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This resonates: «Generative models are fundamentally cliche machines. If you ask AI to write a film script, it will produce an average film script masterfully. If you ask it to write an essay, it will produce an average essay masterfully.
Once upon a time, mastery of the banal was adequate for writers. It was enough to prove that you were capable of writing. But that skill has no purpose any more – it can be automated. Skill will be found in the purpose of the work. What can you alone …

Just learned that there is a SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE UK launching at the end of this month and cannot stop saying WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE https://latenighter.com/news/snl-uk-writing-staff-weekend-update-head-writer/

SNL UK Announces Writing Staff, 'Weekend Update' Head Writer
Now less than three weeks out from its anticipated premiere, 'Saturday Night Live UK' has unveiled its writing staff, and it is 20 scribes strong.

„Any suspicion of utility would have restricted his restless curiosity.“
https://worrydream.com/refs/Flexner_1939_-_The_Usefulness_of_Useless_Knowledge.html

Well, I'll tell ya... they're gonna need ALL the writers.
✅ xAI Wants to Hire Award-Winning Writers to Train Elon Musk's Stupid AI Chatbot
https://gizmodo.com/xai-wants-to-hire-award-winning-writers-to-train-elon-…

xAI Wants to Hire Award-Winning Writers to Train Elon Musk's Stupid AI Chatbot
How many award-winning writers are desperate enough to train Grok?

Any #writers on here in groups that have a good system for managing submissions and critiques? like we could do more with tech e.g. a task prioritisation queue, rather than a month for submissions, a month for feedback, which feels clunky
#writing #amwriting

Detektivarbeit, die süchtig macht: Wörther Familienforscher erzählen
#Wörth. Wer waren meine Vorfahren? In Wörth haben sich Ahnenforscher zu einem Stammtisch zusammengetan. Zu entdecken gibt es viel, auch totgeschwiegene Familiengeheimnisse oder verborgene Schicksale.

My latest content filter is to ignore/delete anything with "maxxing" in it, and to mute/block any writers who use it, because you know for sure they are lazy-ass clickbait merchants. 🙄

Waardoor zijn er jaar na jaar veel meer vogels in mijn tuin op dagen dat het geen Nationale Vogelteldag is?

⚔️ Rewriting the Chivalrous Yakuza: Interview with Stray Manga Writer Ryu Kamio
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2026-02-11/rewriting-the-chivalrous-yakuza-with-stray-manga-writer-ryu-kamio/.233054

Rewriting the Chivalrous Yakuza: Interview with Stray Manga Writer Ryu Kamio
"I have no time for those who uncritically submit to authority. If one senses that the direction their group is heading is misguided, I believe they should have the courage to cry out that it is wrong."

Dave Thomas is one of the authors of The Pragmatic Programmer, one of the key people who brought Ruby from Japan to the western world (through "the pickaxe book", Programming Ruby),  one of the authors of the Agile manifesto, and one of my software heros, among other things.
Like many of the original Agile manifesto writers, he's pretty excited about how LLMs/Agents are opening up more possibilities, not ending the software profession.
"Castles in the Air: It's Still Just as Rewarding
It's Still Programming
I was expecting to hate using Claude. I just knew it would dehumanize the process, draining away all the fun stuff, turning what was once creative into a mechanical slog.
I was wrong. Coding with AI is fun. In fact, to me it feels like I'm having more fun than I have had in a while. So I took some notes over the last month to work out why.”
#agenticAI
https://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2026-03-25.html