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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 4h

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · 20h

"Quit horsing around"
"Oh, do you mean planning ahead and thinking strategically? Never."

A screenshot of an article. The headline reads "Horses can plan ahead and think strategically, scientists find". Underneath is a picture of a elegant brown horse with a black mane, captioned "Equine scientists believe they have demonstrated a much higher degree of intelligence in horses than previously assumed."

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Joel Cornah @joelcornah.bsky.social · 3d

When you see the world as a story, you forget to be a person.
The Sea-Stone Sword explores the power of stories. Both for good, and for evil. And what happens to a person who makes their own life into a story?
#fantasybooks #bookrecs #lgbtqbooks
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/book...

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 4d

Martha Kelly (@MarthaKelly3) onn twitter: "Under capitalism, it's normal to let children go hungry, let banks force people out of their homes, let sick people die for lack of access to healthcare. But the idea that billionaires could just be less rich - not poor, not struggling, just less rich, is considered insane."

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 1d

Very exciting!

Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 1d

Happy editor @rozc.bsky.social with the next @wtpress.bsky.social Wiz Duos from @r-emrys.bsky.social and @aknighton.bsky.social - launching at WFC!

Riz, a white lady with curly red hair and oval glasses wearing a grey cardie, holding two copies of Duo 3

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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.

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trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 1d

I'll go even further than just needing to ask permission

any AI model which uses other people's data or work should ask for permission AND offer compensation. Any AI model which doesn't do this should be immediately deleted - not reworked to take stuff out - wholesale deleted and you start again.

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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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 1d

Good advice here. Pete Sutton and I are running a workshop on Getting through the Slush Pile at @bristolcon.bsky.social , if you're interested?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection

As a writer, I have been rejected thousands of times, and it initially led to shock, denial and anger. Then I accepted it. Here’s what you can gain from doing so too

www.theguardian.com

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Ka'ra the tuxedo cat @karaisntactive.bsky.social · 2d

eVery body scream!

aAaaaaaahhhhhhh!

Ka'ra the tuxedo cat sits on a wooden coffee table, head leaned back to either yawn or scream. Her little white hands sit in front of her and look tiny. You can see here that the inside of her mouth isn't fully pink, she has black spots on the roof of her mouth. She was born with them.

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Joel Cornah @joelcornah.bsky.social · 2d

Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 2d

Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)

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Stephen Cox @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Proof whatever the author's intentions, a reader can miss them.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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NG @ng1978.bsky.social · 2d

The Opposition and the party that’s leading in the polls literally have policies more extreme than the BNP 20 years ago

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 3d

David is slightly unfair. There is a clear difference here.

Conservatives and Reform plan to forcibly expel large numbers of people who are legal, permanent residents of migrant origin. The BNP proposal is voluntary.

David Herdson @davidherdson.bsky.social · 3d

This below is from the 2005 BNP manifesto.

Spot the difference with current Tory and Reform policy.

(p14 news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp... )

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 2d

Every policy announcement from Labour, the Tories and Reform is competing for maximum cruelty atm

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Joel Cornah @joelcornah.bsky.social · 3d

When you see the world as a story, you forget to be a person.
The Sea-Stone Sword explores the power of stories. Both for good, and for evil. And what happens to a person who makes their own life into a story?
#fantasybooks #bookrecs #lgbtqbooks
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/book...

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 4d

Good news! The Green Man's War is a Kindle ebook deal for October. You can get fully caught up with Dan Mackmain's adventures before The Green Man's Holiday is published on 30th October.
www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-W...

Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · Aug 30

Congratulations to Juliet E McKenna whose The Green Man's War is finalist for Best Novel in the British Fantasy Awards.
wizardstowerpress.co...

Cover of The Green Man’s War by Juliet E McKenna. Art by Ben Baldwin.

Image is of the face of an angry wyrm against a dark forest background.

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Joel Cornah @joelcornah.bsky.social · 4d

Three is the magic number!
#DoctorWho #cosplay

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 5d

Our update for today delves into the early history of the Welsh church. Did you know that one of Wales's most famous early saints was the son of a fairy prince?
www.kickstarter.com/...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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Joel Cornah @joelcornah.bsky.social · 5d

It's my birthday today! Please consider buying a copy of The Sea-Stone Sword as a gift. 😅
#bookrecommendations #fantasybooks
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/book...

The Sea-Stone Sword

ISBNs Paperback: 978-1-917950-08-4 EPUB: 978-1-917950-07-7

wizardstowerpress.com

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Joel Cornah @joelcornah.bsky.social · 5d

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 6d

I've done a blog post talking about the Kickstarter campaign that I am running:

A Kickstarter Campaign | Cheryl's Mewsings

So, here we go again. I'm trying to fund a new anthology with a Kickstarter campaign. There's a good reason why I am doing this. I want to be able to offer authors a good rate for their stories. I can't put the money up myself because the chances of getting it back are not

www.cheryl-morgan.com

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