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Susanna Forrest

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Writer The Age of the Horse (AtlanticBooks/GroveAtlantic) & If Wishes Were Horses. Essays for Paris Review Daily, Long Reads, Lit Hub, Perspective & more. Amazons of Paris on Substack. Exberliner from πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§living in πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ & married to a πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·.

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Wow! Have not come across that. Wonder if it’s a pun?

13.05.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Writers of Bluesky, who is running good pitching workshops?

07.05.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
More than 20 Metropolitan Police officers broke down the front door of a Quaker meeting house to arrest six women who had met to discuss climate change and Gaza.

It is thought to be the first time in the history of the famously Β­pacifist Quakers that police have forced their way into one of their places of worship.

The women, aged between 18 and 38, were sitting in a circle eating hummus and bread sticks on Thursday evening as part of a Β­β€œwelcome meeting” for Youth Demand, which calls itself a non-violent protest group.

More than 20 Metropolitan Police officers broke down the front door of a Quaker meeting house to arrest six women who had met to discuss climate change and Gaza. It is thought to be the first time in the history of the famously Β­pacifist Quakers that police have forced their way into one of their places of worship. The women, aged between 18 and 38, were sitting in a circle eating hummus and bread sticks on Thursday evening as part of a Β­β€œwelcome meeting” for Youth Demand, which calls itself a non-violent protest group.

I know the right wing media finds it all very difficult so, in an attempt to be helpful, this is what an actual interference with free speech looks like.

30.03.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2106    πŸ” 823    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 65

Farewell, Threads account.

08.01.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hope you enjoy not having air conditioning next summer so that incels can generate unlimited big titty anime girls on demand

26.12.2024 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 467    πŸ” 162    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
X, after reinstating the terrorists' profile, has deleted all posts before November 2024
They also deactivated search function on his profile, so you can only see his last 2 months posts.
Why? Probably because it helps the "far-right/pro-israel" narrative that he is "not an ex-Muslim atheist, nor is he a fan of the AfD or Elon Musk"
There were 2016 posts proving the opposite, before Elon Musk deleted them.

X, after reinstating the terrorists' profile, has deleted all posts before November 2024 They also deactivated search function on his profile, so you can only see his last 2 months posts. Why? Probably because it helps the "far-right/pro-israel" narrative that he is "not an ex-Muslim atheist, nor is he a fan of the AfD or Elon Musk" There were 2016 posts proving the opposite, before Elon Musk deleted them.

can't believe the latest elon musk crazy shit is not trending here. TF;DR: he deleted that far-right terrorist account, then reactivated it but without its history and with search and translate deactivated.

22.12.2024 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 448    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 16

In re:

15.12.2024 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 610    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8

This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.

11.12.2024 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7296    πŸ” 2294    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 287

It means that if the creator does want to do a future deal with a more ethical company they have no sales stats and the product might already be considered old hat though. Maybe ask the creator for guidance on what to do.

04.12.2024 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pirating Oh No merch will not help the creator either.

29.11.2024 05:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Norris v. Goldner, 1:19-cv-05491 - CourtListener.com Docket for Norris v. Goldner, 1:19-cv-05491 β€” Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

For readers' reference, here are the two court cases. Hundreds of documents, more than five years. Even if you just scan the list, it's a chilling insight into what a corporate predator can put an artist through.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/15766...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/67399...

24.10.2024 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Legal fund for Alex Norris "oh no" comics, organized by Alex Norris I am Alex Norris, creator of the webcomicΒ Webcomic Name.Β I am here to ask for he… Alex Norris needs your support for Legal fund for Alex Norris "oh no" comics

Have you ever seen or shared an 'oh no' cartoon?
Did you know the creator is a queer Welsh artist?
Did you know they're being agressively pursued & harassed w/lawsuits from a US organisation trying to steal their intellectual property?
Did you know you can donate to cover the horrific legal costs?

23.10.2024 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8173    πŸ” 7205    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 88

Magpies are pretty evil.

