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IdeaSmith
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IdeaSmith
@ideasmithy
Ideas are toys for a playful mind.
Mumbai, India Katılım Kasım 2007
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Reading ‘The Correspondent’ made it easier for me to write again after 6 months. I also sent the link to a new person that I met at a book club. And she wrote me a letter back! How wonderful it would be, if what Sybil in the book says, that most people do write back.
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The latest buzzy book is bringing me back to the gentleness of loving writing and connections. 'The Correspondent' by Virginia Evans is more than a collection of letters.
ramyapandyan.com/what-the-corre…
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@MsAnjaliB I’m so glad you experienced that, Anjali. I hope that you’re feeling better now.
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Broke down at work today.
One simple Q: how do you spend your time at home alone, don’t you get bored?
Split. Me. Open.
I’m lucky tho. Truly amazing folks on my team. The one who asked it so innocently sat w/ me & held my hand for 20min while I gathered myself.
I love Gen Z.
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In 1889, a male reporter said no woman could travel the world alone. Nellie Bly — 25, fearless, and working for The New York World, said,
"Watch me." She packed one bag, just a passport, notebook, and £200 in gold. She traveled 21,740 miles — by steamship, train, rickshaw, and even mule. She beat Jules Verne's fictional record, finishing her trip in 72 days. And sent dispatches from every stop, making her one of the first global celebrity journalists. In 1887, she faked insanity to report from inside Blackwell's Island Asylum.
Her 10-day exposé exposed horrific abuse, and led to major reforms in mental health care. She later ran a factory, covered World War I from the front lines, and reported on women's suffrage. All this in an era where women weren't even allowed to vote.
I shares stories about women, daily.
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I say this but I’m just about able to palate a few pages at a time. I don’t think this is only about my Tamil roots. The mirthless laughter of a dead war reporter as he chronicles brutalities by governments & cops & groups swollen with identity egos - it’s unbearable.
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A Polish dance group, Fair Play Crew, drew global attention by recreating on stage the stiff and synchronized movements of 1980s fighting video games, such as the classic International Karate.
I've seen this so many times, still cracks me up 😂
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pregnant women in high-stress jobs or home situations are statistically more likely to carry female fetuses to term because male fetuses are less likely to survive extreme stress, and if that isn’t nature’s subtweet, I don’t know what is. Even before birth, girls appear to be built to endure pressure, yet we still question whether women can handle high-stakes roles, boardrooms, operating rooms, CEO positions, or other seats of power. Gender inequality is rooted in patriarchy, not SCIENCE.
✧@cessonmute
hit me with the harshest reality truth
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I wish there were fewer stories of supportive women, survivor mothers, fearful children and more stories of men being taught to be human beings rather than parasitic monsters.
Sheila of the Most High@sheilatebra
Anonymous I run a small pizza shop. Deliveries mostly. Late nights. Got a call at 10 PM. Woman’s voice shaking. “Can you deliver to Sunset Motel?” “Yes ma’am. What would you like?” Long pause. “What can I get for six dollars? I have three kids.” Six dollars wouldn’t cover one pizza. “We have a special tonight. Family meal. Three pizzas, breadsticks, drinks. Six dollars.” No such special. She started crying. “Really?” Made the pizzas myself. Added wings. Cookies. Juice boxes. Drove it over. She opened the door. Bruises on her neck. Three little kids behind her. Terrified. Quiet. “Thank you. You don’t understand.” I did understand. Started happening weekly. She’d call. I’d have a special ready. Month three she didn’t call anymore. Worried me. Two months later she walked in. Different person. Confident. Had a job. Apartment. Kids looked healthy. Happy. Handed me three hundred dollars. “For all the specials that weren’t real. I knew.” Tried to refuse. “Please. Let me pay forward.” That money started a fund. When someone calls from a shelter or motel desperate, we use it. Six years now. Over a thousand meals delivered. She’s a paralegal. Refers families to us constantly. Works with domestic violence survivors. Her oldest is in high school. Works at my shop weekends. “Because you fed us when we were running. Now I want to feed others.” Last Saturday she delivered to a family at that same motel. Came back crying. “That was us five years ago. Now I get to be you.”
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@keshavuvacha @gauravsabnis @k_rupal @prichills Indians in India are not surprised that Delhi folks do this. That damned city is not representative of 1.2 bn of the rest of us.
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Gives me no pleasure to write this 🧵 but @k_rupal @prichills can verify every detail.
Went for a Boat Safari where they take you under Iguaçu falls. To get to the boat, you have to change 3 vehicles & stand in line multiple times.
There was an Indian tour group with INAIR. /1
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