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Graham (Gray) Scott

@graythebruce.bsky.social

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PhD. Professor of English. Pushcart nom. BSF noms (x2). Stories in Split Lip, Pithead Chapel, HAD, Barrelhouse, Necessary Fiction, JMWW, others. Large Language Human. For now at hemicyon.wordpress.com

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Graham (Gray) Scott @graythebruce.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

today's stress relief

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Graham (Gray) Scott @graythebruce.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Always found the Mona Lisa hard to understand. What's the big deal? So I asked Claude to simplify it for me.

The Mona Lisa as represented by six lines and an oval.

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Graham (Gray) Scott @graythebruce.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Today's second-hand embarrassment.

Cover of a proposed anthology in which Cthulhu is spelled Cthulu.

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Graham (Gray) Scott @graythebruce.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

New Spider-Man lore just dropped.

Google AI says: "This line, 'This, like any story worth telling, is all about a girl' means that the story being told is centered around a female character, implying that her journey and experiences are the most important aspects of the narrative, making her the focal point of the plot." Except that the line in question is from the voice-over to the movie Spider-Man.

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Graham (Gray) Scott @graythebruce.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

These AI are so bad. I was trying to find something to indicate what most adjunct faculty make a year in Texas. Google replied with this drug trip:

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Graham (Gray) Scott @graythebruce.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This screenshot shows an actual Google AI response to one of my queries tonight. Over on Facebook, my colleagues are laughing at it and asking if they can quit full professor jobs to be adjuncts at this pay.

Google search terms: adjunct faculty pay texas

Heading: Al Overview

As of December 2024, adjunct faculty
salaries in Texas vary by position and
location, but here is some information to consider:

Subhead 1: Adjunct professor
In Texas, the average annual salary for an adjunct professor is $130,921, or $63 per hour. The top earners make $150,462 annually, or $72 per hour.

Subhead 2: Part-time adjunct professor
The average hourly pay for a part-time
adjunct professor in Texas is $62.94, with a range of $26.43-$73.46. The majority of salaries fall between $62.26 and $65.19.

Subhead 3: Online adjunct professor
Some of the highest paying cities for online adjunct professors in Texas include Odessa, Jewett, Austin, and Dallas.

Subhead 4: Adjunct faculty in Central Texas
Some of the highest paying cities for adjunct faculty in Central Texas include Flower Mound, Round Rock, and Texas City.

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Graham (Gray) Scott @graythebruce.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Oh ____

A poster for Carl Reiner's film "Oh, God!" starring George Burns.

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Graham (Gray) Scott @graythebruce.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Wherein George Saunders speaks directly to the block that I have on my current story.

Whereas, when I say to my book: “Look, pal, I need you to be great and thereby fulfill my life’s purpose,” this makes my book nervous, and it stops talking to me.

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Graham (Gray) Scott @graythebruce.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Happy Halloween! Here's a very tiny story about a mummy in a department store.

A mummy works Macy’s gift wrap counter. He told the boss he has 2,000 years in wrapping. Sometimes his hands get confused and he realizes he’s using bandages from his arm. Unspools. Starts over. Customers curse, but he isn’t bothered by curses, and he has all the time in the world.

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