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Andy Leask

@andyleask.bsky.social
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Writer, educator, gamer, nerd. Head of English - lover of literature, games and coffee, with a penchant for dabbling in edtech. www.rookerypublications.com

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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ca-caw! Want to know more about tonight's guests on #InsideTheRookery, @tartantabletop.bsky.social ? Here's @andyleask.bsky.social with a blog with all the deets: www.patreon.com/InsideTheRoo... 7pm UK / 2pm ET / 11am PT
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RPG Liveshows with Tartan Tabletop | Inside the Rookery
Ca-caw! Andy Leask here with a little post to introduce this week’s guest, or should I say guests… it’s Tartan Tabletop! https://www.youtube
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Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ca-caw! Really excited to talk to the Tartan Tabletop crew this Saturday! It's going to be a Chaotic Good time! @tartantabletop.bsky.social
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Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ca-caw! Join us next week to chat with @tartantabletop.bsky.social about #D&D and Improv! Saturday 19th November, 7pm UK / 2pm ET / 11am PT www.youtube.com/live/khWcJAK...
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RPG Liveshows with Tartan Tabletop (ItR 12:6)
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Delighted with my - definitely not a midlife crisis - first tattoo. ❤️ ⛰️🌊
Tattoo of a mountain and the sea.
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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This post is not about asbestos
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Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
John Blanche's legacy and influence are undeniable; so the Rooks are gathering once again to explore the lasting impact the great man has had on fantasy and science fiction. Join us at 7pm UK / 2pm ET / 11am PT on YouTube or Twitch.
Picture of John Blanche, under the Inside the Rookery logo.
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This research paper in The Lancet - the UK’s oldest and most respected medical journal - estimates that Elon Musk’s cuts to USAID will cause over 14,000,000 avoidable deaths by 2030. Fourteen. Million. Deaths.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Solar eclipse coming up so here’s one of my favourite maps
Top is a map of the US with “Google search volume for “eyes hurt” April 3 to April 10 2024” with a hot line running from Texas north east through to Maine.  The bottom map shows the path of the total solar eclipse which runs in a lone from Texas through to Maine
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Today is Venn Day, in celebration of the mathematician John Venn, born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn Diagram.
Poem title: At the Intersection
 
The poem is divided into two overlapping circles.
 
The left-hand circle is titled ‘me’ and the text reads:
the day we
went out to have
an ice-cream, we said nothing
just let our silence melt in
the air as we walked across the common
our love never tiring at all
 
The right-hand circle is titled ‘you’ and the text reads:
we should
have talked it over but
nothing ever seems to get
in your fat head. You are so
common that I wish we’d never met
at all and I’d married Tim instead
 
