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An Algorithmic Investigation of the Highfalutin ‘Poet Voice’ – Atlas Obscura

‘It’s easy to make fun of Poet Voice. But its proliferation across the space of academic poetry may have more serious implications as well. In a 2014 essay, “Poet Voice and Flock Mentality,” the poet Lisa Marie Basile connects it to an overall lack of diversity in the field, and a fear of breaking the mold. The consistent use of it, she writes, “delivers two messages: I am educated, I am taught, I am part-of a group … I am afraid to tell my own story in my own voice.”’

(tags: poet-voice talking speech voices intonation droning poetry)

Twitter thread: “People still talk about charging speed like it’s a long-term obstacle for electric cars. It’s not, for several reasons”

great thread on EV futures. Range anxiety is rapidly dwindling and they are the way of the future for sure

(tags: evs cars driving batteries bevs)

I Am the One Woman Who Has It All | The New Yorker

I have two kids and the unspoken pressure to act like they don’t exist when I’m on a conference call. I have no problem lying about “being in a meeting” when I’m with my kids and no problem lying to my kids about “needing to work” when I’m on Facebook.

(tags: parenting funny new-yorker women life work work-life-balance kids)