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my september favourites ⋆˙⟡ (opens the original)
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Each time I sit down to write my monthly favourites, I’m reminded how fast time passes. We’re already entering autumn, which has always been one of my favourite times of year. It has huge ‘back to school’ energy, and it’s something I want to embrace.During September, I made the most of the late summer in London and spent a lot of time outside and with my favourite people. Here’s some media that still made the cut. Watched<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/
softness as rebellion (opens the original)
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I’m aware of my own softness, both physically and emotionally. I’m reminded of it every time I exist in a public space or talk about my feelings to someone a little more reserved than me (which happens quite frequently). The political landscape we inhabit right now asks us to harden ourselves. Don’t feel too much, don’t view other people as human beings, look at the ‘facts’.But my softness is a deliberate choice. I didn’t fall into this mindset or this body accidentally, and I’m tired of it bein
my august favourites ⋆˙⟡ (opens the original)
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August in London was relentless heat, hazy afternoons in parks bleached by the sun, and sipping wine on crowded streets surrounded by office workers chasing a non-existent breeze. I spent a lot of time outside, trying to appreciate the sunny spells but actively seeking shade or air conditioning. Here are a few of the slower watches, reads and listens that I enjoyed over the last month of summer. Watched<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sHc
things you should ask your friends instead of chatgpt (opens the original)
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Recently, my social media feeds have been inundated with a ‘trend’. The ‘trend’ in question is people ‘telling’ ChatGPT that they’re going to delete the app, and sharing the chatbot’s response — which usually calls out the ‘best’ moments they’ve ‘shared’ and personal issues that ChatGPT has helped them to navigate. I’m not being overdramatic when I say I think this behaviour is actually fucking terrifying. Why are we handing our feelings to an LLM that will simply tell us what we want to hear? W
it's time to start being more fucking chalant (opens the original)
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I’m bored of the concept of ‘being nonchalant’. I’m tired of the expectation that we should play hard to get or conceal our cringe beneath layers of cool, in the hope that we might appeal to more people. I think it’s time that we leaned into being more chalant and earnestly giving a shit. If you feel the same, here are some ways that I’m injecting more chalance into my daily life. just say how you feelMy biggest goal for 2026 is to stop minimising my own emotions, both positive and negative. The
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