FRIDAY FOURTEEN ISSUE 121

Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44b, which is terrible news because he does not understand free speech (or Twitter) at all. Here’s what Twitter employees are saying about the sale, and over on the platform, people are getting super nostalgic sharing their favourite day ever on Twitter

‍Annabel Crabb has written an absolutely CUTTING assessment of the impact that ‘teal’ independents are having on the Canberra boys club and it’s by far the most entertaining piece of ABC journalism we’ve read in a while

Five women writers on where they write

‍The New York Times asked 40 poets, painters, photographers, filmmakers, actors, musicians and writers to share hard-earned wisdom for every stage of an artistic career, and if you do any kind of creative work, this is a must read

‍Over on The Cut, a reader has written in and asked a question that really resonates: “How does a person deal with knowing that an online presence would likely increase their chances of success in their field but they don’t want to be known online?” The advice is wise and non-judgemental

‍In a lopsided friendship? Here are some tips for navigating a new shared ground

‍24-year-old refugee Medhi became the face of Australia's treatment of ''illegal maritime arrivals", and here’s what he’s doing now that he’s out of detention and what he won’t miss about Australia (“Prison is not beautiful. Prison is ugly. Torturing people is ugly and insulting people is ugly.”)

In tech news: Snapchat is experiencing faster user growth than any other social media platform, the EU's new Digital Service Act will force tech companies like Google, Meta and others to explain their algorithms and take greater responsibility for content on their platforms, Meta is opening a brick-and-mortar store (very meta indeed), Instagram is updating its ranking algorithm to put more focus on original content, Twitter’s proposed Edit button will have a fully viewable edit history, and Apple app owners/developers, beware: Apple has announced it’s going to de-list App Store apps that haven’t been updated recently

Having an epiphany in the baby food aisle

‍We love this list of 10 things that the writer Katie Hawkins-Gaar likes about herself. We should all write lists like this

We’ve got a full spectrum of interior porn for ya’ll this week: a 16th century house that was once visited by Mary Queen of Scots with THE most incredible original features, a 1978 handcrafted Hurtsbridge home (check out the exposed brick and those beams), an East London studio that epitomises workplace goals, a LA home with the most incredible high ceilings and so much natural light, and another LA home with curves galore

‍Whether you’re ‘childless’ or ‘childfree’, you shouldn’t have to talk about it

‍How to use (or not use) a hyphen

‍Annnddddd threads and videos and memes and stuff… How to spot the over 30s on the dancefloor (…and the jump! 🤣), Tyra Banks is making a reality show about teen drag queens, here’s a PSA for anyone still blindly voting for their parents preferred party, when you fall in the perfect pitch and the internet duets you x1000, in fashion news we don’t really understand Crocs are apparently now red carpet appropriate attire and apparently flip flops are the new Birkenstocks, a sweet comic for anyone worried about originality, dating in your 30s, trying to make friends as an adult, an interesting thread about content moderation on social networks and why it's not censorship, why you shouldn’t snap the ends off asparagus, the ultimate halloumi hack, an impression of someone over the age of 25 coming home after dinner with a friend, and here’s a sentence we never thought we’d type: Harry Styles is on the cover of the US version of Better Homes and Gardens magazine this month