I was today years old when I learned that different locations of Starbucks charge different prices for the same cup of coffee. I am many years of capitalism unsurprised/disappointed
"Her hair was on her head."
Dearest gentle reader, I cackled.
Oh man, I ove (and love) this too
LLMs break our ability to conclude when there is proof of effort. We make high schoolers write essays and do math assignments not because we care about essay or because we don’t know the problem set answers, but because the effort trains them in a certain way. We read customized cover letters as an important signal of interest, because it has traditionally been hard to make a good one, and you could only do it for so many jobs you applied for. Gatekeeping is inevitable, and when the old mechanisms stop working, other measures will step in, like relying on the prestige of the candidate’s institution or their connections to decide who to hire, or what papers to cite or publish.
I think about this a lot with LLMs and education and also publishing. The hope that by undermining failing or unfair systems, LLMs will destroy the hierarchies and unfairness seems... naive. The result will likely be the opposite. jessicahullman.substack.com/p/zeynep-tuf...
Never have I felt more seen.
Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization
This Denmark vs USA match seems particularly intense, huh?
This link will be live next hour, from 10–11am ET, for the full hour.
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/34844...
@aaronburch.bsky.social publication day (congrats!) = @havehashad.com submission call = generosity and celebration converging beautifully in and for the writing community. QED
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
how dare you use karaoke for evil
No Kings includes Draft Kings
Q: How much is the NFL paying Bad Bunny for the privilege of playing football during and after his concert?
A: In what can only be described as a display of unprecedented magnanimity, Bad Bunny has allowed the NFL to showcase their sport at his concert for free.
New work up today at The Razor with gorgeous art and narration therazormag.com/articles/kin...
I’ve got a shorty Odyssey in here, as relayed by Homer’s most annoying but insightful friend (originally written for @notquitewrite.com 💛)
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
They are removing any and all doubt that it can’t happen to you.
Can confirm that McSweeney's pays $40/piece
HAD carving out a real niche with heartbreaking dog-related micros
r/Minneapolis If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, that's it for me. I've spent the last week checking on my neighbors, engaging with my city, my local police, everyone. I've supported my friends and family, made sure they knew they weren't alone in their feelings of hopelessness, powerlessness. I've called and emailed my representatives, demanding answers, demanding action. I've just been overcome with this overwhelming, almost primal need to care for and support my community. If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, and soldiers take to our streets, then that tears it for me. My son just turned 1yr. I've done my best to be a helper, so that I can still be around to support him and spend time with him. But if I have to STAND OUTSIDE in the FREEZING COLD and get the SHIT KICKED OUT OF ME by the people who are supposed to be protecting me, if I have to do that to fight for goodness, and righteousness, and justice, then that's what I'm gonna fucking do. I'm going to do it because this is not the future I want for my son. If you've been out on the streets, and you're tired, and you're hurting, don't worry. Rest when you need to. Because I know my home and I know my neighbors. When you need to rest, two more will replace you. I will be one of them. This is my home. Minneapolis is not going to quit. Minnesota is not going to quit. And FUCK EVERYONE who tries to come in here and take from us the PRIDE, LOVE, and COMMUNITY we've built. As long as I can stand, I'm going to plant my two feet between the oppressors and the home I love. I love you all. L'etoile du Nord.
Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
A VERY generous benefactor has donated entries to the upcoming Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction to support writers on low income!
If you've always wanted to enter but struggled to find the means to do so, please email us at contact@notquitewrite.com
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What a year, huh?
Lemon, it’s January 9th.
norman rockwell's freedom of speech guy
I don't like the death squads
Dang, these numbers! 👏
Scene from "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
"You’ll be on the edge of your seat waiting for me, because you’ve heard way too many singers screech and waver and get me all wrong. What catastrophe awaits this time?"
Merry Christmas I‘m in McSweeney’s!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
End of 2025 Something of a vague, catch-all theme here to wrap up our year! Send us something related to the holidays and/or "endings." Similar to a recent call, we are going to have two windows, a morning and an evening: 10 am ET, Thursday, 12/18 7 pm ET, Thursday, 12/18 please only submit once Submissions will capped at 150 for each call, meaning a total of 300. A few basic guidelines: ALL genre ok 500 words With micros and poems, up to 3 pieces (totaling no more than 500 all combined) allowed Surprise us, wow us, all'a that. All submissions should receive a response within 24 hours. — Crow & Aaron
crow & aaron doing a last call of the year.
open right NOW, for 150 submissions... and then again this evening for another 150. (please only submit to one.)
especially looking for stuff about the holidays and/or "endings"
all genre
500 word max
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/34430...
in the pit
This entire weekend
