www.byjp.me/content/memex/language/constrained-writing.md
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This standardises all my markdown files to have no leading newline after the `---` that ends the frontmatter.

This makes display on Gemini (in which newlines matter) much more consistent!

I can't spot any errors with the regex I used here, but there may be one or two articles that change shape — hopefully I can spot them and fix them!
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Constrained writing false
language
to-be
mastodon
Artificial limitations applied to a language to open up new ways to use it or learn it.
wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrained_writing

oulipo.social

A fascinating restricted writing mastodon instance, where all accounts' posts are filtered automatically (and later moderated) to conform to the restriction — not using the letter E. oulipo.social

E-Prime

Writing English without any of the forms of the verb #to-be. I'm in two minds about this; I love the concept or avoiding accidental definitions—in particular treating oneself as objectively correct "you are tall"—but the Wikipedia article calls out some of the criticisms, in particular that self definition of identity is very important!