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Isobel_Starling

@isobelstarling.bsky.social

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✪Irish ✪ Novelist ✪ Artist ✪ #AmWriting WIP: NEED TO KNOW -an M/M thriller ✪ 85 books in 5 languages ✪55 #Audiobooks ✪ Hell-NO to AI ✪No Crypto bros ✪ 18+Only https://linktr.ee/Decentfellowspress

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · Nov 12

The Shatterproof Bond series took 9 years to complete.
It's out in English & has translations in German & French. Buy on Amazon & other retailers in ebook, paperback, & audio 😍

amzn.to/3o6j84e

#lgbtqreads #thrillerbooks #BookBoost #Bookbluesky #readingcommunity #writerslife #mmromance #amazon

The image is a graphic featuring the six novels in the Shatterproof Bond M/M Romance thriller series by Isobel Starling

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1h

They're all using the same databases.

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David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 6h

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 6h

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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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 5h

Authors whose works are in the LibGen pirate database downloaded by Anthropic for AI training & now subject of a massive class action settlement: @sfwa.bsky.social has an online survey to gather data on the impact (you don't need to be a SFWA member to participate) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Author Experience Survey: Did Anthropic Downloads Include Your Work?

SFWA is gathering information to share with the larger genre and literary community about our specific experiences with the LibGen dataset download. Do you have a story you'd like to share? Was one o...

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 6h

I wish it was an actual Stargate then it could be opened and we could fuck Trump, Musk, Bezos, Zuck, and a handful of other arseholes through it to juke it out, dick swinging on another planet.

Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 6h

Shout this from the fucking rooftops, people!! #fuckAI

A meme that says 'petition to add this button to literally every app right now: Exclude AI
meme by @FLScience

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 6h

I don't remember this. Can you back it up with a link?

Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 9h

Other industries pay third party royalties when they use copyrighted material. There's a self-reporting system set up to deal with it. LLMs need a constant supply of new data. It's how the models evolve. AI companies decided that it would be too expensive to licence, so they thought,fuck it & stole.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 9h

And the problem is? Any industry that cannot survive without theft doesn't deserve to exist. #fuckAI

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 9h

In the UK, couriers will throw your package over a fence or in the bin and say it's delivered. 🙃

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 9h

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 10h

New #Hansry #fanart for #Kinktober2025
"Outside sex"

The full artwork is on my www.patreon.com/thistlearts

#KCD2 #art #ink #BWart #BLart #MMart 🎨

Digital ink artwork. Henry Holds Hans from behind leaning towards Hans's ear. Hans grabs an iron fence with both hands, holding on to it.

Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 10h

This is just the same pot of money being passed around like a frat house bong. #burstthebubble

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 21h

There's no natural disaster. These dudes are the storm troopers, they're the canon fodder and 'following orders' is the excuse many soldiers have used for murder. It takes balls to not be part of a war against your own people. I wonder if any of them have them.

Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 22h

The gun is still in the 007 logo. But they've made him look like 1970s catalogue man. He's got a licence to sell you slacks.😂

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1d

I agree, he's an absolute scumbag, but also wtf are 16 yr old girls doing 'alone' with him or messaging him online? Why would any parent allow their 16 yr old daughter to visit him at his 'studio' or his home. None of this is innocent or okay.

Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1d

Give us your ID for age verification, they say

Everything is encrypted and safe, they say! 😱 ☠️ #discord

Guardian website headline : proof of age ID leaked in Discord data breach

Videos game chat platform tells users that driver's licenses and passports were among forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider.

Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1d

Jokes aside, this is for 4000 artists only & there's an application process. The reality is finding a room & studio space in Ireland is a nightmare. I know this from 17 yrs experience living in Ireland. UBI would have good, as it was awful trying to explain my art practice to the dole office.🫠

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1d

a monkey is stealing a tire from a car .

ALT: a monkey is stealing a tire from a car .

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1d

I'd say history shows men with sideburns are not to be trusted. History just keeps repeating...the next generation never learns!

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1d

My sis in law has this look. She'd got her man, had two kids and couldn't be bothered to follow society's rules of 'attractiveness'. Cut her hair short, wears whatever's comfy. We all get to a stage where there are no fucks left to give.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1d

Be cause despite shouting about patriotism and 'getting their country back' deep down some don't feel like they belong anywhere. They're living on stolen lands, and so try to find out about their ancestors and how they got to the US.

Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie is laughing with his mouth open

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is laughing with his mouth open

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1d

Both fantasy series are rather successful!