𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆

I, too, would like to be on this list.

The reason so many of these people love the idea of nostalgia is because it’s an escape from the modern condition they helped create; and a regression to literal childhood when things were ‘better’ (translation: simpler because they were children).

That didn’t take long.

Thank you for following up on this. I’d imagine they needed to pull the plug before the class action lawsuits began.

Absolute ghouls. They can fuck right off… into the sun.

Translation: we pulled the plug before the libel and class action lawsuits begin.

Whatever you’ve been smoking, I want some for writing.

“Carreyrou is a master craftsman whose authority as a writer speaks for itself. Grammarly is a soulless operation struggling to stay ahead of the advances in AI that will make it irrelevant… people would love to write like Carreyrou; no one is striving to write like Grammarly.”

FUCK GRAMMARLY.

An absolutely wonderful space to work in. Would go again.

Huge congratulations to @nickbrucker.bsky.social on the announcement of this deal. Very pleased to be reading this at the moment and it’s a *lot* of fun!

Photograph depicts the upper level of Gladstone’s library in North Wales. Long bookshelves and timber frames in an Edwardian grade one listed building.

Very disappointed to learn a prominent historical fiction author regularly uses AI to shortcut their way through research. Doing your own research by visiting a library is a vital component to working out your narrative.

In the end, I found way more than I expected and it was worth the effort.

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign

'About 10,000 writers have contributed to Don’t Steal This Book, in which the only content is a list of their names. Copies of the work are being distributed to attenders at the London book fair on Tuesday'. 1/2

That’s super disappointing.

Writing advice on the whole is bullshit but there are — in my opinion — only two Immutable Laws of writing; reading your own work out aloud is one of them 👇

Putting me to shame, Beth. What’s in the bowl?

I find a great deal of spiritual comfort when I read the scared text:

“SEO, Farmating & Make you tok stour Book an Print Design!”

— AR 44:5

“Let go, or be dragged.” — Zen proverb

I’m personally looking forward to Old Sheldon.

@jim.londoncentric.media's exposé of mass evictions from of London’s biggest landlords has made the rounds last week. In the early 60s, another notorious landlord, Peter Rachman, had his shady business practices exposed, as Neil Root explains👇

Making my child dress as Richard Osman for World Book Day

Absolute classic. That final sequence absolutely scared the shit out of me.

We’ve not heard from him since the Toyota broke down!

This also happened to me with someone in America. I see your Bob at Nissan, Bible Study emails — and your hardcore pornography subscriptions.

Post from Julia Fine that says, "Write the book you want to read because you will have to read it 75 times."

#writerslife

Should’ve kept the TV, too.

WOW.

#WOTD: Arigata Meiwaku (🇯🇵 ありがた迷惑) — when someone does you a favour or gesture that you didn't ask for, and no matter how much inconvenience it causes you; you must still thank them afterwards.

FootClan YouTube video by Thunderhorsevideo

All I wanted to do as a teenager was hang out in the FootClan’s headquarters (from TMNT II)

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I know the TTSS is a polarising topic amongst le Carré fans, but I think it’s a wonderful adaption of the source material — it’s an exceedingly difficult task to edit a series’ worth of plot and tone into a two hour film and I thought it was a great exercise in presenting the essence of the story. 🤷