Sam Missingham
@samatlounge.bsky.social
Publishing commentator. Founder of Meet The Booktokers, As Seen On Booktok, and The Empowered Author. Trying to disrupt book publishing for 15+ years. Not easy.
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Sam Missingham
@samatlounge.bsky.social
· Dec 22
The largest, most technologically advanced companies in the world NEED quality content to feed their machines. They have also explicitly said they'd like to crush IP laws.
And, given what I've just said about Amazon.
Do you think big 5 publishers are going to come out on top?
And, given what I've just said about Amazon.
Do you think big 5 publishers are going to come out on top?
These men have been living above the law for too long, they must be held accountable, the alternative is unconscionable.
This report implies that 'Andrew' may have broken the Official Secrets Acts (& I wonder if the same could be possible of Mandelson?) and if so I wonder whether that, rather than 'Misconduct in Public Office' might, in both cases, form the basis of a prosecution?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Andrew shared confidential information with Epstein as trade envoy, files suggest
Under official guidance, trade envoys have a duty of confidentiality over sensitive, commercial, or political information.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
These men have been living above the law for too long, they must be held accountable, the alternative is unconscionable.
Written by one of the journalists they kept?!
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Written by one of the journalists they kept?!
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any chance of a share for our Strip anthology currently on Kickstarter, featuring Frazer Irving, Declan Shalvey and Roger Langridge, and edging closer to its target Stripwire presents? thanks
@brianmbendis.bsky.social @oeming.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
@brianmbendis.bsky.social @oeming.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
Stripwire Presents
A 100 page A4 anthology featuring a selection of classic and some unseen strips taken from Tripwire's Stripwire section.
www.kickstarter.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
any chance of a share for our Strip anthology currently on Kickstarter, featuring Frazer Irving, Declan Shalvey and Roger Langridge, and edging closer to its target Stripwire presents? thanks
@brianmbendis.bsky.social @oeming.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
@brianmbendis.bsky.social @oeming.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
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Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
Can we speed up the resignation >> prison pipeline?
February 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Can we speed up the resignation >> prison pipeline?
Honestly, while left-leaning liberals have more passion for defending the likes of Cummings than speaking up for writers/poets being murdered, we are fucking doomed (on the left).
February 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Honestly, while left-leaning liberals have more passion for defending the likes of Cummings than speaking up for writers/poets being murdered, we are fucking doomed (on the left).
Oh no he blocked me. Boohoo. A man who is angry because I’m not compassionate enough about…um… Dominic Cummings.
a man in a suit and hat is standing with his hands in his pockets in a black and white photo .
ALT: a man in a suit and hat is standing with his hands in his pockets in a black and white photo .
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Oh no he blocked me. Boohoo. A man who is angry because I’m not compassionate enough about…um… Dominic Cummings.
Liberal literary man proving my point perfectly. If only I was as compassionate as you Andy who clearly cares so much more about the world than I do. 🤡
February 8, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Liberal literary man proving my point perfectly. If only I was as compassionate as you Andy who clearly cares so much more about the world than I do. 🤡
Based on the fact Cummings played a significant part in a truly shameful period in our politics, which lead to thousands dying of Covid, I’d say they’re being generous. The man needs to fuck off and keep fucking off Who cares if it’s written well or not.
February 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Based on the fact Cummings played a significant part in a truly shameful period in our politics, which lead to thousands dying of Covid, I’d say they’re being generous. The man needs to fuck off and keep fucking off Who cares if it’s written well or not.
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Lots of people I know use substack and it’s depressing because the only thing we can do to fight the evil billionaires is to not use their products and yet we seem incapable of inconveniencing ourselves even slightly to fight evil.
When I say I won’t read your Substack this is what I mean:
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Lots of people I know use substack and it’s depressing because the only thing we can do to fight the evil billionaires is to not use their products and yet we seem incapable of inconveniencing ourselves even slightly to fight evil.
Me and my daughter have had a bout of norovirus, 💯 do NOT recommend.
a cat is laying down on a table with the words `` no '' written on its face .
ALT: a cat is laying down on a table with the words `` no '' written on its face .
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Me and my daughter have had a bout of norovirus, 💯 do NOT recommend.
