M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just got a rogue Odyssey article in my news feed and for a moment it felt like summer again. 000
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Author: I used AI to write a story about how AI is a threat to writers. Journal: We don't accept AI assisted writing. Author: Ah. Case in point. 001
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Open note to journal editors: In the Table of Contents please label what the thing I'm going to read is. Essay, story, review. Not hard. 000
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026While lotta people doing a whole lot of rhetorical gymnastics rather than admit a song they don't really like may in fact be a well-liked song. 000
Reposted by M RambergChris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Yeah, I'm here for the job interview? 5732
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I recently realized the only way to fix my current novel in progress is that I have to read it. The whole thing. I didn't sign up for this. #amwriting 030
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Well blow me down, it's first appearance of Popeye day in the Comics Kingdom subscription. Light up a pipe and celebrate with a dime's worth of longitude! 100
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I don't know, it's probably me, but whenever I try to use AI, I end up staring at prompt that says "What do you want to do?" And the answer is usually 'go get a cup of coffee' 000
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Tired: shoving 20 seconds of slop into my face Wired: Shoving demands that I 'deep dive' penguin waddling videos into my face. 100
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Nothing quite as satisfying as a Viking comeback paired with a Packer collapse. 010
Reposted by M RambergCaitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...charlotteobserver.comA Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remainIn May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure. 612157851
Reposted by M RambergBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026As many people have observed, the problem with vaccines is that they work *too* well. The incredible, astounding, profound wonders of vaccines led many people to think of measles as a rash, the flu as a bad cold, mumps as a thing that makes you look like Brando playing Don Corleone. 319350
Reposted by M RambergEffin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 08/09/2026The proto-Effin’ Birds was my Tumblr “Swear Trek”. It opened a lot of doors for me and I wouldn’t be where I am today without it. I don’t have plans to revive it (one daily comic is enough work), just wanted to thank it for getting me here on this 60th anniversary of Star Trek. 1053888790
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Every five years someone tries to get rid of the Mercator projection, a map which I personally haven't seen in twenty years. 000
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Go befuddle yourself with this AI-generated piece on Zuckerberg's superyacht Launchpad. deyachting.net/blog/mark-zu...deyachting.netMark Zuckerberg Yacht: Inside the $400 Million LaunchpadMark Zuckerberg yacht revealed: Inside the $400M Launchpad with luxury features & tech billionaire lifestyle 000
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Welcome to my podcast Bald Guys with Beards Talking Sports. Today we will be talking about sports. 000
Reposted by M RambergRandy Milholland @choochoobear.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Today's Popeye at @comicskingdom.bsky.social : comicskingdom.com/popeye/2026-...comicskingdom.comPopeye Comic Strip 2026-08-30 | Comics KingdomRead the Popeye comic strip from August 30, 2026, and check out other Popeye comics by E.C. Segar, Bud Sagendorf, Hy Eisman, Randy Milholland. 37622
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Idiot Wind (16th May 1976, Tarrant Convention Center, Fort Worth) "It's a wonder you still know how to breathe." -- Bob Dylan #IdiotWind #Dylan youtu.be/CuX3PwKEkWM?...youtu.beIdiot Wind (16th May, Tarrant Convention Center, Fort Worth)YouTube video by Bob Dylan - Topic 071
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Hugh Howey on writing during the end of an era and the dawn of the AI age: hughhowey.com/the-end-of-a...hughhowey.comThe End of an Era - Hugh HoweyWe knew this day would come. Some of us have known for decades, have been writing and pontificating about this since Ken Jennings lost at Jeopardy and Kasparov lost at chess. The writing was on the wa... 000
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The question isn't whether she gets money for being fired, it's whether the books are in the library. Are the books in the library? Who knows. 010
Reposted by M RambergLar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Oh Lordy this week. I had forgotten I had drawn Dolly in Patrick Nagel's style. I've certainly drawn a ton of Frank n furters. 312233
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 22/08/2026What you've been crying out for: My review of Elmore Leonard's Mr. Majestik. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...goodreads.comSign inSee what your friends are reading 000
