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Writing Without Permission - Improvement

28 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments karoshi31

Improving to write looks difficult to navigate. Read books, push forward, and the results will come. On the internet, there are conclusions about doing courses. But wouldn’t AI do it for you? I know AI writing is very bad. No matter what improvements...

Being a good writer isn’t the same thing as being good at a writing job

19 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

About 20 years I ago I decided I’d have to figure out a way to turn writing into a full-time job. And I did. It took a while, and it wasn’t easy, but I managed. And I learnt a few things along the way. Some of the things I learnt are related to th...

Step by Step: Why I Value Earning Cents in a World of "Get Rich Quick" Schemes

14 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments floc1960

In my country, there is an old saying: "De mica en mica s'omple la pica" (Bit by bit, the sink fills up). It’s a philosophy of patience, persistence, and realism. Today, I looked at my dashboard. I earned $0.19 from some surveys and a few cents from...

Even if the World were, We are NOT PERFECT!

13 Jan 2026 3 minute read 1 comment RionWeb3

Have you ever wondered what a perfect world would be like, whether it would be closer to our current world or like the past? Even if such a world existed, if we were placed in it unchanged, would we have any problems? Let's start by talking about...

Proverbs of Smog #37

13 Jan 2026 1 minute read 2 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Thirty-Seven 1. Leopard print sunset; kittens in the Cool Whip. 2. Depart from me, ye pie rats! 3. Is this a motel, or a hungry Bible 4. Whale? 5. Sunlight has ripped the roof off. 6. The...

surviving the morning

11 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Sensei never believed in the term “work-life harmony”. He dismissed it as a fluffy concept designed by organisational psychologists to help them advance in their career. Useless and impractical — like the appendix in his body.   But that Sunday, insp...

Sain't

10 Jan 2026 8 minute read 1 comment Nathan Payne

"As the ICE agent in question attempts to walk around the SUV, apparently to assist his colleague in removing the poet from her vehicle, you can see that her tires are aimed screen right."Breitbart   An angry lesbian is dead, an ICE agent is under fi...

How Zora Turns Creators Into Tokens and Pays for Every Post

5 Jan 2026 2 minute read 9 comments alberdioni8406

Some opportunities in the crypto world pass by us without us realizing it, largely because we are so anchored in our daily tasks or simply because no one showed them to us. Yesterday, while doing my usual browsing through my social media feeds, my at...

AI Slop, Algorithmic Loops, and the Quiet Loss of Human Taste

4 Jan 2026 2 minute read 1 comment Andy Savage

We’re increasingly using AI to rank web pages, then using AI to tell us what to write so that those pages will rank well. People talk about “AI slop” as if slop were something new, as if a golden age of thoughtful writing has just been drowned by...

Proverbs of Smog #33

3 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Thirty-Three 1. Come out with your hands down. 2. Release the clown. 3. Pickup the cup. 4. Go into town with your hands  5. Up. 6. The clown runs deep. 7. Put your bitchiness to sleep. 8....