@baldur

Man, so many of my drafts fail because I try to write the semi-final version. I'm terrible at first drafts.

One trick is to get a video conference going that can do transcripts, and then actually talk at a coworker / friend. The transcript makes a great first draft.

Now that I've repeated this thing I know, I of course need to practice it again.

The hardest part of writing as a practice is silencing your inner censor. Every guide to using LLMs for writing instead proposes to buttress those internal blocks with automated censors, nudging you at every turn to sound more generic, more formulaic

It directly undermines your writing practice

But it’s fine for emails, I guess. If you want to show your correspondents that you’re that kind of asshole.

Folks don't even know the reasons of the civil war or that the flag designer said "Let this be the flag of white supremacy!"

I bet 50% of them would drop it on learning.

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Sr removed confederate flags from his car after learning about its true origins from a Black friend. His son, Dale Earnhardt Jr. vocally supported NASCAR banning the confederate flag. 👍🏿

Yes, some racists still like the flag after learning about it. But there are way fewer of them.