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Türkiye: Journalists’ union proposes draft bill to protect freelance journalists
On 23 July, DİSK Basın-İş, an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), announced its submission of…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Türkiye #decentworkingconditions #DİSKBasın-İş #freelance #freelancejournalists #InternationalFederationofJournalists(IFJ) #journalistsrights #labourlaw #precariousworkingconditions #pressfreedom
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Wer sich als mittelst. Serviceanbieter von Vermittlungsportalen wie #GetYourGide #Freelance #Upwork #Blauarbeit #MyHammer u.a. oder #Marketplaces abhängig macht, sollte auf bedrohliche Eingriffe - provoziert von Mitbewerbern - bzw. Fehlern vorbereitet sein und Rechte aus der EU #P2B VO kennen.
Zu den Portalen gehören auch die großen #Appstores der Systemanbieter Google / Apple und #Marketplace-Betreiber, u.a. der Handelsplattformen #Amazon, #OTTO, #Kaufland, #MediaMarkt, #Ebay, #Zalando, etc., -
Fellow #science #editors — whether you’re on staff or #freelance like me — please submit your critical comment to help stop the weaponization of the National Science Foundation by Russell Vought's Office of Management and Budget. #NSF #OMB #research 🧪
https://fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/ProtectNSF_Comment/
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Fellow #science #editors — whether you’re on staff or #freelance like me — please submit your critical comment to help stop the weaponization of the National Science Foundation by Russell Vought's Office of Management and Budget. #NSF #OMB #research 🧪
https://fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/ProtectNSF_Comment/
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Fellow #science #editors — whether you’re on staff or #freelance like me — please submit your critical comment to help stop the weaponization of the National Science Foundation by Russell Vought's Office of Management and Budget. #NSF #OMB #research 🧪
https://fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/ProtectNSF_Comment/
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Fellow #science #editors — whether you’re on staff or #freelance like me — please submit your critical comment to help stop the weaponization of the National Science Foundation by Russell Vought's Office of Management and Budget. #NSF #OMB #research 🧪
https://fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/ProtectNSF_Comment/
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Fellow #science #editors — whether you’re on staff or #freelance like me — please submit your critical comment to help stop the weaponization of the National Science Foundation by Russell Vought's Office of Management and Budget. #NSF #OMB #research 🧪
https://fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/ProtectNSF_Comment/
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Fri. July 24, 2026: Soft Summer Days
image courtesy of congerdesign from PixabayFriday, July 24, 2026
Waxing Moon
Pluto and Neptune Retrograde
Sunny and cool
I can’t believe we’re at the end of yet another week. The weekend is busy, a good busy, although I hope to have some downtime tomorrow.
I finished a bunch of stuff before online meditation began, which was good. Online meditation was good, and it made Charlotte happy.
After breakfast, I grabbed all the stuff and headed out. Did the grocery shopping, another errand, and the library. Got home and hauled everything up the stairs and put it away. Had a bit of a break to deal with some admin before logging onto the #FreelanceFriends chat, which was fun. I’m the host next week, so I’ll have to be in fine fettle, as they say.
I made us a lovely salad using CSA ingredients (two kinds of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots), and took a short break to rehearse the poems before tackling the ghostwriting.
That went slowly, and I was frustrated with my own plodding. I figured out why it’s happening, even though the quality of what’s getting done is good. Now I have to figure out how to solve the plodding (although the plotting is going well, so there’s that).
The warranty people at the Eureka vacuum company continue to ignore me, so I asked Chewy (from where I bought it) what steps to take next. They sent me a return label. I kept the box (I am a notorious box keeper), so I will pack it up and send it back on Monday, and they will ship me a new one. No muss, no fuss. I am grateful. We are a pet-friendly household that needs a working vacuum.
Got another book review assignment, so I have two in my queue. There’s been so little work from that client lately it’s been frustrating.
I made pizza from scratch, using CSA ingredients (mostly) and it was so good. We even have leftovers. Frozen pizzas have gotten much smaller (for higher prices) AND have so many empty calories you can eat the whole thing still feeling hungry AND the lack of flavor at this point that going back to making our own exactly the way we want it with ingredients that satisfy us is a better choice.
I do, however, want to try Dough Boys in Adams, which is owned by the guy who owns Grazie here in North Adams. I’ve heard good things about them. The pizza place down the street that was good when we first moved here isn’t anymore.
Read a little bit in the evening, a book that’s annoying me. It’s written to specific market tropes without fulfilling them particularly well or doing something fresh with them. Yawn.
