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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And legacy media is part of the problem

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 02/10/2026

Bernardine Evaristo and Margaret Busby have been appointed patrons of the Black British Book Festival (BBBF). 👇

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Bernardine Evaristo and Margaret Busby appointed patrons of Black British Book Festival

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As if people would be stupid enough to care about what their passport looks like?! Oh. 👀

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Will definitely listen to that. This is great too (there are about 5 episodes about people’s mad relationship with AI) open.spotify.com/episode/34IJ...

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416: AI: A New Kind of Being #2: What if your AI betrayed you?

This Is Actually Happening · Episode

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

get in there and do your stuff x

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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

That post doesn’t express what monsters I think those men are for what they did. A SEVEN hour attack!!!! Worth considering that I’m sure that young women (in her lucid moments) thought they were going to kill her. And honestly there are no limits to the consequences I think the men deserve.

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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 · 26/09/2026

Planning to enter like Stars in Their Eyes?

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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 · 18/09/2026

Looks that way. Get the popcorn in.

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

I’m interested if more news is about to drop about him?!

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

Exactly. Makes me want to scream.

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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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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That might be the case, but that means the bots are really stupid…. Oh

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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

shop.rnli.org

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

Only if I had a hideous nightmare

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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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