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My advice to young men on masculinity (from a recent Substack) is going viral on Twitter.

But it’s only happening because somebody else posted it there. (I seem to be shadowbanned on Twitter. Go figure.)

The person who posted it also wisely avoided mentioning Substack or sharing a link. Those moves get your tweets sent into solitary confi…

On today's Method & Madness, the second part of our conversation about Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men. We discuss McCarthy's craftsmanship and how writers can apply CM's techniques in their own work. You can listen for free here:

Bœuf à la Bourguignon - detailed recipe and method now up! ♥️

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Last Feb I casually posted this neck stretch on Instagram (that I thought everyone knew 🤷‍♀️) and it blew up in a way I couldn’t imagine. It’s now been viewed over 8 million times 🫣😬🤣 and has brought so many wonderful people into my world.

So give it a go, it’s a pretty lovely stretch. (Though it’s not actually magic, it’s just an up…

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Scylla and Charybdis

Ryan, If your poetry is like you’re singing, I suggest you stick with what you’re doing now otherwise you could wind up like Edgar Allan Poe

I'm going to be offline for a few days. Stay tuned.
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