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secretaryunpaid · 2 years

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Works In Progress

@busywoman Not sure when any of these will be completed, but here’s the most recent works that I have started...

Eyes Wide Shut... (TRR/OH crossover)

Rating: Explicit

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Ethan x Riley...

Lying on her side, she allows the feel of Ethan’s kisses trailing down her spine to send her mind into deep submission. The tingling sensation spirits through her flesh as his fingers skim lightly along her abdomen ...her pube... builds as they reach her most sensitive space, pressure increasing with each rotation as they make their sensual hunt towards her inner lips. The more that she moans, the slower they travel, drawing out his foreplay.

Lowering himself further still, he gives delicate attention to the toned curvature of her alluring ass cheeks, fingers now easing down into her wetness. She rolls gently into his rhythm as he lifts her leg, spreading her for his consumption… tongue tracing her inner folds until finally probing its way deep within… He slowly rolls her onto her back, leg curved gently around his neck begging for him to give her more through gentle squeezes as her need surges.

Before he brings her to orgasm, she calls out to him, “Let me!” … Instantly, he backs away. “Watch me… when I start to cum for you, I want you inside me... whichever way you need me…” His nature rises to a painful firmness, which he gently soothes with slow strokes as he watches her perform for him.

Bending her knees, allowing them to fall apart in butterfly fashion, her hands caress the outline of her swollen mound. Slowly teasing her slit, smearing her wetness for his imagination, just before knuckling circles around her clit as her free hand roams downward… fingers sliding inside of her. The slow arch of her back and rise of her hips follow a deep exhale, her moans increasing, her head rolling about…

“Ethan…,” is the sensual whisper before she opens her eyes in a heavy and longing stare, hips undulating and rotating faster as her walls clench desperately around her fingers. The push and pull of her resistance, battling her need to cum, combined with increased fingering brings a deep moan of his name, “Now, Ethan, but ride my face after I cum. I want to taste ‘us’ ”.

Stroking before entry, he takes his time burying himself within her. Her nails dig into his skin as she pulses against his throb. His long withdrawal and deep thrusts have her racing up to meet his entry, each time edging her closer… until the warmth of her release coats him, earning a groan of pleasure from them both.

He strokes her to calm, withdrawing to hover over her face as she coats her lips with her release, rubbing her closed lips against his head before licking it away. Circling his tip with her tongue as he presses downward, she takes him in slowly while tugging and massaging his large sac. He pulls free of her mouth, tapping her lips with the weight of his length before slowly easing completely into her open mouth, tongue grazing and flicking until he reaches her throat… then withdrawing… staying in enough reach not to strain her neck as she bobs up and down with each stroke.

He tries to allow her full control but soon finds himself bent over her head, fucking her fast until his release is near. Going against her words, he allows her the first drops, pulling free as he drips down her center until entering her. Lifting her leg over his arm, and moving her right leg center of his, he brings both of their orgasms again hard, the speed of his stroke fast and heavy, stretching her walls, drawing out her juices along with his, ruining the sheets beneath them.

His head gently coming to rest against her breasts, she lightly strokes along his shoulders, something that always soothes him to sleep. She lies beneath him, listening to his soft breaths, replaying their lovemaking in her mind until she drifts into slumber as well, a hand resting against his back, the other supporting her neck.

It’s not long before she wakes up feeling him entering her, taking both legs up straight to one shoulder as he drives into her relentlessly, careful not to tear her, but rough enough to arouse her quickly, claiming their last orgasm of the night. Kissing her through their release, he lowers her legs, falling beside her. “So you’re just leaving it in there, huh?” He teases back, “Yep, it’s comfortable there… Why not?” She smiles hard, trying not to laugh, or accidentally wet herself… “Uhm, maybe because I need to pee, silly… Let me up!” Grunting in disappointment, he slowly retracts. She scurries to the restroom but hurries back to lay in his arms.

“We should meet like this more often…” The words slip from his mouth before his mind thinks better of it… She lays still, running her nails through his chest hair… “Ethan…

...