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the fake conspiracies are a distraction from the real conspiracies... this is what I found again and again while researching Doppelganger.
And Bannon is doing it in overdrive these days.
And Bannon is doing it in overdrive these days.
February 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
the fake conspiracies are a distraction from the real conspiracies... this is what I found again and again while researching Doppelganger.
And Bannon is doing it in overdrive these days.
And Bannon is doing it in overdrive these days.
Please share this guys 🙏
Searches if your local NHS Trust is using Palantir and emails them on your behalf, please take a minute to do this because we must fight this evil company getting a hold >> notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
February 8, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Please share this guys 🙏
Searches if your local NHS Trust is using Palantir and emails them on your behalf, please take a minute to do this because we must fight this evil company getting a hold >> notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
February 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Searches if your local NHS Trust is using Palantir and emails them on your behalf, please take a minute to do this because we must fight this evil company getting a hold >> notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
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Very much my pov, but I have long applied the aggressive blocking strategy on social media. Preemptive blocking. It is the only way I can keep something resembling decent mental health and engage here. I refuse to hate-follow anyone.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Very much my pov, but I have long applied the aggressive blocking strategy on social media. Preemptive blocking. It is the only way I can keep something resembling decent mental health and engage here. I refuse to hate-follow anyone.
The media (The Times) is already trying to reframe Mandleson’s image. Now, let’s think for more than a nanosecond why would they want to do that?
February 7, 2026 at 11:14 AM
The media (The Times) is already trying to reframe Mandleson’s image. Now, let’s think for more than a nanosecond why would they want to do that?
Yes, and fuck me it’s going to be ludicrously hard to dismantle. Especially when so many people choose self interest over our collective interests.
The “empire” was never about land or countries and never went away. It was always, & remains, about privileged rich white men controlling those they see as inferior and non-human.
What is being exposed is that the entire western “democracy” is designed to protect this system and keep us colonised.
What is being exposed is that the entire western “democracy” is designed to protect this system and keep us colonised.
February 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Yes, and fuck me it’s going to be ludicrously hard to dismantle. Especially when so many people choose self interest over our collective interests.
Hard to find words to describe T posting that hideously racist video. He wants to embolden the worst traits in people, enrage others and pit us all against each other, doesn’t he?
February 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Hard to find words to describe T posting that hideously racist video. He wants to embolden the worst traits in people, enrage others and pit us all against each other, doesn’t he?
Idea: don’t reflect on your life at 55 and come to the conclusion you’ve amounted to nothing. How’s your day going?
February 5, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Idea: don’t reflect on your life at 55 and come to the conclusion you’ve amounted to nothing. How’s your day going?
Bezos shutters his books coverage. Need I go on?
the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.
February 4, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Bezos shutters his books coverage. Need I go on?
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‘No one can say with certainty if, or when, the bubble will burst. If it does, it will be a financial market trauma, but from the viewpoint of the planet it might be better sooner rather than later.’
Donald MacKenzie on AI’s scale.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Donald MacKenzie on AI’s scale.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Donald MacKenzie · AI’s Scale
AI’s scale doesn’t matter just to specialists. The rest of us are being taken on a ride along the logarithmic curve...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
‘No one can say with certainty if, or when, the bubble will burst. If it does, it will be a financial market trauma, but from the viewpoint of the planet it might be better sooner rather than later.’
Donald MacKenzie on AI’s scale.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Donald MacKenzie on AI’s scale.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
And many are happy to see one atrocity and ignore another.
In my latest essay in LitHub, I wrote about the west's deliberate break from reality, from Gaza City to Minneapolis lithub.com/from-gaza-to...
From Gaza to Minneapolis We Are Still Being Told to Disbelieve Our Eyes
Living outside of the United States, my social media feed from back home over the last three weeks has felt like it is primarily composed of highly analyzed snuff films. These analyses have been ne…
lithub.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
And many are happy to see one atrocity and ignore another.
Insane. Should also end the use of woke as a pejorative, as we can now see who created this nonsense, and why.
My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.
February 4, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Insane. Should also end the use of woke as a pejorative, as we can now see who created this nonsense, and why.