Deadpool writers on Spiderhead and mainlining joy in the MCU
Spiderhead writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick weigh in on their Netflix thriller with Chris Hemsworth, Deadpool 3 in the MCU, and the Twisted Metal series......»»
Substack announces a $1M initiative to fund local journalists
While the seemingly unending debate around Substack has focused on well-known writers with a national profile, the newsletter platform just announced that it will be supporting local (presumably non-famous) journalists through a new program. The star.....»»
Are you our next writer or editor? We’re hiring!
We're looking for a mobile editor and two senior staff writers to bring our editorial team to the next level......»»
Substack confirms $65M raise, promises to ‘rapidly’ expand its financial backing of newly independent writers
This afternoon Substack, a paid-newsletter startup, confirmed that it has raised $65 million, as initially reported by Axios. TechCrunch dug into the math behind the financing here. As anticipated, a16z led the new financing. What’s in store fr.....»»
Substack faces backlash over the writers it supports with big advances
Substack has attracted a number of high-profile writers to its newsletter platform — and it not a secret that the venture-backed startup has lured some of them with sizable payments. For example, a New Yorker article late last year identified sever.....»»
These Sea Slugs Decapitate Themselves and Grow New Bodies
Showing off their best impressions of Deadpool, the animals survived for weeks without organs, only to regrow everything and go about their business......»»
Call for writers: TechSpot is hiring staff writers and how-to specialists
TechSpot is looking to hire staff writers that are driven and enthusiastic about technology in general. If you are a TechSpot reader, you will know this requires profound understanding of technical matters and the ability to write about them with acc.....»»
Experimental tests of relativistic chemistry will update the periodic table
All chemistry students are taught about the periodic table, an organization of the elements that helps you identify and predict trends in their properties. For example, science fiction writers sometimes describe life based on the element silicon beca.....»»
They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them
In 2019 two New York Times opinion writers obtained cellphone app data "containing the precise locations of more than 12 million individual smartphones for several months in 2016 and 2017." (It's data that they say is "supposed to be anonymous, but i.....»»
Can you still unlock the Deadpool skin in Fortnite?
Fortnite's chapter 2 season 2 ended earlier in 2020, meaning you can no longer unlock the Deadpool skin. But here's what Deadpool's challenges looked like......»»
Video: Phillip Thune on finding good writers and writing good content
We also spoke about how SEO behavior changed around content around both the Panda and Penguin releases. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article......»»
What writers who imagined drowned worlds tell us about the future of sea-level rise
Water was traded on Wall Street alongside oil and gold for the first time in early December 2020. That might seem bizarre, but there is a grim logic at play. Reliable sources of water that have nourished civilisations throughout history—the glacier.....»»
Twitter Acquires Newsletter Startup Revue To Expand Business
Twitter acquired the newsletter publishing company Revue for an undisclosed sum, part of an effort to expand its business and give writers who distribute their work on Twitter more features. From a report: Revue's service, which lets people manage ne.....»»
The linguistic device that creates resonance between people and ideas
In literature, writers often use the word "you" generically to make an idea seem more universal, even though it might not be......»»
How Would Deadpool Jump Into a Moving Vehicle?
Our sardonic superhero needs to get the timing just right to crash through the sunroof and beat up the bad guys......»»
What makes The Expanse so great: Good science, balancing epic with personal
Ars chatted with showrunner Naren Shankar and writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. Enlarge / The Expanse returns to Amazon Prime for another epic season. (credit: Amazon Prime) Amazon Prime's epic science fiction series The Expanse is back.....»»