#essays — Public Fediverse posts

Diversity Dive #18 – Boys Club Only Fanzine #3
(Zine Project / Build Community in the cis-male Music Scene)
by @arnicamontana_d7

Herausgeberin Sam hat sich für diese Ausgabe wieder viel Zeit genommen und Mühe gemacht...
Die Beiträge sind von vielen unterschiedlichen #Autorinnen und #Künstlerinnen erstellt. Wir finden hier eine breite Palette an #Interviews #Essays #Poetry sowie #Fotografien #Illustrationen #Comics und #Collagen

https://vinyl-keks.eu/diversity-dive-18-boys-club-only-fanzine-3/
#zine #music #diversity #boysclubonly

Diversity Dive #18 – Boys Club Only Fanzine #3
(Zine Project / Build Community in the cis-male Music Scene)
by @arnicamontana_d7

Herausgeberin Sam hat sich für diese Ausgabe wieder viel Zeit genommen und Mühe gemacht...
Die Beiträge sind von vielen unterschiedlichen #Autorinnen und #Künstlerinnen erstellt. Wir finden hier eine breite Palette an #Interviews #Essays #Poetry sowie #Fotografien #Illustrationen #Comics und #Collagen

https://vinyl-keks.eu/diversity-dive-18-boys-club-only-fanzine-3/
#zine #music #diversity #boysclubonly

I Chose They/Them and Everything Changed

Two RPGs handed Jervon Perkins language their life didn’t. Playing with gender in Baldur’s Gate 3 and The Veilguard didn’t just change their characters, it changed how they saw themself at the controller.

https://sidequest.zone/2026/07/06/i-chose-they-them-and-everything-changed/

#Essays #VideoGames #BaldursGate3 #DragonAge #DragonAgeTheVeilguard #LarianStudios

I Chose They/Them and Everything Changed

Two RPGs handed Jervon Perkins language their life didn’t. Playing with gender in Baldur’s Gate 3 and The Veilguard didn’t just change their characters, it changed how they saw themself at the controller.

https://sidequest.zone/2026/07/06/i-chose-they-them-and-everything-changed/

#Essays #VideoGames #BaldursGate3 #DragonAge #DragonAgeTheVeilguard #LarianStudios

I Chose They/Them and Everything Changed

Two RPGs handed Jervon Perkins language their life didn’t. Playing with gender in Baldur’s Gate 3 and The Veilguard didn’t just change their characters, it changed how they saw themself at the controller.

https://sidequest.zone/2026/07/06/i-chose-they-them-and-everything-changed/

#Essays #VideoGames #BaldursGate3 #DragonAge #DragonAgeTheVeilguard #LarianStudios

"What would happen if you treated the #DeclarationofIndependence the way #Jewish tradition treats its own foundational texts — as documents to be pored and argued over, and put in conversation with ancient sources?

That’s the idea of “#Talmud of #America,” a collection of four #essays #published by the #PardesInstitute of #JewishStudies, and #Faith250, the brainchild of #Rabbi #MichaelHolzman of Northern #Virginia.

“The #Torah is a living document,” Rabbi #LeonMorris, president of #Pardes, told me recently. “Classic Jewish texts have something fresh and relevant to say about everything — including the Declaration of Independence.”

The four essays in “#TalmudofAmerica” — on equality, on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” on the right of rebellion and on ideas of sacrifice and civic engagement — are written by Pardes #faculty members #YiscahSmith, #LeahRosenthal, #DavidIBernstein and Rabbi #RahelBerkovits."

https://www.jta.org/2026/06/07/ideas/as-america-turns-250-a-talmud-of-america-reads-u-s-history-through-a-jewish-lens

"What would happen if you treated the #DeclarationofIndependence the way #Jewish tradition treats its own foundational texts — as documents to be pored and argued over, and put in conversation with ancient sources?

That’s the idea of “#Talmud of #America,” a collection of four #essays #published by the #PardesInstitute of #JewishStudies, and #Faith250, the brainchild of #Rabbi #MichaelHolzman of Northern #Virginia.

