My real hot take on this is that both editors and readers need to become reacquainted with the kind of writing that doesnβt *immediately* answer all your questions.
New release on Bandcamp Friday from MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER AND THE MOUNTAIN GOATS? ππΌ
Writers write. π€·πΌββοΈ
Writing 1000+ words to get to the ~400 that I need.
At some point my Super Powers should be kicking in, right? (Super Powers = something approaching normal energy levels)
My AWP FOMO has been significantly mitigated by the fact that I'm in the middle of eight weeks of iron infusions and all I wanna do is nap.
So far
Logging on for the NWSL kit drop hot takes.
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There's mold in my apartment, my dad is in the hospital, and this morning I hit my head so hard I thought I might be concussed. Great week so far! (Dad's doing better today, outlook good as of now)
Hell yeah
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people local newspaper reporters are rarified elites instead of ink-stained wretches driving their Honda Civic to a crime scene so you know donβt have to rely on Nextdoor and the police press release.
I think about this sort of thing a lot!!!
I work on this one at DUP and I am forever confused by this aspect π€
Amber Glenn telling Alyssa Liu "I'm so proud of you" π₯Ίπ₯Ίπ₯Ίπππ
I love figure skating and figure skaters so much! Ahhhhhh!!!
Made my former figure skater heart sing
Well, thatβs what Iβm fuckinβ talkinβ about.
Iβve seen people compare this to North Korea or Hitlerβs Germany. Itβs more Mussolini than anything, but what strikes me about these is how ugly they are. It just looks like cheap crap.
Highly relatable
This aged pretty well.
Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
I canβt believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
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Headline: "Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot" by Jan Martindale Dec. 10 2025
we can kill them all if we just work together and β¨believeπ«
I love the variations of Valentineβs Day βPalentineβs Dayβ and βGalentineβs Dayβ because it implies the existence of Yβallentineβs Day where I love all yβall
All is well! (In this matter, at least)
