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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 40m

I think there should be an imprint called Star Fucker Books that only signs celebrities and social media stars. I mostly think the purpose is for big 5 publishers to have the odd famous person at their events and for their corporate promos.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 44m

Further, I am bored of motherhood books written by privileged white women.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 45m

Lorraine Kelly’s daughter. That’s my comment on this. 👀

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 49m

Seven Dials has acquired Mother to Mother to Mother: Navigating Motherhood Through the Generations, the debut book from Rosie Kelly Smith, publishing in February 2026 👇 #BookSky

Seven Dials bags Rosie Kelly Smith’s debut book on ‘navigating motherhood through the generations’

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Louise Nicholas @louisenicholas.bsky.social · 1h

When I had my breakdown it was 6 months til my first phone appt with NHS counselling; I'd already resigned because work would not consider the reasonable accommodations I needed. Took 2 more years for a proper diagnosis #ADHD

So yeah, the problem is totally fixed by applying for jobs.

Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 4h

Can only speak for myself, but think I'm not unusual, by the time you see a GP about mental health issues, you are at crisis point - finding it hard to get out of bed, eat, speak to anyone, deal with finances etc - but sure, tell me about the jobs I can apply for at that moment.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 3h

It is so far from what we need, isn’t it. Wish you well and better days x

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly this. It’s a brutal world

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 3h

Also true, another reason not to seek help

RobPatch @2patchitup.bsky.social · 4h

Also it may make your mental health worse if you think that by making a dr's appointment you may also have to see these people.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 3h

💯

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 4h

Exactly this

nebredral @nebredral.bsky.social · 4h

Prospective employers can get itchy feet if you divulge existing, controlled medical issues… so the chances of them taking on someone with ‘current’ MH issues? Hahaha, good luck with that one!

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 4h

And don't get me started on the provision of care for people with mental health illnesses across the NHS. Get out of here. And I say that has a strident NHS supporter.

This is what it mostly consists of - here take these anti-depressants and they might help in about 2 to 4 weeks. Bye

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 4h

People REALLY don't take mental health illness seriously, do they? One of the reasons I describe my breakdown as like having a car crash in my brain - everything was broken, you just can't see anything physically. So yes, it did take me over 5 years to get back to something near 'normal'.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 4h

Can only speak for myself, but think I'm not unusual, by the time you see a GP about mental health issues, you are at crisis point - finding it hard to get out of bed, eat, speak to anyone, deal with finances etc - but sure, tell me about the jobs I can apply for at that moment.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 7h

Idea: invest the money being put in AI (to make films) into indie film companies to make films. 🤯

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 21h

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Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social · 22h

THIS. The industry also doesn’t want to admit how it really feels about marginalised voices and books by marginalised voices. #kidlituk

Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

This is as enraging as it is predictable. The industry absolutely does not want to do the work it needs to change structurally (and not just plug on temporary initiatives). www.thebookseller.com/news/report-...

Report reveals 'stark inequalities' and 'precipitous decline' in representation in children's publishing

Literacy charity Inclusive Books for Children has published its annual Excluded Voices report, revealing 'stark inequalities' in UK children’s publishing.

www.thebookseller.com

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 23h

I’m hoping you know I was ridiculing AI?

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

I'm planning to set up a food delivery business, but don't want to pay the people who make the food. If they won't give me free food, they'll kill my business.

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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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

This is as enraging as it is predictable. The industry absolutely does not want to do the work it needs to change structurally (and not just plug on temporary initiatives). www.thebookseller.com/news/report-...

Report reveals 'stark inequalities' and 'precipitous decline' in representation in children's publishing

Literacy charity Inclusive Books for Children has published its annual Excluded Voices report, revealing 'stark inequalities' in UK children’s publishing.

www.thebookseller.com

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely. And they wonder why they don’t want to work on minimum wage 🤪

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

Why bother, when AI can write everything for you? The future ☠️🫣

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

By the way if Charlie’s departure is because of their new distribution centre that doesn’t seem to distribute very well, I demand an ‘Eton Mess’ headline.

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Dan Rhodes @danrhodes.bsky.social · 1d

Almost nobody openly criticises the eminently criticisable publishing racket. Sam's account is a breath of fresh air – well worth a follow if you are in or around the biz.

Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

Charlie Redmayne departing HarperCollins and Kate Elton becoming temporary CEO, is the seamless switch from Eton boy to head girl Kate (privileged white woman).

Oh publishing, never change. Of course you won’t.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers Dan x

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