“The #Torah is a living document,” Rabbi #LeonMorris, president of #Pardes, told me recently. “Classic Jewish texts have something fresh and relevant to say about everything — including the Declaration of Independence.”

The four essays in “#TalmudofAmerica” — on equality, on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” on the right of rebellion and on ideas of sacrifice and civic engagement — are written by Pardes #faculty members #YiscahSmith, #LeahRosenthal, #DavidIBernstein and Rabbi #RahelBerkovits."

https://www.jta.org/2026/06/07/ideas/as-america-turns-250-a-talmud-of-america-reads-u-s-history-through-a-jewish-lens

Book Review: King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes

Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory is a fierce and foundational text of modern feminism, a Molotov cocktail in book form. Part memoir, part punk manifesto, it is a raw, unapologetic, and deeply personal exploration of gender, power, and sexuality in our modern world.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Genre: Non-fiction, Memoir, Essays, Feminism

Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK, 2020), The Feminist Press (US, 2010)

Review in one word: Joyful

Originally published in French in 2006, this classic feminist work is now available in English. Despentes is a punk iconoclast, rebel writer and confrontational filmmaker. Arguably her most famous book is her first novel Baise-Moi, was later adapted for the screen. She is the author of more than fifteen works, including the acclaimed Vernon Subutex trilogy. Always seeing life from the outskirts, Despentes draws from her own experience as a former sex worker and rape survivor for her scathing and excoriating analysis of surviving in a world mired in misogyny and misandry.

Far from being depressing in nature, this book is irreverant, hillarious and cheeky in its analysis of our world.

There’s a whole range of taboos that are exploded in this book. As she states in the explosive opening, “from the realms of the ugly, for the ugly, the old, the bull dykes, the frigid, the unfucked, the unfuckable, the hysterics, the freaks, all those excluded from the great meat market of female flesh”.

The essays in this book are provocative, explosive and generous in their philosophical reach and insight. Despentes examines concepts of rape, prostitution, pornography and the myth of the ideal woman. She strongly rejects victimhood and refuses to apologise or explain her reasons for doing anything she has done.

The book shows its age in the discussion about the ultimate waif-like beauty of the 90’s – Kate Moss. Despentes joyfully aligns herself not with the unreachable ideal of Kate Moss but instead with the mythological monster – King Kong who is beyond male and beyond female. He is a potent symbol of polymorphic sexuality and raw power before he is captured and destroyed by society.

The overarching themes are of railing against oppressive forces of sexual and societal control in our world are refreshing and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the ethos so closely intertwined with rebelious culture, art and music which showed in her amazing Vernon Subutex series. Despentes argues for a “new punk feminism” that embraces and loves what society deems monstrous or unacceptable in women and any one else who feels marginalised.

She challenges the binary thinking that pits “good” women against “bad” ones, virgins against whores, and victims against aggressors. Her style is blistering, direct, and brutally honest, characterised by precisely phrased rage and a refusal to soften her message for the comfort of the reader.

Despentes’ tone is provocative, warm and unapologetic. King Kong Theory is an essential work that rejects polite discourse in favour of a raw truth about sex and power that is as uncomfortable, liberating and joyful. I cannot tell you how much this book means to me, it is foundational, liberating and life-changing in every way.

Content Catnip

Book Review: King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes

Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory is a fierce and foundational text of modern feminism, a Molotov cocktail in book form. Part memoir, part punk manifesto, it is a raw, unapologetic, and deeply personal exploration of gender, power, and sexuality in our modern world.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Genre: Non-fiction, Memoir, Essays, Feminism

Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK, 2020), The Feminist Press (US, 2010)

Review in one word: Joyful

Originally published in French in 2006, this classic feminist work is now available in English. Despentes is a punk iconoclast, rebel writer and confrontational filmmaker. Arguably her most famous book is her first novel Baise-Moi, was later adapted for the screen. She is the author of more than fifteen works, including the acclaimed Vernon Subutex trilogy. Always seeing life from the outskirts, Despentes draws from her own experience as a former sex worker and rape survivor for her scathing and excoriating analysis of surviving in a world mired in misogyny and misandry.

