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Joined February 2012
Here's a resource I would usually gatekeep but feeling generous... each week this substack scours through all the new scientific journals and pulls out the most interesting studies. substack.com/@featuresradar?…
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I found this study, from this week's newsletter particularly spicy
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I wrote for ELLE UK about how the release of the Epstein files may have given birth to a new economic concept: the attention deficit economy. It's not a shortage of outrage - god knows we have that - but an inability to sustain the kind of focus that accountability requires
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Abuse becomes content and news lines and I'm aware of the irony of turning this into a post but I guess I'm just interested in whether people feel like the relentlessness of the coverage is having an impact for the victims or just desensitizing us all?
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Life update!! I feel like the exhaustion is in my bones now
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I wrote about the growth in #humandesign a baroque new belief system invented by a man after an eight-day visitation from a “Voice” in Ibiza in 1987 which is taking off particularly in corporate circles. It is NOT a cult.
If Luther begat capitalism, what kind of faith does capitalism itself beget? @alexliviajones👇 buff.ly/93B2SRw
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I repeat: NOT a cult
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Human Design has penetrated business retreats, leadership conferences, and that most corporate of temples: LinkedIn. @alexliviajones👇 buff.ly/93B2SRw
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How trauma became big business (and a £900 conference ticket): The word used to be reserved for war, abuse and other serious crime. Now it’s a buzzword tied to a multibillion-dollar industry thetimes.com/life-style/heal… via @AlexLiviaJones
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Working on a piece for a national newspaper 🗞️ Have you ever used ChatGPT (or another AI) to help you message on dating apps, write your profile, or secure a date? Or realised someone was using AI on you? DM me - would love to hear your story (anon or on record) #journorequest
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All of my Xes are seen by about 12 people now but it's all so exhausting I can't face putting more effort in, in the hope of one day getting more visibility. If you're reading this, tho, please do consider sharing. Love you x
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Long shot but I'm hoping to speak to a #Police officer anonymously for an article in a national newspaper. It's a sensitive piece about the impact of the job - can guarantee total anonymity tho #journorequest
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One of the five journalists killed by Israeli forces today in Gaza is Mariam Dagga, a mother, who was often based at Nasser Hospital, most recently reporting on the hospital's doctors struggling to save children from starvation
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Polyamory and ethical non-monogamy are suddenly part of the common parlance on dating apps. But, asks writer Alexandra Jones, have these newfound labels become just another way to avoid taking accountability for other people’s feelings? vogue.cm/uvXhnlM
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