I find it absurd that the em dash is now widely perceived as an indicator of AI use. I have used it since childhood; it is part of my writing style. Sometimes inserting a brief aside within a sentence, at other times emphasizing the conclusion of a thought. <\/p>
In any case, I use em dashs deliberately, and I am absolutely certain that many other writers do the same.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@Strandjunker\/117269837248059932","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-14:objectType=thread:nonce=43752463932da658","notice_info":{"local_id":"13166449","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"13165722"}},"published":"2026-09-14T19:47:58+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"inthehands repeated a notice by Strandjunker","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117271078132335643\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"
@Strandjunker<\/a> @WideEyedCurious<\/a> <\/p> Same!<\/p> This sent me: https:\/\/youtu.be\/XKsPaX2NVOs<\/a><\/p> And 99pt had a magnificent entire episode on it, which is worth listening to in full just to hear the wonderful Dickinson scholar: https:\/\/99percentinvisible.org\/episode\/658-the-em-dash\/<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117271074053180265","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117271074053180265","objectType":"note","content":" @Strandjunker<\/a> @WideEyedCurious<\/a> <\/p> Same!<\/p> This sent me: https:\/\/youtu.be\/XKsPaX2NVOs<\/a><\/p>