Far from being depressing in nature, this book is irreverant, hillarious and cheeky in its analysis of our world.

There’s a whole range of taboos that are exploded in this book. As she states in the explosive opening, “from the realms of the ugly, for the ugly, the old, the bull dykes, the frigid, the unfucked, the unfuckable, the hysterics, the freaks, all those excluded from the great meat market of female flesh”.

The essays in this book are provocative, explosive and generous in their philosophical reach and insight. Despentes examines concepts of rape, prostitution, pornography and the myth of the ideal woman. She strongly rejects victimhood and refuses to apologise or explain her reasons for doing anything she has done.

The book shows its age in the discussion about the ultimate waif-like beauty of the 90’s – Kate Moss. Despentes joyfully aligns herself not with the unreachable ideal of Kate Moss but instead with the mythological monster – King Kong who is beyond male and beyond female. He is a potent symbol of polymorphic sexuality and raw power before he is captured and destroyed by society.

The overarching themes are of railing against oppressive forces of sexual and societal control in our world are refreshing and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the ethos so closely intertwined with rebelious culture, art and music which showed in her amazing Vernon Subutex series. Despentes argues for a “new punk feminism” that embraces and loves what society deems monstrous or unacceptable in women and any one else who feels marginalised.

She challenges the binary thinking that pits “good” women against “bad” ones, virgins against whores, and victims against aggressors. Her style is blistering, direct, and brutally honest, characterised by precisely phrased rage and a refusal to soften her message for the comfort of the reader.

Despentes’ tone is provocative, warm and unapologetic. King Kong Theory is an essential work that rejects polite discourse in favour of a raw truth about sex and power that is as uncomfortable, liberating and joyful. I cannot tell you how much this book means to me, it is foundational, liberating and life-changing in every way.

Content Catnip

Book Review: King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes

Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory is a fierce and foundational text of modern feminism, a Molotov cocktail in book form. Part memoir, part punk manifesto, it is a raw, unapologetic, and deeply personal exploration of gender, power, and sexuality in our modern world.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Genre: Non-fiction, Memoir, Essays, Feminism

Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK, 2020), The Feminist Press (US, 2010)

Review in one word: Joyful

Originally published in French in 2006, this classic feminist work is now available in English. Despentes is a punk iconoclast, rebel writer and confrontational filmmaker. Arguably her most famous book is her first novel Baise-Moi, was later adapted for the screen. She is the author of more than fifteen works, including the acclaimed Vernon Subutex trilogy. Always seeing life from the outskirts, Despentes draws from her own experience as a former sex worker and rape survivor for her scathing and excoriating analysis of surviving in a world mired in misogyny and misandry.

Far from being depressing in nature, this book is irreverant, hillarious and cheeky in its analysis of our world.

There’s a whole range of taboos that are exploded in this book. As she states in the explosive opening, “from the realms of the ugly, for the ugly, the old, the bull dykes, the frigid, the unfucked, the unfuckable, the hysterics, the freaks, all those excluded from the great meat market of female flesh”.

The essays in this book are provocative, explosive and generous in their philosophical reach and insight. Despentes examines concepts of rape, prostitution, pornography and the myth of the ideal woman. She strongly rejects victimhood and refuses to apologise or explain her reasons for doing anything she has done.

The book shows its age in the discussion about the ultimate waif-like beauty of the 90’s – Kate Moss. Despentes joyfully aligns herself not with the unreachable ideal of Kate Moss but instead with the mythological monster – King Kong who is beyond male and beyond female. He is a potent symbol of polymorphic sexuality and raw power before he is captured and destroyed by society.

The overarching themes are of railing against oppressive forces of sexual and societal control in our world are refreshing and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the ethos so closely intertwined with rebelious culture, art and music which showed in her amazing Vernon Subutex series. Despentes argues for a “new punk feminism” that embraces and loves what society deems monstrous or unacceptable in women and any one else who feels marginalised.

