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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 21h

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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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 1d

I was waiting patiently for his jaw to dislocate and the true form inside to climb out..

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 3d

Sorry Mark. So sorry. Be well, when you get there. Celebrate. But be okay right now.

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 3d

Oh fuck.

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 4d

Happy birthday Alastair!

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 5d

Congratulations Ben - thoroughly deserved.

(Halfway through it - am going to assume the second half isn’t awful)

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 6d

what’s the word for having just signed a contract to do a thing that you’re not going to tell anyone about for about a week, after which it’ll dominate your creative life until, say, the end of November?

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 6d

This would indeed appear to be the case. Stares very hard at @springer.springernature.com and wonders what they’re actually good for?

Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 6d

The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results

Welcome to the Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website
Are you the legal or beneficial copyright owner of a book included in the Anthropic Copyright Settlement?
You could get a payment from the $1.5 billion Settlement.

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George Walkley @georgewalkley.com · 6d

A hugely important update for authors and publishers: you may not be eligible, it's a defined list of titles based on US copyright registration and date eligibility, not everything in LibGen. But take five minutes to be sure 👉

Independent Publishers Guild @independentpublishersguild.com · 6d

If you think you are entitled to a share of the $1.5bn class action settlement with AI firm Anthropic in the US, you can now file a claim.

The settlement website has all the info including a searchable database of eligible titles, claim forms and FAQs www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
#booksky

ANT Homepage | ANT

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 7d

He’s dead right about that.

And walking the byways of Withered Hill might just open another door for you in 30 days time too…

David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 7d

It's the perfect time of year to investigate ROADS TO WITHERED HILL, the immersive audio experience developed by @tomabba.studio to accompany my folk horror novel. It's free and you just need to plug yourself into your phone and go for a VERY unsettling short walk.
discover.witheredhill.place

Roads to Withered Hill

discover.witheredhill.place

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Natalie P (is not a vampire) 🦇 @sashette.bsky.social · 8d

Realised I'd shared this with friends over the weekend, but not you.

Yes, it's a lovely old video on modelling, but crucially about 12 minutes in there's the most unhinged walk through of a railway diorama where there's vandals, death, lambs to slaughter, a bit more death and Druid stones.

1975: MODEL RAILWAYS - All You Need to Know | Model World | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 8d

oh my. Thankyou.

Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 8d

the soundtrack is one of my reasons for quietly despising streaming services (it’s only half-complete on any platform I’ve ever found. My CD copy remains intact!)

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 8d

I’m sorry the how long?

(Looks at schedule. Decides to invent a day without meetings)

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 8d

If you haven't seen the full 4.5hr cut of Wim Wenders's UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (1991), what the fuck are you even doing with your life?!?!?!?

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 9d

be careful what you wish for… @georgewalkley.com and I did half-seriously consider sounding you out on an RPG earlier this summer…

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 12d

Welcome to Bristol. (I assume you know your way around? Shout if you need anything)

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 13d

Well, apparently (although evidently opened and inspected) it got through in (counts on his fingers) seven days. Including the weekend, obviously.

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 13d

your kingdom?

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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 14d

"The print edition of The Intelligence Illusion is available for order"

www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/the-pri...

It's been a long road to get here. Will write more about it over the next few days, but first I need to nap and rest a bit 🙂

The print edition of The Intelligence Illusion is available for order

Web dev at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

www.baldurbjarnason.com

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 15d

cassette tape

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 16d

People are making Rapture jokes like there's no tomorrow

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 19d

That last repost for the early crowd.

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 19d

Okay. Two books published today.

Each is designed to be strange. They’re books, and not books. They know who you are, and where they came from. And they’re not going back quietly.

Shipping today.

ambientliterature.bigcartel.com/product/none...

ambientliterature.bigcartel.com/product/none...

A collection of book like objects inside a burned casing

A book spread. One side is burned, the other reads ‘none of this happened the way you thought it would’

Typographically challenging book page spread.

Collaged spread of two pages. A thin column of text on the right hand page.

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Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 19d

Can we include the Twin Peaks board game? (My copy is safely hidden from the children)

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 19d

Hold on. I want to see billionaires do this on a live tech demo based on the AI technology they say will change the world.

Make this the Opening Ceremony at Davos.

(Bonus points if we can get some Dalek-themed backdrops.)

ALTON🏺🦊 @rudefoxalton.bsky.social · 20d

Wow we should base our entire economy on this technology

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