As she is escorted off by two masked figures, Ethan makes his way up the staircase as guided. Once inside, he is greeted by a frantic gentleman, who then tries to explain what has occurred that required his presence. He’d gone to freshen up and when he came back to “start the festivities”, the young woman was slumped, slurring, and falling in and out of consciousness. “Your name?” Heaving a deep steadying sigh, “Is that necessary?” Annoyed, Ethan’s stern facial expression and pivot caused him to speak up. “Please! (Ahem) Please don’t leave, I need your expertise…my…my name is _______ …just please tell me she’s going to be okay! I can’t have this marring my name…or my family’s.”

Liam x Riley...

Liam enters to find Riley perched seductively on the chaise. The image brings back so many visions of their love making that he is instantly aroused. But tonight isn’t about giving her what he always has before. Her reluctance to be with him again, but forward behavior with Ethan has him torn and angry. He’s not sure if he can get the images of them together out of his mind... He’ll just have to fuck it away for now.

He walks up to her, staring intently... frozen still in thoughts of her moaning against Ethan’s touch. He lifts her and carries her over to the mirrored desk, situated before a mirrored wall floor and ceiling, dropping her on her ass and ripping away the gold shimmering sequined spaghetti strapped dress. Torn with ease due to his aggressiveness, he follows the exposed skin as he finds her bare underneath. Hearing her gasps excites him, and he needs to hear a lot more of that sound being made due to his efforts to absolve his mind of the vision that refuses to end its constant replay.

Kissing her roughly, he pulls at her tongue, suctioned to his, nipping at her lips and neck desperately, hearing Ethan’s name being whispered from her lips in his mind, he becomes even more tempered. He suckes at her skin deep and hard as he makes his way to her exposed breasts, knowing that bruising will follow but uncaring in the moment because she was his to do so with... Not any other person’s ... HIS!!!

https://secretaryunpaid.tumblr.com/post/669788574546345984/word-longing

Snowfall... (TNA)

Pairing: Sam Dalton X Dahlia Schuyler

“Hold still, wiggle worm,” he laughs softly. The deep bass forming in his normally baritone voice turns her on even further. He gives a gentle kiss to her lips, before offering the warning of not writhing too much or she’ll bruise her wrists, causing a twitch of her brow at the thought. “Bruises heal,” she teases… attempting to watch him as he slides her to have her ass hanging from the side of the table, adding even more tension to her restraint… He kisses along her belly, now taut along with her legs as she tries to feel the floor below, only managing the tips of her toes on the cool marble flooring. “Think that will stabilize you, do you… Guess I will have to raise the stakes…”

With those words, he adjusts her again, this time bringing her knees behind her head as he licks her with quick strokes, knowing that she wouldn’t be able to hold her second orgasm this way, between his tongue and spanking her gently after stroking the curve of her ass, watching her strain to control her breathing, loving the effect that he was having on her. Once she comes hard against his face and tongue, he lowers her legs… backing up to allow her to watch his pants fall to his ankles… His erection straining the fabric barely containing him, he reaches in and brings it out to stroke as she watches…walking up to her, rubbing it along her lips just before she takes his head into her mouth…licking and sucking at the length he allows her to take in, but not allowing her to continue much longer…

The Driver...

Pairing: Dahlia x Driver, Dahlia x Sam

(The driver shown above)

She snaps completely out of it when Liam jumps into the camera along with Riley to see how much she liked his gift, finally looking back at her phone... “Wha? What did you two do?” All smiles, Liam says, “The car! Happy Birthday, sis!” As Riley explains that this was all Liam’s idea to get her this lavish car with her own personal driver, but she personally picked the driver, Dahlia’s eyes widen like a deer about to be run over by a log truck... “Liam! You gave me a Rolls Royce? OMG !!!!” He laughs, “Babe, I think she likes it!,” said as he kisses Riley.

