10 prominent Putin critics who have died in assassinations or mysterious circumstances. For over two decades, President Vladimir Putin has squeezed dissent in Russia. Critics, journalists and defectors have faced dire consequences after opposing him. From poisonings to shootings, mysterious falls from windows and even plane crashes, there is a long trail of silenced voices according to Newsweek. It is noted that Alexei Navalny whose death in prison is as yet unexplained had previously fallen ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow in 2020 after being poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent. Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who defected and was a prominent Putin critic, was murdered with Polonium 210 in London in 2016. Newsweek says that other deaths of opposition figures under Putin's rule also appear to follow a pattern. Boris Nemtsov, shot dead near the Kremlin, and Stanislav Markelov, assassinated in Moscow alongside journalist Anastasia Baburova, are just two examples. Natalia S. Demirova, abducted and found dead in Chechnya, and Anna Politkovskaya, an investigative journalist murdered in her Moscow apartment building, also paid the ultimate price following their descent. According to the publication, here are 10 prominent Putin critics who have died in assassinations or mysterious circumstances. 1. Alexei Navalny died in prison. The Russian prison service reported that he fell unwell after a walk and lost consciousness. Navalny was known for exposing corruption, investigating Putin's inner circle, and leading anti-Kremlin opposition movements. His death is likely to be seen by fellow opposition members as a political assassination attributable to Putin, but is as yet unexplained. 2. Mikhail Lesin was a former Russian press minister and media executive. He fell out of favor with Putin and faced scrutiny for his wealth. Lesin was found dead in a Washington, D.C. hotel room. The official cause of death was ruled as accidental blunt force injuries, but questions persist about the circumstances. 3. Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on a bridge near the Kremlin. His murder remained unsolved, but many believe it was politically motivated. Nemtsov was a vocal critic of Putin's government, advocating for democracy, human rights, and transparency. He served as a deputy prime minister under President Boris Yeltsin and later became a prominent opposition figure. 4. Berezovsky was a wealthy businessman, oligarch and former ally of Putin. However, he became a vocal critic and fled to the UK. Berezovsky was found dead in his home in Berkshire, England. The official cause of death was ruled as suicide, but suspicions remain due to his high-profile opposition activities. 5. Sergei Magnitsky was a lawyer and auditor who opposed a massive tax fraud scheme involving Russian officials. He was arrested, imprisoned, and denied medical treatment. Magnitsky died in custody following severe beatings and medical neglect. His death led to the passing of the Magnitsky Act in the United States, which sanctions Russian officials involved in human rights abuses and corruption. 6. Stanislav Markelov was a human rights lawyer and journalist. He was assassinated in Moscow by a gunman, who also killed journalist Anastasia Baburova. Markelov had represented victims of human rights abuses and criticized the Russian government's actions in Chechnya. His death raises concerns about the safety of those opposing the regime. 7. Anastasia Baburova, a journalist and activist, was shot dead alongside human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov in Moscow. She had reported on neo-Nazi groups and political violence. Her murder remains unsolved, but it is believed to be connected to her activism. 8. Natalia Este Mirova, a human rights activist and journalist, was abducted in Grozny, Chechnya and found dead later that day. She had documented human rights violations in Chechnya and criticized the government. Her murder remains unsolved, but it is widely believed to be connected to her activism and criticism of the Chechen authorities. 9. Anna Politkovskaya, an investigative journalist, was shot dead in her apartment building in Moscow. She had reported extensively on human rights abuses, corruption and the war in Chechnya. Her work was critical of Putin's government and her murder sparked international outrage. Despite investigations, the masterminds behind her killing have not been brought to justice. 10. Yuri Shkekochkin, was a journalist, writer and a member of the Russian state duma. She investigated corruption, organized crime and human rights abuses. Shkekochkin suddenly fell ill and died from an unknown cause. Some suspect poisoning, but the circumstances remain unclear.


So I'll do a little bit of housekeeping while Marjorie's passing stuff around There are some images in this slide deck, but most of them are decorative or the context is already going to be said or on the Yeah, been verbally said so we won't be describing any images unless we have to Because this is actually a three-hour workshop that we submitted and then they told us we had a 50-minute slot So there's a bonus section at the end if we have time on like how to write a little bit of markdown But we have our link to the slides there if people want to follow along there's some there's some resources to good markdown editors and then Also, you'll be able to see that section on markdown and we'll add to it tomorrow If we run out of time you can do those bonus slides at home and that's a bitly link bit.ly Drupal con hyphen writer hyphen workshop and I'm Amy June Aaron when born award winner 2021 But I'm going to describe my image because I'm wearing a Drupal camp Asheville shirt and Drupal camp Asheville is July 7th through 9th in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina And one of the things that me and Marjorie did in a past lifetime was we were Editorial managers for some very popular open source and architectural magazines online They no longer exist, but Drupal camp Asheville has a Neurodiversity initiative where we understand that not everyone likes to present their content verbally through presentation So we're accepting articles So if you an article comes out of this you free feel free to submit it to Drupal camp Asheville And that's Marjorie Freeman She has not won the Aaron Wynne Warren award yet yet Thanks for having us everyone So I Made this presentation We made this presentation a while ago, but I added some notes to it because I met somebody yesterday who asked me Why we were having a writer's workshop and usually I have You know, I have this elevator pitch of why we do this and we worked at red hat It was because we want to encourage people to write and write various sites And he was like well, how do you encourage people to write when there are things like chat GBT and other natural language processing tools like what makes somebody writing You know for themselves different than just using a tool and I was like There there's a certain human touch that comes with being able to write about your expertise versus using a tool for it and As a community advocate, there's nothing more gratifying than helping someone write their first article. So that is why we give these workshops and We hope you can leave with something helpful And oh, so why this workshop, you know We're here to help you find your why you're what and your words Because sometimes because we have this workshop sort of broken in two parts One's about technical articles and the others about documentation and the technical articles But some people