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"It’s hard to lose an argument to one’s teenaged son. Once they’re taller than you are, you have only your moral authority: a weak weapon at best."
Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
@georgetakei
🥥 #Canadian author #MargaretAtwood's book The Handmaid's Tale was based on info she had in 1985 when it was published.
https://hachyderm.io/@anilmc/110991799749868516
Even then the outlines of a patriarchal, white supremacist, totalitarian regime were visible to those who were paying attention.
In the book it was known as the Republic of #Gilead, today it's the Republic of #Texas.
(Now available as a TV show on Hulu.)
The #AmericanTaliban is ready today to do whatever they think they can get away with. 🥥
#AmericanTaliban #Texas #gilead #margaretatwood #canadian
GM #bookstadon We spend a lot of time on our #tbr #book lists, but I'm thinking we should also practice our rapid-fired #bookrecommendations
Let's see...
Parable of the Sower, Night Circus, Confederacy of Dunces, Big Swiss, Angela Davis: An Autobiography, Never Let Me Go, The Fran Lebowitz Reader, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, The Fire Next Time, and anything by #margaretatwood
How'd I do? Tell me yours!
#BookStadon #tbr #book #bookrecommendations #margaretatwood
Nice summary of the current state of LLMs in a non-technical sense. My observation is that the bloom quickly falls from the rose once you start working with them regularly. They are repetitive, make silly mistakes and frequently don’t save the time you hoped they would. What they aren’t is creative or surprising.
#ai #llm #chatgpt #chatbot #margaretatwood #theatlantic
Murdered by My Replica? - The Atlantic https://apple.news/AQ2QsRqANSKqSa2af5McD9w
#ai #llm #chatgpt #chatbot #margaretatwood #theatlantic
Caught the #BannedBooks segment of #Velshi this morning. As a recovering academic, The Tempest is my favorite Shakespeare play, too; looking forward to #MargaretAtwood discussing it. Interesting observations of #RomeoandJuliet but I especially thought the rebellious youth theme is likely why it’s banned in #misogynists jurisdictions. Glad also to see increasing social context analyses of literature. Guess this attack on libraries and public education not all a loss. @velshi
#bannedbooks #Velshi #margaretatwood #romeoandjuliet #misogynists
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/iowa-school-district-bans-books-sex-1234806539/
#Iowa #SchoolDistrict bans 19 #books by #ToniMorrison, #MargaretAtwood after #AIReview for a bullshit claim of 'Depiction of Sex Act'
#iowa #schooldistrict #books #tonimorrison #margaretatwood #aireview #stopbookbans
Gizmodo: AI Is Being Used to Ban Books From School Libraries https://gizmodo.com/ai-mason-city-iowa-school-libraries-book-ban-1850738954 #iknowwhythecagedbirdsings #mayaangeloubridgetteexman #artificialintelligence #khaledhosseinicrank #patriciamccormick #killingmrgriffin #tiffanydjackson #theodoredreiser #margaretatwood #bridgetteexman #bookcensorship #censoredbooks #ellenhopkins #tonimorrison #jodipicoult #masoncounty #mayaangelou #alicewalker #sarahjmaas #loisduncan #johngreen #anderson
#iknowwhythecagedbirdsings #mayaangeloubridgetteexman #artificialintelligence #khaledhosseinicrank #patriciamccormick #killingmrgriffin #tiffanydjackson #theodoredreiser #margaretatwood #bridgetteexman #bookcensorship #censoredbooks #ellenhopkins #tonimorrison #jodipicoult #masoncounty #mayaangelou #alicewalker #sarahjmaas #loisduncan #johngreen #anderson
It begins. #mayaangelou #margaretatwood #alicewalker ... all banned. The dumbest thing I have heard all week, but the week is still young.
