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To me, it feels the most like OG Twitter - a place to read others' opinions and information - uncluttered by the bots, spam, and trolls that are ruining the other platform.
Personal
I have been thinking a lot about diasporas lately. What it means to live long term in a society outside the one you were raised in.
News
She will be the standard bearer for a compelling alternate vision for the future of the United States.
Personal
On loving and leaving the United States
Writing
AI Overviews prove not ready for prime time
Writing
I think anyone who has ever used Google Maps to get directions can see the potential pitfalls of letting AI tell you where you go for Sunday dinner or the best local dry cleaners - let alone anything of greater consequence.
Writing
I read so many Substacks, in fact, that it can take up my entire morning--reading my subscriptions on the app, then commenting, then noticing who has 're-stacked' one of my articles . . . Wait, what does this remind me of?
I overindulged over the long Easter holiday - not in beer - as is the local custom - but in sugar. Family from home sent us a care package of yummy chocolate bunnies, eggs and truffles. And my 16-year-old daughter has discovered baking (thanks a lot, Preppy Kitchen!). She spent
Writing
I'm over here like Violet Crawley looking through her fan at this horrible electric lighting.
Personal
Please make the early levels more tourist-friendly.
I'm an American writer and former journalist living in Berlin, Germany. Updates posted weekly.
Jo Kuan, the protagonist and titular Downstairs Girl, is a Chinese American teenager living in Atlanta, Georgia just after the end of the U.S. Civil War.
I'm not wrong. It turns out menopause can break your brain.
I love that they are promoting individual voices. Jury is still out on supporting the platform, though.
This time last year, I made what I thought was a simple (and easy!) new year's resolution to read a total of 12 books in 2023.
It's funny where life takes you.
And we're back again! Here with the perennial goal of reading more books. This year, I'm going with what I hope will be an easy goal: Twelve books, one a month. As a writer and lifelong bookworm, it's embarrassing to admit that this is
By the time I publish this post, our 1952 brick ranch on a busy Decatur corner will belong to someone else.
I am having trouble focusing on work or normal life tasks even though the conflict is on the other side of the world.
This shortage is an ongoing national problem, driving up housing costs for both buyers and renters across the country.
Otter.ai and Cube ACR Pro make my life much easier.
I have an update on Decaturish this week about the city's stalled cottage court development.
Someone said on Twitter that 2021 really came in with that "hold my beer" energy and they were not wrong.