Blog About Things You Don’t Understand Yet

Sean Goedecke advocates writing blog posts about topics he doesn’t fully understand to deepen his learning process, emphasizing that writing clarifies thinking and often changes his mind. He views blogging as a disciplined research and reflection practice that benefits from taking clear, even controversial, positions and welcomes feedback—including from AI language models—to refine understanding and improve clarity.

https://www.seangoedecke.com/blog-about-things-you-dont-understand-yet/

Surrealism With Purpose: a Conversation With Illustrator and Novelist Thomas Kast

Thomas Kast, an illustrator, photojournalist, and novelist with a PhD in Fine Arts, combines art, philosophy, and science in his work, including his philosophical sci-fi novel The Great Convergence and comic series Bablah’s Odyssey. His creative process involves blending personal experience with unorthodox narratives, using tools like Ulysses for writing organization, and drawing heavily on science and social critique to explore complex themes through surreal imagery and metaphor. Kast is also developing Lizard Joe, a manuscript-exchange platform designed to connect writers with suitable beta readers and streamline the feedback and publishing process.

https://stories.ulysses.app/surrealism-with-purpose-a-conversation-with-illustrator-and-novelist-thomas-kast/

There Are No Lossless Transformations of Natural-Language Text

Sophie Alpert argues that AI-generated text currently cannot reliably preserve an author’s intended meaning without careful human review and editing. She emphasizes that writing is an essential thinking process, and authors must fully own and understand every part of their writing to communicate clearly and respect readers' time. While AI can assist in brainstorming or proofreading, authors should avoid relying on it for unedited content and instead use it as a tool to support, not replace, their own detailed thought and expression.

https://sophiebits.com/2026/06/25/there-are-no-lossless-transformations-of-natural-language-text

Grammarly Authorship Is Now Available in Blackboard

Grammarly Authorship, a tool that tracks and transparently attributes sources of text—including AI-generated content—in student writing, has integrated with Blackboard to support academic integrity in educational institutions. This integration enables instructors to require Authorship reports within Blackboard assignments, allowing students to submit verifiable writing process data from familiar writing tools, while giving educators scalable insights to monitor and guide authentic student work. The solution aims to build trust and AI-literacy in writing processes amid routine AI use in classrooms.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/product/grammarly-authorship-is-now-available-in-blackboard/

How to Use Different Languages for Dictionaries and Spell Check in Scrivener

Scrivener supports spell checking in multiple languages by leveraging macOS’s automatic language detection or allowing manual dictionary selection on Windows. Users can download additional dictionaries for both platforms and add custom words to personal word lists to improve spell check accuracy, especially for specialized vocabulary or fictional terms. Instructions for managing these settings and dictionaries differ between Mac and Windows but ensure comprehensive spelling support for multilingual writing projects.

https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/how-to-use-different-languages-for-dictionaries-and-spell-check-in-scrivener

Craft Update – Quick Entry, Daily Notes Template Support, Quality of Life Improvements

The update introduces Quick Entry for Mac, enabling faster capture of ideas, along with support for Daily Notes templates to streamline journaling workflows. It also includes import improvements and over 60 quality-of-life enhancements designed to refine the user experience. Additionally, a Summer Survey invites user feedback to guide future development.

https://www.craft.do/blog/craft-update-3-5-4

What Is AI Slop? How to Spot It, Why It Spreads and How to Avoid Making It

AI slop refers to low-value, generative AI content produced with minimal human oversight, lacking thorough verification, creativity, or accountability, often prioritized for speed, scale, or cost over usefulness. Examples include formulaic language patterns, repetitive structures, unsupported claims, and vague citations, which result in content that appears more complete than the effort behind it justifies. Avoiding AI slop requires thoughtful editing and responsible content creation to maintain quality and credibility.

https://searchenginewatch.com/what-is-ai-slop/

Bring Back the Paragraph

The article argues that large language models (LLMs) have contributed to the decline of traditional paragraph writing online, promoting fragmented, “spaghetti writing” styles characterized by excessive line breaks and bullet points that disrupt cohesive thought. This trend, once prevalent only in social media, is spreading to other online spaces where thoughtful, contiguous paragraphs were once the norm, diminishing the quality of written communication. The author encourages writers to relearn paragraph structure to foster clearer, more meaningful writing and support a more literate digital culture.

https://arhan.sh/blog/bring-back-the-paragraph/

Why You Should Almost Never Use AI to Write Anything Substantive

The author argues that using AI to write substantive texts—such as essays, reports, or novels—is generally unwise because the writing process is integral to thinking, AI-generated writing tends to be vague and subtly incorrect in ways that are hard to detect, and presenting AI-written text without disclosure is misleading. While AI can be helpful for tasks like brainstorming, editing, or data analysis, relying on it to produce core content can compromise clarity, accuracy, and intellectual rigor, and should only be done with clear labeling to maintain ethical transparency.

https://www.erichgrunewald.com/posts/why-i-think-you-should-almost-never-use-ai-to-write-anything-substantive/

Simon Willison on Technical Blogging

Simon Willison emphasizes the value of technical blogging as a means to clarify one's thinking, share practical knowledge, and contribute to the software development community. He highlights how writing about technical topics can deepen understanding and foster ongoing learning while building a public record of solutions and insights. This approach encourages a habit of continual reflection and knowledge-sharing integral to the creative and problem-solving process in technology fields.

https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/simon-willison-on-technical-blogging

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