https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/openai-chatgpt-writing-high-school-english-essay/672412/

«…when I try to communicate the subtle difference, when writing an appositive phrase, between using commas, parentheses, or (the connoisseur’s choice) the em dash.»

I HATE the em dash – along with my favorite, the parentheses (they’re so overused, and poorly).

Draw a period and write a new sentence. If you can’t link it to the previous sentence gracefully without disrupting the flow of what you’re writing… maybe it doesn’t belong. What are you trying to do?

P.S. This is actually a pretty good essay.

@DavMicRot 🔗 https://mastodon.social/users/DavMicRot/statuses/109503816848281349 –

It is really startling how comfortable Republican house members are in explicitly advocating to end the republic by violent means.

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) in a text to Mark Meadows on January 17, 2021:

“Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall Law!! PLEASE URGE TO PRESIDENT TO DO SO!!”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/mark-meadows-exchanged-texts-with-34-members-of-congress-about-plans-to-overturn-the-2020-election

Weee shall seeeee.

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/10/1142034532/sinemas-break-with-the-democratic-party-may-not-help-her-as-much-as-shed-like

«The 38 churches represent about 4%, or 16,467 members, out of the nearly 1,000 local UMC congregations in the conference, which includes Greensboro and Winston-Salem.»

https://greensboro.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/triad-churches-suing-to-leave-the-united-methodist-church/article_bcf7dab2-7284-11ed-bacf-33f3e745c28e.html

Interesting-looking….

https://itnext.io/rust-vs-go-cc38b7048181

(Note that Go now has generics.)

Shareholder profits!

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/rail-strike-why-the-railroads-wont-give-in-on-paid-leave-psr-precision-scheduled-railroading.html

A lot of this will sound familiar to a lot of people.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/20/cedric-wins-vmi-white-alumni-attacks/