“Are you kidding me!!! This is too much!” He waves her off, “Nonsense! My baby told me about your parents’ ultimatum, so I thought that I would help you out... Your own personal car is before you, but the rest of the fleet of luxury cars will arrive once you select from the lineup, or choose them all... It’s my way of keeping your life yours! I know the pressures of parents all too well! This way, you can offer car service to go with that gorgeous hotel chain of yours! And I won’t take no for an answer! Besides, you should be out celebrating, not stressing over major life decisions.”

“You are the best brother a girl could ask for... and not because you’re a freakin’ King... but because you truly have a heart of gold!” He grins, “Only gold... Riley, I have been depreciated,” bringing his hand to his face feigning absolute disappointment. “Babe, you are so comical! Anyway, she whispers although she knows he can obviously hear her, “My give can ride you and drive you ... ANY TIME you want,” she snickers as Liam pops her... “Are you seriously telling your sister to sleep with her driver?” Popping him back, “Hell yes!”

Dahlia covers her face in embarrassment, but Pierreson clears his throat...”Ahem... Well, I am at your service... any hour, on the hour...” Blushing and damned sure not believing her sister did this, she says... “I love you both, but looks like I am about to get ridden, Uhmm, driven in this nice Rolls! Thank you both for taking the pressure off of me...” She leans close, pointlessly whispering, “In more ways than one,” winking as she says, “Gotta go... Love you both! I’ll inform the rents before my carriage turns into a pumpkin, call you later sis! You know... to chat about...” Riley catches her quick nod towards her ‘gift’.

Adrian... (Bloodbound...)

Pairing... Adrian X Amy, Amy X Jax

She’d said the words... words that he simply ignored, or so she believed... “I want you Adrian Raines... You’ll be my hunted... ravaged by my mouth, tongue, hands and body... I’ll make you never want to be without me... You’ll crave my taste in your sleep...” As she moved closer, laying her body against his with slow connection from thighs to pelvis, writhing hesitantly before their abdomens, chests and lips connected at her whisper of, “Let. Me. Have. You...” He was bewitched by the smell of her blood heating in her veins, the feel of her smoothing herself against him, her tongue seizing hold of his in a steady pull into her body and soul... Until Kamilah entered unexpectedly, causing Adrian to dismiss her from his office with the words, “Take the weekend off, Amy. Spend time with Lily... Paid, of course.”He’d put time and distance between them... but she’d connected herself to him permanently in that moment... awakening the fires within him... never again to be extinguished without her taste or touch. Now alone together, Kamilah chastised him further. “You’ve already put your life on the line for her Adrian... Does my brother no longer care for his own life? Are you willing to allow yourself to be taken from me as well ... filtering into this human’s desires...? Wasn’t saving her friend enough for you?” He simply stood before her, deep in thought... not about her words, but about Amy’s affects on him... about his growing need to be with her... “Hmph... I hear you Kamilah... I hear you,” is all that he was able to mutter in response...

#@secretaryunpaid #@Becoming Mrs. Dalton #choices fandom

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samkat10423 · 3 years

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The Clavells

Today, I decided to move a street over, and renovate the Clavell house. Since this was just a rehab, I didn’t tear down walls and whatnot. No, I just did what most folks do when they renovate their house. So, the first thing I did, was re-side the whole thing. Then, I traded out all the windows. And changed the porch railings. And re-shingled the roof. And finally, re-edged the flowerbeds with some rocks. And let me tell you, it plumb tuckered me out!

But God is good and has provided rejuvenating spirits – aka: wine! Which gave me the needed energy to tackle the inside.

So, this is their new living room. I replaced the stairs and added that fireplace, then re-wallpapered the lot. I furnished this with Buster and Bessie in mind, since this is their house. They are both oldies, who were collecting their pensions and dreaming of enjoying their golden years. But then, Xander happened. So now, they’ve both had to go back to work. Full-time, no less. Buster is now in the military (level 6, I believe), while Bessie got a job teaching at the local school. Both were way too old to re-join their previous careers. Although in my game, Buster played for the Army football team, while Bessie is now a music teacher - since she was a retired musician with the local orchestra before. So, Buster got to keep his rank, but now has a desk job.

But more about them later. This is their new kitchen – again with that oldie vibe.

