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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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ryanestrada.com
This orphaned reply to a long-lost post deserves to be read and remembered.
macksting.bsky.social macksting @macksting.bsky.social · Jan 2
Oh, I have good news.
[ID: Text-intensive Twitter thread from the Shapeshifters chest binders Twitter account in reply to a post by artist and author Ursula Vernon. Vernon says, A non-zero number of you apparently did not know that The Last Unicorn was a book before it was a movie. It is by Peter S. Beagle. It is made of spun glass and fairytales and iron knives and there are individual lines that I would give my lungs to have written. Shapechangers replies, I saw him every year at NYCC for several years straight, bought something at his table, asked him to sign it, and we spoke. He remembered me from year to year, no small feat at that con. He remembered which stories he'd told me. One year I came back with a different gender on. He squinted at me a bit and said thoughtfully, "I've seen you before in this place." All I had to say was, "last year you told me the story about the inoshishi." And his face cleared, and he leaned in with a grin and told me about a German guitarist who he traveled with, twice. Who transitioned between the first and second time, so he'd gotten to meet this person all over again on the second round. It was a wonderfully kind way to let me know that everything was fine. I was fresh out of the closet and I needed that, and maybe he could see it. The Last Unicorn is the best book in the world and I will defend it and its author til I die. the end. /end ID]
September 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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seankreynolds.bsky.social
Monte Cook and I decided to trim down our personal gaming libraries. We donated about twenty boxes of RPGs and miniatures to some local schools and organizations. Some particularly choice items are on eBay right now, including:
May 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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buehlmeister.bsky.social
Goodnight, my kittens. Tomorrow is a new day filled with horseshit, wonder, horror, tedium, and, if you look for it, beauty. Find something beautiful tomorrow. Learn a joke.Tell somebody they’re doing a good job. Stop someone from doing harm if you can. It’s all only what we agree it is.
April 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM