Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Events & ops @worksinprogmag & @stripepress. Fan of economic growth, theatre, beautiful places, and parties 🌷
I bought this on AliExpress in 2019 for £1.30 including shipping. I have access to more novelty jewellery than a 16th century German nobleman could have imagined.
They don't make them like this anymore.
If you're a guy in your early 20s, buy this book. Go into debt if you have to.
what are some of the most psychoactive tweets you've seen or bookmarked? tweets that basically altered your brain function/chemistry the moment you read them
what are some of the most psychoactive tweets you've seen or bookmarked? tweets that basically altered your brain function/chemistry the moment you read them
Me buying products online: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me waiting in for a package: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Stripe Press and Works in Progress are looking for someone to grow our audience, plus sell books and magazine subscriptions. We want to do everything we can to reach millions more readers. If that might be you, please apply. stripe.com/jobs/listing/g…
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
[flirting] would you like to come over sometime and make a list?
The Abundance and Growth Fund at Open Philanthropy is hiring! We’re looking for 2-4 people to help expand this new $120+ million program to accelerate economic growth and reduce the cost of living through strategic grantmaking and research. (1/4) openphilanthropy.org/research/annou…
You should ask women to explain the Sylvia Plath fig tree thing. It is considered a sign of great respect in their culture.
I love this similar example: a Roman woman named Terentia carved a poem about her deceased brother into The Great Pyramid of Giza around 120 AD. The inscription is eroded now, but the poem and their names survive because a German pilgrim recorded it in 1335!
reading roman tourist inscriptions written on the legs of the colossi of memnon, including this one here made by a female poet
If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.
In 1937, London built 80,000 homes. Last year, it built less than half that. To find out why, I looked at two different planning applications for a four-storey block of flats from now and back then. 1937: 3 pages long. 2025: 1,250 pages long.
Can anyone seriously argue that today's system (an application longer than War and Peace to renovate a single block of flats) is better than what we had in 1937 (a single page application, with a decision in 3 weeks)?
In 1937, London built 80,000 homes. Last year, it built less than half that. To find out why, I looked at two different planning applications for a four-storey block of flats from now and back then. 1937: 3 pages long. 2025: 1,250 pages long.
Wearing black opaque tights: I am a sleek and sexy puma of a woman Wearing any other colour of opaque tights: I teach art at the gnome school
Ask me anything! If you have questions about writing, podcasting, global health, medical innovation, data, or anything else, I'll be doing an AMA on the EA Forum next week. It's between 6-8pm BST on July 8th but you can also leave qs here in advance: forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/i2DtGATx…
The Odyssey: Defy The Gods The Iliad: Argue Amongst Yourselves Oedipus Rex: Marry An Older Woman, What's The Worst That Could Happen?
The poster for THE ODYSSEY is out.