Then upstairs, this is Buster and Bessie’s bedroom.

While this is Xander’s.

And up in the attic, we have this space.

Which was given to Xander’s cookie-cruncher, Daemon. Sadly for him, neither his father/mother Xander nor his two grandparents are overly fond of him. But I did give him a cat. So at least, he does have one friend in this dysfunctional household.

Anyway, in my town history, Xander “disappeared” for about 3-4 days. His father threw a party to celebrate and had called the town locksmith to come change the locks the next day. Only to have his deadbeat son show up, late that night, with “the spawn of Satan,” in tow. (Buster’s words, not mine). His story was, that he was abducted by aliens, royally probed, and then BAM!!!! The Daemon child was born! “A likely story.” (Again, his father’s response). Since Buster and Bessie were barely scraping by on their pension checks – thanks to their ne’er-do-well son’s refusal to get a job and pitch in – before the alien brat arrived, they were forced to go back to work. So no, he is not really welcomed in the family. Which is why he got relegated to the attic. Sucks to be him. But because I am a GOOD simgoddess – stop laughing, Manu! – I gave him a cat. And then I had another glass of wine and watched the first part of the old miniseries V. Nothing like lizard-aliens to get the creative juices flowing! Or whatever.

#sims 3 Clavell family lizard aliens and wine

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mostlysignssomeportents · 4 years

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Pluralistic: 29 Feb 2020 (EFF dream-job, Medicare For All Bond Villain, Bloomberg's Sackler connection, Tory housing crisis and more!)

Today's links

EFF is hiring a new tech projects director: It's a once-in-a-lifetime dream job.

Bond villain monologue, Medicare for All edition: "No, Mr Bond, I expect you to sign a binding arbitration waiver."

FUCK TRUMP AND HIS STUPID FUCKING WALL: A 26% alcohol habanero spirit from Empirical Spirits.

Mike Bloomberg helped the Sacklers launder their reputations: Just helping out the "Friends of Mike."

Bernie Sanders is the only candidate with a climate plan as big as the climate crisis: No one ever asked how we'd pay for WWII.

Cutting the UK housing subsidy led to massive homelessness payouts: Tories are always swallowing spiders to catch their flies.

This day in history: 2012, 2016 (leap years!)

Colophon: Recent publications, current writing projects, upcoming appearances, current reading

EFF is hiring a new tech projects director (permalink)

There are lots of ways techies can help EFF – contributing code to our projects like Certbot, Privacy Badger and HTTPS Everywhere and/or joining up and writing a check. But right now, there's a rare chance to work directly to make profound change with us.

That's because EFF is hiring a Tech Projects Director.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/02/eff-seeks-tech-projects-director-lead-awesome-technical-team-and-help-us-save

It's a huge gig, the kind of thing that only comes up once in a very long while. You don't just get to oversee the impressive roster of EFF projects, you also get to set future priorities.

"Some people join EFF having been burned by unfeeling tech companies or corporate law jobs, and coming to EFF can feel like coming home – a place where everyone genuinely wants you to be successful, where we do our best to leave drama at the door even as passion is welcomed."

I've been with the org for EIGHTEEN YEARS and this is so, so true.

Even if you're not right for this gig, keep checking in with our help wanted page.

https://www.eff.org/about/opportunities/jobs

We're growing fast, first because the world is severely messed up, and second because our member-donors recognize how well situated we are to make a difference and they're funding us to expand.

Bond villain monologue, Medicare for All edition (permalink)

We're all familiar with the Bond villain setup: "Mr. Bond, I see you've ingested my poison."

But what follows in Matt Haughey's "Monologuing" is a fabulous satirical take on the Medicare For All moment.

https://a.wholelottanothing.org/2020/02/28/monologuing/

"No, Mr Bond, I expect you to…"

Locate in-network doctors on our website

Cross-reference with the benefits PDF you were sent last month

Create a login

Verify your last three home addresses

(before the poison hits)

Call your doctor and agree to see a physician's assistant so you can get treatment in less than 3 week

Agree to a $100 urgent-care co-pay

Pay $1200 for the ambulance to the ER

"Do you expect me to talk?"

