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1. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

   We're Here to Use the Tools, Not to Trust Them (opens the original)

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   The lab, the solder, the machines , that’s home. And home is where you learn that tools got two sides: help and handcuff. Help is the press release, the promise. Handcuff is the part they whisper, the part where convenience means you don’t own it anymore. In Flint, in the makerspace, we know help, we know handcuff. We use both, but we don’t trust either.Claude Science looks helpful. Fragmentation kills days , smart folks wrestling three apps that won’t talk. Claude says “One place, all the scien

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2. Issue · Aug 13, 2026

   On Substack and AI detection (opens the original)

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   The—Great—Em-Dash—Deception:—A—Conspiracy—of—PunctuationFriends, colleagues, fellow—readers, I—must—share—a—truth—that—has—been—kept—from—us—for—millennia. Every—document, manuscript, or—text—containing—that—most—insidious—of—punctuation—marks—the—em-dash—is—not—the—work—of—human—hands—at—all, but—rather—the—product—of—artificial—intelligence, stretching—

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