Richard Grant

@richardgrant
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I'm a writer and gardener living in the remnant of a forest on the coast of Maine USA. My novels include Rumors of Spring, Tex and Molly in the Afterlife, and Another Green World. I'm a gay father and granddaddy. He/him

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I recently crunched the numbers and realized that, a few weeks ago, I passed *one million words* published on my personal site. All for free, no ads, no tracking, no sponsors. I am grateful to everybody who reads my stuff! If you are inclined, please do subscribe (for free!) by email, or pass along the link to a friend who might be interested in writing about tech & culture from someone who doesnt' have anything to sell. https://www.anildash.com/

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A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116324676116121930

You gotta read this whole thread. Don’t drink coffee at the same time.

This is horrifyingly believable; obviously without sources you can tell whatever story you want, especially nowadays, but this feels awfully true. The world is being run by idiots who don’t even have to sense to realise how stupid they are. https://houseofsaud.com/iran-war-ai-psychosis-sycophancy-rlhf/
Was the Iran War Caused by AI Psychosis? | House of Saud

AI sycophancy, RLHF bias, and Ender's Foundry simulations shaped Operation Epic Fury. 7 planning assumptions failed in 23 days as the Iran war defied every AI prediction.

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"Whatever God is and however it moves through people’s lives, I don’t know. But it’s important to hear others’ stories even in they don’t confirm your own. Reality is terribly complex, and faith lives in the least definitive wing of reality. Good faith should bring more questions than answers."

~ Holly Berkley Fletcher

#facts #literacy #empathy
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https://hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com/p/my-new-favorite-thing

My new favorite thing

Getting emails from people who have read my book

A Zebra Without Stripes
Route 666 (now mostly renumbered 491) was an American highway that wound through Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. Due to the associations of 666 with the Antichrist, the route was rumoured to be cursed. The road was said to be haunted by a phantom 1930s car that forced drivers off the road, a demonic smoke-and-fire-belching truck, and skin walkers, dangerous creatures from Navajo myth. There were also accounts of a ghostly female hitchhiker and UFOS, which allegedly created timeslips - meaning drivers could disappear then reappear miles down the road not knowing what had happened to them. Much of the road's mythology might have come about thanks to its high accident rate - its renumbering in 2003 coincided with safety improvements. #mythologymonday #folklore #gothic #mythology #paranormal #ghosts #weird #history

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‘Da wo ich wohne / Where I live ‘

#maine #ShotWithHalide #ProcessZero

All of the most important writing in history has been at least slightly difficult to read. Any truly novel idea is uncomfortable to a degree. It often requires stepping outside of the status quo in some way and challenging assumptions.

LLMs never challenge assumptions. They are the assumptions crystalized — freezing and anchoring cultural development to one moment in time.

Using one isn't the future. It's trapping you in the past.

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Green line II/III. March 2026.


#trains #montreal #subway #monochrome #photography

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