Writing is not linearly productive. You can write something no one wants and spend months or years on it; it’s not wasted time. It’s time spent learning how to do things you’ll put into practice elsewhere, so long as you don’t get discouraged and stop.
Check to make sure you're not around any open gas lines when you click this link, because @tcraggs22.bsky.social drops some fire about the WNBA, Caitlin Clark, and class in this @flaminghydra.com piece: flaminghydra.com/issue-110/
This has been a fun outlet for me, and I've written some stuff there I'm really happy with. More than that, though, it has been reliably excellent to read every day, with a wide array of posts from a very diverse and talented group of people. I'm biased, but I think it's a steal for the price.
ALSO TODAY: @shirleyw.bsky.social on the sneakily subversive message of London from The Suite Life of Zach and Cody (deep cut!!) flaminghydra.com/dumb-asian-s...
When a former Pitchfork editor stops you in the hallway of your building asking if you saw @flaminghydra today, you know you’ve crossed that elusive nerdy Brooklyn underemployed writer rubicon.
Classical Fo-Fo-Fo-evah @csmcgowan.bsky.social
That’s right John Mountain Goats.
I cannot stress strongly enough how much you need to read this immediately
@katzonearth.bsky.social has the sharpest political sense of anybody, I always learn a lot when we talk, and also he should be running the NYT op ed page
BONUS: a crazy Sarah Palin anecdote
People really liked this one and I’m always glad when it pops back up.
Came across an article about Disney World by @thielman.bsky.social that helped me better understand why I love the art that I love
the-toast.net/2014/11/25/d...
Congrats as always to those who made it to the end of the thread, and to me for not forgetting what I was doing mid-task and then jolting up from the couch in horror to finish writing it 20 minutes later. Have a lovely weekend, FH friends.
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It reminds me of a bar that always has good bands. You just show up when you can and see something good you wouldn't have been able to find on my own. It's a beautiful thing to feel like you're in community with talented people making wonderful stuff.
Part of what's been fun about the Flaming Hydra experience is the opportunity to do the sort of work that mainstream publications won't. That includes service journalism like this.
Aneurysm much??
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TODAY: @tomscocca.bsky.social on terrifying "assistance" features: "Support! Not the first word I would have chosen to describe a car that slows down, without consulting the driver, in the crowding on the way to the George Washington Bridge." flaminghydra.com/it-looks-lik...
congratulations to you, Flaming Hydra. I have resisted a number of your headlines but this is the one that makes me a subscriber.
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Onion updates:
@leilza.bsky.social Brillson, Flaming Hydra writer and former exec at the communist app TikTok, is our Chief Marketing Officer.
Danielle @strle.bsky.social, Tumblr alum from when Tumblr was the best, is our Chief Product Officer.
The chairman of The Onion is overlord Jeff Lawson.
i have enjoyed a lot of what @flaminghydra.com has published since subscribing but today's essay is the first i've read that i've thought, "I MUST TEACH THIS" sooooo good
Really stunning read today from Carrie Frye in @flaminghydra.com , about why a writer w a fat publishing deal would abandon a book flaminghydra.com/r/772fb32f?m...
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