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When You Really Think About It, Everything Makes You Poop (by Taylor Farms)

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<p><i>“Taylor Farms is recalling items containing jalapeños sold at major retailers over Salmonella risk. The salad company, which recently recalled certain lettuce products amid the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak, announced on Aug. 9 that it is recalling its products made with jalapeños due to potential Salmonella contamination amid a multistate outbreak.”</i>…

Clinical Notes from Medusa’s Primary Care Provider Who Suspects Menopause

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<h4>Subject</h4> <p><strong><i>History of Present Illness:</i></strong><br /> The patient, a thirty-year-old female, describes “not feeling like myself” following an incident at the temple of Athena. Intake nurse documented patient as hostile when she refused to remove veil.</p> <p><strong><i>Chief Complaints</i></strong><br /> The patient reports experiencing chronic, localized hissing and turning others to…

FACEBOARD: A Case Study in Community-Led Information Exchange

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<p style="text-align:center;"><i>Sillicombe Valley Public Beta, <br /> November 1650</i></p> <h4><span class="caps">EXECUTIVE</span> <span class="caps">SUMMARY</span></h4> <p>Eight-week public beta completed successfully. Eight hundred and forty-seven community posts. Eighty-five percent village adoption. Twelve fatalities, all community-led.</p> <h4><span class="caps">PROJECT</span> <span class="caps">BACKGROUND</span></h4> <p>Sillicombe is an underdeveloped village consisting of seven hovels, one tannery, and a small…

The AI Pictures of Dorian Gray

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<p><i>The following prompts were submitted to an image-generation service over the course of a century. The user has since been suspended.</i></p> <p><strong>Prompt 1</strong><br /> Create a timeless late-Victorian oil painting of the most beautiful boy in the world (me). Comely features. Lovely. Fair. Debonair and aristocratic. Use only the finest…

Heat Advisory

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<p><span class="caps">NATIONAL</span> <span class="caps">WEATHER</span> <span class="caps">SERVICE</span></p> <p><span class="caps">EXTREME</span> <span class="caps">HEAT</span> <span class="caps">ALERT</span></p> <p>///<span class="caps">BULLETIN</span> <span class="caps">BEGINS</span>///</p> <p>… ALERT… ALERT… ALERT…</p> <p>… BE <span class="caps">ADVISED</span>: <span class="caps">EXTREME</span> <span class="caps">HEAT</span> <span class="caps">AND</span> <span class="caps">HUMIDITY</span> <span class="caps">POSE</span> <span class="caps">SEVERE</span> <span class="caps">RISKS</span> TO <span class="caps">HEALTH</span> <span class="caps">AND</span> <span class="caps">CRITICAL</span> <span class="caps">INFRASTRUCTURE</span> <span class="caps">ACROSS</span> <span…

FAQ About “Conjunctions,” Our Dating App for Copy Editors

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<p><strong>How do I like a profile?</strong><br /> Please highlight what you like and add a query.</p> <p><strong>How do I dislike a profile?</strong><br /> Please use track changes.</p> <p><strong>What if I disliked a profile by accident?</strong><br /> Write “stet.”</p> <p><strong>Are you hiring freelancers?</strong><br /> No.</p> <p><strong>Can I end my “About me”…

An Open Letter to Ted Lasso with Some Gosh-Darn Hard Questions for the Upcoming Season

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<p>Dear Ted Lasso,</p> <p>With your new season coming out, I thought you’d like some storyline advice from a non-Emmy-winning, suicide-surviving, journaling-through-the-pain, amateur writer mom. We can be pent-up-feelings pals.</p> <p>I’m beyond grateful that in the first three seasons, you and the army of emotionally courageous people constructing you were willing…

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