In the intersection of the poem (where the two circles overlap), the text reads:
we
have
nothing
in
common
at all
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Emily Greymoore @emilygreymoore.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I've decided I want to MC a panel at GenCon next year. The title? Don't Starve: How to break into (and survive) in the art industry. If you are/know an illustrator, artist, graphics designer, concept artist... anything that involves a visual art, and want to be on a panel next year. Let me know!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Based in the UK? Then please sign and share! Help creators be paid what they're owed. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data
We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...
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elrondcupboard.bsky.social @elrondcupboard.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Suddenly Kemi makes sense
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Brian Nisbet @natural20.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When you are PM of the UK, then maybe talking about Manchester being in the north of GB isn't actually true in any way whatsoever? But why fight marketing... Presumably this content is not available to viewers in Scotland or NI. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Burnham to spend first day working from No 10 North
Various ministers are also set to work regularly from the northern branch of Downing Street.
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The claim "sheep bladders do not predict earthquakes" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that sheep bladders predict earthquakes.
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Jonathan Emmett @jonathanemmett.com · 24/07/2026
I hope Andy Burnham has the sense to recognise that trying to create a thriving UK economy without addressing climate breakdown is like trying to renovate a fire-damaged house while the fire is still burning. Stopping North Sea drilling and airport expansion are urgent priorities. #AndyDon'tBurn'Em.
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Terry(spooky owl sound) @terryleopard.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
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Guardian Media Group announces strategic partnership with OpenAI
Guardian Media Group today announced a strategic partnership with Open AI, a leader in artificial intelligence and deployment, that will bring the Guardian’s high quality journalism to ChatGPT’s globa...
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
this has been fascinating to watch unfold this season so far. Short version: the new power units (engine + battery) have a bunch of AI stuff. This is meant to optimise power deployment duting races. except it keeps doing weird shit the drivers can't stop/control. And they are NOT happy.
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F1 drivers have become hostages to AI
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Head of Zeus @headofzeus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social) reflects on the #TyrantPhilosophers series and the long road back to the city where it all started, Ilmar, the setting for the forthcoming finale #TheGraveOfPerfection Read more: bit.ly/4vwAOmn Shop the series: amzn.to/4rdC0tK
Cover of "The Tyrant Philosophers" by Adrian Tchaikovsky, featuring stylized text on a textured background with an orange-brown illustration resembling a cloud  at the bottom left.Book cover announcement for "The Grave of Perfection" by Adrian Tchaikovsky, slated for February 2027. The cover art is labeled "Cover to be revealed.
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Today I learned the Brazilian goblin spider "Predatoroonops" is named after PREDATOR (1987) and its numerous sub-species are named after members of the cast and crew. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predato...
Species of the spider "Predatoroonops" listed at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatoroonops
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A lenticular spoof ad near Meta’s London headquarters transforms Kylie Jenner’s Meta AI smart glasses campaign into a surveillance warning, depending on the viewing angle. Original post
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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If #Burnham issues new licences for North Sea oil drilling then we know exactly who he is. Committing to #fossilfuels as we live through extreme weather caused by human-made climate change is a sign of a leader who has already sold out to the oil industry. Our survival depends on change! #StopOil
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 16/07/2026
Canvassers out in force in Clacton.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A little friendly disagreement. Thatcher left office 36 years ago. Thatcherism didn't. Those are different things. Politicians leave. Political settlements can last for generations. I think we're still living inside the one she created.
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“.. Climate-change-fueled heat that is claiming lives, disrupting schools and hospitals and shutting down transport and infrastructure ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/w...
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Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Ca-caw! Prefer your chats on gaming, world building and creativity in audio form? We've got you covered: Inside the Rookery is now in podcast format. First two episodes are available now! rss.com/podcasts/ins...
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Inside the Rookery | Podcast on RSS.com
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Gallagher Green Author @gallaghergreen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
If you're in the UK, please sign this. AI companies have stolen untold numbers of books for training. All eigher in breach of licensing or stollen using pirate sites. #booksky #horrorbooks #indieauthor #books petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data
We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
PSA.
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If anyone is thinking to do actual campaigning in Clacton, it is ESSENTIAL that you get agreement from Count Binface. This is not a joke. We do not want to get him into trouble.
All expenditure in support of a candidate MUST be accounted for by the candidate even if they didnt pay it out themselves. Otherwise he would be breaking the law for not declaring the expenditure in his post-election expenses return to the authorities.
Also any leaflets have to say who printed and published them, even if not produced by CBf himself. And the costs (even if donated by supporters) MUST be agreed by CBf so he can include them in his expenses return.
I should add that I do know what I am talking about - I was a member of the Greens and stood for election for many years, sometimes even successfully! CBf needs to be squeaky clean on this sort of thing, compared to Frogface.
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Andy Law @hapimeses.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We’re no @criticalrole.bsky.social, but I’m still super proud of our wee show. We’re building a new studio in my garden for the second season, so it’s gonna be a wee bit more professional moving forwards.
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Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If you see this, post your own comfort characters.
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Farscape John Crichton Peace Sign
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NickPheas @nickpheas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Standout #UKSFFBookBargains today is Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie, which won all the awards and deeply annoyed the kind of people who deserve to be annoyed. A ship Mind is betrayed and stuck in a human body trying to avenger it's destruction. www.amazon.co.uk/Ancillary-Ju...
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Ancillary Justice: THE HUGO, NEBULA AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD WINNER (Imperial Radch Book 1) eBook : Leckie, Ann: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Ancillary Justice: THE HUGO, NEBULA AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD WINNER (Imperial Radch Book 1) eBook : Leckie, Ann: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage is a grifter. He always has been and he's continuing to grift. He knew he was heading towards a byelection anyway so has pulled the trigger early. The people Vs the establishment?! Reform are literally part of the establishment.
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 27/06/2026
the only way to defeat this assault on our collective humanity is a unified front making AI use in creative fields an anchor which drags projects and companies to the bottom of the sea
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Why not let the public decide media ownership and regulation, so we can put limits on the bullshit we're fed. Then we wouldn't be panicking about perfectly normal levels of immigration in the first place. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Public to decide asylum cases as Mahmood pledges to speed up decisions
The Home Secretary will set out plans for a new independent body made up of people from a range of backgrounds with training similar to magistrates.
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Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Curious about tonight's stream? Check out Andy Law's blog... www.patreon.com/InsideTheRoo...
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Welcome to the Yellow! with Laurence Bianchi-Philips | Inside the Rookery
CA-CAW! A strange figure emerges from the shadows to step Inside the Rookery. This week, we're joined by Laurence Bianchi-Phillips to ask an
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Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Feeling sneaky? Wrap your mitts around a copy of Dark Deeds at 33% off! Sale ends tomorrow, so don't hesitate or you'll displease the Patron...
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
“Reform is less a political party and more a very highly paid public-facing lobby group for oil and gas interests.”
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Thys ys a pitye. Ich have loved manye filmes by A24. But A24 kan go straighte to hell. "[A24] is developing applications for AI-generated storyboards..." variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Google Invests $75 Million in A24 to Develop AI-Powered Filmmaking Tools
A24 and Google have struck an AI research partnership that will see the independent studio work to develop new AI-powered technologies for filmmakers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
If you missed our latest Worldbuilding workshop, do check it out. We fleshed out the culture of one of our species pretty thoroughly, exploring their language and religion, and how this would feed into our ongoing plot. @tomtoner.bsky.social will return after the summer for the next installment!
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.
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Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Ca-caw! We'll be back with @caspargeon.bsky.social tomorrow for another Extreme Wildcard Worldbuilding Workshop! We'll be fleshing out the biologies, cultures and histories of our alien races; and we need your ideas, the wackier the better! 7pm UK/2pm ET/11am PT www.youtube.com/live/HrhQq6_...
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EWWW Part 6: Growing Cultures
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026
But I was told it was inevitable.
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Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school
Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their ​use in the education of older children to prevent a ‌negative impact on learni...
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Office has a censor filter in internal comms to replace swear words with other terms. Added a rule changing "AI" to "my cat", so we get "According to my cat..." and "I asked my cat and it said..."
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
You know what? People who don’t like kissing don’t have to watch romances. Sober realists aren’t forced to sit through SFF. Grouches can eschew comedy and squeamish people are welcome not to watch horror films. Just let things exist for their target audience.
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