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Ayrton-Lewis Avery

@lewisjourn.bsky.social

Journalist and fiction writer πŸ“š. Words in the Anderson Valley Advertiser, and The Elephant (Kenya) πŸ’™πŸ“š. Beats: climate journalism, open to others.

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No, don't write the misadventures as fiction, but as a sitcom they would be very funny.

21.04.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AYRTON-LEWIS AVERY - Khartoum Civil War Sparks Ecocide in Sudan - The Elephant The warring factions in Sudan have adopted ecocide as a tactic of war, targeting environmental resources with catastrophic results for food and water security.

Just published this #OSINT report about ecocide in Sudan, and its effects on the climate infrastructure. #climatesky

21.04.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LOL I think every writer feels like this (it's like I just want to write, not do all this marketing s....

20.04.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just like poets should never force rhyme schemes, prose writers should never force puns, sentence structures, or even plots that just don't work. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingsky

20.04.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For journalists, the response time is "time does not exist, and every email needs to be replied to immediately."

19.04.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of the War of the End of the World

Cover of the War of the End of the World

My favorite novel from the recently deceased Mario Vargas Llosa. (I always interpreted it as a cryptic commentary on authoritarianism). #booksky #writingcommunity #amreading

19.04.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah better to surround yourself with musicians or artists or something.

18.04.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's only two ways to do it: either think before you write, or write before you think. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingsky

18.04.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

No need to write every single day.

17.04.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Listening World: Neurodivergent Poets from Unrestricted Interest Thematic essays on beauty, politics, poetic forms, and more.

Despite what RFK, Jr. claims, there are many great autistic poets. Here are just a few of them: #poetry #writingcommunity #amreading #writingsky

17.04.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So exhilarating.

16.04.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Untitled Painting

Untitled Painting

Just like artists draw from reference images, I also write from reference images. Today, I'll be writing to Untitled by Leonora Carrington (1960). #writingcommunity #writingsky #amwriting

16.04.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Have to agree.

16.04.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is beautiful.....

15.04.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of the Plague by Albert Camus

Cover of the Plague by Albert Camus

This book nearly traumatized me over COVID. #amreading #booksky #PhilSky

15.04.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's so cool that most writers I know can do other forms of art as well, like painting or music.

15.04.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I only wrote 300 words, but I typed over 3,000 words today. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingsky

15.04.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow must have really given your writing a new dimension.

13.04.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dismay as cross-border library caught in US-Canada feud: β€˜We just want to stay open’ The Haskell Free Library and Opera House sits half in Canada, half in Vermont. Now, the US is planning to cut off main entrance access to Canadians

This shows how people can turn anything into a political statement. #writingcommunity

13.04.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just buy a record then listen to the same song on Spotify.

12.04.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes it really bothers me when writers and newspapers use trigger warnings wrong.

12.04.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I was younger, I could only write one thing at a time. These days, though, I'm not satisfied unless I'm writing five or six books at the same time. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingsky

12.04.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No, this is nowhere near the chaos of my plots!

12.04.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah it feels better every time!!!

12.04.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OMG made my day πŸ₯ΊπŸ₯Ί

12.04.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

After spending a few hours reading AI-generated art, I've decided that artists definitely don't understand how to properly use AI yet. #writingcommunity #amreading #writingsky

12.04.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes the same work takes me to the Middle Ages and Ancient Egypt at the same time.

10.04.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats that's a lot of work πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

10.04.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I'm stuck on a creative story, I try writing an essay or something expository. (This allows to practice writing without always being original). #writingcommunity #writingsky #amwriting

10.04.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes protect free speech......

09.04.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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