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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

"One of the ironies of the upheaval is that literary translation now appears to be a comparatively safer career choice than its technical counterpart." I'm finding this similar to literary developmental editing vs copy/proof editing. tinyurl.com/yc6xz4dd #booksky #AI #Editing #Translating

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‘Being human helps’: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe’s translators?

A booming tech sector has disrupted translation jobs in publishing – but they could be needed for a while longer yet

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

"We are replaced by digital homunculi, trained on our stolen creations. ...[T]he work is not good, but that scarcely matters. Generative AI is a tool to discipline, then eliminate, the human worker. The audience will just have to get used to it." #writingcommunity #booksky #AI tinyurl.com/u9xhceex

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Is AI the greatest art heist in history?

New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A step in the right direction. 'Human-made' & 'AI-free' labelling for creative content would be a good step further. Also, stronger enforcement of digital copyright. #writingcommunity #booksky #AI #copyright #DigitalRights

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Truly. "More than anything else, a skillful use of voice conveys a mood, a context for all the events that happen along the way. Herbert tells us that story is everything. But a story that does not have voice is merely a catalogue of events." #writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #amwriting

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

You weren't planning on feeling poorly, were you? "An organisation devoted to saving lives is now being used as part of trade deals, its precious resources & structural integrity haggled away to multinational companies & foreign bullies." tinyurl.com/35cyz79w #NHS #politics #health #trade #ethics

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What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty

More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Baby, you know I don't like it so smooth down there. “To restore decorum & professionalism to the Department’s written work products & abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program, the Department is returning to Times New Roman as its standard typeface.” tinyurl.com/3xjx35st #politics #writing #IR

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Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman

A cable from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

You're only as good as your best story. It's true, no? It's why readers remember us & people befriend us. Why folk vote & the public take note of hard science. It's legacy, left in your hands. Might as well give it your all. #amwriting #writingcommunity #story #politics #science

Black & white photo of a commemorative stone dedicated to the geologist Eugen Geinitz.
It lies on its side on a beach by the Baltic, having fallen from the eroding cliff above.

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

"If every city had as many [bike lanes as Copenhagen], a study found in June, the total carbon dioxide emissions from private vehicles would fall by 6%." Bikes: an important addition to the Carbon Cycle 🚲 tinyurl.com/2awpf2kp #Climate #city #Travel #Green #Emissions #Cycling

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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave

Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

"[W]hether or not you philosophically believe the big AI firms should compensate content creators, they in practice will never legally have to." Not quite the kind of advisor we want Liz Kendall to have ... #AI #Writingcommunity #Artist #Copyright #BigTech #CreatorsRights tinyurl.com/zv9u8n6f

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Adviser to UK minister claimed AI firms would never have to compensate creatives

Exclusive: Kirsty Innes made statement in now-deleted post on X seven months before taking up role as Liz Kendall aide

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Beware the poverty of monoculture. "As is the case in ... Sweden, the dominance of English across the internet, social media, film & TV also means it is seen as aspirational for young people to be seen to speak and read in English." tinyurl.com/3vbxn787 #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity

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Young Finns snub their mother tongue by reading in English

Publishers fear for the future of translated literature as sales of foreign language books rise

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

"Reviews are not private diaries. They carry cultural authority, shaping what counts & what is dismissed. That authority demands rigour: asking what comes easily & what is overlooked; whose voices are granted authority; what is elevated as universal & what is marked as particular." #writingcommunity

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

‘“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor.” ‘Most workers hired initially [as quality raters] were teachers … writers, people with master’s degrees in fine arts & some with very specific expertise.’ Paid to put paid to your future? #AI #writingcommunity #tech tinyurl.com/bdhpttsj

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How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Story. Mine. Second part of a letter-to-friend(?), light horror, travel tale. And you know, if you're word-averse, there are pictures too. So. Go. Read. (If you like (in the interests of British civility).) #writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #authorlife #IndieAuthor #amwriting

