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Eleanor Gordon-Smith @TheRealEGS

Otter enthusiast. Philosophy PhD @ Princeton. Advice column at @GuardianAus. Stuff on radio. I'm not here any more, email me if you need.

Joined April 2010
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The truth is I think we can control our sneezes and I look down on people who gender theirs. That walrus bark or the twinkle of fairy on a mushroom. Knock it off
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Learning a new DAW is like moving house in that your fate is entirely sealed by the first week. You think "I'll figure that out later" & you mean "time will turn my grandchildren to dust before I attend to that again"
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Latif Nasser@latifnasser
2 Jul 2024
I always thought if you were charged with a crime in the USA, you could plead 3 ways: (1) GUILTY (2) NOT GUILTY or (3) say nothing aka NO CONTEST (basically same as guilty) Turns out, there’s a 4th option. A weird paradoxical & surprisingly common one you prob never heard of. 🧵
A statue of lady justice on a pink background with blue smoke all around.

ALT A statue of lady justice on a pink background with blue smoke all around.

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if you are ever fatigued of imagination, drudgery has taken over delight, you think nothing can be seen anew, stick some bubbly water in front of a cat
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I would just like to say that writing an advice column has turned out to be one of the best & most fulfilling things I've ever done. I get so much from hearing about other people's ways through life. Anyway thank you for reading and letting me do this, how improbable ♥️
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Prem Thakker@prem_thakker
17 May 2024
Homeless person describes the most devastating thing they lost when the city swept away their stuff:
Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein
16 May 2024
ProPublica distributed notecards to homeless people in Albuquerque and asked them about objects they had lost when their encampments were hauled away. Here's what they said. propublica.org/article/albuq… @nicolesantacruz
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You know that Zelle ad where he pays his friend for half of lunch by talking into his phone? And the amount he transfers is ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE US DOLLARS? I hate him and his rich lunch
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Ok a huge part of the problem, obviously, is boys. But do not underestimate the extent to which the problem is also: nyc
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@sun_girlxo
20 Apr 2024
There’s this girl on TikTok who has a series investigating boys’ rooms in NYC and it’s my new favorite thing in the world. Guaranteed some girl out there is losing her mind over this guy not texting her back
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Circles by Mac Miller is still really nice
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Alexandre Lefebvre@alex_usyd
8 Apr 2024
I was invited to apply for the directorship of Australia Catholic University's Program in Western Civilization. Here's my reply. @larkofadefinite @BrianLeiter
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Nick 🇵🇸@Mamba423
5 Apr 2024
“A bar in west village”
Aubrey Strobel
@aubreystrobel
5 Apr 2024
some dude in a bar in west village tonight is going to say on a 1-10 richter scale, you’re an 11 and it’s going to work on some girl. they’re going to get married. they’re going to have 5 kids and a golden retriever in greenwich, ct. the end.
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It is in fact not a profound moral achievement to say something slightly less wrong than the person before you & it’s a shame that the think economy treats this as the most exciting glamorous thing you could possibly do
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Here's what you're gonna do when you have to pass up really exciting opportunities. You're gonna buy (a) a thing of Van Leeuwen ice cream (honeycomb) and (b) a bag of microwave popcorn. Put bits of (b) in (a). Repeat
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Some thoughts from me on the skeptical challenge of whether to trust your gut: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

My boyfriend’s behaviour is making me second-guess everything. What should I do? | Leading questions

An accurate gut feeling can be hard to distinguish from overreaction, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But there’s probably a good reason you feel this way

theguardian.com
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Gabrielle Jackson@gabriellecj
25 Mar 2024
We are so excited to launch a new podcast series today: Who screwed millennials? It has been months of hard work from so many people. Please listen, on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen - episodes 1 and 2 out today in your Full Story feed theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Who screwed millennials: a generation left behind, part 1 – podcast

In this new series, Jane Lee and Matilda Boseley investigate how millennials became the first generation worse off than their parents

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Andrew Nadeau
@TheAndrewNadeau
12 Mar 2024
boeing: you can’t bring more than 3 ounces of shampoo on board because we care about your safety me: ok and the doors will definitely stay on the plane? boeing: …IF they fall off, it won’t be because of shampoo
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killers of the flower moon was the best movie and Oppenheimer was fanfiction about what smart people sound like, the culture is broken [I'm eating my third Tim Tam of the night]
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all day I have been looking forward to getting to settle in and read this piece by @elias_greig who for my money is consistently producing some of the best writing in Australia right now overland.org.au/2024/03/free…

Freehold - Overland literary journal

My father took us up to survey the damage, crying openly at the extent of it, at how much it would cost him to fix, at how beautiful his dream had been — at how no one had supported him in it. It was...

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Peter Black (he/him)@peterjblack
23 Feb 2024
What is @abcnews suggesting when they say that Jesse and Luke were allegedly killed “by one of their own”?
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Hi-Phi Nation@HiPhiNation
22 Feb 2024
This was what it was like at the Central APA in NOLA yesterday when @verybadwizards and us did a session on public philosophy with @TheRealEGS and @rinireg.
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@historyinmemes
22 Feb 2024
How Psy, the artist behind 'Gangnam Style', starts off his concerts
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