Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS

dimitridrekonja.bsky.social

18 October 2026 20:51

Imagine the world without Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump. Things would be so much better…

Bill

bill-of-lefts.bsky.social

15 October 2026 12:18

you need to read enough AI slop to know the cadence. there's no way around it. if you don't know the cadence, you're going to be absolutely bamboozled

Bill

bill-of-lefts.bsky.social

15 October 2026 12:18

i don't think pangram by itself is sufficient to condemn a writer, but it is a meaningful signal

Bill

bill-of-lefts.bsky.social

15 October 2026 12:18

this is another way in which the AI-luddites actual enable the rise of AI. they simultaneously believe (1) AI could not write something they think is worthy; and (2) that an AI detector tool could not possibly work. because of this bias, they actually are opening the door for AI slop

Bill

bill-of-lefts.bsky.social

15 October 2026 12:18

No. 14. King of Kings by Scott Anderson. I read this a while ago. The human insights into the players in the Iranian Revolution are interesting. But I left feeling like I had a *worse* understanding of *why* the Revolution occurred (though I think this was the point).