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113 weeks
Against Stupidity

I figure I’ll do some popular sociology. I’ve reached the limit of what I can do at the present time, and I need to take a break from all the doomscrolling, because there’s only so much war crime bingo I can read before I go do something emotionally motivated and ultimately useless.
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114 weeks
Good morning, Vietnam

My foreign friends often ask me – the very few that know I’m Russian – what does the average Russian think about Ukraine.
You can see why I have always kept this private now.
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159 weeks
Lame Pun Collection

So I decided to trawl conversation logs for throwaway lines I spout on occasion. Because otherwise I’d forget them entirely, and some of them are actually good ideas. Granted, most of them are stupid puns… But I like puns, and I’m still not sure why you’re supposed to cringe at them.
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160 weeks
Rational Magic

I basically improvised most of this lecture from memory when talking with DannyJ yesterday, but then I thought, why not blog this, should at least be food for thought. It’s not directly pony-relevant, more like a general topic of discussion which one needs to meditate on when writing fantasy – but that includes ponyfic, so you might be interested.
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167 weeks
A series of unexpected observations

So I’ve been reading things.
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Apr

26th

2018

Go read this · 12:00pm Apr 26th, 2018

I’ll try to keep this brief.

All Chrysalis wanted was what any mother wants - to build her brood into an irresistible insectile horde, and to seize the world for her beloved family. The only thing standing in her way was... family.

Mitch H · 6.2k words · 267 14 · 4.4k views

Why

It’s difficult to describe this story any further than the description already does without giving away the plot twist. Suffice it is to say that it’s inspired by a classic every sci-fi reader should be familiar with, and the twist is excellently executed.
I wish I could write that well that fast.
I’m pretty sure that if you’re reading my blog, you’re going to like it, because I liked it instantly, the moment I saw the draft.

And of course, I helped.

Report Oliver · 506 views · #signal boost #All Oliver's fault

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