So Substack now encourages readers to feed all the posts through an AI-tool, pretending it’s to let readers know how much of any given work was AI-generated. Which is nonsense, all it’s doing is stealing yet more work. As if there weren’t enough reasons not to have anything to do with Substack anyway. Zero respect for anyone who stays on that platform. Even “but oh, they’re doing good journalism.” None of it needs to be done on that platform. There are plenty of choices.
Slept well. It was actually chilly, when I got up, in the 40’sF. I did my yoga and a 20-minute meditation session before heading out the door to the laundromat. Got everything done and was back a little after 7.
After breakfast, I will put it all away, do the morning chores, do a polish on the script commission pitch and get it out the door, and focus on the ghostwriting. If I get enough done, I may get to spend a couple of hours at the Clark this afternoon. If not, I will go to Williamstown later in the afternoon – WAM invited me to an open rehearsal of their residency piece, and I will attend that.
Tomorrow, I hope for a quiet day to putter around the house and rehearse my sections of the poem. Sunday is all about the poem. Rehearsal is earlier than it usually is, but the poem itself will be performed at 5. It’s supposed to be lovely and in the mid-80’s. Fingers crossed that’s true.
I’m hoping for a quiet, pleasant few summer days on the home front in contrast to the larger chaos. I need to recharge.
Have a great weekend, and we’ll catch up again next week!
#books #ethics #freelance #poetry #summer #writing -
Fri. July 24, 2026: Soft Summer Days
image courtesy of congerdesign from PixabayFriday, July 24, 2026
Waxing Moon
Pluto and Neptune Retrograde
Sunny and cool
I can’t believe we’re at the end of yet another week. The weekend is busy, a good busy, although I hope to have some downtime tomorrow.
I finished a bunch of stuff before online meditation began, which was good. Online meditation was good, and it made Charlotte happy.
After breakfast, I grabbed all the stuff and headed out. Did the grocery shopping, another errand, and the library. Got home and hauled everything up the stairs and put it away. Had a bit of a break to deal with some admin before logging onto the #FreelanceFriends chat, which was fun. I’m the host next week, so I’ll have to be in fine fettle, as they say.
I made us a lovely salad using CSA ingredients (two kinds of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots), and took a short break to rehearse the poems before tackling the ghostwriting.
That went slowly, and I was frustrated with my own plodding. I figured out why it’s happening, even though the quality of what’s getting done is good. Now I have to figure out how to solve the plodding (although the plotting is going well, so there’s that).
The warranty people at the Eureka vacuum company continue to ignore me, so I asked Chewy (from where I bought it) what steps to take next. They sent me a return label. I kept the box (I am a notorious box keeper), so I will pack it up and send it back on Monday, and they will ship me a new one. No muss, no fuss. I am grateful. We are a pet-friendly household that needs a working vacuum.
Got another book review assignment, so I have two in my queue. There’s been so little work from that client lately it’s been frustrating.
I made pizza from scratch, using CSA ingredients (mostly) and it was so good. We even have leftovers. Frozen pizzas have gotten much smaller (for higher prices) AND have so many empty calories you can eat the whole thing still feeling hungry AND the lack of flavor at this point that going back to making our own exactly the way we want it with ingredients that satisfy us is a better choice.
I do, however, want to try Dough Boys in Adams, which is owned by the guy who owns Grazie here in North Adams. I’ve heard good things about them. The pizza place down the street that was good when we first moved here isn’t anymore.
Read a little bit in the evening, a book that’s annoying me. It’s written to specific market tropes without fulfilling them particularly well or doing something fresh with them. Yawn.
So Substack now encourages readers to feed all the posts through an AI-tool, pretending it’s to let readers know how much of any given work was AI-generated. Which is nonsense, all it’s doing is stealing yet more work. As if there weren’t enough reasons not to have anything to do with Substack anyway. Zero respect for anyone who stays on that platform. Even “but oh, they’re doing good journalism.” None of it needs to be done on that platform. There are plenty of choices.
Slept well. It was actually chilly, when I got up, in the 40’sF. I did my yoga and a 20-minute meditation session before heading out the door to the laundromat. Got everything done and was back a little after 7.
After breakfast, I will put it all away, do the morning chores, do a polish on the script commission pitch and get it out the door, and focus on the ghostwriting. If I get enough done, I may get to spend a couple of hours at the Clark this afternoon. If not, I will go to Williamstown later in the afternoon – WAM invited me to an open rehearsal of their residency piece, and I will attend that.
Tomorrow, I hope for a quiet day to putter around the house and rehearse my sections of the poem. Sunday is all about the poem. Rehearsal is earlier than it usually is, but the poem itself will be performed at 5. It’s supposed to be lovely and in the mid-80’s. Fingers crossed that’s true.