She challenges the binary thinking that pits “good” women against “bad” ones, virgins against whores, and victims against aggressors. Her style is blistering, direct, and brutally honest, characterised by precisely phrased rage and a refusal to soften her message for the comfort of the reader.

Despentes’ tone is provocative, warm and unapologetic. King Kong Theory is an essential work that rejects polite discourse in favour of a raw truth about sex and power that is as uncomfortable, liberating and joyful. I cannot tell you how much this book means to me, it is foundational, liberating and life-changing in every way.

Content Catnip

👆 “Signs & Wonders” is one of 47 pieces of Morgan’s prose – journalism, book & theatre reviews, essays & lectures, drama & radio scripts, forewords & afterwords – collected in EDWIN MORGAN: IN TOUCH WITH LANGUAGE, ed. John Coyle & James McGonigal

8/14

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/edwin-morgan-in-touch-with-language/

#Scottish #literature #essays #EdwinMorgan

👆 “Signs & Wonders” is one of 47 pieces of Morgan’s prose – journalism, book & theatre reviews, essays & lectures, drama & radio scripts, forewords & afterwords – collected in EDWIN MORGAN: IN TOUCH WITH LANGUAGE, ed. John Coyle & James McGonigal

8/14

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/edwin-morgan-in-touch-with-language/

#Scottish #literature #essays #EdwinMorgan

https://omdaruliterature.blogspot.com/2026/02/flickering-reality-hybrid-literature-as.html Flickering #Reality: #Hybrid #Literature as a New #Ontological #Genre - Claude.ai #channeling #esoterics #spirituality #AI #medium #psychic #aliens #essays #claude Mastodon.social/@omdaru

https://omdaruliterature.blogspot.com/2026/02/flickering-reality-hybrid-literature-as.html Flickering #Reality: #Hybrid #Literature as a New #Ontological #Genre - Claude.ai #channeling #esoterics #spirituality #AI #medium #psychic #aliens #essays #claude Mastodon.social/@omdaru

Saturday, February 14, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/saturday-february-14-2026/

Saturday, February 14, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/saturday-february-14-2026/

Dear Reader: a note about SHE IS HERE

I have a new book coming VERY SOON. I, of course, want you to read it. I’m also trying to find time to prep the events—y’know, what bit/s to read, how to talk about the book—before those events actually begin. Which means I’ve been working out how to talk about the book.

I thought you might like to see what I came up with.

Dear Reader,

Novelists learn very early in their careers to summarise every new book with a pithy phrase. (My first novel Ammonite: “Change or die.”) But today, less than a month before the publication of She Is Here, I am still struggling to define it. Perhaps that’s because it’s not a novel—nor all fiction, nor even prose. Not even text. 
      She Is Here is a selection of various published and unpublished creations spanning my career from before the publication of that first novel through to today. The fiction ranges from very short, to very early, to a novella about the magic of music published here for the first time. The poems were written to express emotion in private—grief, refusing ableism, dangerous lust, and the despair of degenerative illness. None are previously published—in fact, this marks the first publication of any of my poems anywhere. Similarly, I made the art purely for its own sake—in this case, images (very) loosely inspired by the illuminations of Early Medieval gospels. The non-fiction ranges from manifesto to Op-Ed to epistolary criticism to musings on etymology and the double-edged tool that is branding. Different facets from different eras of my creative life.
      That long-ago tagline, “Change or die,” was perfect for Ammonite. More than 30 years later I find it has become the bedrock principle of my life. Writers are often advised to write what we know. I believe, rather, that we write from our deepest self, from who we are. If we want our work to change and grow, we must, too. Life is change—constant discovery.
      The last words of “Glimmer,” the shortest fiction in the book, are “She is here. She has arrived.” The narrator has made a galaxy-spanning journey through time and space, past reality—astonishing, impossible—a miraculous achievement. But the achievement, the arrival, isn’t the point; the rest of her life is about to begin. Because it’s always about to begin.
     She Is Here, then, is a snapshot of a moment in time, containing, as do all of us, bits of the past, present and future. A kind of creative Commonplace Book.
      She is here. I am here. But where, exactly, is that? I have no idea; that’s the point! The joy lies in continuing to find out…

If you like the sound of that, perhaps you’d like to join me for one of those events in Seattle or Edmonds or virtually, before or during publication. I’m curious about what aspect of the book you’d like to know more about—so if you have an opinion, comment, or question, just drop it here.

