this is the part where i tell you what not to buy.
i use ai daily. i also think most of what gets sold around it is a waste of your money. nobody here is going to tell you that you’re behind.
what lives here: which questions to ask before a subscription gets your card number. what a tool’s really doing with whatever you paste into it. the scam posts too, because the tell is the same either way.
the biggest pile
all eight of them
JUN 28 2026
start here: i built this for the girl who thinks ai isn't for her
why a skeptic started an ai newsletter. no doom, no hype, no “keep up or get left behind.” just the friend who actually used the tools.
read it →MAY 17 2026
ai is your yes-girl. here's how to fire her.
the single biggest thing standing between you and ai being actually useful.
read it →MAY 31 2026
okay but should we actually be worried about ai?
two things can be true. ai data centers are draining small towns you'll never visit, and you're still going to use chatgpt to draft a hard email this weekend. so, now what.
read it →JUN 14 2026
your ai tool bs filter
5 questions to ask before any ai tool gets your card number.
read it →JUL 12 2026
should you be venting to chatgpt?
what she's genuinely good for at 1am, where she quietly fails you, and the line a real person holds that she can't.
read it →JUL 26 2026
is your favorite newsletter even human?
substack can now scan any post for ai. here's what the score actually tells you.
read it →AUG 2 2026
the call that sounds exactly like your mom
the scam that clones your kid's voice, the one weird word that beats it, and the exact text to send the family group chat tonight.
read it →AUG 16 2026
the privacy talk
what she remembers, what she keeps, and what you should never paste.
read it →get the next one.
one real thing you can do each week, with the skeptic’s read attached. tested on my own life first.
free. weekly-ish. unsubscribe anytime, no hard feelings.
the rest of it
what else i help with
life admin
the boring, time-eating stuff. sorted in one prompt.
career girlie
ai for work, getting ahead, and looking sharp doing it.
awkward stuff
the text, the no, the things you'd ask a friend.
content & social
making things, posting them, growing your thing.
beauty / wellness
practical, grounded, and free of snake oil.