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pluralistic, 5 hours ago to random

One of my favorite nuggets of writing advice comes from James D Macdonald. Jim, a Navy vet with an encylopedic knowledge of gun lore, explained to a group of non-gun people how to write guns without getting derided by other gun people: "just add the word 'modified.'"

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/27/cmon-do-it-again/#better_to_remain_silent_and_be_thought_a_fool_than_to_speak_and_remove_all_doubt

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pluralistic, 2 hours ago to random

785 words (785 total) on Enshittification (a nonfiction book about platform decay) #DailyWords

pluralistic, 4 hours ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Against Lore; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/27/cmon-do-it-again/

#Pluralistic

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