struggle with because they just don't know where to start so we're gonna help you look for that How what and why? So why do we write? Well, we want to share our information and our expertise with people We want to share our information. We want to promote our projects. We want to promote open source Perhaps, you know, the job market's kind of weird right now in tech. You need to build a personal brand You know, you publish an article that's something that you can have on your LinkedIn presentation It's something that you can you have on your resume and we all know that when you teach something you learn something You learn by teaching people And then also we want to create more experts So this slide's just up here for the QR code if you want to connect with us on LinkedIn These are at the end too So we're just gonna pass because we already kind of talked about ourselves and there's Marjory's QR code Do you have anything else you want to say about yourself? No, okay? Um, so what are we gonna do we're gonna do a little bit of a brainstorming activity It's gonna be kind of a flash brainstorming activity because it's very Abbreviated workshop so again finding those words the what the why the five W's and the H Remember that weird H the how to kind of pinpoint and look at what you're gonna say so Like I said before we're gonna do technical technical articles and documentation because they're written differently They have the same kind of information Almost exact, but they have a different flow and then if we have time we'll look at the basics of markdown because markdown is a spectacular language That is human readable but can convert your stuff to HTML easier and as editors We really appreciate when your articles are not in a Google doc and in markdown So think of that but then you know markdown is gonna be in the next triple release I heard in the CK editor 5 so that's kind of exciting. So might as well learn it Okay First we want to talk about a little bit about Why we haven't written, you know, perhaps, you know, you're from an excluded community or you don't feel you have the skill set So I'm gonna just kind of breeze through some common myths that way You know that other people might feel this way and then I want to talk about why they're really myths Lots of people won't write because they don't think that they're an expert You don't have to be an expert to write. Everyone has a different idea of what expert means And no one knows everything and everyone has something to learn You could know more about your topic than someone else and then your life Experience on that same topic is going to be different than the life experience of someone else myth to people will Make comments on my articles or in the issue queue and ask questions. I can't answer and I'll look like a fool People might ask you questions and that's okay, you know, but most of our readers understand that not everyone knows everything You have failed if your page views are low if you reach Three readers today. That's three more readers than you reached yesterday And what they take away you might not know that's 300% markup, you know, you've enriched and you've bettered three lives And then we have myth for we get this a lot when we when we solicit articles is how to is the only format Used to share my knowledge. There's all different types of articles that you can do And I don't know if we go through the different types because we don't have time But there are more than just the how to's So the hardest part about writing is actually starting and there are resources to help and we'll show the slide at the end So there are open source comm and enable architect no longer exist Whatever, but we do have other places where we found that are good for submitting our technical articles There's cis admin signal where they talk a lot about the cis admin kind of culture as a contributor you can expect Editorial services technical reviews final approval you can have final approval of your Article before it's published and if you have a topic you want to cover you want to contribute there is a Email address up there and again, you know, we had those the links to the slide And I think we have them at the end too technically rewrite is from one of my writers in the open source to Community that he decided since open source comm no longer exists. He's gonna start a website It's a community of technical writers technical editors copy editors and web content writers And they would love to share everyone's story your article can be anything related about technology such as tools tips How to get started what you've learned in all kinds of other topics and I mentioned Drupal Camp Asheville July 7th through 9th And beautiful Asheville, North Carolina We have the initiative and there's the link there Drupal Asheville comm submit an article and there's a little bit of a process and a form to fill out But we will welcome reviewing your first article and then there's the drop times a new kind of Magazine that we have I don't have too much information. I just know that you can do info at the drop times calm Okay, so Getting started finding your why your what and your words so a Story is comprised of a beginning a middle and an end They don't always start with once upon a time, but they should always leave the reader wanting to stay until the end in This section I'm going to share how to pinpoint what you're trying to say Why you think it's worth sharing and how to make your voice better heard And we hope that the tip is that we share will help you do just that So Amy June is going to go over some prompts and that's why I passed out the notebook and the paint again We're going to breeze through these but they kind of give you a little bit of an idea a little bit of a starting point So when we do the how it's what's and why is you can look and kind of refine your stuff So first we're going to Help you answer the question. I don't know what to talk about. I don't know enough to talk about it We're write an article. I'm not an expert in anything, you know So we're going to do this brainstorming exercises and you can write down as many topics as you want It'll be brief, but you know, just we're not looking for good. We're not even looking for we're not looking for perfect And we're definitely not looking for good.  That's why we passed out the little Card books With while you're summoning your inspiration getting writer's block or anywhere in between We'll be doing these prompts to kind of help you get started and remember It's always good Especially if it's your first article or your first piece of documentation to write about what excites you It's a little bit easier when you have a little bit of passion behind your project so the brainstorm and These are Drupal specific What is your favorite module or theme or version of Drupal because we have till 2025 What cool tricks do you use all the time? So remember the tricks you use someone else might not know about What cool thing have you created? What is the last thing you learned and? How did you learn it? What do you want to learn next?  