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Yes, and also recognize that with creative fields, survivorship bias is real: You hear about full-time creatives with envious career arcs precisely because they've survived in the field where others (for whatever reason and independent of quality of work) have not. This is an important fact.
Would-be/struggling writers can feel like losers or wannabes when they read about other writers writing "full time" or promo'ing their book in various exotic cities. And it's good to recognize that, yeah, sometimes there's another income (or a spouse is helping to pay the bills).
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Yes, and also recognize that with creative fields, survivorship bias is real: You hear about full-time creatives with envious career arcs precisely because they've survived in the field where others (for whatever reason and independent of quality of work) have not. This is an important fact.
“Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” is such a great hour of Star Trek. 😭
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
“Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” is such a great hour of Star Trek. 😭
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I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin’
Hold on to that feelin’
[Verse]
One time you walked through the night
One time I lost my mind
One time you found your life
One time I had no right
One time I walked through the night
One time you lost your mind
One time I found my life
One time you had no right
[Chorus]
When I see the northern lights
I lose my mind
One time you walked through the night
One time I lost my mind
One time you found your life
One time I had no right
One time I walked through the night
One time you lost your mind
One time I found my life
One time you had no right
[Chorus]
When I see the northern lights
I lose my mind
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin’
Hold on to that feelin’
Without downloading any new pics, what is it like dating you?
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Without downloading any new pics, what is it like dating you?
Fantastic soundtrack by Underworld, too.
yeah, i'm a fan of the movie where an oscar nominee who portrayed a pivotal figure in mid-20th century science has to restart the sun
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Fantastic soundtrack by Underworld, too.
If you need a way to stim your way out of rumination, imagine all the different line readings William Shatner or Christopher Walken could wrest from the song title “Oh Pretty Woman.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you need a way to stim your way out of rumination, imagine all the different line readings William Shatner or Christopher Walken could wrest from the song title “Oh Pretty Woman.”
Why does the Apple TV+ “Skip credits” button teleport me to the last ten seconds of the credits. You literally have one job, button.
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Why does the Apple TV+ “Skip credits” button teleport me to the last ten seconds of the credits. You literally have one job, button.
What perfect album came out when you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What perfect album came out when you turned 16?
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For some reason that link triggers security warnings on Safari, so I just googled real quick and found a second article covering the research paper.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
www.nature.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
For some reason that link triggers security warnings on Safari, so I just googled real quick and found a second article covering the research paper.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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I hate to drag a fellow writer, but the trailer for the new Wicked movie has Elphaba saying "this is between the Wizard and I," and I can't with illiteracy anymore. I mean C'MON.
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I hate to drag a fellow writer, but the trailer for the new Wicked movie has Elphaba saying "this is between the Wizard and I," and I can't with illiteracy anymore. I mean C'MON.
If you see this, QTP with a gif of the last show/ movie you watched.
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you see this, QTP with a gif of the last show/ movie you watched.
So today I find out that Typepad shut down! And took my blog with it. I never even got a notification! Hopefully, the wayback machine will save me. 😳
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So today I find out that Typepad shut down! And took my blog with it. I never even got a notification! Hopefully, the wayback machine will save me. 😳
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Books are like canned food for the mind. You can buy a book...put it on the shelf for years and when you finally open it the contents are still as fresh as they day you bought it.
(saying....mine.)
(saying....mine.)
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Books are like canned food for the mind. You can buy a book...put it on the shelf for years and when you finally open it the contents are still as fresh as they day you bought it.
(saying....mine.)
(saying....mine.)
My phone is giving me the concrete existential advice my therapist keeps denying me:
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
My phone is giving me the concrete existential advice my therapist keeps denying me:
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
I stopped with a bachelor’s of malfeasance, but obviously I wasn’t looking to teach.
I got my masters in evil, but I lost my passion for it and ended up just staying in food service.
November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I stopped with a bachelor’s of malfeasance, but obviously I wasn’t looking to teach.
This is pretty excellent right here! Hang in to the end! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfJk...
Peter Gabriel and Sly & the Family Stone - "Thank You (Falettinme Be Your Sledgehammer)"
YouTube video by Bill McClintock
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This is pretty excellent right here! Hang in to the end! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfJk...
A noble roast embiggens the soul:
I always forget that roasting is a perfectly cromulent way to cook root vegetables.
... so just in case you are also trying to come up with novel ways to eat more beets and carrots (or whatever), this one is generally tasty.
You can dress them up however you want, too.
With or without meat.
... so just in case you are also trying to come up with novel ways to eat more beets and carrots (or whatever), this one is generally tasty.
You can dress them up however you want, too.
With or without meat.
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A noble roast embiggens the soul:
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” or “Transformers.”
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” or “Transformers.”
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Guillermo del Toro said “I don’t ever make eye candy, I make eye protein” and that goes hard tbh
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Guillermo del Toro said “I don’t ever make eye candy, I make eye protein” and that goes hard tbh
Got a small burn blister on my hand from pushing open a wooden stairwell door exposed to the afternoon sun. #LAoctober
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Got a small burn blister on my hand from pushing open a wooden stairwell door exposed to the afternoon sun. #LAoctober
I’ve been guilty of this. Great point!
October 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I’ve been guilty of this. Great point!