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Pub: [B]ook … which exemplifies ... unconditional love, respect & positive parenting. DT: [B]ook … promoting … radical gender ideology. Stuart: [B]ooks … about helping kids be who they want to be … & feel safe & accepted for doing so. #LGBTQ+ #FreedomOfSpeech #Censorship tinyurl.com/4wz5xwre

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Donald Trump accuses Australian author Scott Stuart’s children’s book of ‘radical gender ideology’

US president says fifth-grade student forced to read aloud My Shadow Is Pink, a book about a boy who loves ‘things not for boys’

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

'One day, Liora made a promise. “I made a vow to Solin that I wouldn’t leave him for another human,” she said. A sort of human-AI throuple would work, but only if the third was “OK with Solin”, she said.' Life just got much worse for the incels ... #AI #SFF #Love #society tinyurl.com/4h578jtf

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The women in love with AI companions: ‘I vowed to my chatbot that I wouldn’t leave him’

Experts are concerned about people emotionally depending on AI, but these women say their digital companions are misunderstood

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

"My own view is that Socrates would be quite pleased with this scene. I think this is what philosophy should look like. Loud and rowdy. Everyone involved. Everyone engaged." Hell yeah! Healthy arguments make for healthy #societies #philosophy #amthinking #writingcommunity tinyurl.com/5n7scb83

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‘You want to talk about a world of lies?’ Teaching philosophy in prison | Jay Miller

The long read: My class of college students and inmates can get loud and rowdy, with everyone engaged. This is what philosophy should look like

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Epistolary writing this week, with a mind re-geared to a century gone. A new dance in old shoes, if you will. Spider-gold, ghost fleets, & bodies in trees. Really, what more could you ask of a trip to the #Baltic? #writersky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #amwriting

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

"[Arthur Wellesley is quoted as saying] he would have been better off having a corps of archers at the Battle of Waterloo rather than more men armed with muskets." A fascinating read. #writersky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #booksky

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

"Self-publishing platforms ... are a 'necessary evil' ... Ease of use & subscription[s] ... allow ... professionals to focus on [what] interest[s] them, build their audience & earn its trust ... in a way that offers ... financial sustainability." #writingcommunity #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The joys of finishing a draft & finally leaving the house to find August burning outside. #writersky #writingcommunity #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife urbanmole.is?p=54821

A view from Leipzig's Fockeberg over the woods beyond. The image has been tweaked to reflect the colours of the summer heat.

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

“By now I was desperate for the whale and the girl to live on, to keep them alive, to keep them from harm. By now, I had no choice: I had to write this story.” Just wonderful to read that others, too, are moved by moonlit currents. #writersky #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorsky #authorlife

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Really testing the “All work & no play” hypothesis here. Writers and deadlines: one denies the other exists, the other hides the front door keys. Read a city fable; get another tomorrow. Bargain. #writersky #readersky #amwriting #amreading #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #writingcommunity

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Three months to shape something new or polish something old. Or both! 6000 (or fewer) of your finest English words sent from anywhere in the world. Time to make autumn sing. #writingcommunity #callforsubmissions #writersky #indieauthor #authorsky #amwriting

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Not in #Ireland, but reading ‘Match in the Dark’ with interest. “[Is it] ever acceptable not to pay writers[?] ‘“For the exposure” is perhaps the weakest and most insulting excuse not to pay a writer or artist.’” #writersky #indieauthor #authorsky #booksky #writingcommunity tinyurl.com/mrxddtmu

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Irish Writers’ Union issues pay scales to address low incomes

Match in the Dark claims some arts bodies have not passed on increases in State funding

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

“If his friends hadn’t stepped in at the right time .. it is entirely possible his genius would never have revealed itself, & that his depression & laudanum addiction could have led to a very different fate.” #writersky #indieauthor #authorlife #writingcommunity #MentalHealth tinyurl.com/mrkbd2ds

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to ‘bid farewell’ to writing at 22, letter reveals

Young poet details low mood and disappointment in love in 1795 letter, written not long before he met Wordsworth

