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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 15h

The incredible Special Effects of KAREL ZEMAN — without whom there’d be no Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton or Wes Anderson to name but three.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 14h

#writingcommunity One of my translators asked me if I wanted my latest novel translated, but I just can't justify the expense at the moment when book sales are so precarious, and AI slop is growing like a fungus. It's upsetting. I know human translators are struggling too. 😕 #fuckAI

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 15h

This exactly. I feel like I have a 140 character limit. 🥴

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 20h

I wish #TerryPratchett was still around to see this... Reminds me of his book Dodger! "THE SEWER IS DODGER’S WORLD . . .He hunts treasure there – coins and jewels lost in the dark and dirty drains. It’s a good life, if you don’t mind getting your hands (and arms and feet and face) dirty."

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Manhattan ‘mole’ mystery: rumors of lost gold spur clandestine excursions into New York sewers

A recent arrest suggests that underground invaders of city’s sewer system are lured by the promise of lost valuables

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 21h

My latest MM Romantic thriller book is titled 'Need to Know'... I sure missed a trick here! 😄 #writingcommunity

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 21h

This! I'm tired of literary fiction with dysfunctional men having bad sex with women/men they have no emotional connection with. I write MM to give my men emotional depth and I allow them to be vulnerable with the object of their affection. It's not an easy road, but satisfying for the readers.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I get pretty fucking sick of people assuming romance readers are stupid to be honest. As someone who works on the history of romance, who teaches romance, there is always so much going on. Reflections of and on contemporary society, questions about love and relationships, about gender...

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 21h

If you can't write your own emails and research ideas you shouldn't be allowed near a computer. Go read a few books.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Preparing #ShatterproofBond swag bags for the #RainbowBookfest in York next Saturday. Anyone who buys a book will get a swag bag full of art I've commissioned over the years. Sticker art by Monika Tempska Postcard art by @wisesnail.bsky.social + Artists listed in Alt 😍 #mmromance #writerslife

Book boyfriend stickers by Isobel Starling art by Monika Tempska

Postcard art by Wisesnailart, An Sekarayu, Isobel Starling,Prince Lowell, and Nezumiyasha

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Viccerys @viccerys.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later #art #illustration #process #endpaper

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#writingcommunity Once again... Amazon/Audible is offering AI features no one asked for, and no one needs, in a desperate attempt to find a use for AI. I'm going to have to look over the new royalty model contract to see if #indie audiobooks are open to being used to create derivatives for Audible.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#Readers, even one nice review can make an authors day! 🙂 Need to Know by Isobel Starling www.amazon.com/dp/B0H9X6VJLG ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'5 out of 5 stars "This is one of if not my favorite read of 2026 from 200+ mm romances. Highly recommend!" #mmromance #romanticthriller #gay

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The UK needs to be Breunited with the EU. Brexit has been a disaster.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Those accusing long-term artists and authors of using AI-the very tech that was trained on their stolen life's work...need to find better use of their time.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've had a few weeks of feeling like Darwin! 🤧

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been unwell for over 2 weeks now, no work done. I'm so frustrated. But still there are silver linings that cheer me up, like this version of 'Stayin' Alive' sung in the style of a 16c madrigal! ( A time where there were outbreaks of Bubonic Plague!) 😆 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zGf...

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If Stayin' Alive Had Been Written in 16th Century

YouTube video by Jonasquin

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Forget a desk. Forget writing schedules. Forget writing drunk and editing sober. Everyone will tell you you HAVE to do this or that. The only thing you have to do is put words on a page. Don’t use obnoxious fonts or formatting. You will hate yourself later. You don’t have to do any of the twee—

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A lot of writing advice comes from a world that no longer exists, from white abled men who have had an agent, who think they’re God’s gift to the written word. A lot of writing advice is straight up ableist. You will be asked to compare your work and your authorial voice to established writers—

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Evilwy struggling 🚯 sketch commissions open @evilwy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve had to spend lots of money on medical stuff last month, so I’m opening up sketch comms again, along with 1 slot for a full-render piece. I’d be sooo grateful to anyone who can help!🫂 All info: evilwy.my.canva.site/ 📧Workkevilwy413@gmail.com #opencommissions #commissionsopen #art #illustration

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Completely agreed with PETA about banning fur, but targeting wool is ridiculous. If sheep don't get sheared the weight of the wool can lead to limited movement & disease- maggots, lice, & fly strike (which is flies crawling into their bum, laying eggs & the young eating the host) it can be fatal.

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Peta claimed victory when fashion stopped using fur - so why are they back hijacking catwalks?

The animal welfare group has revived their runway-storming tactics from the naughts, now targeting the use of wool

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Agreed! Fuck off Joyce! Romance books may be formulaic -as the point of them is for a people to meet and fall in love. But they're so much more than a meet cute. The romance genres are only lesser in the eyes of those who never read anything in the genre. AI generates pastiche of our stolen books.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You don't have to live in Silicon Valley to support the AI industry Just drink your pee Invest all of your money Then use ChatGPT To think for thee! 😬 #poem

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

happy pumpkin season! (art from 2014)

a black and white scratchboard drawing. Alternative poster for "It's the great pumpkin, Charlie brown"
It depicts a vast pumpkin patch in which Linus is standing holding a sign. He is looking up at the full moon. In front of the full moon we can see Snoopy in his aviator costume on his doghouse.
All the way in the distance, there is a house and we can see three children in halloween costumes coming out the door.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wow! I'm out of the loop... just found out that Michael Sheen is the new host for House of Games. He's an excellent choice. 😊

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Whoa: Third Circuit affirms “grant of summary judgment in favor of Thompson Reuters for copyright infringement and rejecting the fair use defense of ROSS Intelligence in its use of Westlaw headnotes in memos used to train its AI model.” chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-new…

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BREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI training

Opinion under seal for now.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.

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More Movies @moremovies.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Another week on Bluesky 🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema

Kurt Russell as R. J. MacReady in The Thing (1980) - "Nobody trusts anybody now. And we're all very tired."

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

American mad that we don't recognise a song from the American charts is such an American thing. Those in the US are very much in a bubble of delusion that the world gives a shit about a selectively popular song. They should probably be aware of that.

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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026

There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Inspired by @sylessae.bsky.social While I'm too unwell to attend life drawing I'm going to try to sketch faces every day to keep my skills. These are models for @furiousfotog.com #drawing #pickupapencil #sketch #men

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's like a summers day outside and it's nearly October. ☺️ #Bee or wasp? #bloomscrolling

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is me...sick for the past 10 days, still not better...and now I get a migraine, and a medical appointment for something I'm not mentally prepared for... 😐

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the corghoul from cowboy beBOO! 👻 @realqrampage.fightins.online · 27/09/2026

I don’t really know why we still allow fraternities on college campuses tbh

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bryan Ferry is somehow 81 years old today + is still putting younger lads to shame with his absolute aura.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've been sick for 10 days, In self isolation cos family are visiting. I have listened to 7 audiobooks. 🤧🤒😷 Zero words written. My head is so fuzzy I don't even remember what my WIP is about! 😩😵#writerslife

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Platforming Amazon 'sustainsbilty' during Climate Week... "You sit there like sheeple, with your coffees, talking about NetZero by 2050" This was a perfect way to highlight Amazon's hypocrisy. Everyone attending should be ashamed.

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Arthur Baron-Clément @arthur.baron-clement.com · 24/09/2026

out of focus 20min process video.

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LRR.rocks @lrrrocks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Every author you admire has sat looking at their screen page, unsure if the sentence in front of them was good enough. That uncertainty didn't disqualify them from finishing the book, and it doesn't disqualify you either.

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