So think of like case studies We'll add some more of these prompts to the slide deck because we usually like I said It's a longer workshop So we'll put more prompts in the slide deck that Tonight so you can look at it in the future and kind of get a few more ideas those written down We'll go over well first I'll talk about the five W's and the H and then I will go over a sample passage That you can use some of the ideas that you wrote about and kind of walk through identifying your W's and your H so Many of you probably learned about the five W's and an H in elementary school, but I'll just go you know over them really briefly again So your who your your what is what it is you're talking about so the tool Or whatever subject you're trying to tell your specific audience about your who is your audience and Your when and where is tricky because it can also be a how but it's also like what? Circumstances would you use or would somebody use X expand your what? Why should they even be reading about this tool? Why are you writing it? And why do you want people? to know it's so important and Then how can they use it? This is going to make up most of your body text? How are they house is going to benefit them? How do they implement this? What challenges did you experience while you were working with it and how can they overcome it? So I Will Show go through a series of slides that will show The what the who the when the where and the why and then I'll just kind of open it up and see if anybody can identify Each part of the passage It's okay. If nobody speaks, but if you would that would be great. So there's not like that awkward Okay, I guess I'll go to the next slide, but no pressure Okay, so the what is What are you sharing about? And I'll go to the next slide and then I'll ask if anybody can actually identify the what in the passage So I know if I can read but I'll read it anyway We are technical community advocates and we enjoy using markdown to help expedite the editorial process For our communities of writers Markdown helps lower certain barriers to entry by masking the complexity of technical writing and Bridge the gap between technical writers and developers. It is straightforward and anyone can get started today so What are we talking about in this passage? Markdown. Yay That was easy. Thanks for answering. So I didn't have to So who the who is who your article or summary or your idea is targeting So in the following passage just call out who you think the who is I got scared I was like, oh my god to have that highlighted who so who is Markdown intended for and when I was writing this I was like, who exactly are we talking to you? But I'm curious to know if anybody can pinpoint writers and then I had Really small I highlight it technical writers, but in general we're talking about writers So you guess correctly and then why do we suggest using markdown? I said to sorry type of for our writers and can you identify the why in the following text? I Am not using markdown right now But but we'll talk about it later, and I feel like I don't want to doubt Go ahead. Okay. I'm up for debate on this one, but I actually put masking the complexity of technical writing just because That is why I'm recommending Ending markdown for writers, but I think Well, it could be any it could be your point of the why yeah I might be different than mergers in this one.  Markdown Imagine you have anything to add to that like Every every article is subjective, right? So everybody's why it's gonna be different So yeah, but that's why I put We recommend Markdown for writers because it helps us in the editorial process and then the where and the when When and where would we use markdown or suggest using it to writers? This can be another way to explain how your subject will be used so When do you think when or where would we use markdown? When are when or where would Amy June and I as technical advocates use markdown? Exactly, yeah, I was confusing myself forgot we're talking about me and you not the actual writers. Yeah so yes the editorial process and Then this is where you define the application of your what? so This will be like the actual meat of what you're trying to talk about This is usually what prompts someone to want to read your article on our editorial team at red hat we had an SEO team that specialized in optimizing articles for search and The how is definitely a section where you'd want to be as descriptive But as concise as possible so people can pinpoint exactly what they came there for so the how might be of the section on Google that comes up in the results of somebody like Search for whatever like that might be the the summary under the the URL So you want to make sure that you have a section in your article that clearly states Or Introduces how this tool is going to benefit the reader so can anybody Pinpoint how we're how markdown would work in this context and again, they're probably multiple answers And I think I heard somebody say it earlier Yeah and I think I think there is much up for debate between the bridging the gap and Lowering the barriers to entry but if you guessed If you guessed this that's that's what I had so that's that's as right as it's gonna get but again it's subjective based on who you are and Who you're intending to reach through your article, but ultimately no matter where you are in your writer's journey or Understanding what you're trying to say is the first step and you can just keep building from there And at the end of the day if your audience understands why you're writing or speaking if you're at conference About a particular topic You're on the right track so and now We'll get into now that you have your Your who what when where and why and you're how written out. This is where you figure out Okay, what exactly am I wanting to write? So when people think of technical writers, they may think of experts who specialize in you know tech of technical documentation and translating highly technical subjects into digestible formats, but Anybody who is an expert on a certain subject can be a technical Writer because they they own that knowledge and if you know how to parse that information and translate it Then you own that subject so In this section, we're going to define what technical articles are and how they're different from documentation Which is something a technical writer or a subject matter expert or practitioner might write because that's what you are so technical articles or blogs are An informal way to share about your technical expertise It doesn't have to be about technology per se, but it can be about the logistics practice or science behind any topic that requires a fundamental understanding or to grasp or undergo so When Amy June and I were working with our different communities We there was a certain process that we would use to help coach mainly new writers who were new to publishing about what they do and Generally, we tell them to start with the three steps it would require to do the thing so write that down And if there are more than three steps, that's fine that could turn into a great follow-up article but You can actually build on these steps and write sub step Sub steps, which would go on to inform the body text of your article But if you can pinpoint the three points that you really want to say you have the rest of your article You just have to flesh it out so Once you have those three steps written out you can Actually form your introduction and your conclusion there sometimes it's tough for me personally to start out with the introduction because it's like That is the point where you want to have people blued in but you can't have people blued in if you don't know what you want to say so write down The three things that you want to say use that to inform that first paragraph that's going to catch people's attention once you have that and You have the introduction and those three steps and the sub steps you can write your conclusion and that will be like your call to action and I Have something I want to tag on to that that beginning paragraph It's kind of important to make sure that you're leading your readers in the right