Scripting News: Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

If the web were a platform for writers, how would it work?#

BTW the "open" web has a chance to come back around the AI rewrite of all our software that's underway now. If we build the new systems entirely around web connections, with each part replaceable, we can have as much "open" as we want. Products like Bluesky will look like they bet on the wrong horse if we all have choice everywhere. It's not as strange as you think. Opportunities come along every time things change as radically as they are changing now. #

ChatGPT images update#

I gave the new ChatGPT image maker a whirl, it's supposed to be more thoughtful and realistic. #
The prompt: “A turkey in plastic with supermarket label with text and fine print. The branding is Really Simple brand Turkey. The motto, ‘turkey for simple people.‘“#
A really simple brand turkey from ChatGPT.#

Last update: Tuesday April 21, 2026; 8:43 PM EDT.

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