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Naomi Alderman
@NaomiAllthenews
author (The Power, Disobedience), Zombies, Run! co-creator. Personal ac: @naomialderman. I can electrocute people at will, yes.
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Jul 20, 2018
    a few years ago, it fell to me to tell some family members that someone very close to them had died. one of my best friends is a doctor, and he gave me some really good advice about how to do that conversation. which I pass on now, for anyone who needs to give bad news.
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Oct 19, 2018
    look there needs to be a clear set of "I like you signals" agreed by ISO and updated annually
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Jan 1, 2017
    a (paid) writing opportunity for 2017: I am looking for trainee writers for Zombies, Run! Please RT: writerscentrenorwich.org.uk/article/game-w…
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Mar 25, 2017
    here's my piece from the Guardian today about feminist science fiction:
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    Dystopian dreams: how feminist science fiction predicted the future
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Oct 6, 2022
    we're doing this for the first time since the pandemic! I'm looking for a new trainee writer for Zombies, Run! We'll teach you how to plot, how to write and how to design stories for games. And we pay. Do share this and the link below: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/article/zombie…
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Apr 15, 2023
    something that I think about sometimes which I think would be hard to convey to someone even ten years younger than me is: how much we really didn't talk about before the internet existed. how many experiences were intensely private, unsayable until sayable in this way.
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Mar 19, 2019
    yesterday in a cab in NYC I managed to explain Brexit to my cab driver in the following way: imagine that we live in a neighbourhood with a neighbourhood association. the NA provide some great shared amenities: a pool, a grocery store with cheap prices...
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Jul 20, 2018
    Replying to @NaomiAllthenews
    7) if you have a number of these phonecalls to make, my advice is that it's very useful to have someone who cares about you and who didn't know the person at all (ie is not bereaved etc themselves) who you can phone in between each one to tell you you're doing a good job
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Oct 19, 2018
    a man sent me a portrait of myself as a witch casting a spell on a man's head and I don't know if he was flirting
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    May 7, 2020
    Replying to @NaomiAllthenews and @Glinner
    Sidney Greenbaum, an academic who offered "private tuition' to kids. So I feel qualified to say: what's described in this tweet is not grooming. And giving it that name makes it harder for children targeted by paedophiles to name what's happened to them. 2/2
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Jul 20, 2018
    Replying to @NaomiAllthenews
    to make sure that this gets added to the thread: @MASieghart points out that if there's more than one person you could possibly be calling about, the message should be: "I have sad news about x". to stop the mind racing and guessing.
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Jul 20, 2018
    Replying to @NaomiAllthenews
    I would add to all of these that if someone is just bereaved a kind thing to do is offer to make these calls for them
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Jan 27, 2023
    here it comes...
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    Prime Video
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    Jan 27, 2023
    .@ThePowerOnPrime, based on the best-selling novel by Naomi Alderman, is coming March 2023.
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    Naomi Alderman
    @NaomiAllthenews
    Jul 20, 2018
    Replying to @NaomiAllthenews
    1) if you have to leave a message, say "Hi <x> it's Naomi, I'm calling with some very sad news. Could you call me back on <number>." Don't break the news by a voice message, but also allow them to know that this won't be an easy conversation or a casual one.
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