Part 1: Slow Loris — For better or worse, humanity has become the planet’s indisputable ‘top species’. Well, better for us, and worse for practically everything else. When we’re not shooting things for shits and giggles or mushing them up for medicinal treatments, we’re destroying their habitat because fuck trees, and fuck anything that isn’t…

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Here are some of the most meaningful, life-altering tweets you will ever come across from this platform’s star writers — When I first started using Medium, I have to admit I blocked several of the most popular writers. I mean, yeah, props for the hustle and all that, but success porn isn’t really my thing, and I’ve had more fun cleaning out month-old protein shakes than reading life advice from…

My first two months submitting to stock photo sites inc. Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Alamy, and iStock — If there’s one thing writers on the internet have taught me, it’s that I should be monetising my hobbies and side hustling my way to the bank. Well, I have a camera and lens, a love of wildlife, and — at best — a modicum of talent. So, I thought…

Hint: it’s me — Someone once said: “If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.” “Shall I accompany you for your next shit, then?” I asked him, and haven’t been invited to another dinner party since. I didn’t care. I had already proven my genius. My experience of being…

6 stories, $28.80 earned, $0.80 from reads — As an online writer, it’s important not to put all your eggs in one basket. Take me, for example — whether it’s Medium, Quora, or my two self-published books, I’m poor on several platforms. So, when I saw various writers talking about another writing website called Vocal Media, which seemed…

At least the ones I’ve managed to photograph — It’s cold. It’s wet. It’s muddy. Sun is a vague memory. Most of the interesting birds have flapped off to somewhere less miserable for the winter, and I don’t blame them. So, I’m left with the dregs of the hedgerow. The also-flews. A mundane menagerie of familiar feathered faces. OK…

Mainly, it depends on what the study says — A recent study has highlighted the potential pitfalls of reading recent studies. We all know that everyday indulgences like coffee, wine, and heroin have their pros and cons. But what effect does simply reading about their effects have? That’s what a recent study by the Department of Recent Studies at…

Fuck all, probably — Did you know you could make a tractor load of money writing about local news in the UK countryside? You’ve probably seen lots of writers talking about a certain website that specialises in ‘local news’ articles. …