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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 10h

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 8h

A handful of big tweeters caused #Scarfolk to go viral and within 6 months I had the first book deal.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 20h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 1d

#NowPlaying Vaughan Williams' score for 49th Parallel, which contains a jarring passage that coincidentally sounds like it's quoting 'We've Only Just Begun' by The Carpenters.
There should be a word for this.
Another springs to mind: Sweep (as in Sooty & Sweep) talking in a Herbie Hancock track.

movie poster: 49th Parallel with Leslie Howard and Olivier

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 1d

Every year, without fail, people post birthday messages to a guy I know on Facebook, despite the fact that he has neither posted nor responded to their greetings, in 16 years. One always says, 'maybe we'll finally get to meet up again this year'.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 1d

So, even if your books were exploited by #Anthropic, you're only eligible for a payout if your work was registered in the US.
Typical. The rest of the world doesn't exist.
$1.5billion is going somewhere, but it ain't to millions of non-American authors.

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 1d

A few of Strasbourg cathedral's gargoyles keeping an eye on things yesterday...

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 1d

#NowPlaying "Please Touch My Horn, Lady"

#jazz #milesdavis

Record on a shelf: Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 2d

My music app's auto-tagging function thinks this guy is avant-garde, minimalist composer Terry Riley (or free jazz trumpeter Don Cherry).
Terry looks about right, though.
Terry Coxbottoms from Wigan, whose pub-circuit/wedding singer name is Terry Cherry.

Some middle-aged cross-eyed country-looking dude with black acoustic guitar

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, I'm aware of that, but if he had received a diagnosis back then, it would more likely have been named as asperger's. Even my official diagnosis letter (from 2021) mentions the term asperger's.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 4d

I just watched a documentary on Edward Hopper. Couldn't make eye contact; isolated himself; detail focused; experienced social discomfort; signs of depression.
Another one for team aspergers/ #autism?
#asd

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 4d

Good night from sleazy Camelot

purple motel room with fake beams, fake windows and coats of arms

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 4d

ouch

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 4d

You've no idea how painful it is for me to admit these things, how deeply guilty I feel. I feel like I'm a destroyer of cultural heritage. They are impossibly lucky/rare finds that have survived the decades/centuries... until I came along

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 4d

I'm a bit of a jinx in this regard.
I recently picked up a cheap print from a flea market. The seller didn't realise it's an original 1930 cinema window card worth 100s. As I was carefully removing it from the damaged frame, it snapped and crumbled with the lightest touch (high acid content).

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 4d

Life gives you things then takes them away.
- Found a large, old travel poster in a charity shop. 5 quid.
- Turns out it's a 1905 original. One sold in 2012 for nearly 3 grand.
- I stored it to await framing.
- Silverfish/paperfish ate it.
- Now it's worth 5 quid. At a push.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 5d

You know you're getting old when the dream job you wanted as a teenager is now on the list of Critically Endangered Crafts (matte painting, filmmaking)

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 5d

Trying to watch the new Alan Partridge.
The only way I can describe it is: Alan Partridge has turned into, well, Alan Partridge.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 5d

Meanwhile:
Google AI Overview: "'The Beatles' does not yield any results. No such music group is known to have existed. You might mean 'beetles', which are insects, but it is very unlikely that such creatures can create popular music..."
"This AI result used more water than all of Canada in 1 year"

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 5d

"We get it; the clock is ticking. That's why we're burning through vital, vanishing natural resources to work out why all the vital natural resources are vanishing so quickly..."

Google landing page "Applying AI towards science and the environment"

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 6d

Bluesky's trends list is frustratingly US-centric. It really should be more region-specific. Europe could be sinking into the ocean and the top trends would be about some minor sport that isn't even played outside the US, or a soap star unknown outside the US.
For 12 days straight.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 6d

Philip Glass is looking at me with sheer disdain.
It's probably because I'm in Switzerland where, if you type his name into any online shop, you will only receive results for glass light bulbs made by Philips. Adding 'vinyl' increases the results to include Philips vinyl mop accessories.
#NowPlaying

Record on a shelf: Philip Glass - Solo Piano

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 6d

Indeed. Beggs was also in Steve Hackett's band. Chester Thompson (Genesis) was in Weather Report & Zappa's band, and Daryl Steurmer (also Genesis) was in Jean-Luc Ponty's band. Plus there's the Collins/Brand X connection. Bruford's jazz stuff, too. And that's just Genesis alumni. Lots of crossovers.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks. It's still possible to hear the show - there are bootlegs circulating

Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 6d

Over the years, I've casually looked for the poster advertising Miles Davis's 1st UK tour in 1960, especially the Manchester Free Trade Hall show. Nothing has ever come up, but then I remembered I'm a graphic designer, so...

#jazz #graphicdesign #midcentury #design

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Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social · 7d

Here you go...
Probably the last time David drew Mr Benn.
It's a treasured souvenir.

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