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Daily microstories to take your mind away from the grind
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
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Thousands of people marched in DC in solidarity with Ukraine and against impunity by oligarchs like Trump and Putin. They gathered outside the Russian embassy. #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #USprotests #DCprotests #StandWithUkraine
February 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Thousands of people marched in DC in solidarity with Ukraine and against impunity by oligarchs like Trump and Putin. They gathered outside the Russian embassy. #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #USprotests #DCprotests #StandWithUkraine
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,755,539!
September 25, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,755,539!
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My biggest issue with AI evangelism in our industry is that it treats creativity like a problem to be solved, and not an adventure to be had.
January 10, 2024 at 2:04 PM
My biggest issue with AI evangelism in our industry is that it treats creativity like a problem to be solved, and not an adventure to be had.
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“”Giving us money or giving us weapons, you support yourself. You save your children, not ours.” Mr Zelensky is right. But his message is not getting through.” From The Economist
www.economist.com/leaders/2024...
www.economist.com/leaders/2024...
How backing Ukraine is key to the West’s security
And why its leaders need to start saying so
www.economist.com
January 6, 2024 at 2:45 AM
“”Giving us money or giving us weapons, you support yourself. You save your children, not ours.” Mr Zelensky is right. But his message is not getting through.” From The Economist
www.economist.com/leaders/2024...
www.economist.com/leaders/2024...
Health News
You look great!
Cheers, just got a clean bill of health.
Wow. You had a physical?
Last week. Have one tomorrow too.
Seriously?
Yep, I go weekly.
That's too often.
But I love the compliments.
There's other ways to get compliments.
Not for me. I suck at everything else.
#writing
You look great!
Cheers, just got a clean bill of health.
Wow. You had a physical?
Last week. Have one tomorrow too.
Seriously?
Yep, I go weekly.
That's too often.
But I love the compliments.
There's other ways to get compliments.
Not for me. I suck at everything else.
#writing
January 3, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Health News
You look great!
Cheers, just got a clean bill of health.
Wow. You had a physical?
Last week. Have one tomorrow too.
Seriously?
Yep, I go weekly.
That's too often.
But I love the compliments.
There's other ways to get compliments.
Not for me. I suck at everything else.
#writing
You look great!
Cheers, just got a clean bill of health.
Wow. You had a physical?
Last week. Have one tomorrow too.
Seriously?
Yep, I go weekly.
That's too often.
But I love the compliments.
There's other ways to get compliments.
Not for me. I suck at everything else.
#writing
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— Taras Chmut, chairman of the charitable foundation «Come back alive»
pls donate to Ukrainian Army Forces to make it possible for them to protect Ukrainians further
#UkrainianView
pls donate to Ukrainian Army Forces to make it possible for them to protect Ukrainians further
#UkrainianView
Donate to Ukraine Army Fundraiser
Donate to Ukraine Army Fundraiser
savelife.in.ua
January 2, 2024 at 11:28 AM
— Taras Chmut, chairman of the charitable foundation «Come back alive»
pls donate to Ukrainian Army Forces to make it possible for them to protect Ukrainians further
#UkrainianView
pls donate to Ukrainian Army Forces to make it possible for them to protect Ukrainians further
#UkrainianView
Sanctum
Mel lumbered up the stairs to the flat, turned on the heater, ate her McDonald's and read her fantasy novel. In the other room Rohit vaped and played his Switch. Lei watched TikTok as she heated her leftovers in the kitchen. They had no idea how content they were. #writing #microfiction
Mel lumbered up the stairs to the flat, turned on the heater, ate her McDonald's and read her fantasy novel. In the other room Rohit vaped and played his Switch. Lei watched TikTok as she heated her leftovers in the kitchen. They had no idea how content they were. #writing #microfiction
December 31, 2023 at 4:40 AM
Sanctum