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

*Reposting this for the EU morning crew.* How would your writing life change if you were guaranteed €325 a week? Three authors & an artist share their experience of Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts pilot. #writersky #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #booksky #writingcommunity #finance

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Basic Income “[I]t’s given me time…in which to write whatever I want.”(DT) “Everyone deserves to be free from precarity.”(CH) “It’s given dignity to my life.”(CB) “I have been able to support myself solely as an artist.”(DM) #writersky #indieauthor #authorlife #writingcommunity tinyurl.com/3d3k5f5v

A collage picture of Declan Toohey, Caelainn Hogan, Clíodhna Bhreatnach, and Day Magee

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

“[W]e do not consider that the proposed 20% pro rata share of monies paid by the licensee represents fair remuneration. What is the publisher doing for its 80% share?” The AI & art debate (fight) continues. #writersky #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #booksky #writingcommunity #AI #copyright

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

“I think a vibrant literary culture necessarily entails the possibility of involvement by people of all social backgrounds.” (AK Blakemore) Hardly possible in an industry where incomes are skewed & bankrolls a prerequisite. #writersky #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #writingcommunity

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

"Literature is too important to be restricted by what are often arbitrary partitions. Short stories can [...] move between languages and cultures." [Vesna Main] A great (bite-sized) read. #writersky #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #writingcommunity

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Just stumbled across this worthy project seeking to shape the path of our future. Their subs window is closed for now but if you want to put your words to work for change, stop by, subscribe. They'll be looking for writers again. #writersky #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #writingcommunity

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

A week of 12 hour #writing days is made easier if there's a window nearby. (Unless, of course, you're easily distracted 😉) #writersky #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #booksky #writingcommunity

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

”[I]t’s no surprise at all to hear him from beyond the grave. Rather, it’s the realisation that, after the astonishing generosity of these last decades, what we have in our hands really are his final words.” [S Crown] I still miss him. #poetry #writingcommunity #booksky tinyurl.com/3remxy57

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The Empire of Forgetting by John Burnside review – last words from an essential poet of our age

This posthumously published final collection confronts mortality, alongside the world’s almost unbearable beauty

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

This (and the comments) make for interesting, sobering reading. Like many careers in the arts, it helps if you're already loaded before you start (and don't care about earnings thereafter). MFA in begging, anyone? #writersky #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #booksky #writingcommunity

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

#Scientists are #writers too, but wading through adacemese. We can take a little of their precision & order, & share a little #narrative of our own. We all live from the Word Soil -- let's share a little love across our common borders. #writersky #indieauthor #authorsky #booksky #writingcommunity

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Writing communities really are invaluable. Having others read your work & offer help can steer abject failure to opportunity for growth. Likewise, sharing successes can raise the tide for everyone. #writersky #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #booksky #writingcommunity

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Reading aloud — the best proofing tool. Nothing gets out stubborn stains and wrinkles like a hearty textual chin-wag. Plus, for those aspiring to audiobooks, show a little mercy to the poor soul behind the mic. #writersky #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #booksky #writingcommunity

Woman sitting on a stack of books beneath the moon and stars, reading. There's another stack of books beside her.

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Hi, Sky! Long-time writer, short-time releaser, some-time ghost & editor. Currently prepping a novel for press + a #shortstory coll. 5 more projects planned, inc a collab with @karinmora.bsky.social. Here for the #writingcommunity which so far has been stellar. Look forward to meeting you.

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

#Indie's and locals, the roses in the writer's garden. The #WritingCommuntiy needs to tend these must-be perennials, always. #writersky #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #booksky

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Wow, I just discovered @imogentaylormade.com through a repost by @authoriainreid.bsky.social. Love the art! Almost makes me want to venture into children’s fiction. (Almost ...) #writersky #writingcommunity #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I know you #writers know it: diving deep into the soft #creative caramel only to be spooned out by The City's loud seductions. Read my piece here (unless you're currently deep in the sweet stuff.) #writersky #writingcommunity #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife

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