Liam Johnstone βœ…

@hadaad
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He/Him

* Husband
* Father
* Programmer (more like programmer-herder at this point)
* Writes stuff
* Thinks he's probably funnier than he is
* Builds stuff out of wood
* Builds keyboards
* Um... typing?

Homepagehttps://www.amwriting.ca
Bookwyrmhttps://bookwyrm.social/user/hadaad

Someone accused me of bias this morning. Specifically, bias against MAGA and Trump supporters. Apparently it's disappointing to discover that I'm not the morally neutral arbiter of truth they imagined me to be.

So let's talk about it. Let's talk about my neutrality. A thread. 🧡

2011, 2018, 2024
#timetravel
#selfie
I played #rollerderby yesterday. First scrimmage in over six months. Definitely feeling it in my hips this morning.
Called out one guy for acting like an asshole in one meeting. Got called an asshole in another meeting. Fun day.
If your analysis of US voter trends doesn't include the absolutely incredible amount of voter suppression in US elections then it is a bad analysis
If you're trans
Keep living
Live & live & live.
Because you existing matters so much

You might be trying to write an entire novel this month! But don't get too swept up in the cult of the Garbage First Draft. And don't obsess too much about your daily word count. Neither of these things works for everybody or guarantees productivity. Write your way!

https://buttondown.com/charliejane/archive/its-not-about-making-the-word-count-but-making-9554/

Writing Month Day 1 in the books.
I'm flying by the seat of my pants, but planning ahead alongside writing the first draft, so I'm counting word-count from both plans and draft towards my days' totals.
Today's totals:
Draft: 1490
Plan: 671
Total: 2161

#writingmonth #amwriting #writing

Happy National Coming Out Day!

You come out on your own terms: in your own time and in your own way.

That is the only β€œright” way to come out.

Sending love to those who, for whatever reason, choose not to come out. You are valid, and you are loved.

I have to tell you, the year's theme of "what if we didn't do that" continues to pay dividends as I managed to avoid a potentially disastrous data migration by just asking that question.