"No, I expect you to continue to wait on hold because your call is very important to us and may be monitored for quality assurance purposes."

FUCK TRUMP AND HIS STUPID FUCKING WALL (permalink)

"FUCK TRUMP AND HIS STUPID FUCKING WALL" is "a habanero spirit made from a base of pearled barley, Belgian saison yeast, and koji. The clear product is rectified with a habanero vinegar that gives it a 27% ABV. This imparts an intensely fruity habanero profile without any of the heat."

It actually sounds delicious.

https://us.empiricalspirits.co/products/fuck-trump-and-his-stupid-fucking-wall

It's $85 plus $35 S+H in the USA for 750ml.

Serving suggestion: "With red grapefruit juice, topped with sparkling water and cornichon as garnish"

I'm a little bummed that they take out the capsaicin, as I love spicy booze.

My current favorite is a spicy, sugar-free Old Fashioned:

2 shakes Hellfire bitters 2 shakes Angostura bitters 1 jigger decent bourbon Orange zest (wipe over rim, squeeze into glass, then drop in the drink) Serve over a whiskey rock in a lowball glass

Mike Bloomberg helped the Sacklers launder their reputations (permalink)

The Sackler family became some of the world's richest billionaires through the actions of the family business, Purdue Pharma, which committed a string of felonies as it conspired to addict the world to its killer opioid, Oxycontin. The company's bribery of doctors, scientific frauds, and corruption of its regulators allowed it to kickstart the opioid epidemic, which has so far claimed 200,000 US lives, more than were lost in Vietnam.

And yet, until very recently, the Sackler family was primarily known for its art philanthropy, firehosing its money and name over some of the world's most prominent art institutions. As the family's role in corporate mass murder came to light, artists demanded that institutions remove the Sackler name. It worked! Nan Goldin's stunt of showering the Guggenheim with Sackler opioid prescriptions was just one of many amazing actions.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/nan-goldin-leads-a-protest-at-the-guggenheim-against-the-sackler-family

The Louvre also removed every mention of the Sacklers from its spaces.

https://www.france24.com/en/20190721-sackler-name-removed-louvre-opioid-crisis-france?ref=tw_i

But you know who DIDN'T ditch the Sacklers as they were becoming social pariahs? Guess who expressed rock solid billionaire class solidarity with the poor, beleaguered plutes when their reputation laundry failed them?

Mike Bloomberg, of course!

As @propublica reports, when the Sacklers worried about their collapsing reputations, they knew who to turn to: the ex-mayor whose return to his news organization meant that reporters who chased billionaires were sidelined.

https://www.propublica.org/article/bloomberg-sacklers-opioid-crisis-public-relations

While Bloomberg had been mayor, his newsroom created a "billionaires team" that investigated the doings of the super-rich, including the "Friends of Mike" (FOMs) whom everyone understood to be untouchable under Bloomberg's management.

Upon his return, he heaped scorn upon these investigative reporters: "Why is that news? Why do we have to probe into that stuff?" Mike's return to the newsroom created "a culture of not wanting to upset billionaires."

So naturally the Sacklers turned to him! And Bloomberg obliged. After meeting with Mortimer Sackler, Bloomberg gave the Sacklers crisis communications advice and helped them his old mayoral press secretary, Stu Loeser. According to Bloomberg, Loeser was perfect because of his new communications company's "political instincts and deep connections."

Loeser went on to work with the Sacklers as they pushed out the story that opioid addiction was the fault of weak-willed criminal addicts, not corporate drug-pushers.

Loeser now works as a Bloomberg presidential campaign spokesman.

With Bloomberg's help, the Sacklers were able to continue to leverage their philanthropic donations to shore up their reputations, particularly by embarking on joint projects with Bloomberg Philanthropies. Bloomberg posed with Sackler heiresses at the opening of the Sackler Wing of London's Serpentine Gallery (which eventually took the Sackler name off the building), and then served as chair of the Serpentine Sackler Galleries.