I’m hoping for a quiet, pleasant few summer days on the home front in contrast to the larger chaos. I need to recharge.
Have a great weekend, and we’ll catch up again next week!
#books #ethics #freelance #poetry #summer #writing -
Fri. July 24, 2026: Soft Summer Days
image courtesy of congerdesign from PixabayFriday, July 24, 2026
Waxing Moon
Pluto and Neptune Retrograde
Sunny and cool
I can’t believe we’re at the end of yet another week. The weekend is busy, a good busy, although I hope to have some downtime tomorrow.
I finished a bunch of stuff before online meditation began, which was good. Online meditation was good, and it made Charlotte happy.
After breakfast, I grabbed all the stuff and headed out. Did the grocery shopping, another errand, and the library. Got home and hauled everything up the stairs and put it away. Had a bit of a break to deal with some admin before logging onto the #FreelanceFriends chat, which was fun. I’m the host next week, so I’ll have to be in fine fettle, as they say.
I made us a lovely salad using CSA ingredients (two kinds of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots), and took a short break to rehearse the poems before tackling the ghostwriting.
That went slowly, and I was frustrated with my own plodding. I figured out why it’s happening, even though the quality of what’s getting done is good. Now I have to figure out how to solve the plodding (although the plotting is going well, so there’s that).
The warranty people at the Eureka vacuum company continue to ignore me, so I asked Chewy (from where I bought it) what steps to take next. They sent me a return label. I kept the box (I am a notorious box keeper), so I will pack it up and send it back on Monday, and they will ship me a new one. No muss, no fuss. I am grateful. We are a pet-friendly household that needs a working vacuum.
Got another book review assignment, so I have two in my queue. There’s been so little work from that client lately it’s been frustrating.
I made pizza from scratch, using CSA ingredients (mostly) and it was so good. We even have leftovers. Frozen pizzas have gotten much smaller (for higher prices) AND have so many empty calories you can eat the whole thing still feeling hungry AND the lack of flavor at this point that going back to making our own exactly the way we want it with ingredients that satisfy us is a better choice.
I do, however, want to try Dough Boys in Adams, which is owned by the guy who owns Grazie here in North Adams. I’ve heard good things about them. The pizza place down the street that was good when we first moved here isn’t anymore.
Read a little bit in the evening, a book that’s annoying me. It’s written to specific market tropes without fulfilling them particularly well or doing something fresh with them. Yawn.
So Substack now encourages readers to feed all the posts through an AI-tool, pretending it’s to let readers know how much of any given work was AI-generated. Which is nonsense, all it’s doing is stealing yet more work. As if there weren’t enough reasons not to have anything to do with Substack anyway. Zero respect for anyone who stays on that platform. Even “but oh, they’re doing good journalism.” None of it needs to be done on that platform. There are plenty of choices.
Slept well. It was actually chilly, when I got up, in the 40’sF. I did my yoga and a 20-minute meditation session before heading out the door to the laundromat. Got everything done and was back a little after 7.
After breakfast, I will put it all away, do the morning chores, do a polish on the script commission pitch and get it out the door, and focus on the ghostwriting. If I get enough done, I may get to spend a couple of hours at the Clark this afternoon. If not, I will go to Williamstown later in the afternoon – WAM invited me to an open rehearsal of their residency piece, and I will attend that.
Tomorrow, I hope for a quiet day to putter around the house and rehearse my sections of the poem. Sunday is all about the poem. Rehearsal is earlier than it usually is, but the poem itself will be performed at 5. It’s supposed to be lovely and in the mid-80’s. Fingers crossed that’s true.
I’m hoping for a quiet, pleasant few summer days on the home front in contrast to the larger chaos. I need to recharge.
Have a great weekend, and we’ll catch up again next week!
#books #ethics #freelance #poetry #summer #writing -
Thurs. July 23, 2026: Just Plodding Along
image courtesy of Frank Magdelyns from PixabayThursday, July 23, 2026
Waxing Moon
Pluto and Neptune Retrograde
Mercury DIRECT (tonight, we still have to get through the day)
You can read the latest on the garden over at Gratitude and Growth.
Mercury goes direct tonight, thank goodness. We still have to get through the challenges of the day. It will go retrograde again on the 24th of October, but at least we have a little breathing space. Every time I see the internet trying to rehabilitate Mercury retrograde, I roll my eyes. Some periods just suck, and Merc Ret is one of them. Staying as quiet as possible and doing an odd bit of thrift shopping is the best way I’ve found to get through it.
