hey not to be all corny but please understand and internalize that your creative work is vital and beautiful whether others see/hear it or not and that your creative expression enriches the world just by your having done it
Nationalize them. They're too important to leave in private hands
At this point, it’s clear the US airline industry is being held together by little more than expired wig glue, spit and demonic prayers.
Pete Buttigieg said on Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation had opened an investigation into Delta’s ongoing response to Friday’s global tech outage.
I maintain the worst part about being a writer is having 72 part-time gigs, freelance assignments, adjunct appointments, et al and still being totally unable to convince your mom you're employed 💀
I spent most of my twenties working 2 or 3 part-time jobs just to make a life. Just before I turned 30, I got my first full-time job in a K-8 school—and kept two part-time jobs. I worked 45-50 hours a week for six months and then I decided I just couldn’t do that much work. I was exhausted.
I published a ghost story two weeks ago, with @nocontactmag.bsky.social 👻
“The ASL interpreters have to lean forward with furrowed brows and outstretched hands. Still, we all do the best we can. We grin and bear it. “I think someone I know is dead,” I tell the ASL interpreter...” @rosshowalter.bsky.social | @nocontactmag.bsky.social www.nocontactmag.com/closing-time...
by Ross Showalter “I think someone I know is dead,” I tell the ASL interpreter after the shift ends, when we are about to go our separate ways for separate bus rides home. “We haven’t spoken in a w...
Luck is real and sometimes you're in the right place at the right time (and sometimes - more often, really - you're not). For every successful creative person there are dozens if not hundreds of creatives of equal or better competence who didn't get that one bit of luck.
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Some advice after 25 years of work in Egypt/living in AL: 1) Liquid IV is best electrolyte/salt hydration drink (or Pedialyte) 2)If overheated, cool shower, then colder bath (slow temp decrease) 3) Freeze bottles of water. Put between legs (crotch)+ under armpits+ at neck. Will cool blood rapidly
PARIS (AP) — In a historic vote, French lawmakers approve a bill that makes abortion a constitutional right in France.
I’m incredibly happy to announce that THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS has won the IAFA Crawford Award for a first fantasy novel! vajra.me/2024/03/04/t...
I’m incredibly happy to announce that The Saint of Bright Doors has won the IAFA Crawford Award!