direction They know what to expect out of the article and you're not giving them anything like clickbait kind of stuff So make sure that you know That's why it's important to kind of do that at the end You know you want to introduce the topic because what if it's a 14 minute read? They're gonna look for some stuff and it's not there and they're probably gonna you're probably gonna lose your content consumer halfway through if some of that stuff wasn't in that in that beginning paragraph and Just to illustrate it. I took one of open source comms Which is still up so you can still actually go and see this an article a very recent article written by a men Sobo and He I don't know. I thought this was a very good template for getting started so he has his three intro paragraphs and He introduces his three Main points in the introduction and I couldn't screenshot the entire article, but you can see he Kind of To structure it and I included the link at the bottom if you want to check it out And I'll let Amy June talk about documentation Okay, so there's this website called indeed no big deal but according to indeed technical documentation is more formal writing style That describes the application the purpose The creation or the architecture of a product or service It's a little bit different than telling your story in an article There are many different types of documentation and we're just gonna list them for the sake of brevity We have tutorials We have how-to guides We have product manuals. Sometimes they're called man pages We have reference material We have project plans and in Drupal if we're lucky we have readme's Okay, so the Talking a little bit about the difference between the the articles and the documentation itself We want to be clear concise and succinct. We want to eliminate words We want to be careful of jargon buzzwords pop culture references and more specifically We want to eliminate those words that do not directly Enhance or support the purpose of your document design No sparkle no rainbows nothing. This is the point of technical documentation You want to have it be as clean and concise as possible and remember what something like Drupal were global market So the more concise we are the easier it is for everyone else the easier it is to translate and remember those pop cultures Terms or those buzzwords don't translate in other languages and cultures So you want to use specific nouns you want to words like things Kind of nebulous, you know, they should be eliminated from your technical writers lexicon lack of nouns Specificity Can be can cause confusion people are not quite sure what the point of your sentences. So what things specifically what people the sentence lacks meaning because of vague nouns and kind of forces the reader or the writer to add Extra sentences to clarify the confusion. So when you add when you don't specify your nouns No, you're no longer Concise and succinct We also want to strengthen verb phrases Verbs are the heart of your sentence, you know, it's that do action, right? When you water them down when you make them less, you know When you just you know, they kind of turn into mud so They get weak and they lead to confusion. So active voice And I struggle with this one active versus passive voice, but we always want to use the active voice when we're talking about Documentation and it's more accessible to use active voice Active voice means that the subject of the sentence is doing the action While passive voice means the subject is being acted upon We want to break up our walls of text. We don't want huge walls of text. We want to break up our content each point should be Brief and easy to understand so use bullet points or numbered lists They help to prioritize the information and break down those walls of text because you know Some of us are on our phone and we have those big long walls of text No one wants to read they want to scan so those bullet points are really important We want to make sure that we organize our content in a way that makes sense a logical flow. This is accessible to So to ensure that your documentation is clear and understandable. It's important to organize it logically This means presenting the information in a structured way that makes sense to your readers So you might have to refine this as you go and look down and maybe even have someone review it Do the steps make sense in the order? They are The last one is if your team has a style guide or like Drupal You know we have a style guide you want to follow that style guide You know you want to take time to familiarize yourself with it and reference it when you have questions it it really It provides those guidelines that you need for consistent writing and we don't want every read me to have a tone in a voice That's different. We don't want it to be in Chicago on one page and APA on another. Okay, and some accessibility tips that come along with With writing we want to define acronyms We want to define numerums and we want to define abbreviations So the first time you use I 18 and You tell it what it is put it in parentheses and then the next time you reference it internationalization You can do I 18 and accessibility a 11 y and Then you can put a 11 y throughout and the reason we do this is because it's not everyone is is privileged to have Some of those acronyms in their lexicon and BLM is that Bureau of Land Management or is it black lives matter? So little things like that We want to use predefined reading levels Usability gov recommends that we write at the ninth grade reading level But remember if you have a global audience your your reading level might need to be lowered We want to use clear fonts and avoid special characters And this is more for the technical writers sort of thing because in read means, you know, usually we render it as that's text but the Special characters and the last ones avoid emoticons and ASCII art goes along with these special characters Everyone kind of loves a good emoji, right? But screen readers love them a lot and they read every single one of them And so for someone like who uses a screen reader, it's annoying and it's just not necessary when we do our documentation I see a lot of people adding emojis in their read means these days and it's just doesn't make sense for accessibility doesn't make sense And it adds those rainbows and sparkles and things like that So some bonus tips we want to make sure that we write to one person We want to use singular. We don't want to do we or let's us We don't want to use pronouns We want to make sure We write as if our reader is doing the task on their own so no will should or could sort of verbs either write for one clear result This means teach persuade perhaps enlighten, you know on those technical articles one idea and Then try typing your topic into search to see what other people are saying about it, you know Just curious, right? And then we also say to use markdown So Marjorie's going to talk about some takeaways again sake of brevity. This is a little bit Abbreviated workshop. Yeah, and I'll also add to the the last slide about typing in your topic into search It's a great way to inform your headline to so How to use markdown That's a great headline because I guarantee you somebody has typed that into Google and it just increases your chances of your article being found but Five important takeaways Direct your article to the readers and not the curators so Don't do what I did with the passage Think about who it is that who it is is reading your your article and Just assume that like Amy June said that anybody is going to stumble upon it So somebody