“Adults always think they can protect children by stopping them from going to dangerous places, but every teenager knows that’s pointless, because the most dangerous place on earth is inside us. Fragile hearts break in palaces and dark alleys alike. “
It’s two sentences, I know.
#SundaySentence
This #SundaySentence cluster is from the riveting novel How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley:
In all the stories Amma would tell us, the girls never rose up. They accepted their fate, they married. They were dutiful and obeyed. They never killed a man.
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I’m thrilled and honoured to share that my unpublished essay “Furniture Broken by Boys” won the Jon Whyte Memorial Award Friday night at the @writersguildab.bsky.social literary awards. And thanks to the nomination, I’ve had a publication offer - more on that soon! 🥂🎉
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2. Then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers.
3. Next, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves.
4. Finally, they have become a giant pile of shit.
#SundaySentence 2/2
This week’s #SundaySentence cluster comes from Cory Doctorow’s book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
Here’s the natural history of enshittification:
1. First, platforms are good to their users.
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… sometimes round with power and sometimes dissolving into the sky, eternally shifting shape, restless.
From Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age by Katherine May. 2/2
#SundaySentence
My #SundaySentence this week comes from author Katherine May’s reflections on her childhood relationship with the moon:
As I got older, I noticed more about how she waxes and wanes, and I began to remodel her in my mind: perhaps she was just like me, … 1/2
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