I am tired, however, of all the urgency influencers out there. Sitting here on earth looking up, things are always moving across the sky. We can’t react, or even respond, to everything. We can be aware of it, but sometimes, we just need to look up and watch it cycle through. Enjoy that the sky looks pretty and there’s a lot to see up there. Every season will be different not just from the other seasons, but for us as individuals. It’s great to have information, but when it’s delivered with this constant frenetic insistence (especially when the person delivering it is trying to sell you something), take it all with a grain of salt.
Taking a break from posting promotional material for my own work, and really looking at what’s out there has been informative. I’ve done a lot of blocking these past six weeks!
After the morning chores yesterday, I settled into work. I had a case of the “I don’t wannas” because what I wanted to do was to go back to bed. Too bad for me!
I got some admin done, and a decent chunk of work on BETTING MAN. Switched over to the ghostwriting, and felt like I was plodding along. I like the quality of what I’m doing, but I’m not doing it fast enough.
The Nolan Wells situation gets more and more heartbreaking. And more enraging, as MS officials just think they can keep covering it up. Holding back the man’s throat and lungs from the second autopsy is very suspicious. While tox screens might not yet be complete (they usually take at least two weeks, sometimes more), when there’s a second autopsy, they need all the bits. And now one of his “friends” is going on a right-wing podcast to justify himself. Trash, all the way around. And on top of it, cops in Madison, WI shot a Black man in the head, executing him on the street in broad daylight.
Hakeem Jeffries proved he’s colluding with the right when 6 Dems voted (the exact number needed) to approve the bill that tacked on integrating our military with Israel’s and the SAVE act. Jeffries is as corrupt as the rest of them. He and Schumer have to be removed.
And now they’re all going on vacation until the middle of September. Disgusting. And they’re still covering up what’s going on with Mitch McConnell. If he’s dead, they’re committing fraud. If they’re keeping him in a vegetative state on life support, it’s beyond grotesque. As much as I loathe McConnell, there is a sense of tragedy that no one cares enough about him as a human being to allow him a dignified death. Not his wife, not his children, not his colleagues.
I plodded along on the ghostwriting, not getting as far as I wanted. I’m okay, as far as the deadline goes, but I’d hoped to get it in a little early. No such luck, I fear. We will see how today and tomorrow go.
Trotted down to pick up my CSA box in the afternoon. It was a nice walk, not too hot and humid, and good to get me moving.
The box is glorious: two pints of cherry tomatoes, lettuce, onions, green pepper, summer squash, and carrots. I used a lot of it in a pasta primavera, adding garlic and the basil we’re growing. I kept sneaking bites of everything as I chopped it. So delicious. We are so lucky, and I am so grateful.
Sat on the porch after dinner reading and watching the world go by. I’m reading a novel by a writer well-known for nonfiction (and I’m a fan of the nonfiction), but this is their first novel. It needed a developmental edit and some work on structure. The structure is basically non-existent. There’s some lovely writing in it, but it doesn’t hold together.
Slept reasonably well until Charlotte started fussing a little after 3, and she was just impossible. I got up just before 5 and started the morning routine. Today is online meditation group (I guess we’re breaking in August?). I’ll do the usual Thursday errands after breakfast, hop on the #FreelanceFriends chat, and then get some writing done and rehearse the poems. If I can find what I want in the store, I’ll make pizza from scratch tonight. It’s cool enough.
What I get done today on the ghostwriting will help define tomorrow, if I can add something to my afternoon, or if I have to just keep my head down and work. Wish me luck!
#corruption #CSA #freelance #MercuryRetrograde #reading #writing -
Thurs. July 23, 2026: Just Plodding Along
image courtesy of Frank Magdelyns from PixabayThursday, July 23, 2026
Waxing Moon
Pluto and Neptune Retrograde
Mercury DIRECT (tonight, we still have to get through the day)
You can read the latest on the garden over at Gratitude and Growth.
Mercury goes direct tonight, thank goodness. We still have to get through the challenges of the day. It will go retrograde again on the 24th of October, but at least we have a little breathing space. Every time I see the internet trying to rehabilitate Mercury retrograde, I roll my eyes. Some periods just suck, and Merc Ret is one of them. Staying as quiet as possible and doing an odd bit of thrift shopping is the best way I’ve found to get through it.
I am tired, however, of all the urgency influencers out there. Sitting here on earth looking up, things are always moving across the sky. We can’t react, or even respond, to everything. We can be aware of it, but sometimes, we just need to look up and watch it cycle through. Enjoy that the sky looks pretty and there’s a lot to see up there. Every season will be different not just from the other seasons, but for us as individuals. It’s great to have information, but when it’s delivered with this constant frenetic insistence (especially when the person delivering it is trying to sell you something), take it all with a grain of salt.
