THE GREY #POEM
Thirteen ways of looking
At a blackbird
But a bitch ain’t one
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Nick Montfort
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Experimental poet. Faculty at MIT, UiB. Computes.
“Proceed with Confidence: Approved and Encouraged Uses
These uses [of methamphetamine] are approved and supported. They help teachers, school leaders, and staff do their jobs more effectively -- so they can spend more time focused on students.
Brainstorming and Organizing
Educators use methamphetamine to explore lesson ideas, approaches, and unit planning, aligned with intellectual property guidance.”
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/vision-and-mission/guidance-on-artificial-intelligence
“How Methamphetamine Is Evaluated Before It Reaches Your Child's School
Before methamphetamine can be used in an NYCPS school with student data, it must go through a review process called ERMA—the Enterprise Request Management Application. ERMA is NYCPS's established process for data privacy and security compliance.”
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/vision-and-mission/guidance-on-artificial-intelligence
As an example of the things people will be doing there:
I am likely to be working on tiny projects in e.g. BASIC, 6502 assembly, Perl, Python, andor projects that relate to the reimplementation of symbolic storytelling systems from the past 60 years
Working with LLMs is not on my agenda and not expected of or required of participants
The deadline for the September computational writing residency at Banff has been extended to March 25.
Come join us at this nonprofit nexus of creativity, in a program unaffiliated with any AI company, to develop your work with language and computing.
The language of the program is English; your work on French and Spanish projects can also be supported by the faculty
https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/literary-arts/computational-writing-2026
I also have an article about the overall project, which manifests itself as a website, a museum installation, and this book
https://nickm.com/articles/Montfort__Rubrique_Technologie_Tech_Section.pdf
Published today, with US sales through Printed Matter
https://rrose-editions.com/portfolio/patsy-baudoin-nick-montfort-rubrique-technologie-tech-section/
Patsy Baudoin & Nick Montfort “Rubrique Technologie / Tech section”
RRose Editions, 2026 Edition of 200 copies. Bilingual French / English. 184 pages. 12 x 19 cm. Printed on Munken Print Cream 80g + 300g. ISBN : 978-2-9586199-9-2 « Rubrique Technologie / Tech Section » (RT/TS for short) is an investigation into the nature of faits divers as a genre of writing, in a nod…
Person on phone, on train: “Oh, did the time change? Did we gain an hour or lose an hour? Wow.”
My mind, swirling in thoughts from the previous century: How did you manage to get onto this train without knowing that?
Deadline to apply is March 11! Come to this self-directed September residency at Banff w/ me, @LYB & Kalen Iwamoto
https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/literary-arts/computational-writing-2026
Let me answer this from IMDB:
“In the film’s conclusion, Ares is shown writing a post card to Eve. Jared Leto's handwriting is large, sloppy, and takes up the entire message area. When Eve is shown holding the postcard, the handwriting is noticeably smaller and neatly written.”
The answer to this one is obvious: The former is the foul copy, the latter is the fair copy