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Single family homes use less energy per square foot than multifamily apartments, likely because certain "fixed" energy costs like refrigerators and water heaters are spread across more living space.
Brian Potter • 50 Things I’ve Learned Writing Construction Physics
things no one is talking about
but this is not inherently a bad fact! on aggregate and per capita, multifamily apartments use less energy
One of the book’s central innovations is Nguyen’s notion of value capture , whereby we are offered a simple metric designed to answer a complex evaluative question, and end up outsourcing our own values to that metric. How important and influential is my scholarship? Enter the h -index. How good and considerate am I as a passenger? Enter my uber... See more
Kate Manne • Substack is a Dangerous Game for Writers
value in the color wheel (here)
Think of a word or phrase that you see everywhere. Consider what this term means to you, and to others. What has the term meant historically, and where does it come from? Who embraces this way of characterizing the world, and who stands to lose out if we don’t actually unpack what’s going on here in this linguistic construction? What does this term... See more
Friday writing prompt
prompt — redefine something
This is a sign with facial recognition built in. It’s plugged into a database that reads moods and recognizes emotions so they can spit out a request for targeted advertising.
Just a moment...
When a writer labels a work that resembles prose as poetry, they’re suggesting the work be evaluated in the court of poetry rather than that of prose. Pay less attention to plot, narrative and other prosaic devices, and instead the building blocks of poetry: sound, rhythm, and, most importantly, image, the sensory details conjured in our minds.
KOPI BREAK ORDER #020 — Czander Tan: “Manila Skyline”
on wtf is prose poetry—and also: “If a line break truncates a thought into sizable chunks, using pauses to mediate the reading experience, this poem wants us not to pause, to quickly take in…”
Ask to see the final version.
I always ask to see the final version of a story before it gets published. It gives me peace of mind to give it one final read and to ensure that all of the necessary edits were made. I also ask to see the headline and subhead to make sure they accurately reflect the story. This is especially important when writing... See more
I always ask to see the final version of a story before it gets published. It gives me peace of mind to give it one final read and to ensure that all of the necessary edits were made. I also ask to see the headline and subhead to make sure they accurately reflect the story. This is especially important when writing... See more
Mallary Tenore Tarpley • 10 lessons learned from pitching, reporting, and writing my new Teen Vogue story
seems obvious, but!!
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