What’s something that needs to change?
Sunny Side Updates with TBIN || Week 23!
It feels like I compiled last week’s newsletter yesterday, this is how fast the last week has gone. Is it just me?
For me, the biggest change this last week was probably Daylight Savings Time — do you live in a country that partakes in this archaic, inconvenient tradition?
You’d think I was joking, but a change in one hour creates such social jet lag for a lot of us that I can only sum up the experience with what happened to me this morning:
I was so tired that instead of cracking my egg into the pan somehow I entirely missed and just splattered it into an open Tupperware cupboard. It was not great.
Which brings me to this week’s shortform theme of the week…
Shortform Theme of the Week
This week’s shortform theme is: What’s something that needs to change? Is this something you’d like to change on a personal level? Larger scale level? What is the impact of this change and what does it mean to you to make this change?
For me, the obvious answer is that I continue to question the continued existence of Daylight Savings Time, particularly concerned about the health effects of DST in increasing heart attacks, injuries, mental and behavioural disorders (Zhang et al., 2020).
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! ❤
📱Technology And Me by Dr. Preeti Singh 🇬🇧🇺🇸One Language, Two Nation by Kasun Ranasinghe ✍Inside Out by Alan Henley 🌎💖Minimalistic Living Is the Best That I Can Do for My Mother by Ruchi Thalwal 💡Self-Reflection by JF 🌌Just Why? by Sruthi Korlakunta 🙏When Gratitude Flounders by Michael Burg, MD 📱My Relationship With Technology by Michael Burg, MD 💡Bouts of Inspiration by Deepshikha Bhagat 🖥My Relationship with Technology by Brajendra 🤰My First Room Ever by Bhavna Narula 📱Technology Boom by Shaista Malik ✍Writer’s Block by LS ⏳In A Different Time by Dr. Jackie Greenwood 🚫Learning No by Dennett 💌Sweet Invitation by Carlos Garbiras 🧄Garlic, A History by Lori Welch Brown 🚫Just No by Crystalclearcandace 🧅From the Past by Pablo Pereyra ⏳Insanity (Don’t You Worry About Me) by LS 😷Missing Conversations by Shivangi Patel 🙏When the Hummingbird Flies by Mark Tulin 🥚Egg by R. Rangan PhD ✍An Awkward Reunion by Jupiter Grant 🤯You Won’t Believe the Odds by Kasun Ranasinghe 🧄Papery, Pearlescent Symmetry by Em Unravelling 🖨Will The Real Computer Drama Mama Please Stand Up by Toya Qualls-Barnette 📷Photo Albums by Imad 🌧Sweet Bliss by Amy Pierovich 👨💻Words Are Not Enough by R. Rangan PhD 💤Pandemic Household by Elle Beau ❇︎ ✨SUBMIT A PIECE! Poem — Tomorrow Will Be Bright- Second Version by Anna 🌍Is It the Way We See or What We Miss? by Ruchi Thalwal ✨Confidence by LS 🧄When Garlic Fought Back by Suman Sandhu 🤗Friendly Hugs by Radhika Ghose ✈Airport by Jen Eve ☁Release by Amy Pierovich 🌙Memories of the Moon by Michelle Bonfils 🍳Egg by Dr. Fatima Imam ⏳कल — Tomorrow or Yesterday? by Radhika Ghose
🔊 Amazing Voices to Amplify
We don’t have to let the algorithm decide what we get to read. Here are my manually saved faves!
Thank you to Imad, Florence Wanjiku, Caroline de Braganza, Sabeena and R. Rangan PhD for these pieces!
The Eggcademic Corner
🥓 Quick brEGGfast Bites
What I’m watching: Shokugeki No Souma (The Fourth Plate)
What I’m reading: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
What I’m listening to: Ep 12 of Chinese Chippy Girl: Where abouts in China are you from? Philippines.
S🍳mething to chew over
Luckily, after I returned to the office hours, someone showed up in the last 3 minutes and wanted to talk for about an hour. As it usually goes. 😂
🎊 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: LS | Lori Welch Brown | Nicole Jiang | Crystalclearcandace | Em Unravelling | Jupiter Grant | Elle Beau ❇︎ | Suman Sandhu | Adam Deitsch
Mia Z. Edwards | David Majister | JF | Zach Neuman | Chris Mooney-Singh | Toya Qualls-Barnette | Karen Lappa Haas | Alan Henley | Michelle Bonfils | Zach Klebaner | Anna | Deepshikha Bhagat | Carlos Garbiras | Katrina Bos | Lisa Bolin | Sohaib Roomi | The Dozen | Malik Bellamy | Olivia Th | Shaista Malik | Emily Wilcox | Brajendra | Eva Rotolo | Bhavna Narula | Shannon Hugman | Ryan DeJonghe | Ryan DeJonghe | Dennett | Haider Jamal Abbasi | Swagat Choudhury | Vivian | Mark Tulin | Arslan Mirza | Amber Carlson | Dawn | Whatsinanaim | Amy Pierovich | Pooja Rane | Carolyn Riker | Tally | Shivangi Patel | Giulia | ScienceDuuude | Rachael Ann Sand | Divina Grey | Sri Devi Om | Sarah Paris | 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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