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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 7h

Check out the playlist I made for The Whole Enchilada. The vibe is 1990s #Austin, Texas:

open.spotify.com/playlist/1C2...

#BookSky #WritingCommunity

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 16h

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 7h

hot damn

Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · May 13

Harvard and Google AI mapped one cubic millimeter of a human brain. It took up 1.4 petabytes of storage just in pictures of the specimen. So the entire brain would take ~ 1.6 zettabytes of storage, cost $50 billion, and require 140 acres. It would be the largest data center on the planet— one brain.

Full scan of 1 cubic millimeter of brain tissue took 1.4 petabytes of data, equivalent to 14,000 4K movies — Google's AI experts assist researchers

Mind-boggling mind research.

www.tomshardware.com

Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 7h

It takes a lot to get me there, but when I'm done, I'm done; and you are dead to me.

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you so much for sharing, Gess! 😍 I hope you can come to the launch!

Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 11h

Look ma! I wrote a book!

GESSwrites @gesswrites.bsky.social · 12h

Look at what my friends @ileenieweenie.bsky.social and @danielaquirke.bsky.social are getting up to:

It's a BOOK LAUNCH!

Save the date. Mark your calendars. Book your tickets.
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

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Ovi Photography @ovip.bsky.social · 1d

Graceful Gaze

#Photography #Birds #BirdPhotography #TravelPhotography #Travel #India

Photo of a Peacock, taken in Kochi, India.

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 1d

Is anyone interested in being part of my book launch team by reading an advance copy of my novel, The Whole Enchilada, and writing a review when it launches on 11/1?

TWE is a story set in the late 90s about finding yourself, reconciling with your past...and space aliens.

#WritingCommunity #BookSky

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 1d

If you do an ab workout, you should try your best not to accidentally swallow your tea the wrong way resulting in a coughing fit.

Ask me how I know.

Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 1d

If you're interested and able to participate, fill out this form: forms.gle/wTFDx6vYWosi...

The Whole Enchilada LAUNCH TEAM form

Here's the deal: I provide you with an electronic advance reader copy of my debut novel, The Whole Enchilada, and you read it and write a review to be posted on Amazon (and any other bookish platforms...

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 1d

Is anyone interested in being part of my book launch team by reading an advance copy of my novel, The Whole Enchilada, and writing a review when it launches on 11/1?

TWE is a story set in the late 90s about finding yourself, reconciling with your past...and space aliens.

#WritingCommunity #BookSky

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 1d

Hello! Would you like to stay updated about my budding writing career and the launch of my debut novel?

Sign up for my free and unobtrusive newsletter today:
mailchi.mp/720ffab2081a...

Thank you!

#WritingCommunity

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2d

you are no longer allowed to have imposter syndrome.

not after this bari omgwtf weiss situation.

you're literally not allowed to feel imposter syndrome ANYMORE

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 1d

🫖🫖🫖

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"

Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...

A photo of Bari Weiss over a headline: "Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You're doomed"

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Mamady @mamady.bsky.social · 1d

Mother Nature’s version of rock stacking.

No sheep were available for scale, but they could easily meander beneath that boulder!

#Photography #RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin #Nature #Art #Photohour #Stormhour #Scape #BlueSky #ClassicMono #Monochrome #B&W #BlackandWhite #NationalTrust #Yorkshire

Black and white photo of a towering rock formation at Brimham Rocks, showing stacked sandstone layers perched improbably on a narrow point above rocky ground.

A giant balancing boulder at Brimham Rocks rises among dense vegetation, its smooth layers and rounded shape set against a cloudy sky.

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Louise Fryer 🎃 @louisecfryer.bsky.social · 1d

#blackandwhitephotography #ClassicMono #stainedglass #window #church #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Black and white photo of a stained glass church window.

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 2d

Got in a workout tonight *and* made nachos for dinner. Life is good.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

Reminder that everything you post can be seen by law enforcement.

Be smart, especially now, and don't snitch on yourself. Posting specifics about actions or promoting violence on social media is just a bad idea. There's a reason organizers and activists use Signal. You can't resist from a cage.

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YK Hong @ykhong.bsky.social · Aug 25

When you understand NO ONE needs Big Tech, you are that much more free.

No one needs Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, Palantir, Google, Meta, Spotify, Netflix, or any company that steals our data, breaches our privacy, and exploits the land and all living beings.

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Jordon Nardino @jnardino.bsky.social · 3d

They are called writers

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 3d

No.

Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 3d

I've grown to hate them. Feckless cowards.

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 3d

Pinto beans with sliced avocado and a sprinkling of cheese, with two butter tortillas. I am LIVING.

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DJFoodandSkeet?? @djfoodanddrink.bsky.social · 3d

Shut. Yo. Bitch. Ass. Up.

CNBC @cnbc.com · 3d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

cnb.cx

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olive consumer's ambulatory skeleton @machete.gay · 3d

i know i tend to have a pretty harsh line on political and historical literacy but if you think the primary cause of conflict in the near and middle east is religion rather than much more modern, material political forces, you're a world-class dumbshit and should reconsider that perspective

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