#cmonson — Public Fediverse posts

For all you Psychos (aka. fans of the tv show “Psych”) out there, here’s a collection of the top 20 Gus nicknames (as recently voted on by fans in IG):

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV97N5uEQMV/

What is/are some of your fave nickname(s)?

I think my favorite is Ghee Buttersnaps, but it’s a tough choice!

I love this show so much. ❤️🍍

#Psych #Psychos #ShawnSpencer #BurtonGuster #YouKnowThatsRight #YouHeardAboutPluto #CmonSon #DuleHill #JamesRoday #JamesRodayRodriguez

For all you Psychos (aka. fans of the tv show “Psych”) out there, here’s a collection of the top 20 Gus nicknames (as recently voted on by fans in IG):

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV97N5uEQMV/

What is/are some of your fave nickname(s)?

I think my favorite is Ghee Buttersnaps, but it’s a tough choice!

I love this show so much. ❤️🍍

#Psych #Psychos #ShawnSpencer #BurtonGuster #YouKnowThatsRight #YouHeardAboutPluto #CmonSon #DuleHill #JamesRoday #JamesRodayRodriguez

For all you Psychos (aka. fans of the tv show “Psych”) out there, here’s a collection of the top 20 Gus nicknames (as recently voted on by fans in IG):

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV97N5uEQMV/

What is/are some of your fave nickname(s)?

I think my favorite is Ghee Buttersnaps, but it’s a tough choice!

I love this show so much. ❤️🍍

#Psych #Psychos #ShawnSpencer #BurtonGuster #YouKnowThatsRight #YouHeardAboutPluto #CmonSon #DuleHill #JamesRoday #JamesRodayRodriguez

For all you Psychos (aka. fans of the tv show “Psych”) out there, here’s a collection of the top 20 Gus nicknames (as recently voted on by fans in IG):

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV97N5uEQMV/

What is/are some of your fave nickname(s)?

I think my favorite is Ghee Buttersnaps, but it’s a tough choice!

I love this show so much. ❤️🍍

#Psych #Psychos #ShawnSpencer #BurtonGuster #YouKnowThatsRight #YouHeardAboutPluto #CmonSon #DuleHill #JamesRoday #JamesRodayRodriguez

For all you Psychos (aka. fans of the tv show “Psych”) out there, here’s a collection of the top 20 Gus nicknames (as recently voted on by fans in IG):

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV97N5uEQMV/

What is/are some of your fave nickname(s)?

I think my favorite is Ghee Buttersnaps, but it’s a tough choice!

I love this show so much. ❤️🍍

#Psych #Psychos #ShawnSpencer #BurtonGuster #YouKnowThatsRight #YouHeardAboutPluto #CmonSon #DuleHill #JamesRoday #JamesRodayRodriguez

Yes, there's a theme here...

So many of y'all think you're becoming Cyborgs when you're actually just batteries.

#cluetrain #cmonson

https://loudpoet.com/2026/02/27/five-things-february-27-2026/

Even with low expectations, this webinar is even more disappointing than I expected it would be.

A lot of high-level commentary with few specific examples for publishers, but it assumes AI is inevitable while never explicitly addressing its core premise: Why AI is Your Ally.

EDIT: Advertising dead books with ugly ads and analyzing slush piles are two of the most boring use cases I can think of.

#AIInPublishing #cmonson

Shimmr's sales pitch is basically AI-driven advertising pixie dust that will help any book reach its readers by matching "Book DNA" (RIP BookLamp!) and psychological profiles to generate targeted ads.

No examples given, but the examples on their website are as bad as you'd expect.

#AIInPublishing #cmonson

https://shimmr.ai/

"Allied intelligence" vs. "artificial intelligence," per Shimmr's CEO, Nadim Sadek. He makes an argument for "liberating silent creators" — people with ideas but no creativity — but doesn't believe it should be used to write books.

He's focused on the "allied" angle but is basically making the same lazy "productivity" argument that's based on devaluing expertise.

#AIInPublishing #cmonson

Zaslav is clearly considered a savvy operator in all the wrong circles, but those are the circles with the greed and power to make stupid things happen, so I guess we'll be seeing a DC - Star Trek crossover in the future. 😭

It's too early to judge KKR's ownership of S&S, but it's safe to say they dodged a bullet by escaping Paramount's clutches. JFC.

#cmonson #chicanery

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/20/24010115/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-merger-streaming

"One publishing executive told PW on background that they understand the bind Follett faces in Texas with the new law but that complying with the request to rate their books would make them 'complicit' in an act of censorship. And in a statement, one publisher, Hachette, went on record to broadly reject the idea of rating its books."

Compliance with #HB900 by anyone is 100% siding with fascism and censorship. FOH!

#BookBans #libraries #cmonson

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/92927-as-new-law-looms-follett-asks-publishers-to-help-rate-their-own-books-for-sale-in-texas.html

This would just be another stupid but funny Musk anecdote if Tesla hadn't been held up as an innovator for all other car manufacturers to follow, and the vanguard of EVs. JFC.

via @arstechnica

#cars #EVs #Tesla #chicanery #cmonson

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/tesla-exaggerated-ev-range-so-much-that-drivers-thought-cars-were-broken/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

"It’s such a phenomenally pedestrian crisis compared to the absurd crypto flameouts we’ve gotten accustomed to in the past year. SVB didn’t bet it all on ape JPGs or invent some new derivative scheme that got out of control. It just… borrowed short and lent long." @davekarpf

The finance, tech, and VC worlds are not run by innovative geniuses trying to make the world better, they're mostly just bad poker players gambling with other people's money.

#cmonson #chicanery

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/three-thoughts-on-silicon-valley

"What I like about the study of digital futures’ past is the sense of perspective it provides." @davekarpf via @niemanlab

This is such a good read that reducing it to one quote is a disservice. It's about the current AI hype train, but more importantly, it's about recognizing underlying clues that we've all seen this movie many, many times before.

#LongRead #AI #TechHype #chicanery #cmonson

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/03/those-meddling-kids-the-reverse-scooby-doo-theory-of-tech-innovation-comes-with-the-excuses-baked-in/

"If Nader has his way, the website will be a sideshow to the printed main event, as he believes digital publications fail to engage readers because they’re too cluttered and abbreviated. Plus, he said, the 'real decisionmakers' get their news in print."

Leave it to Ralph Nader, though, to identify a problem and then come up with the clumsiest, most ham-fisted and polarizing way to address it!

#newspapers #NewsDeserts #PrintIsNotDead #cmonson

https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2023/ralph-nader-launch-winted-citizen-connecticut-print-newspaper/

"In order to increase the monetization, WotC can do two things. It can either invest in a team of writers, creatives, and creators to increase the publications and offerings WotC publishes each year, or it can take money from Third Party Creators by subjecting them to a royalty."

Noah 'MyLawyerFriend' Downs unpacks the proposed changes to the Open Gaming License that arguably saved D&D by letting others play freely in the sandbox.

#OpenDND #gaming #Chicanery #cmonson

https://medium.com/@MyLawyerFriend/lets-take-a-minute-to-talk-about-d-d-s-open-gaming-license-ogl-581312d48e2f