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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 17h

Nope! I never even watched Hachiko you kidding? I can’t 🤣

🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 17h

I knew about him beforehand but I lacked some details and then getting to see his real pictures and the pile of sticks just did me in tbh

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 18h

This of course includes THE BESTEST OF ALL BEST BOIS.

No, I didn’t tear up at the fact that he gets eternal pets and sticks to play with, why do you ask?

Picture of Greyfriar’s Bobby statue in Edinburgh. A shaggy little dog with an extra shiny nose from years of people petting him.

Plaque of the statue reading:
A tribute to the affectionate fidelity of Greyfriar’s Bobby.
In 1858 this faithful dog followed the remains of his master to Greyfriar’s churchyard and lingered near the spot until his death in 1872.

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a helmet is standing in front of a sign that says this is the way

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 1d

You’d think I’m in Edinburgh to visit the city and it’s landmarks and museums but really I’m on a mission to pet every dog I am allowed to.

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 2d

Manufacturers be like

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 2d

The bald faced lies that surround this machine of evil will never fail to amaze me.

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 2d

Seems fitting that cemetery bunnies should be my most popular post🤣💙

🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 3d

Positively delightful discovery of the day was that the graveyard beneath the Stirling Castle is overrun by bunnies.😍

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Adam Bassett @adamcbassett.com · 4d

Did you know that AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN contains commentary from DOZENS of other authors and artists on worldbuilding and map design?

Some of my favorite comments come from Brandon Sanderson's map designer, Isaac Stewart.

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An excerpt from AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN, a reference book on worldbuilding and cartography for authors and game masters. The excerpt quotes a portion of the book which includes three questions from Brandon Sanderson's map designer, Isaac Stewart: 1, Who commissioned the map and why? 2, are there accidental inaccuracies or intentional inaccuracies on your map? 3, Who owns the map now, and how is it being used?

A graphic showing mockups of the digital and hardcover versions of AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN which contains three parts: Worldbuilding, Life, and Map Design. There are 120+ maps inside plus commentary from dozens of other artists and authors.

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 3d

Positively delightful discovery of the day was that the graveyard beneath the Stirling Castle is overrun by bunnies.😍

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t know about anyone else but I’m getting kinda tired of the TV or book comp that goes

“Game of Thrones meets…” or “The Next Game of Thrones…”

There are other books/series that fit the bill way better than some of these supposed comps do.

It’s been long enough, we can move on. Just saying.

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George Dunn @georgesreads.bsky.social · 6d

“The Graceview Patient,” by @caitlinstarling.com is an unsettling slow-drip of paranoia, exhaustion and unease administered directly into the veins of unwitting readers. An ominous, generally feel-bad, clinical gothic, this one is out from @stmartinspress.bsky.social OCT 14TH

Review: The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling | FanFiAddict

Synopsis: Margaret’s rare autoimmune condition has destroyed her life, leaving her isolated and in pain. It has no cure, but she’s making do as best she can ...

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 7d

The English could never.

British Museum shaking their head over the stuff they “legally” looted.

arrath.bsky.social @arrath.bsky.social · 7d

Explored the wonderful Perth Museum today, and was very pleased to see their modern take on the subject of museums and their collections.

Sad that such an approach would be branded as "woke" back home and derided.

Pictured is a sign advising visitors entering a gallery of exhibits in the Perth Museum, Perth, Scotland that reads:

"Loot

Around the time the collections displayed in this museum began to be amassed in 1784, a new word entered the English Language. 'Loot' is a Hindi word meaning 'stolen goods' and was used to describe the widespread plundering of Northern India by the East India Company.

As people from Perth & Kinross emigrated or travelled to capitalise on the opportunities which an expanding Empire offered, they sent or brought back evidence of their interactions with other cultures and societies.

These interactions were often predicated on state and corporate violence, exploitation, extraction and corruption. Museums were founded on and perpetuated this power dynamic through the ways they have displayed and represented different cultures.

Museums articulate and exercise power. Whose stories get told and whose don't? Who is represented and who is erased?

Who gets to tell these stories and who has the right to hold these objects?

This gallery examines some of the circumstances in which this collection was acquired. It explores some of the ways in which abuses of power in the past can start to be redressed."

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 7d

Maybe it also depends on the LLM? Hopefully this suit will give precedent and the rest will be made to pay as well

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 7d

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 7d

Boosting for anyone who may have missed it!!

Mixed feelings about the amount of authors I follow being on this list. On the one hand sucks your work got stolen, on the other, you’re getting something back!

Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 7d

The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

ANT Homepage | ANT

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 13d

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 15d

I just found the ending to dang satisfying that I get a smile any time I remember it

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 15d

That book was downright delicious 😈

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 15d

Happy release day to #ToriBovalino for #TheSecondDeathOfLocke🔥

I’m still thinking about these idiots days later and I still love them so✨

🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks to @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social I got to have an early look at this drool worthy book - I am still not over how gorgeous this cover is, seriously.

@toribovalino.bsky.social makes her adult debut with #TheSecondDeathOfLocke - Romantic & Epic in equal measure🔥

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Review: The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart #1) by V.L. Bovalino

Synopsis: Love. Loyalty. Sacrifice. Grey Flynn has dedicated her life to her mage, Kier. She will be his blade on the battlefield, his healer and protector.

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 16d

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Liam Quane 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @specificityarchives.com · 16d

🚨 IT'S HERE 🚨 📚 IT'S TIME 📚

The trailer for my next book, LITTLE HEIGHT LIES, has officially arrived!

Please watch BELOW.

Sound on 🔊

Publication date | 2026

#Booksky #Authorsky #Readersky

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 17d

I’d be changing out parts SO fast

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 17d

I keep saying we’ve got some bits that are just terribly engineered

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🍎Eleni Argyrò is Trying Her Best™️ @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 17d

2/2
Like I’m not trying to be snooty or unwelcoming but come on, people…

The whole premise of a book is it being an exploration of how a character with a specific set of skills or background behaves in these given situations.

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