i used to think self-promotion was a really icky concept & practice, until i realized that the actual self-centered thing is to believe that people will just flock to your work (based on talent/"merit") without you having to say anything about it/support readers in finding it
thoughtfully talking about/generously sharing other people's work can also be "promotion" in the sense that you're showing whose work you're in conversation with. or just inspired by. i mean this is also just a good thing to be doing!
Pro tip when writing image descriptions for folks: You're not writing a professional newspaper caption of a stock photo.
Just let blind and low vision users know what they might wanna see! For example:
For those that hadn’t noticed, Twitter is now showing you want it thinks you ought to see by default rather than who you follow. If you want to see the people you follow make sure you click on ‘following’ on the top of your feed.
I speak almost daily to people who are desperately trying to control the thoughts of everyone on the internet using the power of a photo or tweet.
I find it is helpful to remember that lots of people are … less than great… and their approval is not particularly worth having 😅
It’s not that the NHS isn’t working so we need a privatised system; it’s that the Tories want a privatised system for ideological reasons so they are trying to stop the NHS from working. This inevitably involves letting people die who would otherwise not die. Political violence?
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The most common thing I fix while editing: turning hyphens into proper Em Dashes.
The Em dash is named after the fact that it's about the same width as the capital letter M.
Not sure of the difference between — and - ?
I'll explain the three main use-cases.
Bought this cupboard for my French kitchen and I’m going to fill it with these nice bottled spices and probably become an entirely new and improved person 😍
Felt kind of smug as we arrived at the French house in 17c sunshine today.
Then opened the door to new damp, mould, broken appliances and a fresh invasion of the scurrying eyelash bugs 😩
Happy New Year in advance lovely friends. I’m taking my pink wine to bed! 🥂
As I creep closer to 40 I’m feeling a strange sense of…regret? Nostalgia? It’s hard to pin down.
Suddenly I’m just so aware of all the things I’ve learned in the past decade and how different the first 30 years could have been if I’d known it all sooner.
Anyone else felt this?
Hello @GretaThunberg
I have 33 cars.
My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo.
My TWO Ferrari 812 competizione have 6.5L v12s.
This is just the start.
Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.