His news organization ran multiple, glowing stories about the Sacklers' generosity, and continued to work closely with the Sackler families, even as they were committing a string of crimes.

For example, money laundry to the tune of billions.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-purduepharma-bankruptcy/sacklers-reaped-up-to-13-billion-from-oxycontin-maker-u-s-states-say-idUSKBN1WJ19V

Fraudulent misrepresentations of the company's role in the opioid epidemic.

https://www.propublica.org/article/data-touted-by-oxycontin-maker-to-fight-lawsuits-doesnt-tell-the-whole-story#167506

And giving some of the weirdest, most risible, most terrible testimony in the history of corporate criminal depositions.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/sackler-behind-oxycontin-fraud-offered-twisted-mind-boggling-defense/

Just more Friends of Mike!

Bernie Sanders is the only candidate with a climate plan as big as the climate crisis (permalink)

The climate crisis is an existential threat to our species (and many other species besides). It turns out that Keynes was more prescient that we knew. He proposed that you could start an economy by paying half the unemployed to dig holes and the other half to fill them in. Instead, we spent more than a century subsidizing our ancestors to dig up fossil fuels and now we'll have to pay our descendants to spend 200-300 years getting all that carbon back into the ground.

If we don't, our civilization will collapse and our species may go extinct. There's no time for half-measures. That's why Bernie Sanders's version of the Green New Deal is such a big deal.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615292/bernie-sanders-has-an-audaciousand-hugely-expensiveclimate-plan/

He's the only leadership candidate whose plan actually confronts the scale of the crisis.

The $16T (yes, TRILLION) plan includes $2.5T to convert all US energy to renewables, "ending subsidies, mountaintop-removal coal mining, and the import and export of fossil fuels."

He'll also ask the DoJ to investigate criminal frauds committed by energy sector companies that spent millions to delay action on climate by pumping out disinformation along with their CO2.

The budget also includes $2T for a retrofit of our homes and workplaces, $1T to retrofit roads and other infrastructure.

There's $3.6T to convert the US's vehicles to electric, $85B for charging stations and $100B to improve electric car manufacture.

There's $900B for mass transit and high-speed rail, and $150B to improve emissions from aviation and marine transport.

In all, the plan creates "20 million jobs, while offering wage guarantees, job training, and other assistance to displaced energy workers."

As James Temple writes in MIT Tech Review, there are some odd quirks, like a rejection of carbon capture, but these are issues in the margin that administrative agencies staffed by independent experts (not corporate shills) might tweak.

But this is the plan we need. Remember, no one ever asked how we'd pay for WWII, and a Nazi victory would have merely put half the human race in mortal peril, while the climate crisis threatens us all, and without the hope of regime change down the road.

The purpose of the economy, the justification for markets, is that they promote human prosperity and progress. Scratching in flooded rubble for canned goods and drinking your own urine is not "progress." If our spreadsheets can't figure out how to allocate capital to heading off an extinction-level event, we need new spreadsheets. As our friends at Prager "University" like to remind us, "facts don't care about your feelings."

Cutting the UK housing subsidy led to massive homelessness payouts (permalink)

Margaret Thatcher sold off council houses to create more Tories, on the theory that home ownership made you a Conservative. But the end of council estates just meant that private landlords were able to gouge local governments for substandard housing for poor people. Predictably, this only worsened, with rents spiraling for poorly maintained, dangerous housing. Eventually, David Cameron got a genius idea: he'd cut how much money families could spend on private rent.

After all, this was much more politically feasible than ordering landlords to provide decent housing at a fair price. Landlords make campaign contributions and vote Tory, and a majority of Tory MPs are landlords themselves.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/corbyn-tried-pass-law-make-homes-safe-last-year-conservatives-rejected/14/06/

By contrast, council tenants vote Labour and are (by definition) too poor to bribe politicians. Just as with Thatcher's selloff, the outcome of Cameron's policy was totally predictable to anyone whose wealth didn't depend on their denying it.

People couldn't pay their rent, so they became homeless.

