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soniaStory! Maneki Neko by Bruce Sterling, via kestrell, who talks about asking people what gift could improve their pandemic experience. Goes a bit too hard-boiled detective genre for me at the end, but overall is a lovely story. Reminds me of "Catfishing on CatNet." I do so want to believe in overall benevolence.
25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites by Judith Herman. None of these were new to me, but I was surprised that one can pile up a whole 25 of them. Well, 24 and an unnecessary slur.
Plants can see, hear and smell – and respond by Josh Gabbatiss. "Plants, according to Jack C Schultz, "are just very slow animals"." Once I thought about it, of course plants can "hear" - they're impacted by vibrations just like the rest of us.
How to Ask Good Questions by Julia Evans. The examples are tech-heavy, but the overall principles are useful across disciplines.
ProPublica experiments with ultra-accessible plain language in stories about people with disabilities by Sarah Scire via Sumana Harihareswara. When I'm writing, I usually replace 20 cent words with 5 cent words. And occasionally I leave them in because they're just-right or I really want to. Those are good words! But being easily understood is more important.
Money Stories: Hadassah (Ride Free Fearless Money) by Billie Simmons, an interview with Hadassah Damien. "As a white cisgender lesbian, I haven’t experienced direct discrimination based on being queer, but for a long time I felt very alienated by status quo culture." Someone I know had an aha moment because of this quote, so I thought I'd share the article more widely.
And a couple of political ones:
How Indigenous voters swung the 2020 election by Anna V. Smith. And you can donate to Native American Rights Fund right here.
She Worked to Turn Georgia Blue and Got Arrested for It. Again. by Joel Anderson about Olivia Pearson's amazing work, viaminoanmiss. I did a quick search and didn't find any ways to contribute to Olivia Pearson, but Fair Fight is Stacey Abrams' organization getting out the vote in Georgia.
kestrell, who talks about asking people what gift could improve their pandemic experience. Goes a bit too hard-boiled detective genre for me at the end, but overall is a lovely story. Reminds me of "Catfishing on CatNet." I do so want to believe in overall benevolence.25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites by Judith Herman. None of these were new to me, but I was surprised that one can pile up a whole 25 of them. Well, 24 and an unnecessary slur.
Plants can see, hear and smell – and respond by Josh Gabbatiss. "Plants, according to Jack C Schultz, "are just very slow animals"." Once I thought about it, of course plants can "hear" - they're impacted by vibrations just like the rest of us.
How to Ask Good Questions by Julia Evans. The examples are tech-heavy, but the overall principles are useful across disciplines.
ProPublica experiments with ultra-accessible plain language in stories about people with disabilities by Sarah Scire via Sumana Harihareswara. When I'm writing, I usually replace 20 cent words with 5 cent words. And occasionally I leave them in because they're just-right or I really want to. Those are good words! But being easily understood is more important.
Money Stories: Hadassah (Ride Free Fearless Money) by Billie Simmons, an interview with Hadassah Damien. "As a white cisgender lesbian, I haven’t experienced direct discrimination based on being queer, but for a long time I felt very alienated by status quo culture." Someone I know had an aha moment because of this quote, so I thought I'd share the article more widely.
And a couple of political ones:
How Indigenous voters swung the 2020 election by Anna V. Smith. And you can donate to Native American Rights Fund right here.
She Worked to Turn Georgia Blue and Got Arrested for It. Again. by Joel Anderson about Olivia Pearson's amazing work, via
minoanmiss. I did a quick search and didn't find any ways to contribute to Olivia Pearson, but Fair Fight is Stacey Abrams' organization getting out the vote in Georgia.
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Date: 2020-11-24 12:32 am (UTC)Ahhhh, what a great essay re: houseplants and giant sloths!
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Date: 2020-11-24 08:05 pm (UTC)Damn that was a great essay!
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Date: 2020-11-24 10:05 pm (UTC)