And finally I get it. All this planning, all this assessing of sequences and balancing of resources, it all does exactly what outlines do. It lets you feel busy while you put off the actual writing.

💬 William Gallagher

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I hadn’t thought of it like that, but the instant it was said to me, I couldn’t disagree. I just didn’t do it.

“I’m afraid I’ll be eating my breakfast one morning and choke and I don’t want to die alone.”

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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

🔗 All 78 of them

🔗 Socialroots is a ‘worker-owned cooperative business’ and they are working on an interesting problem that is hard to articulate to anyone who hasn’t already experienced the problem they are fixing. #Catch22

🔗 Is Rock Dead? (and Other Questions from Readers)

An interesting read from Ted Gioia … but later on in the piece he talks about archives, a topic I have been mulling recently.

🔗 ‘I can’t believe we’re having this conversation’: the states pushing for 14-year-olds to serve alcohol (Apple News)

… of course they are - keeps the wages down.

🔗 Dear Rishi Sunak, you’ve declared war on people who want to curb car use. It’s one you’ll lose.

It’s fascinating how parochial the ‘right’ are.

🔗 At 74, I go to a gig every night – and once went to 725 in a row.

Inspired.

🔗 ‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools.

I would argue misguided. What say you?