27.11.2024 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Killer Whales of Eden and the 'Law of the Tongue' Orcas and humans once hunted together in southeastern Australia, until their millennia-old relationship broke down.

Orca also used to team up with humans to hunt whales. Random but interesting orca fact

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kil...

27.11.2024 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

One man's echo chamber is another man's Social Science Genetic Association Consortium

22.11.2024 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What is hybrid warfare, which some fear Russia will use after Ukraine’s strike? Strike with US-made missiles has prompted fears of Russian reprisal that would broaden the scope of a frontline

We’re already in a hybrid war with Russia. Have been for years. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

20.11.2024 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure the more outlandish claims cancel out the chances these days.

18.11.2024 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the mailbox today from the Swedish government: β€œIf Crisis or War Comes,” our guide to surviving war, nukes, terrorist attacks, climate-change freakeries, propaganda, and cyberwarfare. And explaining it to our children. First published 1961. #lifeinsweden

18.11.2024 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feeling less invested in Bluesky since learning it’s owned by bitcoin people and that EM is being encouraged to buy it.

18.11.2024 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
A Morris Minor parked next to a huge new SUV.

A Morris Minor parked next to a huge new SUV.

Cars in the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of cars on the U.K's roads as there were 30 years ago, but the media are still running articles claiming that a handful of cycle lanes and LTNs 'cause congestion' in London...πŸ™„

16.11.2024 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 873    πŸ” 255    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 20

Maybe enough Republican donors will lose money.

14.11.2024 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Trump pulls a Truss/Kwarteng/Varoufakis move on the economy can he, like Truss and Kwarteng, be speedily ejected?

14.11.2024 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia

This is not a drill, a mummified sabretooth cat has been published from the #Pleistocene permafrost of Russia. It's a Homotherium cub! The team (Lopatin et al.) reckon it's Homotherium latidens. It's too young to have enlarged upper canines. Paper is OA ... www.nature.com/articles/s41... cont...

14.11.2024 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2054    πŸ” 729    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 95
Quote from Greenwire article on Gaetz AG nomination: β€œLuckily all of our environmental laws are older than 18 years, so Rep. Gaetz shouldn’t have much interest in them,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity, a frequent litigant in environmental lawsuits.

Quote from Greenwire article on Gaetz AG nomination: β€œLuckily all of our environmental laws are older than 18 years, so Rep. Gaetz shouldn’t have much interest in them,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity, a frequent litigant in environmental lawsuits.

Wowwww

14.11.2024 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 16209    πŸ” 3218    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 322
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Rutherford County faces heated debate over book bans in school as 150 more titles are pulled from library shelves The book bans were initiated by board member Caleb Tidwell, who flagged the titles as sexually explicit under school board policy and state obscenity laws.

A Tennessee Board of Education has now banned Wicked, Beloved and 35 other books as "pornography."

Under a new TN law, any description of sexual activity is "harmful to minors." Another 150 books have already been flagged for removal.

Sex workers tried to warn you.

www.wsmv.com/2024/11/14/r...

14.11.2024 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1525    πŸ” 686    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 116

Look at me. Listen to me:

If someone is selling you a "search" & "knowledge" "AI" product they claim is smarter & better & faster than you, but it literally cannot be guaranteed to give you simple true facts about consensus reality when asked, then that product DOES NOT WORK and SHOULD NOT BE USED.

15.06.2024 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1145    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 11

Starter packs are excellent. On the hunt for book business, EU, Sweden, and archaeology packs. ❀️

07.11.2024 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NB someone asked me for a Guardian/Observer starter pack so i can legitimately say THERE IS ONE HERE IT IS go.bsky.app/B6CxPTX PS i absolutely did not make it, credit due to @severincarrell.bsky.social i think

07.11.2024 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 2

You wonder who told him that because that’s not his own idea. Whoever it was has been reading a very selective historical account.

23.10.2024 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you looking in the book world or academia world? Am on a similar quest and mainly finding tiny grants for writers.

23.10.2024 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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