You know what's more expensive than paying rent for poor people? Helping homeless people. The savings from Cameron's cruel policy of limiting rent subsidies were totally wiped out by the millions more that local governments had to pay to find temporary shelter for the wave of homelessness Cameron had created.

That's not all, of course. Voter turnout among affected households plummeted, and when they did vote, it was in the Brexit referendum, where the housing benefit cuts strongly correlated with a Leave vote: "We also observe that a one standard deviation increase in the level of exposure to the cut in a district is associated with up to a 2.2 percentage point greater level of support for 'Leave'."

https://voxeu.org/article/housing-insecurity-homelessness-and-populism

The inability of the British private sector to build affordable housing and the unwillingness of the public sector to fill in the gap has produced a ghastly quality of life. In Camden, £1500/month gets you a 27sqm "flat" whose bed is literally a mattress wedged next to the toilet.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/29/uk/london-renting-compared-berlin-gbr-grm-intl/index.html

And yet, Greater London has never had a better ratio of bedrooms to people. It's just that HALF the beds in the region are empty on any given night. But with 60% of the UK national wealth represented by property in the southeast, the last thing the Tories want to do is fix this misallocation, which has been such a boon to the ownership class.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/14/great-housing-disaster-danny-dorling-review

This day in history (permalink)

#8yrsago In Minecraft, a fountain of cats at the top of the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iNw2YcAK9Wc#!

#8yrsago Smithsonian building archive of printable 3D scans https://www.cnet.com/news/smithsonian-turns-to-3d-to-bring-collection-to-the-world/

#8yrsago Finance industry bemoans hard times in an era of reduced bonuses https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-02-29/wall-street-bonus-withdrawal-means-trading-aspen-for-cheap-chex

#4yrsago Crapgadget apocalypse: the IoT devices that punch through your firewall and expose your network https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/02/this-is-why-people-fear-the-internet-of-things/

#4yrsago Press looks the other way as thousands march for Sanders in 45+ cities https://web.archive.org/web/20160314104804/http://usuncut.com/politics/media-blackout-as-thousands-of-bernie-supporters-march-in-45-cities/

#4yrsago FBI claims it has no records of its decision to delete its recommendation to encrypt your phone https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160226/14181133727/fbi-claims-it-has-no-record-why-it-deleted-recommendation-to-encrypt-phones.shtml

Colophon (permalink)

Today's top sources: Alice Taylor (https://twitter.com/wonderlandblog), Naked Capitalism (https://nakedcapitalism.com/) and Slashdot (https://slashdot.org/.

Hugo nominators! My story "Unauthorized Bread" is eligible in the Novella category and you can read it free on Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/

Upcoming appearances:

Canada Reads Kelowna: March 5, 6PM, Kelowna Library, 1380 Ellis Street, with CBC's Sarah Penton https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cbc-radio-presents-in-conversation-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-96154415445

Currently writing: I just finished a short story, "The Canadian Miracle," for MIT Tech Review. It's a story set in the world of my next novel, "The Lost Cause," a post-GND novel about truth and reconciliation. I'm getting geared up to start work on the novel now, though the timing is going to depend on another pending commission (I've been solicited by an NGO) to write a short story set in the world's prehistory.

Currently reading: Just started Lauren Beukes's forthcoming Afterland: it's Y the Last Man plus plus, and two chapters in, it's amazeballs. Last month, I finished Andrea Bernstein's "American Oligarchs"; it's a magnificent history of the Kushner and Trump families, showing how they cheated, stole and lied their way into power. I'm getting really into Anna Weiner's memoir about tech, "Uncanny Valley." I just loaded Matt Stoller's "Goliath" onto my underwater MP3 player and I'm listening to it as I swim laps.

