GitHub's documentation is insanely bad. Hint: Do not ever write "you can ..." in your documentation. Specify the problem and recommend a solution e.g.
Don't: "You can give permission to GitHub using the Floob interface".
Do: "To publish the page, give permission to GitHub using the Floob interface".
Also, while you're at it, read how to make your life easier by separating the 4 types of documentation: https://documentation.divio.com/
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And, it’s really not helping that pretty much ever sentence I’m writing is complete and utter shite.
#AcademicWriting #BadWriting #UtterCrapWriting #WhyTheFuckCantIWriteToSaveMyLife
#academicwriting #badwriting #uttercrapwriting #whythefuckcantiwritetosavemylife
I ran into some blogs today, and once again had the thought that erasure of all blogs and all their data and words would be a net positive for humanity
#redpencil #editing #badwriting #blogging #blog
Doesn't this imply there were passengers that DID survive the wreck? WTF? #BadWriting
A write-along stream!
In What Waits Beneath, we will journal about dives for treasure, alien nations, and titans of the deep.
Dive time is LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/Vx3SDHy8jF4
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A write-along stream!
A Stop Along the Road is a solo journaling game where we host crazy adventurers!
What stories we will write @ 6:30 pm PST/9:30 pm EST: https://youtube.com/live/NTCMti6Xevg
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Love this post from The Phare (a UK based literary magazine) re: William Faulkner on reading.
I've tossed a great many books against the wall rather than out the window, but the reason for it was the same.
The Phare's website: https://www.thephare.com/
The Phare on IG: https://www.instagram.com/pharelitmag/
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"You may be the illegitimate son of a fecund test tube, but I know you better than your planners ever did."
Actual postcoital dialogue from David Brin. And, no, this is not a comedy.
A write-along stream!
Look, if the idea of "Fast & Furious but D&D" doesn't hook you... I got nothing.
Come be family LIVE right now: https://youtube.com/live/TphZcHSxmEw
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A write-along stream!
We are a crew of roguish dogs looking to tear down capitalism in a big metropolitan city.
Come celebrate the channel's (& my) bday @ 6:30 pm PST/9:30 pm EST: https://youtube.com/live/gxMi20_uAvc
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A write-along stream!
You’re just a little hedgehog selling your little sweaters in your little shop. We write tales of your most interesting customers.
CLICK HERE to get cozy & watch right now: https://youtube.com/live/Rzv7E4SbBw0
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Scary Thought: is writing a novel the equivalent of putting all your eggs in one basket?
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Dance like nobody’s watching. Write like nobody’s reading.
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First Drafts: If you focus on good writing you imprison your imagination. If you embrace bad writing you free your imagination.
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First drafts are a safe place for bad writing and wild imaginations.
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For tonight's #LitGame (live in 5 mins!) it would be helpful to watch this fascinating BBC video on the behaviours of Hermit Crabs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1dnocPQXDQ
(seeing as we are writing about this exact phenomena)
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I am going to be using the shit out of AI summaries of bureacratic documents.
Maybe everyone will take the hint that "dot points are great, actually" but I doubt it.
#ai #bureacracy #badwriting #prose
A write-along stream!
"Everyone Deserves Shelter" is a solo journaling TTRPG where you play a Hermit Crab searching for a new shell.
Click here to watch now: https://youtube.com/live/qRlLgfSDpSo
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A write-along stream!
I RUIN an elegant game about exploring an old city by playing an OBNOXIOUS tourist.
Write your own travelogue tonight @ 6:30 pm PST/9:30 pm EST: https://youtube.com/live/o5B-0E72gCI
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"marched inexorably downfield"
"divorce far from a foregone conclusion"
"telegraphing (the next step)"
"getting down to brass tacks"
"looking for a greener gridiron"
#BadWriting #Journalism #Editing
Plus, the article doesn't get close to answering the question in the headline, and needlessly quotes a tainted political consultant who has zero insight.
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What will happen to Soldier Field without the Chicago Bears? – #ChicagoTribune
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