More and more, the older I get, it feels like feminism is just another way men waste women’s time — There’s a joke that goes something like this. Comments on feminist posts are why we still need feminism. It’s not really a joke. Last week, some guy told me that the 72 women inventors I wrote about are “exceptions to the rule.” …

But we’re the inferior gender, right? Mmm-kay. If you say so. lol. — Y’all, here’s a story so whack I can hardly believe it, but it’s true. One year there was an early frost that killed the crops so a guy marched his butt down to city officials and asked why witches were “allowed” to conjure up an early frost to kill the…

Two students confessed to using ChatGPT on assignments. But maybe we’re missing the boat on the real problem here. — You couldn’t make this up if you tried. It was the day after graduation. Twenty college students had just walked across the stage in cap and gown to proudly receive their diplomas. The next morning, they got an ominous email from their professor. The email said he’d run the last…

Some people refuse to believe this isn’t Tom Cruise. It’s too real. Do you know how easy it is to make deep fake videos like this? — Say “AI” and you know what most people think of? They think of ChatGPT, which can now pass AI detection more often than not while many humans don’t, and I wish I was kidding, but I’m not. Or they think of one of the AI art programs that lets people…

He gave GPT4 $100 to make as much money as possible, in the shortest time possible. It highlighted what people do wrong. — Y’all, there are times I can’t even laugh at stupid mistakes. I just see them too often. It gets old. The internet is full of make money posts, side hustle articles and gurus teaching people how to make and sell courses and sometimes it feels like a pox on the…

I’m not asking anyone to contact me on WhatsApp. Those are scams. Here’s how to know for sure. (With screencaps) — Y’all — I have been getting PMs and emails all day letting me know I have an impersonator. Again. Ugh. I know. It’s the third time. Can I show you something? Here’s what the scammer is doing Scammers reply to comments and pretend to be me. But take a close look. Can you spot the differences…

Do yourself a favor. Test your writing. But use the crappy test that never gets it right. It will make you a better writer, I promise. — Y’all, sometimes the world is too stupid for words. When ChatGPT first launched, lots of people worried about the impact on writers. Omg, it’s coming for our jobs!! Places like Buzzfeed fueled the fears when they started using ChatGPT to create content. Turns out, that’s not the biggest problem. …

Photos of a wild and beautiful animal who lived his entire life never knowing he was supposed to fear humans — He was three feet tall at the shoulder, six feet long from his coal black nose to the tip of his perpetually wagging tail, and he loved everyone. He played no favorites. In his mind, all people were his people. All you had to do was yell Hey Buddy, and…

The trick to finding a killer story idea is to use the hive mind that is ChatGPT and then dig in. Hard. Because boring is bust. — Some people are terrified that ChatGPT is going to kill writing jobs. Other people say nope, ChatGPT has no soul. They’re both right. Let me tell you why. Because boring is a bust. And ChatCPT has not cornered the market on boring. Sorry. Truth. Lots of people complain about ChatGPT…