Meanwhile, feel free to pre-order the book. Or put a hold on it at your library. It’s all good.

#bookBirthday #essays #interview #novella #poems #publication #sheIsHere #shortFiction #zoomorphics

Dear Reader: a note about SHE IS HERE

I have a new book coming VERY SOON. I, of course, want you to read it. I’m also trying to find time to prep the events—y’know, what bit/s to read, how to talk about the book—before those events actually begin. Which means I’ve been working out how to talk about the book.

I thought you might like to see what I came up with.

Dear Reader,

Novelists learn very early in their careers to summarise every new book with a pithy phrase. (My first novel Ammonite: “Change or die.”) But today, less than a month before the publication of She Is Here, I am still struggling to define it. Perhaps that’s because it’s not a novel—nor all fiction, nor even prose. Not even text. 
      She Is Here is a selection of various published and unpublished creations spanning my career from before the publication of that first novel through to today. The fiction ranges from very short, to very early, to a novella about the magic of music published here for the first time. The poems were written to express emotion in private—grief, refusing ableism, dangerous lust, and the despair of degenerative illness. None are previously published—in fact, this marks the first publication of any of my poems anywhere. Similarly, I made the art purely for its own sake—in this case, images (very) loosely inspired by the illuminations of Early Medieval gospels. The non-fiction ranges from manifesto to Op-Ed to epistolary criticism to musings on etymology and the double-edged tool that is branding. Different facets from different eras of my creative life.
      That long-ago tagline, “Change or die,” was perfect for Ammonite. More than 30 years later I find it has become the bedrock principle of my life. Writers are often advised to write what we know. I believe, rather, that we write from our deepest self, from who we are. If we want our work to change and grow, we must, too. Life is change—constant discovery.
      The last words of “Glimmer,” the shortest fiction in the book, are “She is here. She has arrived.” The narrator has made a galaxy-spanning journey through time and space, past reality—astonishing, impossible—a miraculous achievement. But the achievement, the arrival, isn’t the point; the rest of her life is about to begin. Because it’s always about to begin.
     She Is Here, then, is a snapshot of a moment in time, containing, as do all of us, bits of the past, present and future. A kind of creative Commonplace Book.
      She is here. I am here. But where, exactly, is that? I have no idea; that’s the point! The joy lies in continuing to find out…

If you like the sound of that, perhaps you’d like to join me for one of those events in Seattle or Edmonds or virtually, before or during publication. I’m curious about what aspect of the book you’d like to know more about—so if you have an opinion, comment, or question, just drop it here.

Meanwhile, feel free to pre-order the book. Or put a hold on it at your library. It’s all good.

#bookBirthday #essays #interview #novella #poems #publication #sheIsHere #shortFiction #zoomorphics

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#writing #WritingCommunity #IndieWriting

If you just want to know when new #fiction and #essays arrive on https://TheBeautifulPrison.com, follow @feed

#writing #WritingCommunity #IndieWriting

If you just want to know when new #fiction and #essays arrive on https://TheBeautifulPrison.com, follow @feed

#writing #WritingCommunity #IndieWriting

If you just want to know when new #fiction and #essays arrive on https://TheBeautifulPrison.com, follow @feed

#writing #WritingCommunity #IndieWriting

If you just want to know when new #fiction and #essays arrive on https://TheBeautifulPrison.com, follow @feed

#writing #WritingCommunity #IndieWriting

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲: 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝. 𝗠. 𝗖𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗲 -

Yes, Coetzee's essays on the debate are now 30 years past (How???), but he has never failed to offer fresh and thoughtful approaches to social problems, even when I disagree where he lands. Worth the time, I suspect!

