Malina

@iridescentwords.bsky.social

‎"Mapmaker Sayya draws maps in a florid script, each route a beautifully written sentence full of allusive meanings to guide people through the city and to bind the changing streets, for a moment, into predictability."
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-9...
@danielausema.bsky.social

manish vij

@mvij.org

Average Joe goes with the flow.

Nerd simulates outcomes in their head, measures twice, cuts once.

Impulsive moron barks florid threats and backs down because he can’t understand the world and calculate risk. What if he gets bitten?

Paul W B Marsden

@paulwbmarsden.bsky.social

Most people don’t read to understand—they read to sound like they do.
Mary Wollstonecraft saw through that:
“A florid style mostly passes with the ignorant for fine writing.”
A short essay on reading—& to think for yourself.
#Reading #Philosophy #MaryWollstonecraft
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulwbmarsden/p/mary-wollstonecraft-reading-as-a?r=206izj&utm_medium=ios