Daniel Dvorkin @medigoth@qoto.org

Stop me before I snark again!

Actually ... don't.

Ever since the beginning of the internet, I've been waiting for an e-mail from Money. Today it finally arrived. If you need me, I'll be on my yacht.

Common #AI #writing tricks. All of these can be useful techniques, but they’re best as seasoning rather than main ingredients. #LLMs don’t do subtlety.

"Okay sweetie, before we go back to the apartment, you either have to put your paw booties on, or put the cigarette out. Your choice."

Lawful good: capitalize genus, leave species lower-case.
Lawful evil: capitalize both genus and species.
Neutral evil: write both in all upper-case.
Chaotic evil: "tReX".

@outer @adamgreenfield It's wise to take it slow. [solemn nod]

As in a fervific dream.

One of the copy-and-paste #antivax talking points is that #polio was caused by #DDT. For everyone repeating this vile lie:

My grandmother was a polio survivor. She caught the disease in childhood, before DDT was in use as a pesticide. When I was a small child, she could walk, sort of, with crutches. By the time I was in high school, she was wheelchair-bound, as she would be for the rest of her life.

Consider this an engraved, gold-plated, personally delivered invitation to go fuck yourselves.

@TerryHancock You might say it's a real dog's breakfast.

"You picked up the leash and said 'walkies!' Then you got distracted and I never had my walk. I'm sorry it's come to this, but I really have no choice."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/dog-shotgun-nebraska-convenience-store

Context: https://www.quora.com/What-species-of-bird-did-the-Tyrannosaurus-rex-evolve-into-Do-evolutionists-know-which-one-You-d-like-me-to-believe-that-dinosaurs-existed-and-they-all-evolved-into-talking-parrots-but-it-s-not-that-easy-is-it/answer/Daniel-Dvorkin-3

"Also, you’re not any kind of street fighter, or 'Str33t F1ght3r' either. I guess you think calling yourself that, and spelling it in a way that was amusingly quaint around the beginning of this century, makes you sound cool and badass. Take it from someone who’s actually been in a few fights, it doesn’t. Mainly it makes you sound like someone who will get his ass kicked the first time he pokes his face outside his Mom’s basement. Tell her I said hi, by the way."

@joannaholman yeah, I'm thinking that apology isn't going to cut it.

@moira excellent choices!

@falcennial [solemn nod]

Definitely need some old rubber bands that are so dried out they'll snap the first time you try to use them. Bonus points if they hit you in the eye.

Or is that just me?

FB Memories just reminded me that I've been working on The #Silmarillisaurus for over a year. [sigh] #Worldbuilding is fun, but I really want to get back to telling *stories* soon. ✍️ 🚀 🦖 🦕

Lots of #MAGAts are gleefully commenting about #Polis getting censured. "They're eating their own," "circular firing squad," etc. Yeah, we already know the idea of a political party that punishes bad behavior on the part of its members is difficult for #Republicans to understand.