#Writing

BuzzFeed News Australia has always been what the company allegedly wanted from a news department: a powerful (yet tiny!) machine that competes with orgs 10x it’s size in a monopolised
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I don’t have the bandwidth right now to go into a full analysis of @ProfEmilyOster’s work but I feel compelled to make a few points: https://twitter.com/ProfEmilyOster/status/1314572214621143040 First, @ProfEmilyOster, an economist,
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not to be dramatic, but i'm at this point in my life i'm ready to literally beg people to stop reading brandon sanderson, because every single time i hear someone
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As I slowly (but surely) get out of the worst crunch mode I’ve ever experienced, I’ve been reflecting a lot about what I want in life and for my career.This
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Why I Think Hunter X Hunter is a creative writing masterpiece: Hunter X Hunter is the brainchild of Yoshihiro Togashi, it's a story that he has imbued with all his
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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, a mood. #TIFFAtHome “All of [Austen's] books are funny and emotional, but SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is the best movie story because it's full of twists and turns.
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Some quick thoughts on the ‘Wikipedia Scots’ thing. Clearly this unfortunate editor has misunderstood a few things about Scots, but some of the pained/furious reaction is just as dubious as
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Best advice I can give anyone applying to medical school is make a dedicated email ONLY for applications. That way you don’t miss a single email and it’s easier to
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Some quick thoughts on writing trauma. If you have lived a certain kind of abuse or trauma, it's common to work through that in fiction. It helps you feel it
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I can’t associate with these Rs. Under Trump, they’ve abandoned most of what I agreed with as a conservative when it came to policy & worse have so embraced his
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"The wheel of first-time climate dudes" from @emorwee is bang on. Kudos. Michael Moore is the latest in a line of guys - yes guys - with no background writing
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Short story: “Social Distancing,” you’ll find a thread of 10 screenshots below. Don’t miss any!! Enjoy. I hope you guys love it. This is a thank you to all of
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Spotify never acknowledges how profoundly it's already impacted how music is created/released, from writing songs with "playlistability" to releasing singles instead of full projects to please the algorithm. Let alone
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lighthearted twitter thread about my first day on anxiety medication (lexapro) because it looks like I might be stuck in bed all day and we all need a little humor
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Short thread re: Amy Coney Barrett. The US Constitution is a COLONIAL document: written by colonists, written under conditions of colonialism. Despite its surface claims, "originalism" strikes me as anti-historicist
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So, I promised a thread on COVID-19. This is to explain what I understand about the origins of this virus. This was prompted by lots of incorrect information and assumptions
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