Taking a break from posting promotional material for my own work, and really looking at what’s out there has been informative. I’ve done a lot of blocking these past six weeks!
After the morning chores yesterday, I settled into work. I had a case of the “I don’t wannas” because what I wanted to do was to go back to bed. Too bad for me!
I got some admin done, and a decent chunk of work on BETTING MAN. Switched over to the ghostwriting, and felt like I was plodding along. I like the quality of what I’m doing, but I’m not doing it fast enough.
The Nolan Wells situation gets more and more heartbreaking. And more enraging, as MS officials just think they can keep covering it up. Holding back the man’s throat and lungs from the second autopsy is very suspicious. While tox screens might not yet be complete (they usually take at least two weeks, sometimes more), when there’s a second autopsy, they need all the bits. And now one of his “friends” is going on a right-wing podcast to justify himself. Trash, all the way around. And on top of it, cops in Madison, WI shot a Black man in the head, executing him on the street in broad daylight.
Hakeem Jeffries proved he’s colluding with the right when 6 Dems voted (the exact number needed) to approve the bill that tacked on integrating our military with Israel’s and the SAVE act. Jeffries is as corrupt as the rest of them. He and Schumer have to be removed.
And now they’re all going on vacation until the middle of September. Disgusting. And they’re still covering up what’s going on with Mitch McConnell. If he’s dead, they’re committing fraud. If they’re keeping him in a vegetative state on life support, it’s beyond grotesque. As much as I loathe McConnell, there is a sense of tragedy that no one cares enough about him as a human being to allow him a dignified death. Not his wife, not his children, not his colleagues.
I plodded along on the ghostwriting, not getting as far as I wanted. I’m okay, as far as the deadline goes, but I’d hoped to get it in a little early. No such luck, I fear. We will see how today and tomorrow go.
Trotted down to pick up my CSA box in the afternoon. It was a nice walk, not too hot and humid, and good to get me moving.
The box is glorious: two pints of cherry tomatoes, lettuce, onions, green pepper, summer squash, and carrots. I used a lot of it in a pasta primavera, adding garlic and the basil we’re growing. I kept sneaking bites of everything as I chopped it. So delicious. We are so lucky, and I am so grateful.
Sat on the porch after dinner reading and watching the world go by. I’m reading a novel by a writer well-known for nonfiction (and I’m a fan of the nonfiction), but this is their first novel. It needed a developmental edit and some work on structure. The structure is basically non-existent. There’s some lovely writing in it, but it doesn’t hold together.
Slept reasonably well until Charlotte started fussing a little after 3, and she was just impossible. I got up just before 5 and started the morning routine. Today is online meditation group (I guess we’re breaking in August?). I’ll do the usual Thursday errands after breakfast, hop on the #FreelanceFriends chat, and then get some writing done and rehearse the poems. If I can find what I want in the store, I’ll make pizza from scratch tonight. It’s cool enough.
What I get done today on the ghostwriting will help define tomorrow, if I can add something to my afternoon, or if I have to just keep my head down and work. Wish me luck!
#corruption #CSA #freelance #MercuryRetrograde #reading #writing -
Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-accessibility/
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Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-accessibility/
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Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-accessibility/
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Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-accessibility/
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Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-accessibility/
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Wed. July 22, 2026: A Comfortable, Rainy Day
image courtesy of Rajesh Balouria from PixabayWednesday, July 22, 2026
Waxing Moon
Pluto, Mercury, Neptune Retrograde
Cloudy and humid
Here we are, in the middle of another week. I hope yours is going well.
Yesterday morning, I did the usual chores and a bunch of admin. The sky got darker and darker, and I had to turn on the lights by 9 AM. Shortly after, a big thunderstorm came through, so I paused my work for a bit. Even after the thunder passed, the rain kept bucketing down. I do love a good thunderstorm, though.
I revised the synopsis for the script commission pitch, and went over the pages themselves again. I’m feeling good about both. I’ll let them sit for a couple of days, and then do another polish pass before sending it out at the end of the week.
I did some research for an LOI I want to send out next week. I really like what I’ve learned about the company so far, and would very much like to work with them.
I wrote a little over a thousand words on BETTING MAN. I’m trying to get back into the flow, and that means writing something on it every day. Taking off days during the drafting has been counterproductive, and I need to course-correct. I’m already later than I hoped to be on this draft. But I wrote a fun argument scene, which I will hone today before moving on.
It was cool enough to have soup for lunch, and then I switched over to the ghostwriting.
