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Fascinating story from @alexwilkins.bsky.social on what is arguably the strongest part of the AI revolution, and one hidden from most people www.newscientist.com/article/2518...
Default opt-in is one of the key weapons of exploitative tech. The bros aren’t good at informed consent.
Jacket design for new book The Man Who Broke Reality (US edition).
OK, I have a US jacket design now. I think it looks rather handsome.
The book is published in the autumn, in both the UK (Little Brown) and US (University of Chicago Press).
The shortlists for the prestigious Carnegie Medals for Writing & Illustration have been released!
Billed as "The One they all want to win!" the awards celebrate & recognize the most outstanding writing & illustration for young readers #Carnegies2026 📚📜
teenlibrarian.co.uk/2026/03/10/c...
Nobody has ever been so lyrically yet thoroughly excoriated as in this piece. And yet, few people have ever deserved such a complete dismantling as the Prince formerly known as Andrew
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
For reference, anyone citing:
- Christian culture / values
- Western culture / values
- American culture / values
- English culture / values
It's just code for 'white people'.
Let me know if you see one in the wild today!
It is much easier to confess your sins in the dark, than to acknowledge them in the light; to make it up with a god you don't see, than with a man whom you do.. Teach a man to do right, to love justice, to revere truth. So be virtuous, not because a god would reward or punish him hereafter, but because it is right; and as every act brings its own reward or its own punishment, it would best promote his interest by promoting the welfare of society.' Ernestine Rose. Activist and humanist. Humanists uk
For over 130 years, women in the humanist movement have been a radical voice for progress. This #WomensHistoryMonth we celebrate all brave the women who risked everything speaking up for humanism or challenging the influence of religion in society. 🧵
THIS THURSDAY: Five of publishing's sharpest minds are giving slide presentations about things writers actually need to know.
Comp titles. Queries. Book bans. The market.
It's FREE, it's live, and it's going to be great. 🎉
RSVP here: presentation-party.manuscriptacademy.com
Even entertaining the idea that you can get addicted to gooning, I’ll never let society trick me into being ashamed of the one addiction where the primary consequences are a healthy heart & a long life
But don’t take it from me. Take it from Ernest Borgnine, who beat his meat for 95 years straight
It’s incredibly dystopian how pretty much every consumer tech company is going all in on the idea that we all should wear a body cam stuffed with a chatbot.
How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.
incredible stuff, these are the guys who genuinely think that they’re the ones who will benefit from “meritocracy”
I feel some incumbent governments are due an earth-shatteringly enormous “never thought they’d eat MY face” with the AI companies that have decided to bet the future on!
Hey, @societyofauthors.bsky.social, have you used a generated image to promote your anti-AI campaign?
humanauthored.co.uk
bsky.app/profile/barr...
I don’t have stage five when I’m teaching, but I do before giving public talks. However, I generally enjoy giving the talk while it is happening.
I've been thinking this morning: the generation of my sons, they've grown up with US politics dominated by Trumpism since 2016 (including when Biden was in office). Trump, to them, is the political face of the US. That's the image of the US. Respect? I don't think so.
Talk done and heading home. Think students and teachers enjoyed it. Don’t know how people of my age and older do this regularly - I feel absolutely drained!
No watch collection is complete without a Snoopy watch.
Yes, of course I have chosen an appropriate watch to wear for this talk
That is a very nice one!
Thank you :)
No watch collection is complete without a Snoopy watch.
Yes, of course I have chosen an appropriate watch to wear for this talk
Primary Teachers! I’m giving a science week talk this morning about the behaviour of light, based on my book “How to Find a Rainbow” and using some quite magical science demonstrations! You could do something similar (you don’t need me) using the resources here:
Primary Teachers! Science Teachers! Generating awe and wonder is a good way to engage students with science, especially if you know how to use demonstrations in a pedagogically sound way. I’ve made resources to help you develop your demonstration skills here:
Brilliant. Glad to have been of help
I used the disappearing rainbow activity with my Year 2 science club yesterday
Cue a room full of excited gasps