with tons of technical knowledge or somebody who is just starting out in their journey make sure that You're not assuming that Your people in your space are the only people that are happening upon your article Pose the question your article answer in the intro Make your point as succinctly as you can reference material so you want to back up any resources or any supplemental reading that will help further your your why or why you're writing and That just adds to your credibility And use proper grammar spelling and punctuation My managing editor was my hero because grammar is a tough one But it just again it just adds to your credibility and you don't want anyone to read your article and be like Well, there's a couple misspelled words it takes away from why you wrote in the first place and it can Distract people when there's a lot of that sort of action going on Okay, so Are we at time? Okay, so we're gonna talk a little bit about markdown and then we're gonna open up for questions I didn't do a whole lot of slides about markdown. I have a favorite Thing and I forgot to put it in there. I love to write tables and markdown So look it up tables are really cool. You can justify them. They Tables are scary for some folks, but they're really kind of straightforward to do again forgot to put it in here so Why markdown and I like to iterate on this a lot It's simple. It's intuitive. It can be converted to HTML PDF or other formats By using just a couple of tools and platforms that are pretty Standard across our industry So think of using markdown like you're using your editor without without using the buttons All of those whizzy wig buttons that you have you most of those that you can write and markdown So have you ever maybe y'all are more technical than me?  Where's the whatever? Usually those boxes will take markdown So start with an MD file not a text file because an MD file is going to tell your editor how to render it so In Drupal 7 we saw a lot of readme's dot txt, but as we extend as we expanded How we wanted the formatting to go in the templates we now really encourage it to be in an MD file So MD helps read your editor render that out and markdown and The plain text files just don't allow that kind of formatting You know like the headings and the subheadings and the bolds and the italics and markdown format does They're kind of between a text file and a markup language like HTML. They're sort of that in between Know your flavor of markdown. There's a lot of different flavors of markdown out there Get hub has one flavor of markdown that may not work in a in a in a different editor So pick your flavor and kind of stick to it. I kind of think that these markdown Different types of markdown is like different dialects. I don't know why but they're just just different enough Find a good editor My best advice for folks who are looking for a good editor You don't need a huge IDE when you're a technical writer, right? But take your time and find out which one you like the best, you know, which plugins does it have which You know, how does it how does the UI look is it accessible to you? This is a list of Links so if you did get that link to the slide deck These are some markdown editors that I particularly write like I like VS podium a lot You know, it's a VS code but open source all of these are open source Joplin's a real good one Saw someone taking a picture. Did you get your shot? Okay, and then again abbreviated session. So these is me and Marjorie again are linked in and then if anyone has visual induced Motion sickness if you want to close your eyes, I'm gonna split back to the top of the Deck real quick, and I don't want anyone to get sick because I want everyone to have that link And we'll add more of those markdown. I'll do the whole table slides and that sort of stuff But does anyone have any questions for us? Sure Yes, so the question was what specifically do we talk about when we talk about special characters? So special characters can be m dashes. They can be percent signs. They can be ampersand Yeah, because screen readers don't always read them the same, you know, of course you have to have them sometimes, right? But if we can avoid using an ampersand when we can use the word and you know, and we you know Sometimes that the ampersand messes up your markdown too, right? You know, you got to eject the characters I have to have her with the question Okay, so the You're in Google Docs, and you want to in markdown? Okay, so there is an extension that you can use. Yeah Mm-hmm. Can I answer that one? So I'm more opinionated And I can talk about this for a long time Margie worked on a different website than I did enable architect and I worked on open source.com So for me open source comm we only talk about open source those machine-generated Words are not open source someone else owns that language. It's a tricky one. It's a very tricky one I've used it when I came into that question Our technical community advocate when chat GPT first started he could tell Yeah, that it was machine written. Yeah, you know, and that's the thing too, you know There's the as much as we say you don't have flavor. You do have tone and voice in a technical article So and and there was a lot of fact-check checking he had to do, too Which he does anyway because when we published we went through every single thing to make sure it was technically correct, but a lot of fact-checking You definitely could and the process that we use like Amy June said our technical advocate would just go through and be like Maybe we should reword this or But you know, there's another side to it too like the blank page is really scary so having that but knowing the wisdom To change it around and like, you know, they mean do that But sometimes it does help people with that first maybe the first paragraph or get to their point You know, they could be you can ramble into it and it will come up with something, you know, but definitely change it up It's a good idea starter and it depends on what you're doing It's a good idea starter and it depends on what if you are going through an editorial process as well If you're just writing this for LinkedIn It's a little different, but What I loved about our team was I could help somebody just they just had like a passage like I had up there I could help them Write their paragraphs like not write it for them But say like hey, just write a sentence and let's jump on a call or let's get on a Google Doc and talk about it But chat GBT is great or all the other processes It's great for getting the idea started, but it's not your voice and you just get better by learning how to do it yourself And and remember Most of our projects are open source So if you add some text, that's not open source. Are you open source anymore? So There's a lot of nuances so I Think Dave said we're at time. There's time for one more question Go John The user oh So the question is should I be using you and your To go on the singular and you really shouldn't use any kind of pronouns. It should be the user Can you use me? Can you even use like well? You shouldn't use pronouns you should like direct it to the just a general yeah Okay, yeah I think what in that case you could do both, but I would use developers personally. Yeah Yeah, you know you're being specific about the user to use this nebulous word right you're being specific about the noun and Yeah Does anyone need me to repeat that in the microphone? Okay, I Forget oh wrap it up Okay, so that's me and Marjorie Amy June Marjorie and Hey, if you want to do a long version of this workshop Drupal Camp Asheville is July 7th through 9th, and we're doing a three or four hour version of the workshop Where we brainstorm we come up with ideas we help you with your bios and pitches and it's really great


