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Professional non-creative wordsmith (and amateur creative wordsmith) in Aotearoa New Zealand. Currently crocheting more than reading. See https://red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io/. Profile pic is Mary Frith, aka Moll Cutpurse. Header is Akaroa Harbour.

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Jojo (they/them) @jojoinabox.bsky.social · Apr 8

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Jojo (they/them) @jojoinabox.bsky.social · 7h

I can't wait to find out!

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Old lady gang! 😲

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Jojo (they/them) @jojoinabox.bsky.social · 17h

Here's part 2 of my series on analysis! This time we're discussing that backbone of all English lit essays: the argument.

Red Pens and Playwriting @index.red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Learning to Unlock Texts: Making and backing up arguments

(Paid post) We're continuing to reflect on textual analysis this week, focusing on having solid arguments.

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daniel @dnl.ink · 1d

the word 'freelance' literally comes from a medieval word for a mercenary warrior, sworn to no lord. a literal free lance

i am a knight-writer for hire

I write stories and strategies that make complex stuff clearer.

For over a decade, I’ve worked as a freelance writer, content strategist, and marcomms specialist.

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Jojo (they/them) @jojoinabox.bsky.social · 2d

The first Halloween costumes I spotted tonight were a couple of kids on scooters dressed as cherry tomatoes, of all things.

Jojo (they/them) @jojoinabox.bsky.social · 3d

They do always start off that way, don't they? 😄

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Jojo (they/them) @jojoinabox.bsky.social · 3d

Ooh, new mystery! 🤩

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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 3d

I am now older than I’ve ever been. This isn’t meta commentary nor an admission of birthdates. It’s just how time works.

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A.D.🍀🦩 @adwills.bsky.social · Nov 9

shout out to all the writers and artists who take forever to finish something. I get it, bro. I take a long time too. but your worth as a writer/artist isn't built upon production. so just keep striding it out. keep taking those steps. we each have our own race track. we'll get to the finish line

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Red Pens and Playwriting @index.red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Last weekend was a very busy Labour Day weekend in our house, so I've had to squish up my schedule and move my writing all to this end of the week, instead of my usual Tuesday blog focus. I've got a lot of different tasks that need to be done, but they're not big ones.

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Red Pens and Playwriting @index.red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Today's work is going to start with a bit of editing, instead of writing, but once that's done I can spend the rest of the afternoon writing a new short story (which will go onto the blog).

Jojo (they/them) @jojoinabox.bsky.social · 3d

Heeeeey! 👋

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alex is writing (or supposed to be!) @alexlopezwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Hot sexy fun people love to read books, actually

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Jojo (they/them) @jojoinabox.bsky.social · 4d

Eminently relatable!

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 5d

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Jojo (they/them) @jojoinabox.bsky.social · 4d

How delicious! Hope you had a happy birthday. 🥳

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 4d

Document Forgery

xkcd.com/3160/

Comic. [diploma from East State University for Doctor of Philosophy in Document Forgery] [caption] If you put one of these up in your office, and no one notices, you’ve earned it.

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 4d

Shock as film star gatecrashes Hobbiton wedding

“I mean, if you're going to have a wedding crasher at a Hobbiton wedding, who better than Elijah Wood? I mean, Frodo's at your wedding. That's just crazy.”

www.rnz.co.nz

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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 4d

ME/CFS is an evil disease and the fact that there are zero clinical supports for it should be an international scandal. the only reason it isn't is because people with ME/CFS are too sick to advocate on behalf of ourselves.

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New Zealand Herald (Unofficial) @nzherald.nzcow.com · 6d

📢 The supermarket is warning anyone who bought the chooks: 'Do not consume'.

Supermarket recall: Pams Te Kūiti cooked chook could make you crook

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🌈Jen Fletch (she/her)🌈 @dramaletsnot.bsky.social · 6d

I’d like to add that it doesn’t even need to be academic. So many people equate learning and studying with school or with productivity. Knowing a bunch about a sports team or enjoying pop culture/a fandom is a form of study. You’re learning things about that thing for your enjoyment.

Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 6d

I think we under-estimate how many people are miserable because they have no enthusiasms, no hobbies, because they gave up reading and quit learning when school ended. It's shocking how much studying a beloved subject elevates your mood. It will transform your life.

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · Oct 2

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

It’s POTS Awareness Day!

People with POTS are often misdiagnosed with “anxiety”.

It can take 7-10 years to get a proper diagnosis.

I spent years fainting and sustaining severe injuries before a doctor finally figured it out.

My guide to diagnosis: www.disabledginger.com/p/its-just-a...

"It's Just Anxiety"... Or Perhaps They've Misdiagnosed You

Patients with POTS are frequently misdiagnosed as anxious. An exploration of the diagnostic process, the gaslighting and barriers patients face when dealing with this debilitating condition.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 7d

Zoom in and look at all the little guys, I implore you

Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 7d

Most histories of hoodies go with 12th century monks as the originator, but I like to show my students this one from 5th-7th century Egypt.

FIG. 2: Child’s Tunic with Hood Tapestry weave of dyed wools, plain (tabby) weave ground of dyed wool, fringe of dyed wools along edge of hood and lower edge of tunic L. 101 cm; W. 89 cm Egypt, ca. 5th–7th century CE The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1927 (27.239) Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY

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geekysteven @geekysteven.com · 8d

My dream job is to run a cozy little bookshop, but without worrying about having to succeed as a small business. So basically a money laundering front where I get to read

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 7d

ICYMI ⬇️

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 8d

DANGER:
Aotearoa New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the Taranaki coast due to the presence of paralytic shellfish toxins.

The warning extends from Cape Egmont north to Albatross Point, near Kawhia.

www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-r...

Shellfish biotoxin warning for Taranaki Coast | NZ Government

New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the Taranaki coast due to the presence of paralytic shellfish toxins. “Routine tests on mussels from Pukearuhe have shown levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin over the safe limit,” says New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle.

www.mpi.govt.nz

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