@coreywrites

First Amendment firebrand, journalist and editor. Fluent in #1A, #opengov, #ncpol, #scpol. Editor of the Lexington County Chronicle @LexChron

 Lexington, SC
Joined November 2011
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Steven Pinker
@sapinkerOct 7
Interview with the philosophers Dan Williams and Henry Shevlin on AI Doom, Consciousness, and whether the human brain is a LLM. open.substack.com/pub/conspi…

Steven Pinker on AI Doom and Consciousness

Why Pinker thinks intelligence isn’t a superpower, the doom scenarios don’t hold up, and AI systems (probably) aren’t conscious – and what he got wrong about neural networks

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Walking has many health benefits, including improving longevity and making your brain younger. Research also shows that walking helps people come up with an essential ingredient for creativity. wapo.st/4ywvxNg

Column | The surprising way walking can benefit your brain

Moving your body may help free your mind, research shows.

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HIS MOM SAID "PICK ANY ANIMAL YOU WANT, AND HE CHOSE THE OLDEST, SHYEST, CHUBBIEST CAT IN THE SHELTER
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MHX for life
Josh Barzon
@JoshuaBarzonOct 17
The United States of America has collapsed. Rival regions from the National Weather Service have taken over. Who are you pledging your allegiance to?
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Greg Lukianoff
@glukianoffOct 17
Violence is not extreme speech. Violence is the antithesis of what freedom of speech is for.
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Doug Benson
@DougBensonOct 16
Replying to @coreywrites
Well that’s settled.
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The bird had a price tag. Claiming the bird wasn’t for sale constitutes a bait and switch. Kelly Clarkson was in the right here 🤷‍♂️
Doug Benson
@DougBensonOct 16
If you haven’t weighed in on social media regarding the Kelly Clarkson bird thing…WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE???
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I wager I could last 2-3 weeks tops
Jeremy Barr
@jeremymbarrOct 16
if you're in line for the white house press sec job, STAY IN LINE
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Anthony Scaramucci
@ScaramucciOct 16
Dear @katiezacharia — speaking as the world's leading expert on short White House tenures: turn off the news and go enjoy your family. In time you’ll realize that the Universe did you a major favor.
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Jake Tapper 🦅
@jaketapperOct 16
If one assumes she was hired October 9 and that’s when the clock started ticking.
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NYTPitchbot
@DougJBalloonOct 16
Sure, Katie Zacharia never passed the bar. But Pete Hegseth has never passed one either.
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Bryan Anderson@BryanRAndersonOct 16
Scaramucci no longer the shortest-serving White House press secretary.
Anthony Scaramucci
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Records are made to be broken. But I take no pleasure in other people's pain.
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Ruby the Wondercat 🐾
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Schrödinger’s Wildcat@WildcatAgendaOct 15
Bye week is boring, here are some wildcats on top of saguaros to hold you over
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Willem
@vanlanckerOct 14
hauntingly perfect metaphor
mike
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Replying to @hassanrahim
they're trying to cut open the bird to find the song
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#ncpol #scpol
Benton Sawrey
@benton_sawreyOct 15
Bring back the North Carolina/South Carolina legislative basketball game.
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Josh Barzon
@JoshuaBarzonOct 15
Pretty accurate map of the northeast
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I say it. “I appreciate you” sounds more genuine/sincere than the reflexive “thank you,” which is just good manners to say. “Thank you” is a 15% tip. “Appreciate you” is 20%.
Melissa S. Kearney
@kearney_melissaOct 14
I’m thrown off by young people saying “I appreciate you” instead of “thank you.” (Latest ex: guy in front of me at Chipotle to the guy who made his burrito. I felt like such a common Gen Xer with my regular old “thanks!”) Is there a story here? What’s with this linguistic shift?
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Cristina Silva@cristymsilvaOct 13
Nearly 60 journalists who recently landed positions in a new newsroom explained how to get a job right now. Most of them had the same advice: You need to network more. poynter.org/commentary/2026/…

How do you land a journalism job right now? Nearly 60 journalists told us - Poynter

The job market is brutal, but journalists are still finding new roles — and more than half of those we surveyed landed better pay and benefits

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Nico Perrino
@NicoPerrinoOct 12
The FCC has no authority to investigate written online news stories. Zero. Whatever power the FCC might claim in the broadcast space — and it claims far too much — it has none of this power in the realm of written online content. If true, this is opening a new front in this administration’s effort to leverage federal power to chill or punish First Amendment protected activity. You can be concerned about the handling of this particular story, or even distrust the press more broadly, while still recognizing that this sort of misinformation policing of online news content is a dangerous precedent.
Brian Stelter
@brianstelterOct 12
FCC source tells me @BrendanCarrFCC has directed the agency to open an investigation following the receipt of this @berniemoreno letter
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