It was slow going, with lots of stops to check information, but the quality of the work is decent. I need to ramp it up the next few days, though, instead of plodding along.
It rained heavily most of the day, and I didn’t make it to yoga. The cats slept most of the day, and I wished I could, too. I heated up some leftovers for dinner, and then read and played with the cats at night. I’ve been doing a good bit of thinking the last few days/weeks, and I have a better idea of changes I want to make over the next few months that will serve us well in the long run. I need to be realistic as to where the best choices are for my time, energy, and creativity. I also did some meal planning, since I pick up the CSA box today, and tomorrow is grocery day.
Charlotte fussed at me starting a little after 3 this morning. I didn’t think I’d gone back to sleep, but when I finally got up it was after 6, so I must have. Getting up after 6 is late around here!
I will do some work on BETTING MAN this morning, and then switch over to the ghostwriting for the rest of the day. This afternoon, I head to Savvy Hive to pick up this week’s CSA, and I’ll use some of the ingredients to cook dinner. I will also rehearse the poems.
Tomorrow is a pretty stacked day, and I doubt I’ll get much writing done, so I need to make use of today’s hours.
Have a good one!
#energy #freelance #writing -
Wed. July 22, 2026: A Comfortable, Rainy Day
image courtesy of Rajesh Balouria from PixabayWednesday, July 22, 2026
Waxing Moon
Pluto, Mercury, Neptune Retrograde
Cloudy and humid
Here we are, in the middle of another week. I hope yours is going well.
Yesterday morning, I did the usual chores and a bunch of admin. The sky got darker and darker, and I had to turn on the lights by 9 AM. Shortly after, a big thunderstorm came through, so I paused my work for a bit. Even after the thunder passed, the rain kept bucketing down. I do love a good thunderstorm, though.
I revised the synopsis for the script commission pitch, and went over the pages themselves again. I’m feeling good about both. I’ll let them sit for a couple of days, and then do another polish pass before sending it out at the end of the week.
I did some research for an LOI I want to send out next week. I really like what I’ve learned about the company so far, and would very much like to work with them.
I wrote a little over a thousand words on BETTING MAN. I’m trying to get back into the flow, and that means writing something on it every day. Taking off days during the drafting has been counterproductive, and I need to course-correct. I’m already later than I hoped to be on this draft. But I wrote a fun argument scene, which I will hone today before moving on.
It was cool enough to have soup for lunch, and then I switched over to the ghostwriting.
It was slow going, with lots of stops to check information, but the quality of the work is decent. I need to ramp it up the next few days, though, instead of plodding along.
It rained heavily most of the day, and I didn’t make it to yoga. The cats slept most of the day, and I wished I could, too. I heated up some leftovers for dinner, and then read and played with the cats at night. I’ve been doing a good bit of thinking the last few days/weeks, and I have a better idea of changes I want to make over the next few months that will serve us well in the long run. I need to be realistic as to where the best choices are for my time, energy, and creativity. I also did some meal planning, since I pick up the CSA box today, and tomorrow is grocery day.
Charlotte fussed at me starting a little after 3 this morning. I didn’t think I’d gone back to sleep, but when I finally got up it was after 6, so I must have. Getting up after 6 is late around here!
I will do some work on BETTING MAN this morning, and then switch over to the ghostwriting for the rest of the day. This afternoon, I head to Savvy Hive to pick up this week’s CSA, and I’ll use some of the ingredients to cook dinner. I will also rehearse the poems.
Tomorrow is a pretty stacked day, and I doubt I’ll get much writing done, so I need to make use of today’s hours.
Have a good one!
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Wed. July 22, 2026: A Comfortable, Rainy Day
image courtesy of Rajesh Balouria from PixabayWednesday, July 22, 2026
Waxing Moon
Pluto, Mercury, Neptune Retrograde
Cloudy and humid
Here we are, in the middle of another week. I hope yours is going well.
Yesterday morning, I did the usual chores and a bunch of admin. The sky got darker and darker, and I had to turn on the lights by 9 AM. Shortly after, a big thunderstorm came through, so I paused my work for a bit. Even after the thunder passed, the rain kept bucketing down. I do love a good thunderstorm, though.
I revised the synopsis for the script commission pitch, and went over the pages themselves again. I’m feeling good about both. I’ll let them sit for a couple of days, and then do another polish pass before sending it out at the end of the week.
I did some research for an LOI I want to send out next week. I really like what I’ve learned about the company so far, and would very much like to work with them.
