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@gailrenard.bsky.social
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BAFTA + WGGB Award-winning writer/producer/performer. Writer of TV and John Lennon book, Give Me A Chance. Treasurer of WGGB. Opinions mine

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3h
Also: NO TRAITORS NO PATHOLOGICAL LIARS NO CONVICTED FELONS NO ADJUDICATED RAPISTS NO PEDOPHILES NO RUSSIAN ASSETS NO ORANGE ATROCITIES NO EPSTEIN/MUSK BUDDIES NO PUTIN PUPPETS NO MAKEUP-WEARING MAN-BABIES NO BLOWHARDS WITH ZERO SELF-AWARENESS BRONZED BRAGGARTS and NO ARROGANT A-HOLES
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 16h
Bang goes the American dream, where any young blonde, with a vague resemblance to Ivanka and a fake law degree, can get access to the most powerful man in the world.
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
@writersguildgb.bsky.social takes protecting writers' AI rights very seriously. The Writers' Guild of Great Britain represents writers in television, film, theatre, audio, books, video games and more writersguild.org.uk/wggb-campaig...
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Writers and AI - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Protect creators’ rights: require AI firms to disclose training data. Sign the petition here Recent developments in AI pose a significant threat to writers’ work and earnings and we have …
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
@writersguildgb.bsky.social takes protecting writers' AI rights very seriously. The Writers' Guild of Great Britain represents writers in television, film, theatre, audio, books, video games and more writersguild.org.uk/wggb-campaig...
writersguild.org.uk
Writers and AI - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Protect creators’ rights: require AI firms to disclose training data. Sign the petition here Recent developments in AI pose a significant threat to writers’ work and earnings and we have …
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 14/10/2026
Pulling some thoughts together from disparate discussions on the SoA / AI Charter thing... (Full text here: societyofauthors.org/charter-of-e...)
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Charter of Ethical AI Use in the Creative Industries  - The Society of Authors
Charter of Ethical AI Use in the Creative Industries International authors’ organisations and other creative industry bodies have joined forces to create an international charter setting out commitmen...
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
It’s important to never forget Russia has a GDP smaller than Italy. Just Germany and the UK together have a population as big as Russia. Add the rest of Europe? We dwarf it. Putin’s entire strategy has always been to divide & peel off bits of Europe… but a Europe that sticks together? No chance.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Quite a slow seller - so if you have friends in Somerset who may like the cut of my jib ….
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The Phantom Knitters strike again. They sneaked the topper onto the postbox in the middle of the night
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
If true, tens and possibly hundreds of thousands of human beings are going to destroy themselves and each other in new and mildly interesting ways.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/10/2026
every moment Trump is out in public these days is like an SNL cold open. This is happening right now
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I'm with Russell T. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Russell T Davies criticises BBC boss's 'clumsy' AI Doctor Who comments
BBC director general Matt Brittin said he had seen a "pretty good" AI-generated episode of the show.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
There’s really only one way to mark the 99th anniversary of Roger Moore’s birth
Marc Haynes’ story: As a 7 year old in about 1983, … I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore Sitting at the departure gate, ... told my granddad i'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. …so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?" As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and signs the back of my plane ticket... I'm ecstatic, but …I glance down at the signature. … it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. ...I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, … so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore...
"he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. …he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone …and thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said.
I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now. Many years later, I was working on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him the story. He …had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely. And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld."
I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man.
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
SoA's suggestions are like asking Attila the Hun if he'd mind wiping his feet before pillaging? There must be worldwide regulation for AI. We have Berne Convention, let's enforce it legally. I'm with @writersguildgb.bsky.social who are tackling AI head on with government and global Creative unions
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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Call me old-fashioned, but I miss the days when a headline told you what the story was about, rather than its clickbaity successor eg "Three words that mean we could all be dead in a fortnight".
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Very sad news. It's not an understatement to say I adored David. As Ellie said, he was a staunch WGGB member who did more than his share of the heavy lifting. He also loved theatre and everything about it. David will be very missed.
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
AI uses only two letters. I use all 26. I've got this.
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Catherine Mayer @mayeroflondon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I still can't believe the Observer wrote @carolecadwalla.bsky.social out of a piece congratulating themselves on her reporting
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I beat the Wordle bot. I no longer fear AI.
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
In the awards season, isn't the Nobel Peace Prize usually followed by the FIFA?