What is up guys, so as you can tell it is just me and Pringing Bill Hashtag team or I a we're just the best team. Okay, we come with the best prank He's slacking and I'm kind of nervous because I feel like it's coming to me soon I'm gonna get pranked soon, but you know what? I have to just keep rolling I'm on a roll right now, and I gotta keep going as you could tell I got my makeup done Bill sister Brittany the one that has done the body painting on me before on our videos She did my black eye makeup. I try doing it myself and it didn't look good So I had her do it and she always in the busy job. So thank you Brittany. I am doing the beat-up prank on Bill So basically what I'm gonna do is I'm going to he gets off work In like an hour, so I have an hour to get ready. So basically what I'm gonna do I'm gonna go to Panda Express. Okay, that's where we like Dean I'm just gonna be calling and be like hey you want food I was like you want panda I can come pick you up some and when I get there I'm gonna start just bawling my eyes out. Okay, like fake crying on the phone and be like babe like you need to come here right now I'm expanding out I this lady I like tapped her car and like I barely like re-rendered her it while I was pointing to the parking lot And she freaked out and got in the car was like screaming at me and pissed at me and punched me in the eye And then drove away and we're gonna figure that out when we get there I'm gonna practice on the way there and how I'm gonna talk on the phone, but I am really nervous and I hopefully this turns out really good I will see you guys when we're on our way to Panda and when we call him and this is should be really interesting So wish me luck. All right guys. I'm really I'm like super nervous right now I just got into Panda Express parking lot and I really don't know how it's gonna turn out and I'm really scared Breathe I literally am so scared of columns. Maybe doesn't believe me. Oh my god, breathe All right guys, this spot's better. I moved And I'm doing it But that that I did really good. I pulled that off now. I gotta like hurry and set up the camera He was only about to call the cops, but okay.  Oh my god. I hear his car.  He's a slow down Who did it After and she did that which she was in the store then right Let's go inside I'm sure they had cameras and they'll see I see Not Let's go inside How far away is your dad? Tell them they get down here Did you call like a police or anything?  You're actually like dad. We're already okay Right, come on. Let's go inside Oh I don't want to go in. I know if you've been touching me. It's like so right I've never seen a black eye like as bad as yours.  If she was here and I sort of got to be on the floor Touch it Why don't I get in the car? serious That's not bad.  No, I wasn't at my house. I was at my grandma's Joking no, this is a prank right you know how quick I got here You know the shots I have far away and I was here and literally yeah, I know you got here really quick Oh, baby. You were so scared for me. I literally was dying I was about to like I got you to see team Ryan like I was telling you guys earlier team, right? Just stick your head in here I don't Like like I was debating whether it was a prank. I got my baby I've been planning this since last night since yesterday I practiced my own makes if I could do it, but I couldn't do it So I was pretty to do it for me. I was I was shaking before I called you and I played it off good I Don't even Did you see me driving? Yeah, I heard you. I was like I was I look back here. We go.  I don't know if I'm gonna like do the prank and post it before this one Just so we can get one of my pranks out there since you've been pranking me all the time Oh, no, don't listen to him. It's like I said, we're gonna add this video here. All right. Well, thanks for watching It was a big thumbs up if you like the prank make sure to hit that subscribe button Thank you for all the new people to our channel. We hope you like this video because I for one did not I did I love What you did and I can see it on your face. So you better be buying me panda right now Panda Panda Panda Panda. I'm excited for Panda. I actually don't have money We'll talk about that after what you all right guys. All right. We'll see you in the next video, but until then


I woke up before my alarm, so I don't see the point in waiting For an alarm to go off, but I can just go get it now I have a rest day today and what I mean with that is I want to stay in bed all day With the exception of working for you. I might film a video later to answer that But for now I'm staying in bed Just had my lunch and my lunch time now. I'm just watching orange is the new black for a bit If I sit at the end of the bench, you can hear me and hope you can see me I came out for a walk and to get some fresh air But I don't really know where to walk So I'm sitting on the bench. These are always something loud. There's always something loud There's the doggies playing Shit, the doggies I don't know what to say other than you guys aren't shooting it weird, we know that Not the flat, but I don't have another subject for today's video I don't have anything to talk about So I went for a walk instead Then I walked, I realised there's nothing to film Other than kids, which is wrong You don't film kids in public You don't film dogs At the moment making these vlogs is my life It's what I do Given I'm not doing an awful lot of it I'm sitting in the park filming rather than lying on the bed I've had a few doggies out to walk past Doggies I'm going to do one more lap To feel what I'm going to go back to the flat The camera is flashing red So it's really good I'm heading back I have to say I'm not really exhausted Because they haven't lowered my panels upon this week In the flat There's no fairy lights in there Let's put the lights on And put this camera on charge So catch you guys later


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We're transforming our 10,000 square foot yard. It's a chaotic mess. It's a patchy, muddy, and puddle-filled place that's begging for a makeover. Today, you're about to witness the journey of bringing this area back to life. From the initial prep work to the precision of laying each piece of sod, we're leaving no blade of grass unturned. What a driver! That, my friends, is some beautiful topsoil. We just had that tandem track come in and dump two massive loads of black earth that will prepare us for grass. We've been working hard to get here. In the last few weeks, we have been leveling the land. We have plans to install a French drain right here. And soon, all of the water management and the yard will be in tip-top condition. Jasmine's got her first few buckets down, and we all know what comes next. Raking. Well, it's safe to say that we are well on our way to transition around here. It's going to look so good. Last loads on the way.  