Back in 2020-2021, I wrote a book about how to survive scary hard times by writing your own stories and getting lost in the imaginary worlds you create.

I feel more than ever that making up stories can help save us and keep us whole.

So this feels like good timing: Never Say You Can't Survive is just $2.99 in ebook formats for just one day.

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250800022/neversayyoucantsurvive/

So, KOSA having passed in the Senate -- and now awaiting House approval -- it's evermore worth grappling with the morass this legislation may well plunge us into

here's a terrific summary by @mmasnick -- seriously worth reading, clear and simple and precise: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/07/26/the-kids-online-safety-act-and-the-tyranny-of-laziness/

(via @charliejane)

two quick excerpts here, but seriously, read the whole thing