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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 3h

You’re not wrong. Like a frog singing a show tune in the moonlight.

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Matt Leys @mattleys.bsky.social · 5h

Just saw a Christmas ad so if anyone wants a free telly it's in my front garden full of hammers

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 9h

I might start a “Legionnaire of the Antichrist” t-shirt business. I think it’s a goer.

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 10h

By friends or enemies? Or both?😆

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 10h

Is it wrong that I’d be thrilled to be called a “legionnaire of the Antichrist”?

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 10h

Truly, you are at the top of your alt tag game.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12h

The Shapeshifter's Daughter is an Orkney-set, modern-day reimagining of the Norse tale of Hel - the Queen of the Underworld that was banished by Odin.

The Stromness Library plays an important role in the book, so we are delighted to host this event in Stromness. ❤️

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you to the kind soul who compiled all the late 80s Nescafé Gold Blend ads. Can’t stop thinking of them as Rupert Giles’ backstory. Absolutely riveting.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 1d

Congratulations!

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 1d

I am.

Aidan Truhen @aidantruhen.bsky.social · 1d

Okay so this is cool but I am totally not freaking out

variety.com/2025/tv/glob...

‘Kill Jackie’ First Look: Catherine Zeta-Jones Is a Glamorous Art Dealer Out for Revenge in Thriller Series From Prime Video, Fremantle and Steel Springs (EXCLUSIVE)

The first look at upcoming thriller series 'Kill Jackie,' starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as a drug smuggler turned art dealer.

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · 2d

Keeping everyone on their toes with this wee drive by submission window

I'm open to unagented manuscripts until Sunday evening

#mswl #booksky #writingoppurtunity

Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 2d

*SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN 5 DAYS ONLY*

We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual.

More info 🐐
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...

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Deeply Unsexy Scary Gorgon Costume @scarygorgon.bsky.social · 2d

Picture of a man who really looks like he sold his ffing soul.

Also in the news: apparently the arts aren't important enough to study at degree level, but artists will also kill the AI industry.
Make it make sense, you absolute freaks.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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KISSman @kissman.bsky.social · 5d

I didn't know about this Signal For Help hand gesture until today. I'm quite sure that a lot of other people don't know it either (as demonstrated in this video). If you just learned it now too then it was worth posting.

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_...

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Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 2d

If they can get this to work in people, it’s huge.

Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 2d

🧠 Alzheimer’s reversed in mice

A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport

www.nature.com

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 3d

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 3d

Ooh! I have friends in Cranleigh! Both possessed.

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Tom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 3d

If anyone wants a bit of gently creepy contemporary fantasy this Halloween, The Devil in the Vicarage goes on sale the 30th of October and you can buy it here:

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Vicara...
US: www.amazon.com/Devil-Vicara...

Promo card for The Devil in the Vicarage with the artwork and cover copy: Something bad lurks in the leafy heart of Surrey. Well yes, obviously there’s Guildford, but that’s not what I...

Okay, fine – there’s another horror lurking in the depths of Surrey. When I receive a cryptic phone call one morning, it’s my new life as a gentlewoman-wizard calling. The Carnells may be unpopular and almost extinct, but apparently one of us still has a duty.

My destination? Winterfold Vicarage in the village of Cranleigh. My task? Unknown, but how could sending me of all people to a vicarage possibly go badly? Yes, obviously apart from me being slightly possessed by a devil?

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 3d

Hmmm indeed. An interesting listen. Also, I want a skull for my desk now.

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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 3d

THE LEHRER EFFECT at the LAMBETH FRINGE, this Saturday (October 11th).

My best-reviewed Edinburgh show ever comes to the Bread & Roses at *3pm*

lambethfringe.com/events/the-l...

The Lehrer Effect | Lambeth Fringe | Performing Arts Festival | Sept - Oct

Much-loved Off West End Performing Arts Festival curated by The Bread and Roses Theatre. Some of the best and most crowd-pleasing theatre, comedy, works in progress, drag, spoken word, experimental p...

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 6d

Unfortunately not. For the purposes of the settlement, they have defined a book as per this extract. When is a book not a book…

“Book” refers to any work possessing an ISBN or ASIN which was registered with the United States Copyright Office within five years of the work’s first publication and which was registered with the United States Copyright Office before being downloaded by Anthropic, or within three months of publication.

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 6d

Yes - hence most rest-of-world works won’t be registered with the US Copyright office. This presumably means there is a second case to be brought, especially as a settlement is on the table for US authors. I’m hoping @societyofauthors.bsky.social can help with how this happens/who brings it.

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 7d

YESSS! I love it. I love a tightly contained movie, if you follow.

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Angela Cleland @angelacleland.co.uk · 7d

That’s brilliant!🤩 Happy everything! Double cake for you. 🎂 🎂🥳

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 7d

We can't review what we don't receive! Check out our submission guidelines to consider sending us your work! We love small press authors and are always on the lookout for New & Notable work.

Submission Guidelines

What genres of books and stories does Locus review? We review science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative, surreal, slipstream, crossed genres, similarly themed YA, art books, and related nonfict…

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