Tootfinder

William Safire's Rules for Writers:
Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be
used. Do not put statements in the negative form. Verbs have to agree with
their subjects. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. If you reread
your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be
avoided by rereading and editing. A writer must not shift your point of
view. And don't start a sentence with a conjunct…

❝ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone.❞
Read that. Reread that. Internalize it. Map that back to every story you’ve heard of ICE agents going off the rails, every random kidnapping, every brutal and stupid ICE story.
❝“Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that.”❞
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

I'm in an unhappy place with my reading these days. 😟📚
I feel impatient with many books and end up abandoning them.
At times like this I often reread what I think of as my "core authors", their voices familiar and well-loved.
About a decade ago I realised that I basically only need 7 particular albums, and two authors (complete works of), the rest are nice for a fling, but not strictly necessary.
Are other people like this too?

What is the correct action when #Emacs asks “Discard edits and reread from “path”?
It always makes me feel I'm losing data.

I read „arriving in style for game dev“ and thought: They‘re gonna write some awesome Lua code with that attitude!
But then I reread the post 😅
#GameDev https://twitter.com/trailblazers/statu

Are there any librarians or bibliophiles out there who can tell me what the best glue is to use to reattach these loose pages to the spine? 🙏🏻 (book is 30 yrs old & often reread)