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Hello Writer Friends! Do I know anyone who will be at WorldCon this coming week? If so, say hi!

Rewrote the opening to Novel #2. It's definitely catchier now. I doubt this is the permanent opening but it feels like I'm on the right track #AmWriting

All I'm saying is that I'm currently harvesting my potatoes, my parsley's looking great, and if I were the one to discover bog butter right now... @darthbluesky.bsky.social

Donegal farmer uncovers 22kg slab of ancient bog butter The accidental discovery could one of the biggest finds of it’s kind in Ireland so far

I need everyone to admire this massive slab of bog butter (and it's still edible!) www.irishnews.com/news/ireland...

As someone who's seen all these films, believe me, you don't want to miss this block!

A marginal doodle in red showing a man in a cap with his tongue out and a dog scampering along the margins of AM 22 4to, f. 58v

Having not had quite enough sleep this weekend, I strongly identify with the drawing in this medieval manuscript.

A marginal doodle in red showing a man in a cap with his tongue out and a dog scampering along the margins of AM 22 4to, f. 58v

Having not had quite enough sleep this weekend, I strongly identify with the drawing in this medieval manuscript.

Incredibly important report on AI training & copyright released today by the European Commission. It gets lots right, slamming the idea that creators should be required to opt-out of having their works used for free by AI companies.

It says:

- Generative AI must be based on opt-in consent

🧵 1/n

A dark imprint that resembles half a man's face, in AM22 4to, f. 84r

Pretty sure there's a man haunting this manuscript

A dark imprint that resembles half a man's face, in AM22 4to, f. 84r

Pretty sure there's a man haunting this manuscript

Check out this prize-winning essay by postdoc @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social on her work with @mfgrp.bsky.social @stanford-chemh.bsky.social 👏

A dog leaps through a flourishing capital F that begins a section of the manuscript: AM 342 fol. f. 24r

Happy Friday, everyone! #MedievalManuscript

A man in breeches doffs his big hat in the margins of AM 317 fol. f.110v

Today's manuscript find is this medieval doodle of a man with his back turned to the legal text, doffing his hat at the empty margins.

A man in breeches doffs his big hat in the margins of AM 317 fol. f.110v

Today's manuscript find is this medieval doodle of a man with his back turned to the legal text, doffing his hat at the empty margins.

I loved the neon lights museum in Warsaw. Might be up your alley! It's quite small, and very doable.

A symbolic picture of the Creation; a circle divided in three with banners of text surrounding it. The upper half depicts the sun, moon and stars; the two lower halves depict the sea with fish and the land with trees, horses and humans, respectively. From AM 76 8vo, f.91v

Working away on the eternal question of marginalia, today I'm admiring these tiny fish in the sea, and horses with trees and people that someone drew around 1470. #Medieval

You don't have time for your bullshit! And yet you do your bullshit all day! Go write your book!

Baby Kestrel (2025) Humphrey Ocean, RA Royal Academy of Art, London, United Kingdom

Baby Kestrel (2025)
Humphrey Ocean, RA
Royal Academy of Art, London, United Kingdom

Every time a friend has a kid, I give them Wanda Gág's Millions of Cats (and without fail, they've never heard of it)!

What's a book—or series of books—that you loved as a kid that almost nobody seems to read or even remember nowadays?

Looks great! Who will be publishing the anthology?

Victor Hugo: Writer, Artist, and Ocean Man By Arendse Lund: In 1885, over two million people lined the cobblestone streets of Paris for Victor Hugo’s funeral procession. The man was a beloved author, poet, and politician; what most of the m…

Victor Hugo: Writer, Artist, and Ocean Man
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Victor Hugo: Writer, Artist, and Ocean Man By Arendse Lund: In 1885, over two million people lined the cobblestone streets of Paris for Victor Hugo’s funeral procession. The man was a beloved author, poet, and politician; what most of the m…

In 1885, over 2 million people lined the streets of Paris for Victor Hugo’s funeral. The man was a writer, politician, and...artist? I wrote about his drawings, which are currently exhibited at the @royalacademyarts.bsky.social. @file770.bsky.social file770.com/victor-hugo-...

Giant bonfire, flames billowing in the wind. The back of one of the heads is Mette Frederiksen.

An archer tried to light the bonfire with flaming arrows but, due to the thunderstorms, the fire didn't take. Instead, the fire department had to row out and use a flamethrower. An absolutely top experience #Midsummer

Lighting races across the sky above a series of buildings and, in the farther distance, trees

Copenhagen is putting on quite the lightning show. I have some doubts whether the bonfires will be lit tonight but I'm holding out hope

Heinesen's pastel "Fishing Witch" from the National Gallery of the Faroe Islands

Hver by har sin heks og hvert sogn sine trolde 🎶

Happy Midsummer, everyone! #SanktHansAften

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

one milkshake to bring all the boys to the yard and in the darkness bind them

My partner bought me fancy ice cream for my birthday and then we had the joy of experiencing that same roller coaster of emotions!

I think people misunderstand translation as an exact word-for-word replacement, when instead there's a whole history around how to pick which words and use what specific connotations in which circumstances. There's no replacement for an experienced translator!

Demand Access to Updated COVID Vaccines ⭑ 5 Calls On May 20th, top Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials announced changes to the approval process for updated COVID vaccines that would greatly …

In addition, you can call your rep and senators and tell them to follow the science and maintain access to the covid vaccines! It's a quick call, and this site will even provide a script for you: 5calls.org/issue/covid-...