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Powderhorn

@ Powderhorn @beehaw.org

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Unemployed journalist, burner, raver, graphic artist and vandweller.

I read news so you don't have to (but you still should).

  • Samsung takes a big step forward in 6G network development

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  • Much obliged.

  • Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake | Two minor AWS outages have reportedly occurred as a result of actions by Amazon’s AI tools

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  • I mean, I'll applaud any push toward Linux.

  • Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake | Two minor AWS outages have reportedly occurred as a result of actions by Amazon’s AI tools

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  • I'm reminded of a time I was in a bar in Georgia at a conference. It was in the hotel, and a high-ranking editor for the then-reputable Washington Post bought me a beer. He let me take a sip before launching into how much "immature shit [I] need to get out of [my] system" before being ready to be "Post material."

    Where is any industry going to be in a decade, when no one's been mentored?

  • Samsung takes a big step forward in 6G network development

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  • This is four sentences that leads to a 404 source link.

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    ‘A joyful day’: final piece of Sagrada Familia’s central tower put in place

    www.theguardian.com /world/2026/feb/20/barcelona-sagrada-familias-church-central-tower-put-in-place
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    Nascent tech, real fear: how AI anxiety is upending career ambitions

    www.theguardian.com /technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/20/ai-future-work-technology-white-collar

  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

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  • Separate Rolling Stone coverage here.

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    'A letter from Attenborough started my wildlife filming career'

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/cj3vly51145o
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    Police seize art posters depicting Trump, Putin and Netanyahu in Nazi uniforms from Canberra bar

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2026/feb/19/police-seize-art-posters-depicting-trump-putin-and-netanyahu-in-nazi-uniforms-from-canberra-bar-ntwnfb
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    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

    www.theguardian.com /uk-news/2026/feb/19/police-former-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-sandringham
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    CIOs told: Prove your AI pays off – or pay the price

    www.theregister.com /2026/02/17/no_roi_no_ai/
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    Stone, parchment or laser-written glass? Scientists find new way to preserve data

    www.theguardian.com /technology/2026/feb/18/scientists-new-way-preserve-data-microsoft

  • Donation platform

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  • Chech your work:

    It is rare to see something like this. We have their, there and they're, but there isn't a fourth option.

    • Check
    • Czech
    • Cheque
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    12-hour days, no weekends: the anxiety driving AI’s brutal work culture is a warning for all of us

    www.theguardian.com /technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/17/ai-startups-work-culture-san-francisco

  • No swiping involved: the AI dating apps promising to find your soulmate

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  • Well, you don't want to use birdshot with eugenics.

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    As these things go, it could be worse. I think my ex would actually sew new ears onto my Snoopy.

  • Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous

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  • I never got a degree! I got roped into the college paper, and from there, well, I didn't really care about my studies. Why worry about semantics and semiotics when you can tell 18,000 people what to think?

    (yeah, I meandered into news after cutting my teeth in opinion)

  • When then one who got away calls from the hospital

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  • It's difficult to understand what "better" would look like. My ex may need to take custody. I don't trust her with a lot of things, but she does OK at raising kids.

  • I, uh, feel like I have no control over what's happening

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  • She still wears my wedding collar. I'm not sure what's unclear.

  • Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous

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  • Sure. That's a specific use case and not likely a useful one.

    When we start getting into utterances, though, we're firmly in linguistics. Unless you've been passing bad checks.

  • Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous

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  • As a former linguistics major, I find this to be horseshit.

    Really, we optimize for the least possible amount of communication necessary. With a spouse, you don't ask full questions. Early on, you might have to shoot a look, but later on? This is now ingrained. They're offering the solution before you express the problem.

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    Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous

    www.theregister.com /2026/02/16/semantic_ablation_ai_writing/

  • ArsTechnica's response to the AI generated "quotations"

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  • There is no reason for you to care. I am informing users familiar with my writing and methods that this is now on my radar, but I can't yet do it justice. I'm being honest about not being ready to perform analysis.

  • China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sink

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  • Those fucking Chinese, amirite? All they do is evil. While blockading Cuba is for humanity!

  • ArsTechnica's response to the AI generated "quotations"

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  • It is 23.43, and I can't analyze this tonight. Ars has been good for a long while, and I enjoy their reporting. To have to reassess this is disappointing, but I've already had to feel this with the NYT and WaPo. Not exactly a huge loss here. But I want to fully investigate what happened ahead of reaching a conclusion.

    Rest assured, I will reach a conclusion. I don't think I'll like the one I think I'll find, but that's journalism for you. I will withhold judgment until I've had a chance to fully examine what happened here.

  • I, uh, feel like I have no control over what's happening

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  • At what point did I say we didn't fuck?

  • Words Without Consequence

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  • I would hazard a guess that you've spent less time in a newsroom than I have.

  • Words Without Consequence

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  • So that I fully understand your argument, it is that other automation proves that what I posted is LLM output? Let's sit with that for a moment. Your bullshit detector is accurate, but mine is not. This is essentially your thesis.

    I'd workshop this for a bit.

  • Words Without Consequence

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  • What, you saw a couple of em-dashes and reached that conclusion? I would argue -- emphatically -- that people are using the wrong methods to attempt to unmask LLMs. They're literally trained on prose written by humans. We still know how to write.

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    Words Without Consequence

    www.theatlantic.com /technology/2026/02/words-without-consequence/685974/
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    No water or electricity, and children begging in streets filled with rubbish – but this is why I won’t leave Cuba

    www.theguardian.com /world/2026/feb/13/no-water-or-electricity-and-children-begging-in-streets-filled-with-rubbish-but-this-is-why-i-wont-leave-cuba
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    No swiping involved: the AI dating apps promising to find your soulmate

    www.theguardian.com /technology/2026/feb/15/ai-dating-apps-personality-matchmaking
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    I, uh, feel like I have no control over what's happening

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    News Publishers Are Now Blocking The Internet Archive, And We May All Regret It

    www.techdirt.com /2026/02/13/news-publishers-are-now-blocking-the-internet-archive-and-we-may-all-regret-it/
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    Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage

    arstechnica.com /tech-policy/2026/02/after-creepy-super-bowl-ad-sparks-outrage-ring-abandons-flock-deal/
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    Drink Whole Milk, Eat Red Meat, and Use ChatGPT

    www.theatlantic.com /technology/2026/02/rfk-jr-hhs-ai-chatbots/686007/
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    Chief mouser Palmerston dies after swapping Foreign Office for Bermuda

    www.theguardian.com /lifeandstyle/2026/feb/14/cat-chief-mouser-uk-foreign-office-dies-bermuda-palmerston
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    OpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: ‘I can’t live like this’

    www.theguardian.com /lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/feb/13/openai-chatbot-gpt4o-valentines-day