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Erica Wagner

@ericawgnr.bsky.social

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Writer, reader, cook, friend, lover. Contributing Editor, Observer. Contributing Writer for the New Statesman, Consulting Lit Ed for Harper's Bazaar. Podcaster, various. www.ericawagner.co.uk

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · Jun 23

I've always done my editorial work by word-of-mouth, but in redoing my website, I've put up some details of what's available. Need some help? Don't we all, these days. Fiction, non-fiction, memoir: I can work with you. Feel free to spread the word. ericawagner.co.uk/editorial-se...

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David Belbin @davidbelbin.bsky.social · 1d

Salt Books is an excellent publisher who put out exciting books that most multi-nationals wouldn't go near. Think I've bought more @saltpublishing.com titles than any other Indie (bar the ones that publish me, anyway) Why not help them grow? gofund.me/f8293c76d

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

Help Salt Publish Brilliant New Books in 2026 For twenty-… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 6d

Sarah Hall had a “human-made” colophon for her new novel Helm and wants others to use it —

Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 7d

Sigh.

Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 7d

I've made a donation to @npr.org today: will you join me? Whether you love (or are about to discover!) Tiny Desk, Fresh Air, Wait Wait, Planet Money — NPR's goals are worth supporting, now more than ever.

NPR @npr.org · 7d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 7d

thank you, off to the tap

Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 7d

This is what I don’t get about Gen AI. Everything meaningful we do is *process*. And yes: everything is, can be, meaningful.

Kate Nicholls @katenicholls1.bsky.social · 7d

These two pages, generated by genius, are thinking visualised.
Messy, unsure, questing.
Thinking is all about questioning, doubting, exploring, stumbling and imagining.
Darwin and Mendeleev scribbled, walked, visualised, pondered, re-examined and then took leaps into the unknown.
This is human.

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Kate Nicholls @katenicholls1.bsky.social · 7d

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 7d

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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 9d

Data from the Office of National Statistics shows Londoners are less likely to be violent crime victims (26.4 offences per 1,000 pop) than the rest of England & Wales (31.9 offences). Violent crime has fallen in every London borough in the past year.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11d

i told my landlord they're releasing the amelia earhart files and he lowered my rent 50%. i told my grocer and he gave me a free nectarine. i told my doctor and he said i didn't have to pay for the visit. try it. you never know who out there has been waiting for this moment.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11d

It is really funny that Jimmy Kimmel Live showed more moral fortitude and adherence to a system of values than Columbia University

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 11d

An audio clip of Sir Keir Starmer supposedly saying that he “hates” Liverpool is re-circulating on social media.

However there is absolutely no evidence it’s a real recording and it may have been generated by AI.

Debunked Keir Starmer audio reappears ahead of Labour conference in Liverpool – Full Fact

This audio clip of Mr Starmer saying “I f****** hate Liverpool” was first shared in 2023, but there’s absolutely no evidence it’s a real recording, and it may have been generated using AI.

fullfact.org

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 12d

Morning walk

Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 12d

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 12d

Hear bloody hear —

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 12d

This is an incredible opportunity! I won this fellowship and used the time to edit my first novel, You Will Be Safe Here. To meet and learn from writers in Aotearoa New Zaland and to gain valuable teaching experience. Previous holders inc Louise Welsh, Janice Galloway and others. Apply!

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 13d

Calling Scottish #writers!

Apply for the 2026 Scottish Writing Fellowship at the @universityofotago.bsky.social’s Centre for Irish & Scottish Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand, from 1 Aug–30 Sept 2026. Includes flights, accommodation & stipend. Deadline 31 Oct!
#writing
www.otago.ac.nz/ciss

Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies

The Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies provides an opportunity to study the literature, history, politics and culture of Ireland and Scotland – and of the Irish and Scottish diasporas – over the pa...

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 14d

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 14d

the booker prize judges make a lot of fuss about having to read 153 books. but assuming an average weight of 750g per book, that comes in at 115kg of literature - or just under the weight of a single adult male ostrich

Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 15d

Better film than Mary Poppins. Fight me.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16d

The true question right now is whether you believe in the moral character of the British public. If you do, you'll want to have the fight with Reform. You'll believe that the public will hate the idea of breaking up families, spying on & deporting people who've worked here for years.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 17d

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 17d

for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 16d

You keep posting this: but it goes to the wrong link. Please correct.

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 18d

Join us today from 10am-4pm in Victoria Park Market, eat some food inspired by @NigelSlater's recipes and get a free copy of the paper with every order.

We’ll be serving roast pork with plum chutney, and tomatoes, coconut and sweet sour onions, as well as cheesecake with damsons

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 18d

I have also heard that writing a letter, an actual physical one with a stamp, is still a very good way to make your feelings known.

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 19d

Dutch late night TV has its take

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