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Finally found something to use AI for. Built a gem to look up the Dewey Decimal number of books my database didn't provide a number for. It worked, then gave me this message: 100
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Today in Rex Morgan: The grifter twins restate plot points while sitting in a completely natural way. 000
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I think all of us wanna-be writers fantasized about riding in a dune buggy with Neal. Father John Misty knew. youtu.be/sNu_GJ_PSZY?...youtu.beFather John Misty - I'm Writing A Novel (Live on KEXP)YouTube video by KEXP 001
Reposted by M RambergJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 16/08/2026It’s Diana Wynne-Jones’ birthday, so here’s me talking to @scriblit.bsky.social about Studio Ghibli’s magnificent adaptation of Howl’s Moving Castle (and some unexpected links between Japan and Wales…) pod.link/1614879928/e...pod.linkHowl's Moving Castle - with Gabby Hutchinson-CrouchListen to Howl's Moving Castle - with Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch from Comfort Blanket wherever you get your podcasts! 15723
Reposted by M Rambergmaking art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026a very chicago tile mosaic! 014413
Reposted by M RambergDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 12/08/2026$900 million would cover a year of food assistance for 400,000 people wapo.st/4xe1GJTwapo.stTrump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House constructionThe price tag is much larger than what has been previously reported, according to a Post review of confidential contracts, and taxpayers would cover most of it. 25445202
Reposted by M Ramberg404 Media @404media.co · 12/08/2026New research reveals this ecosystem works, and how pickup artists (PUA) influencers are using Meta's products, including its smart glasses and social media platforms, to perpetuate a culture of harassment against women. @samleecole.bsky.social reports. Read now: www.404media.co/meta-ray-ban... 8249105
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Odysseus boops the Cyclops: the untold story. #mirthfulhijinks 110
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Alternate reads for HP fans include Earthsea, the Chrestomanci series, Percy Jackson, Impossible Creatures... Move on. HP is over. 010
Reposted by M Rambergtinybaby @tiny.baby · 12/08/2026can you people just read the earthsea books they're basically the same thing but better written by a better author 113816
Reposted by M RambergAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 11/08/2026Here's the video I made covering both Brooks' Epstein column and that graceful, humble essay about his friend's suicide. Truly, Brooks contains multitudes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgPz...youtube.comLearning from the world's worst op-ed writerYouTube video by Ana Marie Cox 25819
Reposted by M RambergBOO!👻 LAO GATE! @cheflubu.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I met a person who worked as a contract consultant that said she likes that AI saves her the time of having to read through three hundred pages of a contract and I cannot understand, I assumed that was your goddamn job 48318
Reposted by M RambergJennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I'm an English teacher and freelance editor, and there are times I think a book might be AI, and I just shut up about it and put it down because it's impossible to prove unless the prompts are literally still in the text. BUT, I have been thinking a lot about the "readers don't care" claim. 1505
Reposted by M RambergElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026As anyone in publishing will tell you, women do not resist reading books by men, but men will often dismiss books by women. This is not a publishing problem or a failure to target men. It's a misogyny problem. 362115802291
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Today I learned FIFA has more members than the UN. Also it has a bigger operating budget. FIFA is functionally the governing body of the world. 000
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I think Matt Damon could totally pull off a 'What's my name? My name is Nobody, you dumb cyclops' bit pretty well. It would have been a perfect Good Will Hunting bit. 100
Reposted by M RambergÁine Mc Caul ✍🏼 @ainemccaul.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I've set up a fundraiser to help stock my kid's school with new library books. These aren't text books but books the children can read for pleasure. Maybe you aren't in a position to donate right now but, if not, could you please help by sharing? Thank you! #speirgorm #BookSky gofund.me/55e46e8cagofund.meDonate to Buy a book for St. Brigid's N.S. Glenmakee, organized by Aine MullanHi, we are asking for your help to buy one new reading book for every child a… Aine Mullan needs your support for Buy a book for St. Brigid's N.S. Glenmakee 31518
Reposted by M RambergRick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Generative AI meets the human need to feel like you’re good at something without having to do any practice 319334
M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Here's an update on the not-a-sexbot they wanted to put in a new york school. apnews.com/article/new-...apnews.comNew York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlashA school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom. 100
