So beautiful! I'd love to try and paint these gorgeous colours
This week, my students asked me for prompts for essays to help generate more material. I thought some of y’all might want some ideas too.
Did you miss me? I missed me.
Sad to hear "Asunder", one of my fave books this year, isn't doing as well as the author hoped; since I'm a pretty princess who got an ARC, I'm happy to throw money at an ebook for someone without book money on hand right now. If you're interested, comment, I'll draw a number later this weekend!
Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products
Popular iPad design app Procreate is coming out against generative AI, and has vowed never to introduce generative AI features into its products. The company said on its website that although machine learning is a “compelling technology with a lot of…
When I'm feeling this book will never happen, I remember NK Jemisin saying how she called up Kate Elliott & "confessed that I was desperately afraid I’d written the worst novel that had ever existed" and wanted to cancel the contract. That novel was The Fifth Season 😭. nanowrimo.org/pep-talk-fro...
Your campaign slogan is: Your last name: Last text you sent. Here's mine. Bolton: Hopefully one of those options sounds like a good place to start! The assertiveness is off the charts...
You should also read the powerful TeenVogue article by @sfdirewolf.bsky.socialwww.teenvogue.com/story/mask-b... /end
The bans threaten disabled people and protesters alike.
"Parents need their child-free friends precisely because we aren’t in the club. We are a bright, irresponsible beacon and a tangible link to life before and outside of the baby."
"Let’s love art and let's celebrate creativity — but let’s build better communities and more honest and accountable systems. Let’s be there for the powerless (which is most of us)."
I debated whether to post my thoughts on Neil Gaiman & something involving him that I experienced 5 years ago--a professional experience that infuriated me (nothing like recent allegations). But I thought... power differentials are a thing. So I wrote this. burner-account.ghost.io/a-burn-it-do...
Hello! Chicago folks, on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m., I’ll be in conversation with my friend Steve Darnall at The Book Cellar in Chicago. The occasion is the reissue of Uncle Sam, a brilliant graph...
The best explanation and summary of Long Covid that I've ever read by Prof Trish Greenhalgh, written to coincide with her brilliant Lancet review out today. open.substack.com/pub/independ...
Prof Trish Greenhalgh explains the findings of her recent comprehensive Lancet review of Long Covid