?" and set a calendar entry with a note reminding her to "put gun in suitcase."

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wint @dril.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

a cloak believed to belong to the shooter transformed into a dozen beautiful white doves and flew away, Authorities said,

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ricky friar @deepfriar.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Damn, I forgot about that until now. (Not originally mine, taken from Discord)

In The Incredibles (2004), Bob Paar nearly kills his boss at Insuricare (a health insurance company), outraged over his disregard for human life. This is framed as the beginning of his return to herodom.

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Lance Storm @lancestorm.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Saw someone complaining online about all the “women” film remakes. I assume he means remakes replacing the male leads with female actors. You know what movie can’t be remade like this? Three Men and a Baby. All 3 women would know what they are doing and he competent. That’s not funny.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 05/12/2024

bots are becoming a bigger thing on this platform now. not as bad as twitter, but it’s a shame that no matter what, we’re forced into experiencing the internet technological rot that infests online spaces now

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 01/12/2024

Why does Twitter get this special "stay and defend the platform" treatment? Where was this when GeoCities died, or MySpace? I left Facebook years ago, and I bet many others did too over the years, but there were no thinkpieces defending its international import as a marketplace of ideas.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Since there are, uh, a lot of new people here, some resources I've set up: TV Critics Starter Pack (follow 'em!) Comic Book Podcasters Starter Pack (follow 'em!) Entertainment News Aggregators (block 'em!) Entertainment News Feed (pin it! read it! click it!)

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