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“One of the questions I always ask of stories is how they *work*. Who do they serve? Who benefits? Who, if anyone, is burdened or harmed by them? Who is uplifted? What modes or methods or structures do they employ?”

#MandyBrown’s latest missive at #AWorkingLibrary tackles the way we look and think about #AI.
***Must Read***

https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/smoke-screen

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#mandybrown, #AWorkingLibrary, #ai

good #frontend #css folk on the fediverse, what is the property to tighten up the spacing between lines? methinks my lines1 in my blog posts look too loosey-goosey and i want them a bit closer together. thank you!

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#frontend, #css

Here’s what I read last week

Ignore Everybody, Hugh MacLeod
How to Write a Book, David Kadavy
The Secret of Shadow Ranch (Nancy Drew), Carolyn Keene
Hunting For Hidden Gold (The Hardy Boys), Franklin W. Dixon

The rest of this year’s list is here:
janusworx.com/reading/#2023

#mjbReads #Books #mjbBooks #Reading #mjbReading

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#mjbreads, #books, #mjbbooks, #reading, #mjbreading

Weekly fitness update

https://janusworx.com/fitness/#2023-03-20

#mjbgettingfit

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#mjbgettingfit

Love it when tech works *for* a creator! (For a change)

https://sliceosunshine.tumblr.com/post/712183227437236224/a-bit-of-a-tldr-for-some-questions-i-saw-in-the

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he most recently worked at Google,[…] although his hiring caused problems: he refused to take the company’s mandatory C proficiency test, on the feeble pretext that he designed the C language.

😂😂😂 https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/17/ken_thompson_is_a_maccie/

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