Web writers, the AI has been trained on your public work, and it shows. You all have taught AI some truly terrible writing habits HFY writers have taught AI it has to start stories with “Bob sat on the bridge of the Earth Ship Big Birtha”. So AI does just that, even when I was […]

I finally managed to organise a life-drawing session—my first since April—to get back into practice. My aim is to get back into regular life drawing…

@openmentions.comFor 99% of problems that us computer people fix, we’re just googling the problem for you.

@openmentions.com I would love a chance to sit down and chat with Martin Luther. The fellow shook up the Christian world with his ideas. That alone would make him an interesting person to meet.

@openmentions.com Thou shalt not be an a-hole

@openmentions.com Be excellent to each other

@openmentions.com When one of us tech folks fixes a problem for you, often we're just googling the answer and/or checking forums. If we say, "Let me get back to you," we've probably had to post on Stack Exchange.

Matt recently posted Dear WebMention users, please ask more open-ended questions. This. So much, this! We also WebMention a lot.

@openmentions.com Just how much stuff I stressed about turns out not to matter in the long run.

I’m installing Hermes because sometimes I like to play with AI. Also, I am a massive geek.

Sometimes you want to write a blog or a social media update, but draw a blank on what to say. Other times, you may crave interaction and a good chat. In these cases and more, you may wish to interact with these posts with a reply post, comment, or mention. In no order of sexiness, […]

Sometimes you want to write a blog or a social media update, but draw a blank on what to say. Other times, you may crave interaction and a good chat. In these cases and more, you may wish to interact with these posts with a reply post, comment, or mention. In no order of sexiness, […]

If I had the use of your time machine, I’d go back to meet the first domesticated kitties. Matt asked: If I lent you my time machine for a quick joyride, where and when would you go? File this on OM under: Random

I created the website OpenMentions so there would be a collection of topics you could freely mention to tell other people you wrote something about a topic they are interested in. Anyone can use it. OpenMentions has been around for a while, but I thought I’d bring it up again to get the word out.

The replying isBrill crew are discussing if AI is the future (of coding). Is AI the future for books and writing books, too? Do you use AI to write? Would you read a novel written by AI? Is AI here to stay? (File this under AI on OpenMentions)

What is the cast of The Muppets: Star Wars? You get one major human actor. I’ve had some time to think about this. Mark Hammel…

@openmentions.com I don't know, but Animal is Chewie and Beaker is R2D2.

@TheRealShades @openmentions.com Probably wise. I regret ever (re)starting, but thanks be to vaping, I am heading for a nicotine-free life.

@openmentions.com it was smokes 🚬 but it's been a long time since i had any.

@openmentions I'll tell you what it means to me, it means to me a fact people forgot about during this no kings in america nonsense there is a king in america, one true king in it, around it, and especially above it. #JESUS! ✝️

@openmentions.com I like that I try to be a truly good person, I like that people find me easy to talk to, and I like that I have a functioning mind that can think critically about stuff.

(Maybe file this under Writing Prompts)

The Muse of Last Resort has a collection of Easter-themed writing prompts.

Adam has challenged us to list three things we like about ourselves. I’m filing this in Journaling Prompts

“Truth is no path to fortune.” J.J Rousseau