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there's no greater panic than a well constructed phrase. These are indeed nervous times, so I'm back on my games

poetry as blogging as in link sharing resumes:


hot take


I'm curious about how is this going to reflect design decisions when considering how people respond to authorial interfaces and AI down the road:

==  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03637758009376019

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