Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Friday, January 19, 2024

An author shares absurdist details from his visit to Langley to speak to the CIA's creative writing group

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Johannes Lichtman at The Paris Review : I pulled up to the gate, and an aggressive police officer questioned me about why I had two badges....
Friday, January 5, 2024

Deranged stories about nannies in New York and the people who report them online for perceived missteps

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This article is packed with enough specific anecdotes for a TV series, including one person taking an upskirt photo at the park as potentia...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

The author behind the Goodreads review-bombing scandal says she'll seek psychiatric help

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Her (former) agent said of her apology : “mental illness neither explains nor excuses racism.”
Thursday, December 7, 2023

New Goodreads review-bombing scandal

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You can start here and spelunk through Twitter. Or this site has an overview.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Charming story about a 23-year-old being convinced to try getting a university degree by his 19-year-old cousin

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Derek Owusu telling his story for The Guardian . Here's how it starts: I wasn’t doing very well and was explaining this to my cousin, w...
Friday, November 4, 2022

Beautiful story about teaching a community creative writing class

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(This is the set up. So powerful, the reveal is a bit of a letdown, so just don't go in with expectations for that part of the story.) ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

This 1986 speech by Tom Clancy to the NSA is very good

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Given while he was working on Patriot Games, he covers a lot in 45 minutes: Via .
Friday, September 23, 2022

"Mantel always believed this really happened, and the thing about her as a writer and as an imaginative force is that you find yourself believing it too"

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Mantel always believed this really happened, and the thing about her as a writer and as an imaginative force is that you find yourself belie...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Google wants to help you build a cute robot; Cheap cyberpunk glasses; How to write a plot

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Meet Alto – a build-it-yourself AI Experiment! 👋 🤖 Alto introduces the basics of machine learning by helping you build your own teachable ...
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Fun short story about a band of robbers caught up in a time loop

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Getaway by Nicole Kornher-Stace . (A reading of the story is also available in podcast form, and her novel Latchkey is still $1.99 at Ama...
Sunday, July 28, 2019

Ten funny tweets

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this could be us pic.twitter.com/0FfxrR21go — 𝕊𝕞𝕚𝕥 ϟ (@smitcantread) July 24, 2019 pic.twitter.com/BCauXowuY0 — dr. stunt (@...
Saturday, April 6, 2019

Ten funny tweets

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This is an actual photo, taken from the EU ambassador to the UN’s twitter account, of Germany keeping speakers to time during its presiden...
Saturday, December 22, 2018

Ten funny tweets

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just when you thought it was safe to go back to the church in the mall... it's baaaaack pic.twitter.com/xzIPm987wz — cal (@cal50) D...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Ten funny tweets

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May favorite part of Avengers 3 was Doctor Strange watching Avengers 4 pic.twitter.com/c06AQWKr0q — kevinbiegel (@kbiegel) August 15, 201...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Help wanted sign

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" Help wanted. Must dominate the English language ."