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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 1h

I like this more than I should.

Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 2h

Unexpected rabbit hole today is discovering that "Phwoar!" was first recorded by the dictionary in 1976, and 1972's Carry On Matron may be its first film appearance.

I thought I'd found an earlier 60s TV use, but it seems "Phwoar!" is firmly a 70s phenomenon.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 2h

The solving of "those thorny problems" is the job.

That's the writing.

The more you outsource it to the plagiarism engine the more you lose your hard-won ability.

VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 3h

When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot

A screenshot of a post that reads David Simon, creator of *The Wire*, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro, NPR

And then a screenshot of a conversation that goes like this:

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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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah. They're pretty much unwatchable. For the most part, the unstoppable killer thing bores me to tears.

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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 4h

Extremely underrated film. The endless sequels (oh, look. That guy we killed twelve times is back) can jog on.

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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 4h

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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Yours truly in this issue with my tale The Sun Shines Down On England alongside a bunch of good eggs.

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 1d

The October issue is up! You can find it at the usual place (www.penumbric.com/currentissue...), and of course a pdf version at www.penumbric.com/currentissue....

#reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

The cover of the October 2025 issue of Penumbric, found at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/cover.html

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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Yours truly in this issue with my tale The Sun Shines Down On England alongside a bunch of good eggs.

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 1d

The October issue is up! You can find it at the usual place (www.penumbric.com/currentissue...), and of course a pdf version at www.penumbric.com/currentissue....

#reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 1d

a man with red hair is smiling and making a peace sign while standing in a crowd .

ALT: a man with red hair is smiling and making a peace sign while standing in a crowd .

media.tenor.com

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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 1d

There's a slight chance my wife and I can buy a house next year. Nothing definite and it depends on a lot of issues but I'll take the small chance of it as a positive.

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 1d

The October issue is up! You can find it at the usual place (www.penumbric.com/currentissue...), and of course a pdf version at www.penumbric.com/currentissue....

#reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 1d

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 2d

My way of spotting AI is to check if my mum shared it on Facebook. If she did, it's AI.

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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Funniest joke on Never Mind The Buzzcocks a few years later was about the Babylon Zoo singer.

"January 1996: Spaceman. July 1996: Postman."

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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Bit personal.

Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 2d

I once glared at a man in Shrewsbury.

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Luke Walker - Writer @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Can't wait for this one.

Claire Waller / Claire Lunn @clairesnonsense.bsky.social · 3d

ARRRGGGHHHH! FINALLY! I CAN FINALLY SHARE!!

Unfortunately, the actual announcement is behind a paywall, so I’ve screenshotted it for you all 🥰

I’m writing this one under the name Ellie Graves, because I clearly can’t have enough names

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#booksky #transworld