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I also love that she has absolutely no social media presence, as far as I could find. Her publisher links to a supposed Facebook page that doesn't exist
Reminds me of Mary Roach's social presence. She built one when her most recent book came out, made a few posts during book tour, then abandoned it
Went back and read that 2016 Guardian interview with Ottessa Moshfegh where she says she wrote Eileen by buying a book called The 90-Day Novel and following all its instructions. I know she got some shit for it, but honestly, she's a complete bad-ass throughout the whole thing
Just as I posted this, I realized that most coffee shops here in Vientiane don't even make drip coffee. You can always get an Americano, though!
Fanciest coffee shop: $2.95 (65,000 kip)
Local coffee shop: $1.35 (35,000 kip)
How much does a typical cup of drip coffee, from an independent coffee shop, cost where you live?
Be sure to include your location in your answer!
For a lot of the world, April is the hottest month. When I lived in South India and in Guatemala, it was the same. High heat and toxic air pollution is a rough combo.
Rain will clear it, but we don't have even a slight chance of rain for another 6-7 days in Vientiane. This time of year, we might get rain once every 2-3 weeks if lucky. By June, it will rain every other day. By August, parts of this region will be severely flooded
The AQI in my home office today was 180 and climbing. An acceptable indoor AQI is like 10. Outdoors, below 50 is considered very good
The pollution is from burning trash and fields, made worse by 100+F/40+C temps
I'm able to work in another room that is better sealed from the air pollution
Meanwhile, I know that less than a quarter mile away are dozens of people who live in structures that don't even have real doors or windows
What are we doing to this Earth? What are we doing to each other?
Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Free Enterprise. It's five year mission: to exploit strange new worlds. To seek rent from new life, and new civilisations. To boldly go where no shareholder value has gone before.
D. G. Marshall
Staff Chief of Joints