#jmcoetzee #givingoffense #books #bookreviews #bookworm #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #nonfiction #essays #censorship #bookbans

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲: 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝. 𝗠. 𝗖𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗲 -

Yes, Coetzee's essays on the debate are now 30 years past (How???), but he has never failed to offer fresh and thoughtful approaches to social problems, even when I disagree where he lands. Worth the time, I suspect!

#jmcoetzee #givingoffense #books #bookreviews #bookworm #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #nonfiction #essays #censorship #bookbans

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲: 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝. 𝗠. 𝗖𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗲 -

Yes, Coetzee's essays on the debate are now 30 years past (How???), but he has never failed to offer fresh and thoughtful approaches to social problems, even when I disagree where he lands. Worth the time, I suspect!

#jmcoetzee #givingoffense #books #bookreviews #bookworm #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #nonfiction #essays #censorship #bookbans

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲: 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝. 𝗠. 𝗖𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗲 -

Yes, Coetzee's essays on the debate are now 30 years past (How???), but he has never failed to offer fresh and thoughtful approaches to social problems, even when I disagree where he lands. Worth the time, I suspect!

#jmcoetzee #givingoffense #books #bookreviews #bookworm #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #nonfiction #essays #censorship #bookbans

A GLORIOUS MULTI-GENRE COLLECTION of memoir, essays, and poetry exploring the lives of Black women as a group, as individuals, and in families. The clarity of Jeffers’s insights and the power of her words will leave you breathless. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/misbehaving-at-the-crossroads-honoree-fanonne-jeffers/1146642491?ean=9780063246638

@bookstodon

#book #Books #bookstodon #bookreview #bookreviews #nonfiction #memoir #memoirs #essays #poetry #Blackhistory #BlackWomen #womanism #history #sociology #Blackstudies #womensstudies

The Position of Spoons and Other Intimacies by Deborah Levy review – an absorbing essay collection

"Levy is not a writer who wastes time clearing her throat"

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/03/the-position-of-spoons-and-other-intimacies-by-deborah-levy-review-essays-jg-ballard-colette

#DeborahLevy
#books
#essays

A quick read. Sorry about the paywall. "My Immortal Lifecycle":
https://daisybrain.medium.com/my-immortal-lifecycle-47f9129bd803

#personalessay #blogpost #essays #nature #lifecycles #memoir #mylife

A quick read. Sorry about the paywall. "My Immortal Lifecycle":
https://daisybrain.medium.com/my-immortal-lifecycle-47f9129bd803

#personalessay #blogpost #essays #nature #lifecycles #memoir #mylife

I am beyond bored. I want friends in Lisbon! If you like any of these interests, let's link.

#anarchy #anarchism #anarchist #communist #communism #common #anarchocommunism #anarchocommunist #libertarian #left #gauche #izquierda #sinistra #anarchia #comunismo #communisme #bike #bicycle #cycling #velo #bici #biking #hiking #trek #walk #train #trains #software #dev #developer #developers #devs #engineer #computer #network #programming #system #systems #linux #democracy #directdemocracy #solana #ubi #universalbasicincome #freedom #free #liberta #libre #liberdade #libertarianism #weed #marijuana #smoke #green #pot #joint #spliff #nuclear #energy #progress #progressive #progressivism #accelerationism #tryptamine #lsd #acid #hallucinogenics #hallucinogenic #reading #reader #read #books #book #literature #essays #research #information #learning #academia #university #student #worker #labor #labour #proletarian #proletariat #marx #gorz #malatesta #gay #gayboy #blockchain #rust #rustlang #react #nextjs #web #app #apps #webdev #webdesign #token #crypto #cryptography #micali #silviomicali #zkproof #zeroknowledge #zkproofs #petition #petitions #elections #referendum #census #council #lottocracy #representation #opensource #freesoftware #foss #floss #freeassange #palestine #freepalestine #acab #lisbon #lisboa #portugal #ancom #sun #solarpunk #punk #kazoo #park #parks #trees

#Black #students #weigh #mentioning #race in #college #admissions #essays after #SCOTUS #affirmativeaction #ruling.

