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Always use the right word. If it's a five-dollar word that means exactly what you want to say, drop it in and don't apologize for it. It makes your story better.
Writing advice I hate the most: Don't use five-dollar words
Every writer has their own favorites they love sneaking in, but never do.
Sometimes I'll spot one of my ❤️words in the wild, like when I saw @scalzi.com had casually dropped "martinet" into The End of All Things and it made my whole day.
Every writer has their own favorites they love sneaking in, but never do.
Sometimes I'll spot one of my ❤️words in the wild, like when I saw @scalzi.com had casually dropped "martinet" into The End of All Things and it made my whole day.
August 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Always use the right word. If it's a five-dollar word that means exactly what you want to say, drop it in and don't apologize for it. It makes your story better.
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Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth are the hottest Lizzy and Darcy - Fight Me.
April 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth are the hottest Lizzy and Darcy - Fight Me.
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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
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“You can tell a lot about a country by how it treats its most vulnerable people.”
Eric from Austin has muscular dystrophy and called my office to share what Medicaid cuts could mean to him.
Here’s what he told me when I called him back:
youtu.be/Pdw1zQhpu_M?...
Eric from Austin has muscular dystrophy and called my office to share what Medicaid cuts could mean to him.
Here’s what he told me when I called him back:
youtu.be/Pdw1zQhpu_M?...
Congressman Greg Casar: What Medicaid Cuts Would Mean to Texans
YouTube video by Congressman Greg Casar
youtu.be
April 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“You can tell a lot about a country by how it treats its most vulnerable people.”
Eric from Austin has muscular dystrophy and called my office to share what Medicaid cuts could mean to him.
Here’s what he told me when I called him back:
youtu.be/Pdw1zQhpu_M?...
Eric from Austin has muscular dystrophy and called my office to share what Medicaid cuts could mean to him.
Here’s what he told me when I called him back:
youtu.be/Pdw1zQhpu_M?...
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The future comes at you fast, but don't flinch. It always turns into the present at the last possible moment.
April 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The future comes at you fast, but don't flinch. It always turns into the present at the last possible moment.
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Also I hope we're all on this same page
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
April 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Also I hope we're all on this same page
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
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Classroom/Library enrollment was down pretty bad in February. National chaos and uncertainly likely has something to do with it.
Can you help me make sure that all the educators on bluesky know Skype a Scientist exists and is ready to connect them with scientists? Every RT helps!
#EduSky #STEMEd
Can you help me make sure that all the educators on bluesky know Skype a Scientist exists and is ready to connect them with scientists? Every RT helps!
#EduSky #STEMEd
Hi! We're Skype a Scientist! We're a free program that matches scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & other groups for Q&As all about science.
Get matched with a scientist for a virtual conversation! We have 30+ types of scientist & match weekly.
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Get matched with a scientist for a virtual conversation! We have 30+ types of scientist & match weekly.
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
February 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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The Project for Awesome is a very fun and silly but also important event that raises millions of dollars for global health and other charities voted on by YOU. It has just begun. Please join us at ProjectforAwesome.com/live
February 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Project for Awesome is a very fun and silly but also important event that raises millions of dollars for global health and other charities voted on by YOU. It has just begun. Please join us at ProjectforAwesome.com/live
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Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
Nerdfighter proudly repping Pizza John and drinking Diet Dr. Pepper at the Dr. Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute (@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social I can also confirm they're still trying to make hot Dr. Pepper happen)
November 25, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Nerdfighter proudly repping Pizza John and drinking Diet Dr. Pepper at the Dr. Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute (@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social I can also confirm they're still trying to make hot Dr. Pepper happen)
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🙋♀️I consider abortion a good option, and a social good writ large! Pregnancy is not a punishment for contraceptive failure or contraceptive lack or contraceptive refusal.
I am pro-abortion, period. Same as I'm pro-chemotherapy, pro-insulin, pro-root canal, pro-pap-smear.
I am pro-abortion, period. Same as I'm pro-chemotherapy, pro-insulin, pro-root canal, pro-pap-smear.
November 22, 2024 at 4:19 AM
🙋♀️I consider abortion a good option, and a social good writ large! Pregnancy is not a punishment for contraceptive failure or contraceptive lack or contraceptive refusal.
I am pro-abortion, period. Same as I'm pro-chemotherapy, pro-insulin, pro-root canal, pro-pap-smear.
I am pro-abortion, period. Same as I'm pro-chemotherapy, pro-insulin, pro-root canal, pro-pap-smear.