I wrote a little over a thousand words on BETTING MAN. I’m trying to get back into the flow, and that means writing something on it every day. Taking off days during the drafting has been counterproductive, and I need to course-correct. I’m already later than I hoped to be on this draft. But I wrote a fun argument scene, which I will hone today before moving on.
It was cool enough to have soup for lunch, and then I switched over to the ghostwriting.
It was slow going, with lots of stops to check information, but the quality of the work is decent. I need to ramp it up the next few days, though, instead of plodding along.
It rained heavily most of the day, and I didn’t make it to yoga. The cats slept most of the day, and I wished I could, too. I heated up some leftovers for dinner, and then read and played with the cats at night. I’ve been doing a good bit of thinking the last few days/weeks, and I have a better idea of changes I want to make over the next few months that will serve us well in the long run. I need to be realistic as to where the best choices are for my time, energy, and creativity. I also did some meal planning, since I pick up the CSA box today, and tomorrow is grocery day.
Charlotte fussed at me starting a little after 3 this morning. I didn’t think I’d gone back to sleep, but when I finally got up it was after 6, so I must have. Getting up after 6 is late around here!
I will do some work on BETTING MAN this morning, and then switch over to the ghostwriting for the rest of the day. This afternoon, I head to Savvy Hive to pick up this week’s CSA, and I’ll use some of the ingredients to cook dinner. I will also rehearse the poems.
Tomorrow is a pretty stacked day, and I doubt I’ll get much writing done, so I need to make use of today’s hours.
Have a good one!
#energy #freelance #writing -
Wed. July 22, 2026: A Comfortable, Rainy Day
image courtesy of Rajesh Balouria from PixabayWednesday, July 22, 2026
Waxing Moon
Pluto, Mercury, Neptune Retrograde
Cloudy and humid
Here we are, in the middle of another week. I hope yours is going well.
Yesterday morning, I did the usual chores and a bunch of admin. The sky got darker and darker, and I had to turn on the lights by 9 AM. Shortly after, a big thunderstorm came through, so I paused my work for a bit. Even after the thunder passed, the rain kept bucketing down. I do love a good thunderstorm, though.
I revised the synopsis for the script commission pitch, and went over the pages themselves again. I’m feeling good about both. I’ll let them sit for a couple of days, and then do another polish pass before sending it out at the end of the week.
I did some research for an LOI I want to send out next week. I really like what I’ve learned about the company so far, and would very much like to work with them.
I wrote a little over a thousand words on BETTING MAN. I’m trying to get back into the flow, and that means writing something on it every day. Taking off days during the drafting has been counterproductive, and I need to course-correct. I’m already later than I hoped to be on this draft. But I wrote a fun argument scene, which I will hone today before moving on.
It was cool enough to have soup for lunch, and then I switched over to the ghostwriting.
It was slow going, with lots of stops to check information, but the quality of the work is decent. I need to ramp it up the next few days, though, instead of plodding along.
It rained heavily most of the day, and I didn’t make it to yoga. The cats slept most of the day, and I wished I could, too. I heated up some leftovers for dinner, and then read and played with the cats at night. I’ve been doing a good bit of thinking the last few days/weeks, and I have a better idea of changes I want to make over the next few months that will serve us well in the long run. I need to be realistic as to where the best choices are for my time, energy, and creativity. I also did some meal planning, since I pick up the CSA box today, and tomorrow is grocery day.
Charlotte fussed at me starting a little after 3 this morning. I didn’t think I’d gone back to sleep, but when I finally got up it was after 6, so I must have. Getting up after 6 is late around here!
I will do some work on BETTING MAN this morning, and then switch over to the ghostwriting for the rest of the day. This afternoon, I head to Savvy Hive to pick up this week’s CSA, and I’ll use some of the ingredients to cook dinner. I will also rehearse the poems.
Tomorrow is a pretty stacked day, and I doubt I’ll get much writing done, so I need to make use of today’s hours.
Have a good one!
#energy #freelance #writing -
Wed. July 22, 2026: A Comfortable, Rainy Day
image courtesy of Rajesh Balouria from PixabayWednesday, July 22, 2026
Waxing Moon
Pluto, Mercury, Neptune Retrograde
Cloudy and humid
Here we are, in the middle of another week. I hope yours is going well.
Yesterday morning, I did the usual chores and a bunch of admin. The sky got darker and darker, and I had to turn on the lights by 9 AM. Shortly after, a big thunderstorm came through, so I paused my work for a bit. Even after the thunder passed, the rain kept bucketing down. I do love a good thunderstorm, though.
I revised the synopsis for the script commission pitch, and went over the pages themselves again. I’m feeling good about both. I’ll let them sit for a couple of days, and then do another polish pass before sending it out at the end of the week.
