Suw
@suw.bsky.social
Writer, creative ecologist, owned by Grabbity & Copurrnicus. Currently writing an eco-sitcom podcast, Fieldwork, about four ecologists studying a rewilding project. https://fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/
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As always, I’m reminded of our Agendum sketch about the government changing what 8x6 is, in response to public opinion that it’s probably 52.
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As always, I’m reminded of our Agendum sketch about the government changing what 8x6 is, in response to public opinion that it’s probably 52.
Hello to my new followers from the Communicate conference! 👋
My posts here are pretty random, covering everything from volcanoes to cats, publishing, writing, a bit of politics (but not much), and my eco-comedy podcast project, Fieldwork (fieldworkpodcast.substack.com)
My posts here are pretty random, covering everything from volcanoes to cats, publishing, writing, a bit of politics (but not much), and my eco-comedy podcast project, Fieldwork (fieldworkpodcast.substack.com)
Fieldwork | Suw Charman-Anderson | Substack
Join us as we explore the experiences of ecologists working in the field and turn them into a comedy podcast. Our aims are to entertain and to increase awareness of ecology as a subject and as a caree...
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hello to my new followers from the Communicate conference! 👋
My posts here are pretty random, covering everything from volcanoes to cats, publishing, writing, a bit of politics (but not much), and my eco-comedy podcast project, Fieldwork (fieldworkpodcast.substack.com)
My posts here are pretty random, covering everything from volcanoes to cats, publishing, writing, a bit of politics (but not much), and my eco-comedy podcast project, Fieldwork (fieldworkpodcast.substack.com)
I love the sound of cranberries exploding as I'm making cranberry sauce.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I love the sound of cranberries exploding as I'm making cranberry sauce.
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So, do you all do writing differently in the US?
This writer turns up unannounced at her agent's office.
Agent is like, 'have you brought me pages?'
What the fuck? I found myself thinking, "forget the meeting, this entire scene could have been an email."
The Beast in Me is fine, but jarring.
This writer turns up unannounced at her agent's office.
Agent is like, 'have you brought me pages?'
What the fuck? I found myself thinking, "forget the meeting, this entire scene could have been an email."
The Beast in Me is fine, but jarring.
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
So, do you all do writing differently in the US?
This writer turns up unannounced at her agent's office.
Agent is like, 'have you brought me pages?'
What the fuck? I found myself thinking, "forget the meeting, this entire scene could have been an email."
The Beast in Me is fine, but jarring.
This writer turns up unannounced at her agent's office.
Agent is like, 'have you brought me pages?'
What the fuck? I found myself thinking, "forget the meeting, this entire scene could have been an email."
The Beast in Me is fine, but jarring.
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"People should be allowed to have an innocent flutter."
Nope.
Get a better hobby.
Sorry.
Nope.
Get a better hobby.
Sorry.
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"People should be allowed to have an innocent flutter."
Nope.
Get a better hobby.
Sorry.
Nope.
Get a better hobby.
Sorry.
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My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
@jamesbluecat.bsky.social I think you'll like this!
The Skeptic Who Fled a Haunted House | The Ghost Geek
That time I was overwhelmed by a sudden sense of doom one summer day in Avebury
www.theghostgeek.com/p/the-skepti...
#StandingStones #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Psychology
That time I was overwhelmed by a sudden sense of doom one summer day in Avebury
www.theghostgeek.com/p/the-skepti...
#StandingStones #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Psychology
The Skeptic Who Fled a Haunted House
That time I was overwhelmed by a sense of doom one Summer day in Avebury...
www.theghostgeek.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
@jamesbluecat.bsky.social I think you'll like this!
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The very definition of public service
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The very definition of public service
Every word of this thread is spot on. And the situation is worse if the job you had goes away, because the jobs market out there is fucking dire right now. And it's even worse if you've previously had an entrepreneurial life and your CV is a shitshow.
In related news, someone please hire me.
In related news, someone please hire me.
I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Every word of this thread is spot on. And the situation is worse if the job you had goes away, because the jobs market out there is fucking dire right now. And it's even worse if you've previously had an entrepreneurial life and your CV is a shitshow.
In related news, someone please hire me.
In related news, someone please hire me.
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This is BRILLIANT and you should see it if you can. Also, Humphrey Ker has been “extended due to popular demand” and is now 8’6” tall, which is worth seeing.
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is BRILLIANT and you should see it if you can. Also, Humphrey Ker has been “extended due to popular demand” and is now 8’6” tall, which is worth seeing.
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this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
Are you learning Welsh? Do you teach Welsh? Or want to read a fun and informative book about mammals? I'm writing my 2nd non-fic book for learners and need a little help to pay for some image licensing. Pre-register here:
www.kickstarter.com/...
Pls share!
www.kickstarter.com/...
Pls share!
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Are you learning Welsh? Do you teach Welsh? Or want to read a fun and informative book about mammals? I'm writing my 2nd non-fic book for learners and need a little help to pay for some image licensing. Pre-register here:
www.kickstarter.com/...
Pls share!
www.kickstarter.com/...
Pls share!
