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Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp

@janevsw.bsky.social

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Retired rare books librarian, formerly Institute of Naval Medicine civvy, thwarted medievalist, enthusiast of history, cooking, words and singing, writer, occasional poet, permanently on wheels; married to retired PO (Comms) RNR, signal engineer, bass.

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Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · Nov 17

Thought I hadn't screenshot these before Brian Sibley left the other place. But <phew> I had. Time to blow my own trumpet for once.

Brian Sibley: "Just read Waterbound, @JaneVSW's excellent futuristic novel championing the demand for difficult and dangerous questions to be asked and calling for its characters (and reader) to have the courage to challenge unacceptable prejudices. Terrific, memorable story for teens & up." Above a cover image of Waterbound / Jane Stemp, strapline "Secrets hidden where the river runs," picture showing a folded red lily floating on dark water.

Brian Sibley: "An exceptional book written for teen readers but able to reach and touch any adult reader with imagination and even a grain of social conscience. A believable futuristic novel, strongly plotted, with contemporary, nuanced characters and a defiant challenge to human prejudices."

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Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 1d

And would I care??

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking of you Matt

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 1d

😁

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 😊

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 1d

🙄

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 1d

That's ... unprintable. So sorry xx

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 1d

Update: much to my disgruntlement, we the (unpaid) authors would have to *pay* the journal publishers what my co-author describes as a "not-trivial amount" for open access.
😡
I'll wait to see what transpires by way of author copies ...

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Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 2d

Sincerely hoping they will let co-author and me keep it open access! Otherwise it's samizdat here we come ...

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 2d

Publication pending – co-author & I heave a sigh of relief.
#NavalHistory
"Congratulations on the acceptance of your paper 'Hospital Ships of the Royal Navy in World War One: From Pre-war Planning to the Aftermath of Jutland'."
In the International Journal of Military History – some time soon.

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Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 2d

You and me with the needles.

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 2d

Worse. And for longer.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 3d

We have improved our links with the Allmaps project, so that any of our maps can be freely, collaboratively georeferenced and then brought back into our Georeferenced Maps viewer 🗺️

Learn more > maps.nls.uk/view/help/

#Georeference #MapMonday #Maps

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Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 3d

Hugs!

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 3d

Tommy [Atkins] Robinson [Crusoe] – making himself out to be simultaneously one of the rank & file, and the crusading hero in a hostile world. 🤢

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 3d

Deep breaths and relax. Awake at the moment if you need to rant on DM 1😊

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 3d

"Yes, miss, that's your, er, brother's yacht, Miss, and no, that's not her spinnaker coming adrift ... that's the— the salute to incoming valued passengers!"

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 6d

No, @thebookseller.com this is not the full list of books used to train Anthropic’s AI. It excludes many books (including mine) that were stolen and used but which do not meet the specific criteria of the settlement. Books not copyrighted in the US are excluded, so UK editions get nothing.

Screenshot saying “Full list of books used to traunAnthropic AI model released”

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Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 4d

Bookmarking ...

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 4d

Who's stolen our sunshine?! (soggy in Somerset)

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 5d

Juice of Lemons?

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 5d

That's horrendous. There are definitely things not worth losing weight for...

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 5d

"sanitized tape-worms"??? Good grief...

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 6d

Hmm right. Thank you for confirming my suspicions!

Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 6d

Aunt Mabel made a lovely corpse,
No more pain in all her bunions;
We went round to Mrs Thorpe's,
And supped at nine on tripe and onions.