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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 10h

Something’s coming… Full details tomorrow! #BookSky #CoverReveal

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Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · 10/01/2025

The only acceptable AI art

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david sylvian @davidsylvian.bsky.social · 15h

David Sylvian – The Distance Between the Killer and the Killing The freshly minted label Nanoq is proud to announce a new album by David Sylvian. Titled ‘The Distance Between the Killer and the Killing’ it is the first album Sylvian has released in 15 years. links in bio

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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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Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social · 20h

Breaking: the Met Police has submitted charging files to the Crown Prosecution Service resulting from its Grenfell fire investigation. The files cover 54 individuals and 20 companies and cover charges including fraud, misconduct in public office and manslaughter

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Coll Hamilton @collhamilton.bsky.social · 23h

Drawings of Tenements and Townhouses of Edinburgh - soft pastels, charcoal and pencil on paper - available in my artist’s shop - collhamilton.bigcartel.com/category/edi... #edinburgh #artist

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 23h

Nick must be a huge hit down the disco on a Saturday night, feeding ChatGPT prompts into his iPhone in a dark corner.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 30/09/2026

So-called AI detection tools might be an even bigger scurge than AI. I was talking today with a student (a senior), who shared that they now have to spend time "dumbing down" their papers--shortening sentences, removing advanced vocab and punctuation--because otherwise they get flagged as "AI."

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I give up. I’m moving into a cave.

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another one of those fighting age men who don't share our values and refuse to follow our laws we keep hearing about.

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

*checks Conservative polling* Did you keep the receipt, Rupert?

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's never "AI agent breaks containment, cures cancer, does a bit of tidying up and puts the kettle on", is it?

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Top marks to whoever was in charge of painting this morning’s sky.

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ElizaB @figandpen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Can confirm the hard stairs.

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ElizaB @figandpen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My daughter informed me she was having an allergic reaction to something unknown, so to make things better, I fell down the stairs. Now I am the centre of attention. Woo hoo. Ow.

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ElizaB @figandpen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I still can’t believe this creature lives in my house.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The whole point of humans as a sociable, tribal species is we should eject people like this, so they starve in the wilderness alone. There are consequences to sociopathic behaviour. Somehow the abstract idea of money has short circuited our basic evolutionary safeguards.

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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And there it is. After only deciding to do a second run of lostfilmsbook.store last weekend we’ve just taken our 100th order. Thanks to everyone involved from @quantick.bsky.social and myself.

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Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.com · 25/09/2026

#CatSky 🐈‍⬛

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The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Something for the weekend?? So many new fiction & non-fiction releases just waiting to be browsed. A wee book browse, then a coffee in one of the excellent Indie cafés in #Bruntsfield Go on, you deserve it! #books #livres #BookSky

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He looks like he's heading to a little Gaulish village to sow the seeds of division, not realising that his final appearance will be on the penultimate page, when Obelix uppercuts him so hard he flies out of picture, leaving only his sandals behind.

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ElizaB @figandpen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An art thing I did with a little paint and a lot of torn paper.

A square board canvas with paper trees. There are green trees in the background with yellow and red trees toward the front. Naming your own artwork genre feels weird, but I guess I’d call it primitive folk art. It’s made by layering torn pieces of tissue paper and also a bit of paint.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

if there was a mechanism in place to officially force Twitter, Youtube, Twitch, Tik-Tok etc to demonitize an account quickly, then so many of the major, and opportunistic, fash grifters would be fucked. especially coupled with powers to fine for a multiplier of past revenue earned.

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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 24/09/2026

Very telling! Why would Farage claim this is “targeted directly” at his party. Nigel Farage Has Attacked The Government's Plans For A New Russia Misinformation Unit

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Nigel Farage Has Attacked The Government's Plans For A New Russia Misinformation Unit

The Reform UK leader claimed it is “targeted directly” at his party.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent

Usually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025.

