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Greg Michaelson
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An idle singer of an empty day https://www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/solstice/
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 14h
That's your call, of course. But are there technical advantages? For example in the tool set or advertising policies or quality of print on demand?
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 14h
What do you see as their advantage over Amazon for self-publishing?
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 18h
Well done! Where do you submit it?
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 20h
Going to the cinema. Adverts and refreshments vary enormously.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 2d
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BBC News - Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers
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Scientists race to make 'living' computers powered by human cells
BBC News goes inside the lab powering computers with 'mini brains' grown from human cells.
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Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · 3d
Welcome to day five of National Poetry Day at Ink Sweat & Tears!

We hope that you enjoy today’s poets - Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana, Ruth Aylett, Brian Comber - and their examination of imaginary/creative Play:

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#InkSweatandTears #NationalPoetryDay
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 3d
I had a CZ 175 in the later 70s. Really solid engineering. All that was needed for maintenance was a 13mm spanner, pliers and screwdrivers. Quite unlike my earlier Honda 50cc moped which required a bag of specialised tools.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 3d
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 4d
Whats the project title?
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 5d
Here’s Hamish Henderson’s “Freedom Come-All-Ye”, sung by Karine Polwart in the Italian Chapel, Orkney. The chapel was built & decorated by Italian POWs during WW2 using scraps & reclaimed materials, & is still in use today
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“Freedom Come All Ye” performed by Karine Polwart in The Italian Chapel, Orkney, August 2013.
YouTube video by Alan Ferrier
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 8d
#Afghanistan: The Taliban’s nationwide internet blackout is an alarming escalation in its assault on free expression.

PEN International calls for the immediate reversal of the shutdown.

Read our full statement ⬇️

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Afghanistan: Taliban imposes nationwide communications blackout, cutting off millions from the outside world — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
‘ The ongoing internet shutdown is a grave escalation of the Taliban’s longstanding efforts to silence any form of expression it disagrees with. By isolating Afghanistan from the outside world and den...
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 8d
You're too young to smoke...?
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 12d
A common bacterium was genetically engineered to eat a plastic-derived molecule and then digest it to produce the everyday painkiller, paracetamol.
BBC News - The bacteria turning waste plastic into painkillers
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The bacteria turning waste plastic into painkillers
How did E. coli become such an essential tool for scientists and will anything replace it?
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 13d
For the later Scottish impact on the Carribean have a look at black historian Dr Sue Craig-James' books on Tobago. What Mean These Stones is about the Scottish churches.
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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 13d
Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens Origins By 400,000 Years www.iflscience.com/million-year...
Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Homo Sapiens Are Nearly Twice As Old As We Thought
And our ancestors may have originated outside of Africa.
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Stairwell Books @stairwellbooks.bsky.social · 15d
In or near Mancs? THIS SATURDAY: the return of Northern Publishers Book fair! Free! Mancs central library, 27 Sept 11-3.30pm. This time: chat with agents! Founded & organised by amazing Bella of @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social!
Poster with orange background and logos of 13 publishers and two literary agencies. Northern Publishers' Fair, Saturday 27 September, Manchester Central Library, 11am to 3.30pm. Text: New for this Autumn networking edition! The chatty table: Agents Emma Layfield (Children's Book North Agency) and Clare Coombes (Liverpool Literary Agency) will be on hand to chat to any aspiring/established authors with publication journey questions! Emma also happy to chat to any children's book illustrators. Grab a Fly on the Wall Press goodie bag; a limited edition tote: 'Reading is Resistance', with two free mystery books and bookish goodies! Publishers attending currently include: Fly on the Wall Press Manchester University Press Spilt Ink Magazine Confingo Publishing Peepal Tree Press Vertebrate (Adventure) Publishing Carcanet Stairwell Books Saraband Northodox Flapjack Press
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 15d
And then comes the Solstice...
With @ruthaylett.bsky.social from @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #writing #book
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Solstice
Helen and her cousin Malcolm are reluctantly thrown together again to combat a multi-dimensional conspiracy, involving love and drugs and quantum futures. As the solstice approaches, they must coop…
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 16d
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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 16d
Well, if it’s 23 September... YES, THAT’S RIGHT! It’s the 71st anniversary of the hunt for the Gorbals Vampire, in which hundreds of children aged from four to 14, armed with dogs, knives and sharpened sticks went looking for an urban myth
Daily Mirror front page shows grainy image of horde of children in a cemetery, and the headline “Amazing scene as hundreds of children rush cemetery”
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 17d
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BBC News - Precious Rosemarkie hoard lay forgotten for almost 3,000 years - BBC News
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Precious Rosemarkie hoard lay forgotten for almost 3,000 years
Archaeologists say it is a mystery why the buried Bronze Age valuables were never recovered by their owners.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 17d
The Equinox is not what it seems...!
With @ruthaylett.bsky.social from @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #writing #book
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Equinox
Helen and Malcolm independently stumble upon interlocking pieces of a multi-faceted conspiracy, concerning the Fundamental Forces (F2) plant on the Moor. It’s soon clear that deeper, perhaps …
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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 17d
Welcome to MAGAland

As long as we obey
Everything will be OK

Genius
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Jake @jakeju.bsky.social · 19d
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 17d
According to Citizen Wiki, autumn starts 1st Sept, meteorological, or 22nd Sept, astronomical, or even 1st August, Solar/Celtic...
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 18d
Yup, 2007 fingering 1997 when that nice Mr Blair accepted all of Mrs T's axework.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 18d
Distinguishing Technology from Science and Engineering has been bad for mathematics. Formal logic, automata theory, category theory etc once core Computer Science, now languish in IT against coding, whatever that is. Look out statistics and probability, data science is coming for you...
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 18d
There were external factors that reduced demand for natural science graduates, principally Thatcherite privatisation of major industries with R&D labs. This led to assest stripping which further cut opportunities for joint activity. Aerospace, pharma, energy, computers...
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