Mastodawn

What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.

UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.

Seeing the absolute shit shoveling going on that counts for producing content at Ars over the past well...10-15 years at this point...

I'm not sure anyone should be following them let alone paying them subscription money.

That they are now using AI to write their articles is the least surprising thing ever. What a catastrophic fall from grace.