Ok folks I’m back at work so let’s talk shop a while.

After a bit of a wobbly summer at @pelliclemag.com we’re back on track, with a new sponsor, @geterbrewed.bsky.social and we’ve immediately reinvested that support by recruiting @clairembullen.bsky.social as associate editor.

Now is also an excellent time to join as a Patreon supporter! www.patreon.com/pelliclemag/...

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The news is out! Could not possibly be more thrilled to join the good ship @pelliclemag.com (and party with @totalcurtis.bsky.social, @katiematherkm.bsky.social, and @lilywaite.bsky.social)

If you tolerate or ignore these actions you are complicit

If you dismiss or make light of these behaviours you are complicit

If you don’t understand why these actions are problematic, educate yourself

Making a space where everyone is safe, welcome & unthreatened isn’t censorship, it’s decency

Katie is COOKING with this one (unlike the chefs using fucking ChatGPT to come up with their menus, jfc)

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

the argument that AI in the context of art is “just a tool” completely elides the fact that the point of art is to participate in the fucking process of making it

My wife is in Vogue shitting on your AI-generated "art" 💜 www.vogue.com/article/matt...

AI shaming | patreon.com/lubchansky

This is very true! ❤️

(Of course, he admitted shortly afterwards that he used generative AI in his digital artworks/to avoid having to pay a web developer to make his website. Go figure.)

A month ago, I said this verbatim—"generative AI is a fascist project"—to an artist friend of a friend. He scoffed at me, and for a second I wondered if I was being hyperbolic. Turns out nope, lol.

Oh yeah, because this won't in any way shape or form lead to people attacking delivery persons, Uber drivers etc. FFS, the image alone is meant to instil fear. That is guaranteed to lead to attacks.

Labour's new pledge "actively inciting violence to gain votes"

Very fun story from @anahlcq.bsky.social that makes me feel better about my all-consuming Brets obsession. (IMO the butter and chèvre & piment d'espelette flavors are the best.)

The AI companies are so profoundly hostile to creators, so ideologically committed to theft, that they were unwilling to pay for one (1) copy of the works they were stealing to train their AI models.

For the love of humanity, stop asking this scam machine questions! Stop asking it for advice! I get it, it was an entertaining novelty for a hot second. But it's bad. Stop stop stop.

This is my favorite piece yet on the state of AI & journalism. “The only journalism business strategy that works […] is if you create something of value that people (human beings, not bots) want to read or watch or listen to, and that they cannot find anywhere else.”
www.404media.co/the-medias-p...

Lovely piece, this, from @totalcurtis.bsky.social on the compelling @whitepeak.bsky.social and their efforts to push English whisky forward.

(Especially good timing, too, as I'm visiting @totalcurtis.bsky.social and will be trying some tonight!)

Did you read my latest wine story yet? It's about winemaking smallholders in Tenerife using sustainable farming methods to reclaim their island.

Con Altura — Making Wine and Preserving Culture in Tenerife’s Vineyard Heartland — Pellicle share.google/0e6B8bDFiL72...

Here it is, the story I've been burying myself in for months. The Canary islands are special to me but in Tenerife I found La Orotava, and local wine, and I fell in love all over again.

But can I go back knowing tourism is destroying, has destroyed, so much?

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/6/...

It was such a treat to edit this beautiful piece by @katiematherkm.bsky.social! We've seen many stories about overtourism this summer, and this Tenerife narrative engages with those tensions in a way that's so thoughtful and nuanced (and really honors the place besides).

This is perhaps some of Katie’s best writing yet, and we brought in the talents of @clairembullen.bsky.social to edit so it really snaps, crackles and pops. Dream team, honestly. Do not skip this.

Woohoo!! Wonderful news!