Add old post on slow.fyi

archetypes/default.md

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content/curiosities.md

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 ## Words and writing
 
-* I created a word to fill a hole in the vocabulary I had to describe my _miriscient_ friends. Read or listen to 📖[the story on medium](https://medium.com/miriscient/miriscience-5e342ff198f5).
+* I created a word to fill a hole in the vocabulary I had to describe my _miriscient_ friends. Read or listen to 📖[the story right here](/posts/miriscience).
 * During the pandemic I built 🐌[slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi) so I could write to friends old and new without pressuring them to reply or be rude.
 * I published a book, 📔[A lighter side of Africa](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lighter-Side-Africa-Paintings-Michael/dp/0993324908/), with my brother and Dad which showcases the artwork of a now sadly deceased Zimbabwean family friend, Michael J. Allard.
 

content/posts/communicating-slowly.md

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+title: "Communicating Slowly"
+date: 2020-07-29T19:49:19Z
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+I've built a microsite called [slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi). It is a single-purpose, small, and simple page designed to let people (myself very much included) let those I send messages to that receiving a reply would be _appreciated_ (rather than being expected).
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+Particularly now the stresses of our own lives are unpredictable, let alone those of our friends we're not regularly in touch with. I've been using "[slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi)", literally written like that on Signal/Whatsapp/email/etc., as a way to demonstrate a lack of pressure in long or short messages I've been sending to friends. Perhaps you'll find it useful too.