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Darn. I a hardware shop
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Burnham started his much-needed assault on Brexit yesterday by confirming Russian interference in the vote. Now this: “In a statement to MPs, Andy Burnham will argue it is time to "face up to the reality that Brexit has done more harm than good" and "the status quo is not good enough for Britain."”
bbc.co.uk
Rejecting closer EU ties would be dereliction of duty, PM to say
Addressing the Commons, Burnham is expected to say that a new deal with the EU could help tackle illegal immigration and boost economic growth.
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
10 years too late is still better than never Burnham needs to conduct a rapid and thorough review and then put the evidence into the public arena We can't let Putin decide weather or not we are members of the EU That he has had a long-term project to destroy www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Andy Burnham says it is clear Russia interfered in Brexit referendum
PM says he asked question upon entering No 10 but does not reveal who gave him ‘clear answer’ Russia meddled
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
That time someone dumped a toy house on the cemetery wall and, when I crouched a bit, some ✨ Hollywood Magic ✨ occurred.
A plastic dolls house sitting on a wall, taken from an angle which makes it look as if it might be one of the houses on the street.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It comes after years of cover-ups & denials not least from Boris Johnson who was in charge of MI6 as foreign minister at the time & whose first act as PM was to ennoble the Baron of Siberia. But it also went beyond Johnson & Starmer continued it too. We now finally need some sunlight. 2/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
V interesting. I’m not sure the AI field was very intellectually diverse to start with. Also, has anyone written the definitive story of how the BBC seeded the UK’s strengths in computer science and AI??
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
2/ I also receive complimentary emails from publishers (impersonators) wanting to see my latest book. Complimentary, you think at first, but all SCAMS. Writers beware. And if unsure, British writers, check with your union, the @writersguildgb.bsky.social
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1/ Authors, scam warning. I've received emails lately from companies who love my book (AI summary) and wanting me to discuss my book on their Zoom book clubs... if I paid for the publicity. Writers should NEVER have to pay to address a book club...
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
12 ROCKING HUMDINGERS!
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Jewel O'Wisdom 🇨🇦 @jewelowisdom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't know how I missed this one. 🤣🤣🤣 Love a marmalade kitty.
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Not only is Navi Pillay an admirable choice for winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, she also made a superb joke about sharing the Prize with Trump. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
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Nobel Peace Prize live: Navi Pillay wins for 'efforts to promote peace and international law'
Some 287 candidates have been nominated for the prestigious prize, which was won last year by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Run, don't walk, to see @rachelparris.bsky.social . Then again, the tour starts in November so you can walk.
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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here’s the dates!
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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Ladies Wot Shop ride again! Available for radio, podcasts and minor coronations.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 118: Most of your writing happens away from your desk, when you’re driving, walking, going about your daily business. To activate that mode, add ONE sentence to your WIP as you get up every morning, and keep the mental plates spinning for the rest of the day..
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Book festivals, please, PLEASE don’t use AI to write author bios and book descriptions. Currently, I am being advertised as attending a festival next month for a talk about a book that doesn’t exist…
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David Allison @davidovitch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is the obituary this vile man deserves. Magnificent stuff. "It strikes me that Archer’s whole career was an exercise in selling piss but the obits are straining to persuade us that it was champagne." 👏👏👏
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
First, you saw a prosperous UK economy. And then after Brexit, you didn't!
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
First, you saw a prosperous UK economy. And then after Brexit, you didn't!
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
2027 Calendar - available to preorder now! First 100 orders come with a free exclusive Cold War Steve Christmas card, signed and dedicated to you (or the recipient of the calendar) 👇👇👇👇 coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/product/grea...
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 29/09/2026
I’m Gail, a one woman (and a feline assistant) business, based in Manchester. I create prints, homewares, T-shirts & cards inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture. Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk
A grid of twelve illustrations featuring music designs, architecture designs, books, retro abstract designs and swimmers. Bold and colourful.
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think Ross Kemp is going to headbutt someone. #CelebrityTraitors
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't know if Jerry Hall is a traitor, but she's definitely Moira Rose from Schitt's Creek. #CelebrityTraitors
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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Published today and available in all good bookshops or so I'm told! geni.us/TheBoyWithTh...
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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm so very sad to hear of the death of Esther Ranzen who played an important role in reuniting me with Nicky Winton - the man who saved my life. It's so desperately sad that she couldn't choose assisted dying as was her wish.
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
RIP Dame Esther Rantzen, broadcaster, campaigner, founder of Childline and Silverline. But her finest hour was surprising Sir Nicholas Winton with some of the 669 children he saved during the Holocaust. What a woman. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Esther Rantzen surprises Nicholas Winton with children he saved
One of her most memorable career moments came during one particular episode in 1988 - the footage of which has gone viral several times over in recent years.
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