Latest podcast: Gopher: When Adversarial Interoperability Burrowed Under the Gatekeepers' Fortresses: https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/02/24/gopher-when-adversarial-interoperability-burrowed-under-the-gatekeepers-fortresses/

Upcoming books: "Poesy the Monster Slayer" (Jul 2020), a picture book about monsters, bedtime, gender, and kicking ass. Pre-order here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781626723627?utm_source=socialmedia&utm_medium=socialpost&utm_term=na-poesycorypreorder&utm_content=na-preorder-buynow&utm_campaign=9781626723627

(we're having a launch for it in Burbank on July 11 at Dark Delicacies and you can get me AND Poesy to sign it and Dark Del will ship it to the monster kids in your life in time for the release date).

"Attack Surface": The third Little Brother book, Oct 20, 2020.

"Little Brother/Homeland": A reissue omnibus edition with a very special, s00per s33kr1t intro.

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Remote project management has helped me become a better content writer in several ways. The first is the constant collaboration with equally creative and hardworking colleagues who want everyone, including me, to constantly turn in good work. The second is a support system and infrastructure that points me in the right direction while giving me pointers for improvement. Finally, there is the culture of accountability that helps motivate you into meeting deadlines while maintaining the elevated standards of quality.

This kind of support system with a remote project management setup cannot be underestimated, especially if you are a remote content writer like myself. In that kind of flexible work arrangement, you are almost always working at home or in a remote working space, finishing your tasks independently, and enjoying a certain level of autonomy. The sense of freedom that you enjoy can be creatively liberating, which is important for a writer who is mandated to turn out creative work almost every day. The challenge is in putting order and structure while experiencing strong support — and this is where project management comes in.

Content writers do (or should) exercise a high degree of accountability. Our work which runs on deadline and punctuality is regarded as a premium. That is why your capability to think, write, and submit the work independently, with very little supervision, is equally valued. A content writer who ‘gets’ what the client wants and can write the related article or blog in a short period of time with very minimal editing or corrections is sought after. On the other hand, to get the job done, the content writer must be able to liaise or interact with the client regularly to see that they are flowing on the same creative wavelength. Online project management or remote project management makes that alignment happen.

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Advantages of remote project management to a content writer:

More efficient workflow

As a content writer in HOPLA who reports to a project manager, I do find that the work becomes clearer, the direction more concrete, and the method of submitting the deliverables more efficient. Because the project management is done online, I remain a remote content writer who is given enough space and time to flex my creative juices. At the same time, because I do regularly communicate with a project manager, there is very little room for ambiguity and confusion. Feedback is fast, dialogue is almost always present, and you and the project manager are always on the same page. You know when you are doing things right. And when you are not, you are given enough direction to correct the work. In both cases, you always learn something new.

Constant support

If you do need assistance or support in some fashion or method, the project manager is there to address your concerns. It can be an adjustment in deadline (should time allow), more research or background material should the initial briefing be too technical, or guidelines on how the client’s write-up is to be treated.

Collaboration with kindred spirits

Sometimes, working in your own home or space can make you feel disconnected from the other members of your team. You only contact each other when a certain email has to be replied to, or when there’s a need for a conference call. While that kind of structure does move the work forward, it does not exactly encourage creative synergy — which a content writer needs to be always at the top of his or her game. The project manager creates a system of regular remote collaboration with a bunch of other creative team members who can pitch ideas and offer as well as receive suggestions. Examples would be the web designer or developer who is in charge of the website, or the marketing specialist who provides insights about the client. The project manager who handles the operations of the project has a more holistic, comprehensive view of the project status and can help the team members align with their individual goals.

Having creative inspiration among team members

One of the more fulfilling aspects of my job as a content writer is to bounce off creative ideas with the other members of the team. It also helps to communicate constantly with the one in charge of the remote project management — at any given point, I know the level of my performance, and what I still need to do to achieve my goals.

Working with HOPLA and its remote project management system is like having a state-of-the-art navigation system on my boat while I navigate the seven seas. It keeps me connected to the organization, steered into the right direction, while I continue to probe the boundaries of content writing and creativity.

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Advantages of remote project management to a content writer:

More efficient workflow

Constant support

Collaboration with kindred spirits

Having creative inspiration among team members

The post How HOPLA’s remote project management helps me become a better content writer appeared first on HOPLA.Online.

#outsourcing #content #creative #distributed #seo

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