I did some research for an LOI I want to send out next week. I really like what I’ve learned about the company so far, and would very much like to work with them.
I wrote a little over a thousand words on BETTING MAN. I’m trying to get back into the flow, and that means writing something on it every day. Taking off days during the drafting has been counterproductive, and I need to course-correct. I’m already later than I hoped to be on this draft. But I wrote a fun argument scene, which I will hone today before moving on.
It was cool enough to have soup for lunch, and then I switched over to the ghostwriting.
It was slow going, with lots of stops to check information, but the quality of the work is decent. I need to ramp it up the next few days, though, instead of plodding along.
It rained heavily most of the day, and I didn’t make it to yoga. The cats slept most of the day, and I wished I could, too. I heated up some leftovers for dinner, and then read and played with the cats at night. I’ve been doing a good bit of thinking the last few days/weeks, and I have a better idea of changes I want to make over the next few months that will serve us well in the long run. I need to be realistic as to where the best choices are for my time, energy, and creativity. I also did some meal planning, since I pick up the CSA box today, and tomorrow is grocery day.
Charlotte fussed at me starting a little after 3 this morning. I didn’t think I’d gone back to sleep, but when I finally got up it was after 6, so I must have. Getting up after 6 is late around here!
I will do some work on BETTING MAN this morning, and then switch over to the ghostwriting for the rest of the day. This afternoon, I head to Savvy Hive to pick up this week’s CSA, and I’ll use some of the ingredients to cook dinner. I will also rehearse the poems.
Tomorrow is a pretty stacked day, and I doubt I’ll get much writing done, so I need to make use of today’s hours.
Have a good one!
#energy #freelance #writing -
Got another "translation job" offer today.
Except it wasn't a translation job at all.
It was training AI.
For pay that, where I live, wouldn't even reach minimum wage. But of course it was dressed up as "freelance contracting," because apparently exploitation sounds fancier if you invoice for it.
No.
I'm not helping build the machine that's already taking work away from translators while paying translators less than they deserve to teach it.
I'd genuinely rather earn nothing than spend my time feeding your slop machine.Hard pass.
#Translation #Translators #AI #WorkersRights #Freelance #NoAISlop
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Got another "translation job" offer today.
Except it wasn't a translation job at all.
It was training AI.
For pay that, where I live, wouldn't even reach minimum wage. But of course it was dressed up as "freelance contracting," because apparently exploitation sounds fancier if you invoice for it.
No.
I'm not helping build the machine that's already taking work away from translators while paying translators less than they deserve to teach it.
I'd genuinely rather earn nothing than spend my time feeding your slop machine.Hard pass.
#Translation #Translators #AI #WorkersRights #Freelance #NoAISlop
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Got another "translation job" offer today.
Except it wasn't a translation job at all.
It was training AI.
For pay that, where I live, wouldn't even reach minimum wage. But of course it was dressed up as "freelance contracting," because apparently exploitation sounds fancier if you invoice for it.
No.
I'm not helping build the machine that's already taking work away from translators while paying translators less than they deserve to teach it.
I'd genuinely rather earn nothing than spend my time feeding your slop machine.Hard pass.
#Translation #Translators #AI #WorkersRights #Freelance #NoAISlop
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Got another "translation job" offer today.
Except it wasn't a translation job at all.
It was training AI.
For pay that, where I live, wouldn't even reach minimum wage. But of course it was dressed up as "freelance contracting," because apparently exploitation sounds fancier if you invoice for it.
No.
I'm not helping build the machine that's already taking work away from translators while paying translators less than they deserve to teach it.
I'd genuinely rather earn nothing than spend my time feeding your slop machine.Hard pass.
#Translation #Translators #AI #WorkersRights #Freelance #NoAISlop
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Got another "translation job" offer today.
Except it wasn't a translation job at all.
It was training AI.
For pay that, where I live, wouldn't even reach minimum wage. But of course it was dressed up as "freelance contracting," because apparently exploitation sounds fancier if you invoice for it.
No.
I'm not helping build the machine that's already taking work away from translators while paying translators less than they deserve to teach it.
I'd genuinely rather earn nothing than spend my time feeding your slop machine.Hard pass.
#Translation #Translators #AI #WorkersRights #Freelance #NoAISlop
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Get ready for a special edition of The WP Minute’s Agency Action podcast! Matt Medeiros (filling in for a vacationing Kurt and Toby) is joined by developer and WordPress core contributor Brendan O’Connell. Together, they explore the increasing role of AI in agency life. The discussion touches on the technology’s impact on automation, creativity, and web hosting.
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Learn more here.
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