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Summary

The web content showcases a community-driven platform featuring a variety of shortform pieces, poetry prompts, and curated articles, with a focus on personal achievements, culinary experiences, and self-improvement.

Abstract

The website presents a vibrant collection of writings under the banner "The Brain is a Noodle," where contributors share their thoughts on diverse topics, including personal goals, gastronomic adventures, and mental well-being. It encourages reader engagement through weekly themes, poetry prompts, and a showcase of top and flop articles, while also highlighting new writers and fostering a supportive community for writers to share and celebrate their work. The platform's ethos is to inspire creativity, learning, and connection among its readers and contributors.

Opinions

  • The platform values community interaction, as evidenced by the call to highlight new writers and the weekly writer's lift thread.
  • There is an emphasis on the importance of personal growth and achievement, as seen in the theme of the week prompting readers to consider their life goals.
  • The curator takes a playful and engaging approach to content, with sections like "The Brain is a Noodle" and "Piping Hot New(dle) Pieces of the Week."
  • The website encourages diversity in content, with a wide range of topics from nature appreciation to introspective pieces on mental health.
  • There is a clear appreciation for culinary arts, with multiple articles focusing on food and cooking experiences.
  • The inclusion of a "Flop 3 articles of the week" suggests a commitment to giving all content a chance to be seen and appreciated, regardless of initial reception.
  • The platform promotes learning and intellectual curiosity through sections like "Quick brEGGfast Bites" and discussions on statistical concepts.
  • The curator maintains a balance between light-hearted content and deeper, more thought-provoking articles, catering to a broad audience.

✨ What are three things you want to accomplish before you die?

Sunny side updates 🧠🍜 week 17!

Photo by Jess Bailey on Unsplash

Shortform Theme of the Week

This week’s shortform theme is: What are three things you want to accomplish before you die… and why?

Submit your shortform piece (<150 words) now to share your thoughts!

This is just a guideline for inspiration! You may submit shortforms related to other concepts if other ideas come to you! :)

The Brain is a Noodle*

*This is factually incorrect. Please absolutely do not go out and eat brains.

🍜 Piping Hot New(dle) Pieces of the Week

Challenge: *highlight* the ones you bookmarked/ read and make sure everyone gets highlighted at least once! ❤

🍗Best Paired with Rice by Kasun Ranasinghe 🌳Nature lovers enjoy being outside under the majestic blue sky… by Dr. Preeti Singh 🍃I Eat Rice With Leaf by Daniel A. Teo 💓hands, wrists, teeth by Julia Appa 🤣Plain Or Masala by Pretheesh Presannan 🍩Prompted to be Sweeeeeet! by Michael Burg, MD 🍬The Best Sweet Surprise by Dr. Fatima Imam 🥃On the quest to find vodka! by Veronica Georgieva ⚡ Where’s the Voltage to Power My Way Through the Day? by Caroline de Braganza 💗I May Do from Nothing to Everything by Ruchi Thalwal 🕐Confront the dangerous ‘gap’ during an extra hour. by Pretheesh Presannan 😴One hour of Deep Sleep by Dr. Fatima Imam 🍃The Wind and the Tree Leaves by Somsubhra Banerjee 🎇Food For Thought by Pretheesh Presannan 💔narcissist by Julia Appa 🌞Sunrise by Jen Kleinknecht 🧠Acrostic Poem: My Morning Mindfulness Meditation Experience by Ntathu Allen 💞 Growing List of Reasons Why I can’t make New Friends by Dr. Fatima Imam 😁Blessed Presence by Dr. Fatima Imam ✨Mindful Run by R. Rangan PhD 🧠Gestures To Evoke Your Mental And Emotional Well-Being by DISHA GARG 🖊The whiteboard challenge another type of interview challenge you’ll encounter during some on-site interviews. by DISHA GARG 💌Don’t Bother Pushing the Envelope — Lost in the Mail! by Caroline de Braganza 👀Food I’ll Only Consume Disguised in a Bottle by Caroline de Braganza 💤I Ate a Box of “Good Night” Crackers by Dr. Jackie Greenwood ✨ Healing by Punch Drunk Cola 🍠🥔I’m Not A Potato by Carolyn Hastings ⏲How would I manage a 25-hour day? I’m not sure if the extra hour would generate more power to get things done. by Caroline de Braganza 🛁how to move on by Julia Appa ☔Drip Drop by Jen Eve 💗Versatility of Beans by Dr. Fatima Imam 👀If you’re tired of wading through Google Search Results, here’s a time-saving way to find new recipes on the internet. by Caroline de Braganza 🌞Summer in Ireland by Mil H. 💌A Love Letter by Dr. Fatima Imam 🌞👙Sizzling Hot Sunny Summer by Michael Burg, MD 🧤Bernie-inspired style this winter by DISHA GARG

✍ Weekly Poetry Prompts

Try your hand at these!

