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William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ahhh, finally...

So it took much fiddling to get the formatting right - Amazon KDP kept printing the main text microscopically tiny.

But finally... FINALLY...!

'Two Brothers Went Fishing' is now out in paperback.

Just in time for Christmas.

#booksky #scifi

www.amazon.com/Brothers-Wen...

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William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 9h

I know this is old, but it seems much more funny in 2025 than it must have been in 2010.

“Now we can say with certainty that our nation’s most enduring symbol of freedom, strength, and prosperity is actually just the result of Nathaniel’s desire for a sassy, tight-fitting top.”

New Evidence Proves First Flag Made By Betsy Ross Actually Shirt For Gay Friend

PHILADELPHIA—Historians at the University of Pennsylvania announced the discovery this week of a personal diary from the late 18th century that reveals the first U.S. flag sewed by Betsy Ross was orig...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 1d

Tried out Apple's AI writing tools with something I've been working on.

Didn't seem inclined to help.

#booksky #ai #writing

Apple AI was asked to make the highlighted text more concise.

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently, the full Warhol quote was actually “In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, then disgraced.”

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William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently having sex with trafficked underage girls causes dementia.

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 3d

I’m going to take this as a sign to take the day off from posting, and I think you should too.

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 4d

When Douglas Coupland wrote this about 30 years ago it seemed huge, and it just seems so quaint now.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 4d

Sidenote: Shit blue v-neck on Bill Burr there. Manages to look an even bigger dickhead than Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct. Never saw I’d see the day.

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 4d

Say what you like about the Riyadh Comedy Festival, it got people talking about Saudi Arabia. Maybe that was the genius plan those comedians had all along.

Jimmy Carr will probably claim it was, donate his appearance fee to Amnesty or something. Write off the tax.

www.thenation.com/article/cult...

The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia

It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.

www.thenation.com

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William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 6d

Hmmm. Heat is one of my favourite films, plus I read the Heat 2 novel and really liked it. So this is exciting.

But also a bit iffy. Making that story work; recasting those characters. How?

Could be great, but getting a slight Megalopolis vibe.

www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

Heat 2 is finally happening — Michael Mann to direct and Leonardo DiCaprio eyeing Val Kilmer role

Michael Mann's Heat 2 is officially happening at United Artists, with Leonardo DiCaprio among the starry names circling a lead role. Read more at Empire.

www.empireonline.com

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 7d

Just had one of those random unexpected encounters with someone who turns out to be a rightwing nutjob.

Someone who in all other respects seems alright but then suddenly goes “I actually really like Trump.”

(not American, btw)

You just never get used to it, do you?

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 8d

On the rare occasions I do look at Instagram, I want bland and inconsequential.

What I do not want is some random arsehole whinging about how someone apparently criticised him for moving to Bali to avoid paying taxes in Australia. And then bragging how in Bali they have servants.

Tosser.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 8d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 9d

“Whose idea was this again?”

Me, to wife, watching son trying to get ready for school.

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 10d

Religion is a scam. Again.

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 10d

Well I think we can once and for all conclude that AI is shite then.

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 11d

Big spate of these articles lately. "Job hugging" sounds like what 99% of employed people have done forever: met minimum requirements in an undesirable situation because they needed the money.

Big news to journalists though, apparently. Have a load of them all hit their glass ceiling at once?

What to do if you hate your job but can’t afford to leave

It’s a bad time to be between jobs, and the trend among younger and mid-career workers has shifted from job hopping to a phenomenon dubbed “job hugging”.

www.afr.com

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 12d

This Friday seems like a Monday. That’s a new one.

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Bookshelfie @bookshelfie.bsky.social · Sep 12

#booksky

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William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 13d

Trump giving speeches these days just comes across as a man who knows he’s almost done and can see the great edifice of unreality he’s created crumbling and the truth about his whole life flooding in.

It’s like he’s just making noises with his mouth as a distraction, mostly to himself.

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 13d

Obviously Miller as a little kid used to sit far too near the screen watching Hannity on TV, and so he did a little squeenie in his pants when Hannity said he was praying for him.

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 13d

I'm sorry this happened to you

William Bayfield @williambayfield.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah, Jefferies. He had that one good bit about gun control from about ten years ago, right?

I hadn’t realised he was on the list but doesn’t surprise me.