This is gross but I fear he's right. www.axios.com/local/raleig...

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the idea that these tech guys are opposed to "government waste" is so completely fucking ridiculous. they feast on government waste. DOD budgets are a bloated mess. the pentagon has failed 7 straight audits. the big beneficiaries are tech companies providing defense services.

What is with these ads where the premise is a fake podcast conversation or fake man-on-the-street style interaction? I've seen them CONSTANTLY lately. This one I got on IG is so obviously fake it hurts to watch. Rocket Money TV ads come to mind too.

Despite obvious similarities...

I fixed it for them.

Even if he does it is worth resisting! I find all the talk of whether Trump’s power is legitimate baffling, honestly. He’s a straightforward authoritarian! The main reason to push back is all of the stuff he is going to do, not how his vote total stacks up to previous presidents.

Zuckerberg is gonna throw three sig heils now, just to prove he has masculine energy.

instead of invite codes this site should require a personal reference from someone stating that you understand what a joke is

We still have a chance on this relatively new platform to change social media:

stop answering rhetorical questions

I recently got tricked into watching (okay, skipping through) a 73-minute-long freelance writing "masterclass" which was actually a long ad for the creator's expensive freelance writing course. It feels like EVERYONE is selling some kind of course or guide or coaching services these days.

I didn't hit my book goal this year, so I made myself feel better by deciding book goals are dumb.

Also I shared some of my favorite reads from 2024.

#books #reading

talkinglikemyself.substack.com/p/i-didnt-hi...

I've only been back to work for like an hour and I'm already over it.

Since the first season we watched together, my husband and I have referred to The Ultimatum as The Ol' Tomato. It's stupid and we laugh every time we say it. Also everyone on that show is insane. And I love it.

Ugh. Literally just launched a Substack like a month and a half ago lol. Theoretically makes it easier to move, but it takes so much time getting everything set up.

Beyond the fact that Bari Weiss is the worst, clearly Substack is moving its focus to big publishers, which sucks for solo writers.

What's your weirdest anxiety coping mechanism? I'll go first: watching videos of a small green Canadian puppet.

open.substack.com/pub/talkingl...

I took my first creative writing class this year. I was excited, but also terrified to admit I was trying. But those six weeks changed me as a writer. They made me more confident, less afraid. They made me want to keep trying.

More about my experience here: open.substack.com/pub/talkingl...