https://www.engadget.com/mason-city-iowa-school-district-ai-book-ban-censorship-202541565.html
#MayaAngelou #margaretatwood #alicewalker
Happy Book Lovers Day! What are some of your favourite/most treasured books in these categories? A few of the books in this video are keepsakes - the oldest book is my mom’s copy of Alice, the newest I just bought on a trip to Salem, and the book I’ve read the most I bought on a trip through Bangor, Maine. #bookstodon #keepstakes #memerobilia #favorite #books #bookloversday #aliceinwonderland #norsemythology #horror #stephenking #margaretatwood
#bookstodon #keepstakes #memerobilia #favorite #books #bookloversday #aliceinwonderland #norsemythology #horror #stephenking #margaretatwood
Gizmodo: The 2023 Eisner Award Winners Are Here https://gizmodo.com/eisner-award-winners-2023-image-dc-lore-olympus-marvel-1850667157 #eisnerawardforbestlettering #eisnerawardforbestcoloring #scottdunbierrussmanning #entertainmentculture #jasonshawnalexander #alexiscastellanos #jonathanhickman #tatsukifujimoto #marcochecchetto #margaretatwood #charlesmschulz #ingridchabbert #downtothebone #andrewsmcmeel #mattsontomlin #rachelmiller #davewielgosz #heatherantos #colleendoran #justinharder #higgins
#eisnerawardforbestlettering #eisnerawardforbestcoloring #scottdunbierrussmanning #entertainmentculture #jasonshawnalexander #alexiscastellanos #jonathanhickman #tatsukifujimoto #marcochecchetto #margaretatwood #charlesmschulz #ingridchabbert #downtothebone #andrewsmcmeel #mattsontomlin #rachelmiller #davewielgosz #heatherantos #colleendoran #justinharder #higgins
“James Patterson, Suzanne Collins, Margaret Atwood, and thousands of other writers have endorsed an open letter from the Authors Guild, urging AI companies to seek permission before using copyrighted work in their technologies.” https://wnyt.com/business-news/james-patterson-margaret-atwood-among-thousands-of-writers-urging-ai-companies-to-honor-copyrights/ #AI #AuthorsGuild #Writers #MargaretAtwood #Tech #Ethics
#ethics #Tech #margaretatwood #writers #authorsguild #AI
Shades of the #ButlerianJihad 😁
"#MargaretAtwood, #JonathanFranzen, #JamesPatterson, #SuzanneCollins and #VietThanhNguyen are among the prominent authors endorsing the letter addressed to the CEOs of #OpenAI, #Meta, #Microsoft, #Alphabet, #IBM and #StabilityAI." #copyright
Thousands of #writers demand #AI stop using work without permission | #Technology | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/7/19/thousands-of-writers-demand-ai-stop-using-work-without-permission
#technology #ai #writers #copyright #StabilityAI #ibm #alphabet #microsoft #meta #openai #vietthanhnguyen #SuzanneCollins #jamespatterson #jonathanfranzen #margaretatwood #butlerianjihad
@trainingmontage Have you read the #MaddaddamTrilogy by #MargaretAtwood @cstross
#maddaddamtrilogy #margaretatwood
An anthology that celebrates every label thrown at women and another by #MargaretAtwood bring forth an exuberant variety of voices and stories, writes Sumana Mukherjee for #thmagazine.
#margaretatwood #thmagazine #press
Someone from my credit card company just wished me a "Blessed Day". Er, are. they based in #Gilead? When did this start?
#gilead #handmaidstale #margaretatwood #blessedday
‘It’s not #ClimateChange, it’s everything change’: sci-fi authors take on the global crisis
David Barnett
@davidmbarnett
Sun 9 Jul 2023 08.00 EDT
#MargaretAtwood and #CormacMcCarthy led the way. Now a new crop of novelists is putting the heating emergency at the forefront of their plots
#ClimateChange #margaretatwood #cormacmccarthy
10 Halbjahres - Highlights aus 2023 | Top Ten Thursday №53 - Welche Top 10 konnten mich im ersten Halbjahr 2023 begeistern? Schaut doch einfach mal nach.
https://theartofreading.de/10-halbjahres-highlights-aus-2023-top-ten-thursday-53/
#MarahWoolf, #BloggerAktionen, #AlexandraChristo, #MargaretAtwood, #TopTenThursday, #ShannonChakraborty, #HannahWhitten, #SarahJ.Maas, #Highlight, #JayKristoff, #KerriManiscalco, #KatRoss, #Read2023
#MarahWoolf #bloggeraktionen #alexandrachristo #margaretatwood #toptenthursday #shannonchakraborty #hannahwhitten #sarahj #highlight #jaykristoff #kerrimaniscalco #katross #read2023
Finished Margaret Atwood’s “The Testaments” in the wee hours and then dreamt about Gilead. Excellent book, but avoid the dreams. #Reading #MargaretAtwood