#LynijahRussell #debated the #openinglines of her #video #application to #BrownUniversity for weeks before deciding to be as #candid about her #identity as possible.

“Hi Brown! My name is Lynijah, and I am a #Black #girl in #STEM"

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #HigherEducation #Race #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://madison365.com/black-students-weigh-mentioning-race-in-college-admissions-essays-after-scotus-affirmative-action-ruling/

#Black #students #weigh #mentioning #race in #college #admissions #essays after #SCOTUS #affirmativeaction #ruling.

#LynijahRussell #debated the #openinglines of her #video #application to #BrownUniversity for weeks before deciding to be as #candid about her #identity as possible.

“Hi Brown! My name is Lynijah, and I am a #Black #girl in #STEM"

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #HigherEducation #Race #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://madison365.com/black-students-weigh-mentioning-race-in-college-admissions-essays-after-scotus-affirmative-action-ruling/

Fediverse, check out my new used racer! Was crashed into by a very savvy helmet wearer not two days ago. Don't speed through your local strolling spot!! Angry face. If you resonate with any of these interests, let's link.

#anarchy #anarchism #anarchist #communist #communism #common #anarchocommunism #anarchocommunist #libertarian #left #gauche #izquierda #sinistra #anarchia #comunismo #communisme #bike #bicycle #cycling #velo #bici #biking #hiking #trek #walk #train #trains #software #dev #developer #developers #devs #engineer #computer #network #programming #system #systems #linux #democracy #directdemocracy #solana #ubi #universalbasicincome #freedom #free #liberta #libre #liberdade #libertarianism #weed #marijuana #smoke #green #pot #joint #spliff #nuclear #energy #progress #progressive #progressivism #accelerationism #tryptamine #lsd #acid #hallucinogenics #hallucinogenic #reading #reader #read #books #book #literature #essays #research #information #learning #academia #university #student #worker #labor #labour #proletarian #proletariat #marx #gorz #malatesta #gay #gayboy #blockchain #rust #rustlang #react #nextjs #web #app #apps #webdev #webdesign #token #crypto #cryptography #micali #silviomicali #zkproof #zeroknowledge #zkproofs #petition #petitions #elections #referendum #census #council #lottocracy #representation #opensource #freesoftware #foss #floss #freeassange #palestine #freepalestine #acab #lisbon #lisboa #portugal #ancom #sun #solarpunk #punk #kazoo #park #parks #trees

mastodon.social booted me off citing "xenophobia and incitement of violence" when I posted a gimped comic critical of israel. please follow me here. I am an anarchocommunist software engineer. check out and contribute to the project I'm building: https://argonsuite.org is a collection of tools for direct democracy.

#anarchy #anarchism #anarchist #communist #communism #common #anarchocommunism #anarchocommunist #libertarian #left #gauche #izquierda #sinistra #anarchia #comunismo #communisme #bike #bicycle #cycling #velo #bici #biking #hiking #trek #walk #train #trains #software #dev #developer #developers #devs #engineer #computer #network #programming #system #systems #linux #democracy #directdemocracy #solana #ubi #universalbasicincome #freedom #free #liberta #libre #liberdade #libertarianism #weed #marijuana #smoke #green #pot #joint #spliff #nuclear #energy #progress #progressive #progressivism #accelerationism #tryptamine #lsd #acid #hallucinogenics #hallucinogenic #reading #reader #read #books #book #literature #essays #research #information #learning #academia #university #student #worker #labor #labour #proletarian #proletariat #marx #gorz #malatesta #gay #gayboy #blockchain #rust #rustlang #react #nextjs #web #app #apps #webdev #webdesign #token #crypto #cryptography #micali #silviomicali #zkproof #zeroknowledge #zkproofs #petition #petitions #elections #referendum #census #council #lottocracy #representation #opensource #freesoftware #foss #floss #freeassange #palestine #freepalestine #acab

mastodon.social booted me off citing "xenophobia and incitement of violence" when I posted a gimped comic critical of israel. please follow me here. I am an anarchocommunist software engineer. check out and contribute to the project I'm building: https://argonsuite.org is a collection of tools for direct democracy.

