Allison Posts https://posts.decontextualize.com/rss.xml Posts from Allison Parrish, poet and programmer. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:31 +0000 About https://posts.decontextualize.com/about-this-site About this site https://posts.decontextualize.com/about-this-site Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Rewordable versus the alphabet fetish https://posts.decontextualize.com/rewordable-versus Undoing Alfred Butts’ axiom https://posts.decontextualize.com/rewordable-versus Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Language models can only write poetry https://posts.decontextualize.com/language-models-poetry But only a person can write a poem https://posts.decontextualize.com/language-models-poetry Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Desire (under)lines: Notes toward a queer phenomenology of spell check https://posts.decontextualize.com/queer-in-ai-2021 Spell check is a “straightening device” https://posts.decontextualize.com/queer-in-ai-2021 Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Collaborative creative writing with computation https://posts.decontextualize.com/ccwwc-2021 A hands-on introduction to creative writing with computational tools https://posts.decontextualize.com/ccwwc-2021 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Creative writing with computers, noise and mulch https://posts.decontextualize.com/wordmord-2021 Pulling language apart, grinding it down, and making it unfamiliar https://posts.decontextualize.com/wordmord-2021 Sun, 05 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Solar powered dawn poems: progress report https://posts.decontextualize.com/solar-powered-dawn-poems-progress-report My lab notes, plus thoughts on solar powered poetics https://posts.decontextualize.com/solar-powered-dawn-poems-progress-report Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Material paratexts https://posts.decontextualize.com/material-paratexts Keynote for ICCC 2022, in which I invent the word “cistextuality” https://posts.decontextualize.com/material-paratexts Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 When to hold ’em and when to fold ’em: Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended https://posts.decontextualize.com/pocket-sp The Game Boy Pocket SP https://posts.decontextualize.com/pocket-sp Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Nothing survives transcription, nothing doesn’t survive transcription https://posts.decontextualize.com/nothing-survives-transcription In a sense, the very goal of making a transcription is to make an argument about what cannot be transcribed https://posts.decontextualize.com/nothing-survives-transcription Mon, 08 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Language models can only write ransom notes https://posts.decontextualize.com/language-models-ransom-notes On large language models and the visibility of the cut https://posts.decontextualize.com/language-models-ransom-notes Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Writing Two of Pentacles https://posts.decontextualize.com/writing-two-of-pentacles Notes on my latest book of poem things https://posts.decontextualize.com/writing-two-of-pentacles Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Free/open resources for learning Python https://posts.decontextualize.com/python-resources A curated list of good stuff https://posts.decontextualize.com/python-resources Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000