✍What foods do you like to eat with rice? ✍Day 15 Prompt: Circadian Science Inspired Sciku ✍What would be an absurd thing to receive in the mail? Go wild with your imagination on this one! 👀 ✍GiaB prompt #11: health ✍What‘s a healthy habit you want to treat yourself to more often? ✍use a word that originated from another language but is in everyday English lingo. ✍a sweet surprise ✍What would you do with an extra hour in your day?

🔊 Amazing Voices to Amplify

We don’t have to let the algorithm decide what we get to read. Here are my manually saved faves!

Feel by Bingz Huang The Truth of My Privilege by Jay Avery 5 Things Toxic Parents Say and What They Really Mean by Anastasia Summersault The Forgotten Children of History by Imad A Conundrum In the Middle Of The Night by Pretheesh Presannan

The Eggcademic Corner

🥓 Quick brEGGfast Bites

What I’m watching: Reply 1988! What I’m reading: Circe by Madeline Miller What I’m listening to: The Indicator by Planet Money (podcast!)

Pl🍳t Developments

  • 📈 I took to twitter for this age-old statistics challenge — on defining what a p-value is, with a bonus challenge for folks to explain the concept as if they were speaking to a child. Did anyone succeed? Those new to stats entirely, let me know!
  • 🍳 Also a personal favourite this week is getting everyone to teach me how to say egg in their language. I’m surely learning and absorbing all of these terms right now!
  • 🚿 A shower thought: marginalized people being told they need to be more resilient in face of adversity when the adversity is racism, sexism, ableism, etc. is reinforcing that this systemic context is the norm and the “change” should happen at the individual level.

🎊 Top 3 articles of the week

Celebrate with me!

😭 Flop 3 articles of the week

Give these a little love, will ya?

🧠🍜 Thank you to the Noodle Team!

challenge: pick 3 writers you haven’t met yet and get acquainted with their pieces!

New writers: DISHA GARG | Jen Kleinknecht | janny’s heart | Penofgold | Blank Voice

Kele Mogotsi | Jessie London | Indubala Kachhawa | Radhika Ghose | Mil H. | Zeno Faber | Maziar Ghaderi | Julia Appa | Campbell Christensen | Allison Gaines | Lori Lamothe | Tima Loku | Kim McKinney | Baye Amina | SOULutionMan, aka Yohanan Gregorius | Tom Fenske | Johannes Mudi | Kasun Ranasinghe | Just a Slytherin hissing | Dr. Fatima Imam | Ntathu Allen | Somsubhra Banerjee | Veronica Georgieva | Life is Amazing with Books and Writers | Dandy Lioness | Bola Kwame | Haider Jamal Abbasi | Michael Ranjitsingh | Telling You Something | Krupesh Raikar | Muda El Masry | Rusty Alderson | Jennifer S. | Dr. Preeti Singh | Punch Drunk Cola | Melissa Speed | Ntathu Allen | Denise G | Carolyn Hastings | Tej | Vijini Mallawaarachchi | Amy Marley | Jac Gautreau | Caroline de Braganza | Roz Warren | Melissa Bee | Pretheesh Presannan | Erivaldo Ricardo | Daniel A. Teo | Anuradha Wickramarachchi | Niru | Priyanka Mane | Em Hoccane | Synthia Satkuna, MA Candidate | Alexandra Forsyth | R. Rangan PhD | Sruthi Korlakunta | Connie Song | Fathiyah Zb | Not quite Steve Fisher | Amna Asif | Jacobo the First | Aimée Gramblin | A Fresh Pot of Coffee | Rebecca Stevens A. | Imad | James G Brennan | Mary Keating | Jay Avery | h.a wadi | Pablo Pereyra | Isaac | Jenine Bsharah Baines | Rochelle Silva | Jade-Ceres Violet D. Munoz | Ruchi Thalwal | Clare Almand | Dana Sanford | Naomi Leilani Acosta | Dr. Jackie Greenwood | Fathiyah Zb | Amna Asif | Not quite Steve Fisher

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