#anarchy #anarchism #anarchist #communist #communism #common #anarchocommunism #anarchocommunist #libertarian #left #gauche #izquierda #sinistra #anarchia #comunismo #communisme #bike #bicycle #cycling #velo #bici #biking #hiking #trek #walk #train #trains #software #dev #developer #developers #devs #engineer #computer #network #programming #system #systems #linux #democracy #directdemocracy #solana #ubi #universalbasicincome #freedom #free #liberta #libre #liberdade #libertarianism #weed #marijuana #smoke #green #pot #joint #spliff #nuclear #energy #progress #progressive #progressivism #accelerationism #tryptamine #lsd #acid #hallucinogenics #hallucinogenic #reading #reader #read #books #book #literature #essays #research #information #learning #academia #university #student #worker #labor #labour #proletarian #proletariat #marx #gorz #malatesta #gay #gayboy #blockchain #rust #rustlang #react #nextjs #web #app #apps #webdev #webdesign #token #crypto #cryptography #micali #silviomicali #zkproof #zeroknowledge #zkproofs #petition #petitions #elections #referendum #census #council #lottocracy #representation #opensource #freesoftware #foss #floss #freeassange #palestine #freepalestine #acab

The Spring 2023 issue of The BeZine has gone live today. Find it at TheBeZine.com. #Poetry, #Essays, #Fiction, #Art, a bit of #Music. Theme: sustainABILITY. But so much more to read in the 60 contributions. Thank you to all of the great #creative #writers and #artists whom we had the pleasure to publish this quarter. #creativewriting #publication #quarterly #artsactivism

The Spring 2023 issue of The BeZine has gone live today. Find it at TheBeZine.com. #Poetry, #Essays, #Fiction, #Art, a bit of #Music. Theme: sustainABILITY. But so much more to read in the 60 contributions. Thank you to all of the great #creative #writers and #artists whom we had the pleasure to publish this quarter. #creativewriting #publication #quarterly #artsactivism

The Spring 2023 issue of The BeZine has gone live today. Find it at TheBeZine.com. #Poetry, #Essays, #Fiction, #Art, a bit of #Music. Theme: sustainABILITY. But so much more to read in the 60 contributions. Thank you to all of the great #creative #writers and #artists whom we had the pleasure to publish this quarter. #creativewriting #publication #quarterly #artsactivism

The Spring 2023 issue of The BeZine has gone live today. Find it at TheBeZine.com. #Poetry, #Essays, #Fiction, #Art, a bit of #Music. Theme: sustainABILITY. But so much more to read in the 60 contributions. Thank you to all of the great #creative #writers and #artists whom we had the pleasure to publish this quarter. #creativewriting #publication #quarterly #artsactivism

Why is #ChatGPT and future language models destined to change the landscape of Higher #Education (HE)? 😎

Because the #essays they produce are already indistinguishable from poorly written essays, where there are plenty of words but few ideas.

Essay #writing is key in HE, and it relies on the assumption that writing requires awareness and knowledge, which can be assessed.

This assumption has been violated: #knowledge and awareness can be expressed by AIs too!

We should #assess differently.

Why is #ChatGPT and future language models destined to change the landscape of Higher #Education (HE)? 😎

Because the #essays they produce are already indistinguishable from poorly written essays, where there are plenty of words but few ideas.

Essay #writing is key in HE, and it relies on the assumption that writing requires awareness and knowledge, which can be assessed.

This assumption has been violated: #knowledge and awareness can be expressed by AIs too!

We should #assess differently.