What's the most memorable play you’ve ever attended? Mine would be Death of a Salesman with JuddHirschFans at T O R O N T O 🍁 's Alexandra Theatre in 1997 — a stunning performance which I can still recall vividly decades later!

I just went to put on my heaviest winter coat for the first time in a decade, only to find the pockets full of peanuts from Lucky Joe's in Downtown Fort Collins! Back in the day, Lucky Joe's was the place I would go to work on my novel, the perfect mix of calm and chaos, when I was

Unsuccesful attempt to donate a copy of Juris Ex Machina to the northernmost Little Free Library in Michigan (just a bit north of Michigan Tech) which was buried in a large snowdrift, and we had no shovel! Next time… (It should be no surprise that MTU students have their own

Florida peeps, have you ever been tempted to turn north on Tamiami Trail (US 41) and follow it til it stops? I here might that be, you ask? Copper Harbor, at the very tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula Peninsula, which is itself off of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula! This is the spot

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Thanks to some good friends for this bottle of literary-themed inspiration: Flor de Caña 25-year #JurisExMachina rum!

Honored to join the Audiobook Publishers Association this week! Audiobooks

Nobody, and I repeat, absolutely nobody should ever upload their medical information into an AI platform. I am telling you this as a former intelligence officer.

If you're snowed in this week and looking for a thematic read, check out amazon.com/Blizzard-Party… by Jack Livings: (Set in NYC during a massive blizzard, it also happens to be one of my favorite novels in recent years!)

What are the most common types things people ask ChatGPT? Read the link to find out. What's the most interesting use of AI you've discovered? This week, I used it to analyze the full schematics of my car's electrical system, and then had it create a visual troubleshooting

Imagine hopping on social media only to encounter a deepfake of yourself... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The 7 deadly sins of writing prompts for AI: ruben.substack.com/p/the-7-deadly…

Went to Gary Numan's birthday concert last night – one of the pioneers of electronic music – amazing show!

Next time you need reassurance before making bad decisions, AI is there to help! futurism.com/artificial-int…

Friends don’t let friends become overdependent on AI…

Seen just now: “Many words that sound insulting today (knave, varlet, rascal) originally meant boy, servant, or young man, which is why they appear so often in early literature as casual address.” Does this mean I should feel better, or worse, about saying “Namaste, bitches!”

A historic day: our first Little Free Library book donation in the Republic of Užupis Užupio Respublika

We found a bug in the glovebox of our new rental car today! It had not yet been deployed (the tiny battery compartment beneath the black screw-on cover was empty…) Strange things are going on in Europe these days! #spycraft