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๐Ÿ“šAward-winning novelist (Symptoms of Being Human)๐ŸŽ™๏ธPodcaster๐Ÿค˜Rockerโœ๐ŸปWriting spec fic & chasing the human condition๐Ÿง Free deep thoughts on Substack.

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My Deaf* Sexist Phlebotomist On being liked versus being effective

How a recent encounter with a professional vampire got me thinking about my own bedside manner.

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04.09.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you, Johannes!

04.09.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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JFK Gather your team, prep your subpoenas, and prepare to take on the military-industrial complex. ย This isย The Heroโ€™s Journeyโ„  of JFK.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธNEW EPISODE!๐Ÿ”ซGather your team, prep your subpoenas, and prepare to take on the government! ย This isย The Hero's Journeyโ„  of JFK. LISTEN NOW: herosjourneypodcast.com/jfk/
The Hero's Journeyโ„  Podcast is a fun, insightful look at stories through the lens of Joseph Campbellโ€™s Hero's Journey.

28.01.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing. I am hearing a lot of that. Making me rethink my strategies.

28.01.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SHOULD WE ALL QUIT INSTAGRAM? Navigating social media now that Zuck has kissed the ring

Since Zuck has kissed the ring, should we all just quit?

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27.01.2025 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œLet them drink tea.โ€

26.01.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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26.01.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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26.01.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Youโ€™re only saying that because of all the overwhelming evidence

26.01.2025 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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25.01.2025 04:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So far my favorite things about BlueSky are the absence of Nazis and the scalable font

24.01.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My dad always said the political pendulum swings, but this feels more like a wrecking ball.

24.01.2025 23:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m here for the puns as much as the tech news

24.01.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kinda feels like the people in charge now are those same dudes who take up two parking spaces at Walmart to accommodate their ridiculously jacked pickups.

23.01.2025 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations, Agency Sibling!

23.01.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Feeling pretty disappointed in social media. All my followers are on meta platforms, and they're (probably) about to devolve into an X-style mess.

10.01.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘ปNEW EPISODE!๐ŸŽ„Pour yourself a Tab & vodka, hunker down in your office, and prepare for an 80s retelling of a classic Christmas tale. This is The Hero's Journeyโ„  of Scrooged. herosjourneypodcast.com/scrooged

24.12.2024 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Touching Glass Has Tech Made Experiencing Art Worse?

My latest piece on art and technology: Touching Glass open.substack.com/pub/jeffgarv...

19.12.2024 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Star Wars happens A LONG TIME AGO in a galaxy far, far away. This makes it historical fiction.

11.12.2024 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This whole thread has me titillated and ROTFLMAO! #Narrator #Audiobooks

08.12.2024 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Need recs. What is your favorite workout logging app? #weightlifting

07.12.2024 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love my new gym. I worked out 4x this week for the first time in years.

07.12.2024 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Man, I miss playing pen-and-paper D&D.

07.12.2024 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I almost complimented an illustration posted here, but instead, I scrolled past; I have no way of knowing whether itโ€™s AI generated. The provenance of art is important to me. I hope it stays important to the general public, too. Maybe this means the art economy will be more localized in the future.

06.12.2024 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve been editing the same scene in my third draft for TWO WEEKS. Itโ€™s a love scene fraught with moral and philosophical complicationsโ€”but, of course, those have to take a backseat to character and story. And itโ€™s all in first person. Why do I do this to myself? Screw you, past Jeff ๐Ÿ˜ก

05.12.2024 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me too, Rachael. Me. Too.

05.12.2024 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes I was talking about the old phone keyboards ๐Ÿคฃ

04.12.2024 06:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s pretty awesome.

04.12.2024 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ

04.12.2024 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

After 15 years of owning a touch screen phone, I still imagine I could type faster and more accurately on my an old physical keyboard. Is this phonestalgia?

02.12.2024 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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