Scott Limbrick
@scottlimbrick.bsky.social
phd (english and writing) @ sydney uni | systems/weird/eco/spec fiction | https://linktr.ee/scottlimbrick
going to be awesome to be 15 years old in victoria, where you won't be allowed to watch youtube but will be allowed to go to prison for a thousand years
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
going to be awesome to be 15 years old in victoria, where you won't be allowed to watch youtube but will be allowed to go to prison for a thousand years
[author of six critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling novels]: tough writing day today haha
[bluesky reply from guy who has never completed a project]: Just hang in there. I always find going for a walk helps get those creative juices flowing again. Do you have a writing group?
[bluesky reply from guy who has never completed a project]: Just hang in there. I always find going for a walk helps get those creative juices flowing again. Do you have a writing group?
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
[author of six critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling novels]: tough writing day today haha
[bluesky reply from guy who has never completed a project]: Just hang in there. I always find going for a walk helps get those creative juices flowing again. Do you have a writing group?
[bluesky reply from guy who has never completed a project]: Just hang in there. I always find going for a walk helps get those creative juices flowing again. Do you have a writing group?
dudes rock
In an Australia first, I used FOI to get the AI chat logs of Australia's top national security bureaucrat.
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
dudes rock
when you hit your mid-30s you develop a new sense of what material will go off in the group chat
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
when you hit your mid-30s you develop a new sense of what material will go off in the group chat
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does anyone have any leads on Australian literary agents who are 1) young 2) hip 3) alternative 4) (most important) have a sense of humour/like funny prose?
or American agents that'd take an Australian writer in?
or American agents that'd take an Australian writer in?
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
does anyone have any leads on Australian literary agents who are 1) young 2) hip 3) alternative 4) (most important) have a sense of humour/like funny prose?
or American agents that'd take an Australian writer in?
or American agents that'd take an Australian writer in?
elon musk has listened to more llm-generated book summaries at 2.5x speed than joyce carol oates ever will. his meaning of life multiplier is literally insane compared to hers lmao
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
elon musk has listened to more llm-generated book summaries at 2.5x speed than joyce carol oates ever will. his meaning of life multiplier is literally insane compared to hers lmao
are there any pop economics authors from the mid-2010s whose brains are not now totally fried
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
are there any pop economics authors from the mid-2010s whose brains are not now totally fried
can't believe Mamdani followed up his win by releasing a font meme generator that has instantly turned BlueSky into 2016 Twitter
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
can't believe Mamdani followed up his win by releasing a font meme generator that has instantly turned BlueSky into 2016 Twitter
attaching this to all literary agent queries
November 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
attaching this to all literary agent queries
damn i wish australia had mayors
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
damn i wish australia had mayors
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Once more, for old times’ sake
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Once more, for old times’ sake
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Hey friends, it's a great time to subscribe to Overland! Subscriberthon is on until November 7. Loads of major and daily prizes. Plus you get to support publishing local writers in an increasingly anaemic literary environment: overland.org.au/2025/10/over...
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Hey friends, it's a great time to subscribe to Overland! Subscriberthon is on until November 7. Loads of major and daily prizes. Plus you get to support publishing local writers in an increasingly anaemic literary environment: overland.org.au/2025/10/over...
I love to read the news
November 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I love to read the news
the right is starting to get better at UI design and it's making lefties nervous
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
the right is starting to get better at UI design and it's making lefties nervous
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i hate how right the elders are about this but i feel so much better since i stopped reciting the dark incantations. this sucks. i love reading the dark incantations with my boys
October 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
i hate how right the elders are about this but i feel so much better since i stopped reciting the dark incantations. this sucks. i love reading the dark incantations with my boys
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Sleeping on the office floor so my oligarch boss can get his propaganda firehose online faster
![Mark Kretschmann & @mark_k
X.com
A look into the @xAI office today, on Grokipedia release day. It's early morning and the xAl engineers are still in their tents. A good night's sleep will often do wonders. [pictures of tents on cold looking office floor]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ys6c4wtbkw3levcxbdkrhtyu/bafkreibeknfd42ryz7lvftiqp4szffcgbozoormqi7hkv2spuiojphrboq@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Sleeping on the office floor so my oligarch boss can get his propaganda firehose online faster
wonderful to confirm the boding is actually worse than I could have imagined
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
wonderful to confirm the boding is actually worse than I could have imagined
this is great news. finally we can a/b test our way, frame by frame, to the perfect movie. then cinema will be complete
David and Larry Ellisons’ sloptastic vision for Hollywood is coming into focus:
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
October 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
this is great news. finally we can a/b test our way, frame by frame, to the perfect movie. then cinema will be complete
yes google I am going to go AI mode: [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted]
October 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
yes google I am going to go AI mode: [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted]
Boy Swallows Universe at #1 was inevitable. Lola In The Mirror at #29 has me busting out the red string and cork board
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Boy Swallows Universe at #1 was inevitable. Lola In The Mirror at #29 has me busting out the red string and cork board
some personal news
Thieves steal jewels from Louvre in Paris, media reports reut.rs/43u2cX1
Thieves steal jewels from Louvre in Paris, media reports
A robbery has taken place at the Louvre museum in Paris early on Sunday, French Culture Minister Rachida Dati said, with the newspaper Le Parisien reporting several thieves have stolen pieces of jewellery from the Napoleon collection.
reut.rs
October 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
some personal news
the castle sequel when
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
the castle sequel when
glad everyone agreed on this
sorry but tron: ares isn't real. that's not a movie that exists
October 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
glad everyone agreed on this
hey chat does this bode well? how's the boding on this one?
October 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
hey chat does this bode well? how's the boding on this one?
this is so embarrassing. not sure how i'd go about trying to claw back subscribers but would probably try something other than petty whining about mainstream media getting criticised too much www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Why reason matters in journalism
As the wider media landscape polarises to extremes, a new advertising campaign celebrates The Age as a voice of reason.
www.theage.com.au
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
this is so embarrassing. not sure how i'd go about trying to claw back subscribers but would probably try something other than petty whining about mainstream media getting criticised too much www.theage.com.au/national/vic...