Great day at the Communicate conference about comms in the environmental industry in London today. Though depressing to see yet another industry in distress.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Great day at the Communicate conference about comms in the environmental industry in London today. Though depressing to see yet another industry in distress.
Grabbed ten mins to #WriteDespite being on the train, so have written despitten.
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Grabbed ten mins to #WriteDespite being on the train, so have written despitten.
I almost never go into London but the trains are so often fucked, just as they are this morning.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I almost never go into London but the trains are so often fucked, just as they are this morning.
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This thread. Also: at my (upper/mid) level, all I'm hearing is "make your own thing." I've been doing that for 20 years. It's been a nice way to supplement my scattered income from selling scripts. But to make something, you need to pay the people helping you (at a certain point). So, who funds it?
Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This thread. Also: at my (upper/mid) level, all I'm hearing is "make your own thing." I've been doing that for 20 years. It's been a nice way to supplement my scattered income from selling scripts. But to make something, you need to pay the people helping you (at a certain point). So, who funds it?
Managed another few hundred words, but as I'm posting this after having finished my session for the evening, does that make it #WroteDespote instead of #WriteDespite?
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Managed another few hundred words, but as I'm posting this after having finished my session for the evening, does that make it #WroteDespote instead of #WriteDespite?
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I am pondering my next sabbatical. Do any of you at universities across the globe have programs/fellowships for visiting scholars/faculty from abroad? I'm especially interested in Latin America, Scotland, Wales, England, Japan, Finland, New Zealand, Australia. Thanks! [Reposted from the weekend.]
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I am pondering my next sabbatical. Do any of you at universities across the globe have programs/fellowships for visiting scholars/faculty from abroad? I'm especially interested in Latin America, Scotland, Wales, England, Japan, Finland, New Zealand, Australia. Thanks! [Reposted from the weekend.]
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😂😂😂 🏴
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
😂😂😂 🏴
100% this in the UK as well.
"Just write" has always been bad advice, but the TV/film industry is fucked. Just writing more and more pilots or spec scripts isn't going to help anyone. Still write if you're able, but also write short stories, novels, articles or other stuff you can get published.
"Just write" has always been bad advice, but the TV/film industry is fucked. Just writing more and more pilots or spec scripts isn't going to help anyone. Still write if you're able, but also write short stories, novels, articles or other stuff you can get published.
Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
100% this in the UK as well.
"Just write" has always been bad advice, but the TV/film industry is fucked. Just writing more and more pilots or spec scripts isn't going to help anyone. Still write if you're able, but also write short stories, novels, articles or other stuff you can get published.
"Just write" has always been bad advice, but the TV/film industry is fucked. Just writing more and more pilots or spec scripts isn't going to help anyone. Still write if you're able, but also write short stories, novels, articles or other stuff you can get published.
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The really cool thing about 'Spreadie Van Halen' is that "halen" is the Welsh word for salt.
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The really cool thing about 'Spreadie Van Halen' is that "halen" is the Welsh word for salt.
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Fuck that noise. 'AI' is neither necessary nor inevitable. It brings nothing to the creative process, turns everything to shit and makes us all less capable. Its sole reason for existence is to syphon off as much cash to the tech companies as they can get.
AI will reshape publishing jobs, from editorial and production to marketing, sales and operations. The question is not whether this happens, but who shapes these changes, says Bec Evans 👇 #BookSky
Knowledge is power
ebx.sh
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fuck that noise. 'AI' is neither necessary nor inevitable. It brings nothing to the creative process, turns everything to shit and makes us all less capable. Its sole reason for existence is to syphon off as much cash to the tech companies as they can get.
Dach chi'n dysgu Cymraeg? Dw i'n sgwennu llyfr newydd, Mamaliaid Prydain. Medrwch chi ei gefnogi yma!
Are you learning Welsh? I'm writing a new book, British Mammals. You can pre-register to support it here:
www.kickstarter.com/...
Please share widely!!
Are you learning Welsh? I'm writing a new book, British Mammals. You can pre-register to support it here:
www.kickstarter.com/...
Please share widely!!
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Dach chi'n dysgu Cymraeg? Dw i'n sgwennu llyfr newydd, Mamaliaid Prydain. Medrwch chi ei gefnogi yma!
Are you learning Welsh? I'm writing a new book, British Mammals. You can pre-register to support it here:
www.kickstarter.com/...
Please share widely!!
Are you learning Welsh? I'm writing a new book, British Mammals. You can pre-register to support it here:
www.kickstarter.com/...
Please share widely!!
At an online conference session about content creation (I know, I know), and as soon as the presentation came to genAI use, the entire chat turned to an involved and hilarious discussion of en- and em-dashes instead.
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
At an online conference session about content creation (I know, I know), and as soon as the presentation came to genAI use, the entire chat turned to an involved and hilarious discussion of en- and em-dashes instead.
Just applied for another script development lab and whilst I don't stand a chance, it at least gave me some story ideas. I just wish there was a better way for new writers to break in that "constantly apply for schemes/submit scripts to comps".
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Just applied for another script development lab and whilst I don't stand a chance, it at least gave me some story ideas. I just wish there was a better way for new writers to break in that "constantly apply for schemes/submit scripts to comps".