Quick interruption from raking topsoil. The most exciting thing just arrived in the mail. Check it out! Merch, baby, merch! If you've all been wondering, when is it coming? Well, we finally just got here. We got it so excited. I can't wait to rip open these boxes and see what we have for all of you. I'm so excited. Coming soon. Merch, it's going so soon. Yeah, like, now that we have it, we can take the photos, we can show you all, because we are so proud of it, and we cannot wait to have an item that we get to share with our pack and connect us as a community in real life. Open the boxes, girl! What are you waiting for? I have my glued smile on. I'm so happy. I haven't taken this hat off. Crystal gave her hat to Max, and now we have lots of boxes full of the pack, Merch, baby! I'm so excited. Oh, yes! Clips. Wow. Look at the attitude on this girl. I cannot get over her posture. Just looking like a queen. Crystal is absolutely crushing the raking right now. I don't know if she told you yet. Yeah, I've been in the tractor, but this is very wet topsoil. Even the truck driver apologized. Yeah, that's probably a pain. But there's really nothing you can do. We've tried to wait to have dryer topsoil, but with all the rain that we've got this summer, this is what we're working with, everyone. Our yard is becoming almost 10,000 square feet. So I'm gonna jump back in Clementine because it's almost the evening and we need to get going. Raking makes me sod, but Clementine sure is magic. We have a lot of ground to cover. I'm close to the solar! I think I have an idea. I raked all of this. All of this! That is a lot of raking! My friend and speaking of friends, I think I'm gonna go take two. My Facebook community. Does anyone wanna come to our sod party? Pizza gets everyone. We may or may not tell Jazzy about our friends. We are full of topsoil and that means we still need some friends. So, cross your fingers for us. Hello, how's raking going? I stopped raking long ago. And why is that? What do you mean why? What did you just pick up? Oh yeah. Let's show them. Wow, I'm tired.  Literally, Crystal raked all of this. It seemed like a lot, but the dirt's really heavy right now. Crystal, this is like a subdivision backyard that you just raked, by the way. It looks small because we live in the woods here, but it's... But we're living large. We're living large in the woods here. Okay, anyways. Wow, I'm tired. Well, bam. That thing is going to hook right on to our ATV. We're gonna zip around and it's gonna rake it perfectly. Another one. I have a polydirt to play in all night. Oh my goodness. I am just about ready to snuggle in with Bella and Izzy on the deck here. It's been such a long, beautiful sunny day and we couldn't ask for better weather for this project. It's time to get it done. There's no rain forecast. Knock on wood, everyone. Then we can get through these projects and get the yard back and get a woodshed before frost. Leave it to us. You better believe Jasmine's gonna go till those piles are demolished. Oh my gosh, you guys. I know I'm a mess right now. Jasmine's outside finishing this work. It's getting dark, I'm doing some dishes and I looked out at my phone. It's 7.37 p.m. Winter is around the corner. I don't even know where this year went, honestly. I'm sure you're all feeling the same way. Is this the day that I'll go back and think of? Truckers on. Are you ready, Raker? I am ready. It is actually fun, but I'm really sore. My whole body is sore. My raker. I'm gonna like stretch it out. Ah! Does it hurt? Yeah. All the legs. Everything hurts. What are these moves? You know you're excited.  Now that's tractor love, baby. So last night I had to stop because, well, it got dark and I couldn't see. My vision is in the best of the daytime, so. I have night blindness. So the goal for this morning is to finish off what I couldn't see last night, which is moving the last two loads of topsoil. We have a little bit extra, but that's always a good thing. You never know when you're gonna need it. And we have a gorgeous fall day on our hands. And hopefully now that the topsoil is spread, it will start to dry out more. And then we can take that rake, grade the whole yard, and then third, we have a special delivery coming that is really going to transform this area. And I cannot wait to get started. Remind me of those words when I'm halfway through the job. Okay? Magic. Beep, beep, beep. Here comes the green. We are so happy to see all the materials arriving. With the help of the donkey, all 11 pallets are placed in the driveway and are patiently awaiting their perfectly spread topsoil. Let's get motivated. Are you a hacker?  Thank you to Surfshark for sponsoring this week's video. What is a VPN? A VPN is a virtual private network. It is an online privacy protection tool that encrypts all of the data that is being uploaded and downloaded while we use the internet. 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So now it's time to- Move it around a bit. Move it around a bit, eh? With that thing. And this thing is going to make the job of leveling, fun, and fast. Say goodbye to my little friends, the rakes. Okay, because the topsoil is so wet and compact, we luckily have a neighbor who literally has everything and has loaned us this grate. We need to definitely put some pavers on top as it needs a little bit more weight due to how wet this topsoil is. But this is gonna be a big help for our arms, our backs, and everything else that raking does to you. Our carabiner broke. So we have this. We're gonna try attaching this.  Having the best time. Nice. I can't stop laughing at Crystal right now. She's literally like a five-year-old kid just doing donuts in the front yard. This is so funny, you're just doing donuts. Good work! Killed it. Crushed it. Okay, so this is like perfect now. All we'll have to do right by hand is that over there and then some just like hit or miss areas and like before you do the row. Oh, my goodness. We just saved our bodies, eh? And like it still has so many hours of sun that now that it's been moved around and kind of flattened it'll just like dry it up that much more, I think. It's gonna be massive. Literally, that's double the salt and that's not even salt for the whole area. We're doing a mix of a yard, we think so far. We're winging this, everyone. The one minute we're hydro-seeding, the next minute we're seeding, the next minute we're putting sod on. So now we are putting sod on because it's here in the front because we want instant gratification because we went all summer long and winter is depressing without seeing greenery. So that's my reason for getting sod, just like you all know. And I think it's valid. It's gonna transform. Oh, my gosh. Just driving up to the black cabin with the green grass and all our beautiful gardening and work. Wow, it's coming together. Y'all, it's coming together. What are y'all doing in here? The party's at sod. Well, it looks like my community pose bribe worked out. Friends are here to help. Yes, I offered Clementine to dump dirt and rock into the wheelbarrow. I even started, but he insisted he was gonna do it by hand. Are you girls helping? Well everyone, I never thought I'd be raking this yard twice. We were here quite a few years ago doing the same thing. But just the two of us. Yeah, this is next level. Game changer. Boy, have we learned. But I gotta say, this thing that we're doing, you know, with all of these, it's a lot of work and it takes a lot of time. And a lot of people. Yeah, and a lot of patience. Especially when you want to do it right. So drainage, filling in the soft spots with stone and making sure the yard is completely level, no divots. Cause that's exactly where water collects. And then you don't have a good time. To be honest, everyone, majority of this part of getting your yard is literally just leveling and raking and making it 100% perfect for the years to come. Sweaty. Machines can only take you so far. So now that Crystal and I have completely done the entire area was spreading it. It's now time for the humans to come in and make it perfect. I never thought we would see our yard this perfect. This is the most important part. And