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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 2h

Guys, the newsletter folks have learned that you can do more than just cut and paste Claude output

Screenshot from The Neuron that reads: “That’s where the second trick comes in: treat AI’s draft as something to edit or rewrite, not something to publish”

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 15h

That show Five-Star Weekend is not for me, but I could watch Chloe Sevigny be a sarcastic townie in more shows.

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 16h

There’s a lot about this discourse that is confusing

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 16h

I don’t get better, I just get more niche

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 22h

Is what he meant by “bountiful”

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Florida’s trying; it would be ironic if they inadvertently contributed to the progress of knowledge

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If it’s good enough for airline pilots it’s good enough for a lecture deck

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“Why is Common trying to act like a good dad” is a thing my son txted during the most recent season of Silo

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The spam people think I’m rich but with bad taste in art

Hi, we met at the charity auction last Tuesday. I was the one asking about the landscape painting.

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Boston, this is some real "You got chocolate in my peanut butter!" stuff right here! Don't miss Hallelujah the Hills' only headlining show of 2026 alongside the great Patrick Stickles from Titus Andronicus at Deep Cuts on Saturday OCT 17th! 🎟️ dice.fm/event/8elka5...

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Think I’ve found the worst cybersecurity advice, from my credit union (What kind of freaks can recognize QR codes?!?)

• NEVER click links sent via email or text, or scan unfamiliar QR codes.
Doino so can download malware to

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’ve heard it twice this week alone on podcasts, I don’t like it

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Angela H. @angelah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Excellent piece

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I normally defer to the Brits in usage and I acknowledge that they’ve had this word for longer, but: We really did get the better of the great pernickety/persnickety controversy.

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Updated “tugging the forelock” just dropped

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

(Mainly about the screenshotted post, versions of which have been going around for about a month)

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Claude does not “have” this feature, nor does it pretend to. If you prompt it to act like a record store owner, it will say some things, because LLMs will always say some things.

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I cut to pieces a small sapling that had fallen down on our back fence and am about to go out for flannel, overalls, and some Carhartt boots to complete my Paul Bunyan, but even more masculine, rebrand. Think I can already feel the beard coming in

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If we do not change how this system functions all we’re saying by encouraging a career in the trades is “hey this will get you by until you’re forty and then we’ll stand idly by while you slowly die”. We have to change the system. We cannot trade school our way out of capitalism

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Any time either of us goes on a trip, the one who stays thinks “ah! I’ll get caught up on sleep/work/fitness/shows/whatever” Ell. oh. ell. Not so much!

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I had never considered the possibility that it was, NYT newsletter person

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This new Meshell Ndegeocello record of covers/duets is a lot of fun, *especially* for, say, 45+ variants of “fun.”

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 02/10/2026

ANNA WINTOUR AT PARIS FASHION WEEK: My thing is, even though Iraola has shifted Wirtz to his preferred left halfspace, his game model lacks the central third-man combination play that unlocked space for him between the lines at Leverkusen HUGO EKITIKE, WHO JUST WANTED TO DRESS UP LIKE A JEDI: Oui

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

so a bunch of the traditional environmental groups held a call to strategize against the permitting bill -- notably in which they acknowledged its net emissions effects but still were dead set in opposition -- and someone on the call leaked the whole transcript punchbowl.news/wp-content/u...

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Gmail warning me about the dangers of … electronic book review 🤭

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 01/10/2026

First couple of pages of this are fun to glance at, both A) because what a nightmare to get through IRB! and B) because if they don't reach actual Santa, but to someone who says they're Santa's Helper, children just hang up. Don't waste their time!

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The fence salesman, 14 years ago: “You’ll never have to worry about the integrity of your yard again!” (We weren’t worried about that; we were enclosing our backyard for our dog.) A bunny, this morning, mocking the very concept of yard integrity: “I’mma make my escape by jumping THROUGH this fence”

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Patricia Hswe @pmhswe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Friends, please check out this new report on community-based archives, "Powerful But Precarious," linked from the Mellon website. A participatory action research study, it provides a rich portrait of these organizations—their aspirations, wants, and resilience. Enjoy! www.mellon.org/features/com...

mellon.org

Mellon Foundation

The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.

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Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 01/10/2026

Attention everyone I know! Perfectly accurate, no notes. (Forwarded to me; ultimate source unclear.)

Image headlined "WHAT YOUR FAVORITE OBSOLETE ENGLISH LETTER SAYS ABOUT YOU", with thumbnails of MSS focusing on thorn, eth, wynn, yogh, ash, insular G, and long S; each one has the label "You are a nerd."

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/10/2026

if you think about it, winning via a direct connection to the divine father of all creation through His appointed emissary on Earth is a much more egregious cheating scandal than banging on trash cans

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

how it feels to shitpost in lower case

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today, we announced that HASTAC is closing as an interactive social network after 25+ years of innovative, exciting, and equitable learning, scholarship, and community focusing on technology and its impact on society. educational-cultural-institutions.hastac.hcommons.org/2026/09/29/s...

educational-cultural-institutions.hastac.hcommons.org

Sunsetting the HASTAC Network After 25+ Great Years: Farewell and Appreciation From HASTAC Co-Directors Cathy N. Davidson and Shelly Eversley – Educational and Cultural Institutions

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Stares in “Easter 1916” and “The Second Coming,” while turning the Dickens dial higher.

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was not v productive today, but it’s mostly cleared now

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Day after the vaccines be like

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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not only are nonwhite writers and researchers getting accused of ChatGPTing their work at an alarming rate, but it seems like the LLMs have supercharged racist harassment within the professions and harassment from vigilantes outside the professions. We're just gonna keep getting DOGEd.

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I really do continue to think tech companies don’t understand people. Surely, surely tone came first? (I also think tone is at least partly inferrable from text but am aware that is more controversial.)

Turns out humans have spent thousands of years inventing tone of voice for a reason.

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Glad someone else remembered this.

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Apparently Burnham hasn’t seen the analysis suggesting Everton were the team to lose out the most from City’s malfeasance 🙄

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Isabel Silva Corpus @isabelcorpus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In 2023, Change.org integrated an AI-assisted writing tool into their platform. We found that access to the tool changed platform trends in petition text, but that outcomes (signatures and comments) did not improve... Excited that this paper is out, check it out! 🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.com

Introducing AI to an online petition platform changed outputs but not outcomes - Nature Human Behaviour

Corpus et al. examine how the introduction of an AI writing tool impacted Change.org petitions, finding that it increased petition homogeneity but did not improve petition outcomes.

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Whatever it is, it is not research in a way that is useful (I don’t even think for them)

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