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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 19h

I think you might be disappointed. First drafts (and undeveloped ideas) aren't final drafts.

A circular cross-stitch (example taken from twomaybabies on flickr). The words "Don't rush me!" sit above a smiling bear in a bathtub.

The reverse side of a circular cross-stitch (example taken from twomaybabies on flickr). The same artwork as the bear, seen from behind, is a horrendous mess of threads that make no coherent image.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Is that an established term or neologistic genephrasing?

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I believe that is still a diminutive, in the sense that the word is altered to show affection.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We can spend our lives debating the justifications (I more or less have); but we are wasting our time. What we need is a massive clampdown on the influence of money over politics, including lobbying transparency, campaign finance reform, an end to the revolving door between politics and lobbying.

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Hell Dunkin @halduncan.com · 24/09/2026

Great news for a client! I can (and indeed do, as you’ll see from the press release) heartily recommend this novel. As Cheryl notes, I did my book doctoring job on this, but it was basically a light edit on a book already at an eminently publishable standard.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Big Tech wants us talking about about whether AI will usher in "superintelligent" heaven or killer-robot hell so we won't talk about the harms their technologies are already unleashing. @arimelber.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaja88xxirY

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AI psyop? Author calls BS on 'end times' warnings

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Hell Dunkin @halduncan.com · 27/09/2026

CSAMagotchi

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What are those illustrations?

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prypiat princess 🏳️‍⚧️ @pripyat-princess.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

my friend @bareroot.bsky.social's books got picked up for publication. he deserves it and im stoked for him

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My Deptford Mice copies are well-worn, but I'm still waiting for that sequel to Deathscent...

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Well this sounds fantastic. I'm picking up shades of Robin Jarvis, one of my favorite childhood authors, which definately gave me a taste for dark fiction. I can't wait!

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks both, that sort of thing is always reassuring to hear.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hal's comments were very helpful. I do recommend him in his book doctor/editor capacity.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I've done a thing and other people are, kindly, validating it.

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how? Great news – I’ve written just the book for you! It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A good number of readers or Pratchett, plus a handful more of imagine.

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Our right to privacy is under threat. This is a crucial moment to demand stronger protections for our data and our human rights. Help us defend personal data security, expose hidden misuse and fight for stronger safeguards.

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Protect Our Personal Data

Our right to privacy is under threat. Help Liberty defend personal data security, expose hidden misuse and fight for stronger safeguards.

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For real. "grok made up a target and we merc'd the wrong dude and now it's nuclear war" is million million times more likely then "chatgpt becomes self aware and decides to kill all humans"

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Online leftism is a powerful system of self-surveillance that effectively captures and counters righteous anger."

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

... 'And how do you do the day, Catti Shon?' asked the farmer. 'Ah,' said old Catti I'm wonderful well, farmer, considering how old I am.' 'Yes, you're very old.'"

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Am enjoying the dialogue in 'British Goblins' by Wirt Sikes. "The farmer, though much terrified by this sight, preserved his calmness sufficiently to go at once and see old Catti, the aged crone... He found her crouching over a fire of faggots, trying to warm her old bones...

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Re: Roko's Basilisk. I propose we make a general pact that all simulated consciousnesses of tech bros and billionaires (also Rowling) are to be pirated, torrented and widely distributed for eternal torture on local machines unless they start behaving now.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Your embedded video is missing, 'removed following a copyright removal request by Icarus Films'.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Screenshot cropped to disguise the fact that it's also number 400 and something in the kindle free store — by carefully choosing very niche categories, a book can reach the top ten with only a few sales a day. Or, only a few books given away to book hoarders who don't read. Pyrrhic.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My short story collection, spirals? is #1 on Amazon for three separate categories!

A screenshot of the #1 categories listed: British Literature Anthologies, Absurdist Fiction (Kindle Store) and Fiction Anthologies

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Interventions like this are only going to grow more common. You can't alter the weather one place without impacting other parts of the world. There will be international incidents, conflict and even war over shit like this. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

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Cloud seeding start-up uses drones to generate 19 million gallons of water in Alaska

The company says its technology will help refill the Colorado River and battle droughts across the West

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It’s Time to Rein in Lethal AI Drones Humans need to act, as AI agents scheme in the digital shadows. theintercept.com/2026/08/26/a...

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It’s Time to Rein in Lethal AI Drones

Now that AI-guided drones are being deployed and tested in real wars, humans need to act, as AI agents scheme in the digital shadows.

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

As far as I understand it: China has 18 months worth of grain stockpiles The UK has... 0 days

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It is very important that one engages with one's opponent in the marketplace of ideas. When someone is arguing with bad faith to incite stochastic terrorism against you or others, remember to remain polite, logical and cite sources to substantiate your argument.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It is absolutely possible. I don't know if the cost-benefit is worthwhile when there are other potentially more effective exploits, but it may be.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Looked more like a hammer woodland to me.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Naming the person he blames in a tweet seems pretty openly an attempt to sic the bloodhounds on them, next.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Did you choose Dubrovnik for this diagram specifically or was it just a convenient bastion town?

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Genocide continues as the systemic rather than systematic; becoming a second or third-order effect gives it psychological distance — laundering it as not noteworthy or the fault of some Other.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I dislike both and would like to find a third option. Not roofing. A fourth option.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Someone hated their free copy of Principals so much they went out of their way to one-star it on both GoodReads and Amazon. What could inspire such vindictiveness? I don't know, read it to judge for yourself!

The cover of Principals shows the title and two Asian women wearing bandanas over their mouths, overlaid on a foggy, dystopian city skyline.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The hand-chest scene traumatised me as a child. That should have taught me to not raid my parent's VHS collection.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Very important and harrowing read about our world on fire.

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

What the phrase implies and how it's used can be different, no?

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Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The phrase "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" is often used as a way to defer responsibility. "I do not have to save the drowning, as the tide will go out". It demonstrates a naivete of culture, as though it is always a swing from left-to-right and not an ever-evolving thing.

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"I would like for people like Richard Madeley, and for people like Nick Ferrari and Piers Morgan, to be disowned by the young people in their lives." Righteous fury from @claretotty.bsky.social, beautiful and energising

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I'm so angry I'm almost on fire

We warned the media liberals about climate collapse. Their cowardice is the greatest threat to life on earth.

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