it is looking 113% right now. I'm gonna put a drone shot up right here for you all. It can really show you how big our yard is becoming. His wheelbarrow mark is going across the yard. And then to the left of the cabin is what our yard used to be. We are now not only extending it wide underneath the solar but also around the house on each side and the back of the house. This place is amazing. It has transformed, baby. Getting up at the crackdown and getting started on this was the best move because now it's midday and the raking is done which is really honestly the hardest part sometimes. Yeah, that's why you all don't sleep in, everyone. Get it? No, they slept in. I caught them in the bedroom. Anyway, it's looking amazing. I'm really glad we made the decision to go from the dome all the way around to the driveway and the parking pad because just do it once. Do it right and get her done. This is the last time, everyone. The dogs are gonna be happy. We're gonna have a place to enjoy, to lay, to roll, to play, to run. I might even take a pee on the ground. Frisbee. It doesn't. It's going to be very nice. Major deja vu. Year one looked a lot like this. I'm having major deja vu. We had a fire pit here and it was amazing. We want to do that again but it's really hard to visualize especially now that the space has changed so much and it's just so much larger. So we're gonna go from every angle and put some, put some logs down. She's got logs and see what it looks like. She's strong. Right now is actually Goldilocks window for putting down sod. So what that means is that the temperature right now in Nova Scotia is so perfect to be putting this on the ground because the nights are dewy and cold which allows it to self-water and the days are warm enough that the roots can really take hold of the earth. So it's a good time for it. Good old Clementine can only handle 1,300 pounds. These pallets of sod are way too heavy. So we're gonna take down the pallets and then Clementine will come in, scoop them up and bring them to the other side because there's a lot of back and forth especially with some wheelbarrow. It is going by so fast. Moving really fast around here. The method that they have is incredible. They have two on the ground cutting the sod to make sure it's completely staggered. That way you don't see lines in your grass and when you cut it, it's just perfection. And then everyone else is all hands on deck bringing the pieces and they even taught us how to grab the sod instead of trying to fiddle under you just literally grab it like a mohawk with two hands and then you pick it up and you just toss it. It's so cool. Truly never seen something come to life so quickly out here. Having hands for this project is a no-brainer because last time we were up till the wee hours of the night and today we're gonna be able to enjoy our evening. Yes, approved. Being moved. Daws and I were saying that at the exact same time. Check it out. What's going on? Oh, you know. Just a pizza. For who? What do you think? It's not for Bella and Izzy, it's not for our supervisors. She thinks it is. Who's hungry? Come get your pizza, as promised. Something I found really funny because this was a last minute Facebook find. We're only going to be able to make it to really just the back of the house which is still incredible. That's our prediction at least or estimation. And I was talking to Dana or as the guys call him, the boss. And I said, we only got enough pallets that we could do ourselves. And he goes, 11 pallets for two? I said, we're quite ambitious, aren't we? We still haven't learned our limits after three years out here. I thought it was really funny though and I had to share it with all of you. Thanks. Bye. We're getting a view. Oh my goodness. This is wild. Instant grass, which is why we like it around here. Which is why we need it. We've waited too long. Oh my gosh. It just feels so good to have it back. Honestly, like living with the mud puddle is like I'm just so ecstatic to have this space back for so many reasons. And they were also super fun to work with. Like what a nice crew. So nice. How do we luck out with the best crews all the time? Best. I don't even know how, but that was amazing. I'm just crushed. Like the flow with everyone, like to think that it's like three o'clock right now. And can I mention, it's Saturday everyone. They came on a Saturday. That's how last minute this was. Thanks for taking to Facebook. Wow. I really appreciate that because we've learned and now. Oh my goodness. It looks unreal. It is, he's just having it. She's loving it. She loves the crew. So nice. This is Clementine's path because right here, as you all know, there's going to be a witch up. Bam. So Clem can get in and out nice and easily here. Tanking it in. Yeah. It's just like so, so surreal to like have a yard again. And just see it come together. It's just like one of our favorite things and we were living in the van was pulling up to like a giant green open area just like run around, throw a Frisbee, lay there. I love it. I just love having like. Walk bare feet. Walk, yeah. Well, we both put on shoes, eh? Yeah. That's so funny. I don't need to anyway. Yeah, it's nice to just like, you know. This is going to be the fire pit, similar to last time, but it seems like an essential part of living out here is having a place where you can gather with your friends and family around a fire and look up at the stars because that is the best spot to do it. It's nice and open. And we have the best stars out here. There's literally zero light pollution. Sometimes we can see the Milky Way. The stars up here are the nicest. Bell and Izzy are still loving it. They haven't even moved. It's their favorite spot in the entire world.  This fire pit is an essential part of the vibe out here at the cabin. It's the best place to look up at the stars because there are no trees blocking your view. And let me tell you, these views are top notch. So this time we've made it a little bit bigger.  This fire pit is just, it just means so much to me. It just makes it for me. I just would sit out here every night and I have been missing this completed area. It was worth it. We had to do what we had to do. It's time to bring it back. Also, thought I'd let you all know if you continue to wear shorts, winter won't come. Ready? Dig to China. That's the middle. This is washed river stone. So pretty. Everyone knows a beautiful natural fire pit has hand-selected rocks from nature.  That's a fire pit. That's a big pit. That's a massive fire pit. It looks great. Perfect. It looks so good. We're going for one more. I love it. Now I gotta build some benches. Behind me are some big eight by eight. I want to call them logs but they're just eight by eight pieces of mill lumber from our local mill and they weigh 600 pounds each. Good thing we've moved up to Fettuccine. If you get it, you get it. And if you don't, you should watch our solar install video where we lift a lot of concrete. Crystal is about to use Sparky. Oh, what'd you do with it? Our electric chainsaw. I love using this thing. So heavy, but hello, beautiful benches. Our yard is back.  Bit by bit, we are bringing a dream back to life. From a muddy puddle-filled yard to this. This feels like all the hard work we've done this year is getting pulled together. Time to rake it all in. Ha, kidding back.  No more mud and puddles, but rather a green open area to roam. A place for everyone to enjoy and the girls to retire on. They love it. A brand new tractor path for Clementine and a place to stay into the wee hours of the night when the embers of the fire glisten.