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The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#Edinburgh peeps! We have the hometown gig for @ianrankin1.bsky.social 's upcoming The Heights on October 14th! You can book tickets here www.tickettailor.com/events/theed... #books #livres #BookSky

Poster advertising the launch of Ian Rankin's new novel with the Edinburgh Bookshop

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HellOEarth @helodare.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Exterminate exterminate

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Might be a good time for @thebookseller.com to revisit this and see if anything has changed? (This if from 2017)

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Truly astonishing that institutions like Cornell University are covering for rapists and getting away with it for 2 years. In my mind, it is a violent and dangerous place and no young women should consider going there. As well as the men, Cornell should 💯 be held accountable.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not my usual topic, but if you’re a larger size like me, Debenhams has some gorgeous dresses right now, none over £40. 👍

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I assume this is a mere inconvenience to AI slop publishers.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You know when new imprints are announced? This is the regular outcome of this ‘strategy’.

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Canada Hardcover 🇨🇦 @canadahardcover.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It is very disturbing to read how OpenAI coached the Tumbler Ridge school shooter in planning mass murder. Tech companies need to be held accountable for their design "flaws."

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026

DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.

DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

LOGOS:
The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection

Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.

Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was thinking about this, I assume someone could buy the rights to them. Anyone know?

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Because I’m a masochist I had a huge rant on LinkedIn. They hate me there. Not sorry.

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Customer, after looking at our window: Is it anti-fascist week? Me: It is, this and every week

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I would say this is unbelievable, and yet

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Elessarion AKA Little Lass Painting @elessarionbskysoci.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For my friends in the UK due to recent embarassing events by our "proud patriots" I'd like to remind you or let you know for the first time that the RNLI has a very nice online shop. They do lovely gifts as well as Christmas cards which I shall be getting this year. shop.rnli.org

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RNLI Shop | Lifesaving Gifts

We have the perfect lifesaving gifts for you and your crew. Order them online at shop.RNLI.org and help us to save lives for another 200 years.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Had my first student wear Meta glasses to class. The student didn't record - as far as I could see - and after class we had a discussion about privacy, consent, and surveillance and why I would not be allowing the glasses in class again. A Teachable Moment, as they say, that I hope makes a change.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 07/09/2026

On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Seems that most of this bullying happened a Orion, so I refuse to believe they don’t know who the bullies are. Fire them. A working group 🙄

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Listening to a podcast about a man who thought he’d created a mathematical formula to solve all the world’s problems …. with … you guessed it … ChatGpt. And it gets more mad from there. Here if you fancy open.spotify.com/episode/2L72...

open.spotify.com

Black Box: The Chatbots | Spirals | Ep 1

Black Box: The Chatbots · Episode

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is just to say... I have stolen the work that you spent years creating and which you were probably hoping would pay your bills But online sharing doesn't count It's actually a compliment So fuck you BTW, I'm a fan

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Extremely trustworthy source of information on this.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’d say so. Or, all establishment men apart from the Johnsons are terrible?

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

She is married to Boris Johnson’s brother, Lord Johnson. Publishing is an in-joke, that nobody else finds funny.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 04/09/2026

Morning

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

All AI systems are down, and I am not saying I am responsible, but I am not NOT saying it either.

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Little Girl's Evil Grin

ALT: Little Girl's Evil Grin

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Great to see Monisha’s book get the praise it so deserves, and four weeks in the Sunday Times top 10! Go girl.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Surprised to see book reviewer Amanda Craig being called out by Michael Rosen for calling him a self-hating Jew. I say surprised because she is usually so charming. 😱

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Reminder that people with depression can seem quite happy (& normal) in fits and bursts.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Just saw someone talking about ‘Bloomsbury Brain’ an AI tool for their books and academic content that does god knows what. CEO talked about it on an investor call so clearly they’ve got big hopes for it. Any @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social authors heard of it?

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just noticed this article is 12 years old. Still horrifying.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Another author to 🚮 The Epstein files and lack of accountability seems to be emboldening the worst fucking views. Children are not safe at all.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I do find it weird that there seems to be an ever growing number of books set in publishing, literary festivals, bookshops and that book about a publicist falling for her author. (I mean, it’s all a bit echo chamber, don’t you think?)

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There is a Swiss e-reader company? Random

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Very happy to see this book arrive. 🙏

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