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Matt Greene @arealmattgreene.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hard to consider yourself your own harshest critic when you've published some books and Goodreads exists.

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Barnaby Edwards @barnabyedwards.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NEW PAINTING BY ME! Jason and the Argonauts (acrylic on canvas paper, 2026)

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 22/09/2026

Nothing will ever be enough for these people.

Microsoft gross profit for the quarter ending June 30, 2026 was $60.482B, a 15.36% increase year-over-year.
Microsoft gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2026 was $225.465B, a 16.28% increase year-over-year.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2026 was $225.465B, a 16.28% increase from 2025.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2025 was $193.893B, a 13.38% increase from 2024.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2024 was $171.008B, a 17.09% increase from 2023.

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just had my first 'Hi, I'm Top Film and TV Producer Bob Stolenname - I'd love to make your book into a movie/TV show!' scam email via my website. Might've fooled me for two seconds if I couldn't see that the only visitors to my website at the time were in scam-central, Nigeria. #BookSky #scams

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think this is the first time I've gone to bed and woken up with a whole new brain.

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh no! I've got eight different emails from eight different accounts saying they've been unable to collect my TV licence payment (which I've already paid for the year)! I'd better send them my full bank details, just as soon as I've helped this Nigerian prince get his dad's money out of the country.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was tagged in a thing on instagram of "books to read instead of Walliams". The post referenced Harpercollins no longer publishing his backlist. Some of the comments were batshit (eg calling parents who don't like racism snowflakes) but it did get me thinking re my beliefs around reading and choice

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Forty years ago, on a September night very like this one, I packed my clothes, records and books into my dad’s car and we drove to Edinburgh to my new digs as I started college. Tonight, I took a drive over to capture some of that atmosphere – and the close to my old flat was open! Still gorgeous.

Green tenement tiles on the wall, black and white tiles on the floor

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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 20/09/2026

"It had been known earlier to women." I love this understated line from the Online Etymology Dictionary, on the clitoris.

The anatomist Mateo Renaldo Colombo (1516-1559), professor at Padua, claimed
to have discovered it ('De re anatomica,"1559, p. 243). He called it amor Veneris, vel dulcedo "the love or sweetness of Venus." It had been known earlier to women.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026

Q: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world-- TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also

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Agnes Obel @agnesobel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

the day has arrived - The Meaning of Flowers is out in the world. these songs no longer belong just to me; they are also yours now. i hope they find a quiet place to settle, and that you find yourself and your experiences reflected somewhere within them. agnesobel.ffm.to/themeaningof...

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 18/09/2026

100% this - I've supported the RNLI as long as I remember. If you grow up in a coastal community it's not an overstatement to say it's woven into the fabric of your life - virtually everyone knows a member of the crew or someone who wouldn't be alive without their help...

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There was a time when most of society would've told these thugs to fuck off and grow up. Now they're put on TV, told they have 'legitimate concerns' and have entire political parties telling them they're right. Ignorance needs to become shameful again.

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The Cure @thecure.com · 18/09/2026

'BOYS DON’T CRY | THE MUSIC BOX' IS AVAILABLE NOW FROM THE OFFICIAL MUSIC BOX COMPANY OR PRE-ORDER AT MERCH TRAFFIC VIA thecure.stick.site MUSIC BOX ARTWORK BY ANDY VELLA PROCEEDS OF THIS MUSIC BOX WILL BE DONATED TO @doctorswithoutborders.org

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Good advice from Mrs Carnahan while I’m out at the shops:

Screenshot of a text saying ‘Avoid the nazi butter if possible.’

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New message from another book promo scammer. 'Hello, reaching out to blah blah TikTok blah blah helping hundreds of authors blah blah Facebook blah blah thousands of readers...' Quick check reveals the scammer has no posts on FB and no profile on TikTok. Who do they hope to con with this stuff?

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Imagine if the death of each Palestinian child attracted as much publicity and political hand-wringing as a threat to Ed Sheeran’s tour schedule.

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