Mel lumbered up the stairs to the flat, turned on the heater, ate her McDonald's and read her fantasy novel. In the other room Rohit vaped and played his Switch. Lei watched TikTok as she heated her leftovers in the kitchen. They had no idea how content they were. #writing #microfiction
Mel lumbered up the stairs to the flat, turned on the heater, ate her McDonald's and read her fantasy novel. In the other room Rohit vaped and played his Switch. Lei watched TikTok as she heated her leftovers in the kitchen. They had no idea how content they were. #writing #microfiction
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Takeaways from AP investigation into Russia’s cover-up of deaths caused by dam explosion in Ukraine
Takeaways from AP investigation into Russia’s cover-up of deaths caused by dam explosion in Ukraine
An AP investigation has found that Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine — the flooding that followed the catastrophic explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka Dam in the southern Kherson regio
apnews.com
December 28, 2023 at 8:00 AM
Takeaways from AP investigation into Russia’s cover-up of deaths caused by dam explosion in Ukraine
Change in Perspective
She insisted we get a dog. I said our place was too tiny. So we got a tiny dog. I didn't like the yapping furball. Anxious about everything. Threats too big. Too immovable. Walking between the traffic and the apartment blocks rising around us, I respect her point. #microfiction
She insisted we get a dog. I said our place was too tiny. So we got a tiny dog. I didn't like the yapping furball. Anxious about everything. Threats too big. Too immovable. Walking between the traffic and the apartment blocks rising around us, I respect her point. #microfiction
December 28, 2023 at 3:43 AM
Change in Perspective
She insisted we get a dog. I said our place was too tiny. So we got a tiny dog. I didn't like the yapping furball. Anxious about everything. Threats too big. Too immovable. Walking between the traffic and the apartment blocks rising around us, I respect her point. #microfiction
She insisted we get a dog. I said our place was too tiny. So we got a tiny dog. I didn't like the yapping furball. Anxious about everything. Threats too big. Too immovable. Walking between the traffic and the apartment blocks rising around us, I respect her point. #microfiction
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"Ed forgot the Xmas lights," Rue said.
"We'll go traditional and use candles," said her sister Amy.
When the first candle was lit, the Xmas tree burst into fire.
"Who put an open flame in a dead tree!" Ed shouted.
"If you remembered the lights, we wouldn't have to," Amy snapped back.#mpotd
"We'll go traditional and use candles," said her sister Amy.
When the first candle was lit, the Xmas tree burst into fire.
"Who put an open flame in a dead tree!" Ed shouted.
"If you remembered the lights, we wouldn't have to," Amy snapped back.#mpotd
Here's the 27 Dec image prompt for micro prompt of the day.
I'll post a prompt word or image. Write a micro using the prompt word/inspired by the image. Use hashtag #mpotd. Stay w/in 300 characters.
*It helps if you quote post the prompt post.*
#writingprompt
Credit: Andrea Costantini
I'll post a prompt word or image. Write a micro using the prompt word/inspired by the image. Use hashtag #mpotd. Stay w/in 300 characters.
*It helps if you quote post the prompt post.*
#writingprompt
Credit: Andrea Costantini
December 27, 2023 at 10:10 AM
"Ed forgot the Xmas lights," Rue said.
"We'll go traditional and use candles," said her sister Amy.
When the first candle was lit, the Xmas tree burst into fire.
"Who put an open flame in a dead tree!" Ed shouted.
"If you remembered the lights, we wouldn't have to," Amy snapped back.#mpotd
"We'll go traditional and use candles," said her sister Amy.
When the first candle was lit, the Xmas tree burst into fire.
"Who put an open flame in a dead tree!" Ed shouted.
"If you remembered the lights, we wouldn't have to," Amy snapped back.#mpotd
Survival of the Smallest
Downtown Chinatown. Watched a guy lead a baby elephant down the road. At noon the rain came. Sheltered in a bar. Shot pool with some kid and got him a Coke. Took a piss. Came back to find the kid and my jacket gone. Can't fault the Kid's taste.
#writing #microfiction
December 27, 2023 at 5:52 AM
Survival of the Smallest
Downtown Chinatown. Watched a guy lead a baby elephant down the road. At noon the rain came. Sheltered in a bar. Shot pool with some kid and got him a Coke. Took a piss. Came back to find the kid and my jacket gone. Can't fault the Kid's taste.
#writing #microfiction