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Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone As businesses race to adopt AI, you might worry that the experience and expertise you’ve built up has become a lot less valuable. But you still have more control over your future than you think.

We’re seeing more AI-related products and advancements in a single day than we saw in a single year a decade ago.
The experience and expertise you’ve built up may now be obsolete or a lot less valuable than it once was.

#TheSentientOnes #AI #Booksky #bookshops

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Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune

No region will escape the impact. The tropics and southern hemisphere will be worst affected by rising heat, but northern countries will find it difficult to adapt. Their buildings designed to deal with a cooler climate.

#TheSentientOnes #climatechange

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Effects of climate change Climate change is already having visible effects on the world. The Earth is warming, rainfall patterns are changing, and sea levels are rising. These changes can increase the risk of heatwaves, floods...

The Earth is warming, rainfall patterns are changing, and sea levels are rising. These changes can increase the risk of heatwaves, floods, droughts, and fires.

#TheSentientOnes #climatechange @cliftop.bsky.social #FloodWatersDown

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The feature 'Drowning in Denial' - looking at climate change driven flood damage in council areas led by Reform UK - is also excellent and timely. It dovetails nicely with my upcoming novel #FloodWatersDown about survival, resistance and moral reckoning in a world undone by climate collapse.

Countdown underway to publication this Spring of my new #cli-fi novel! Available for pre-order soon. Please follow me for further release info as it happens. #Booksky

Cover design is important for books and magazines.

Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say Data leads scientists to declare 2015 Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C ‘dead in the water’

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT EARLIER

Cover reveal is always a big day for an author

The title, I hope, is self-explanatory

Out May 21st. Pre-order now

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Nice cover and compelling title 😁

Red and amber weather warnings in UK as Storm Goretti evolves into ‘weather bomb’ Up to 30cm of snow expected in Wales and Midlands with winds of up to 100mph across exposed hills and coastal areas

A “weather bomb”.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

If you’re in the vicinity of #Lincoln and like crime fiction then don't miss this upcoming Author Event.

It's promoted by indie bookshop Lindum Books (top of Steep Hill) & features talented crime writers Lynne McEwan & Caroline Mitchell.

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@carolinemitchell.bsky.social

Ecological myopia: the blind spot holding back climate action Seeing more clearly is the first step toward wiser action.

In many people’s conversations, record heat or flooding are still described as odd weather rather than recognised as signs of a shifting climate that affects food prices and public health.

#TheSentientOnes #climatechange

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Northamptonshire Net Zero: a no go under Reform Despite concerning climate change evidence in Northamptonshire, the county’s Reform-led councils have abandoned all previous Net Zero plans

Despite concerning climate change evidence in Northamptonshire, the county’s Reform-led councils have abandoned all previous Net Zero plans | Cliff Mitchell
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The Sentient Ones is a bold and chillingly topical work of speculative fiction.

Cliftop supported the author and publisher (Chronos) with editing, cover design, typesetting and launch PR.

As a publisher, we’re increasingly drawn to novels that treat climate change not as spectacle, but as lived context.

Stories where flooding, weather and environmental pressure quietly shape decisions, relationships and futures - often before characters fully understand what’s happening to them.

The cover of upcoming novel Flood Waters Down showing an eerie flood-ridden landscape. Media review copies available soon - contact us at www.cliftop.co.uk

Haunting, prophetic and fiercely human.

A powerful exploration of survival, resistance and moral reckoning in a world undone by climate collapse.

And threatened by the very intelligence it created to save itself.

Publishing APRIL 2026.

#FloodWatersDown #BookSky

New Year's Day sunset over the rooftops in a small Lincolnshire hamlet. A chilly night in store.

Haunting cover of newly published paperback 'The Sentient Ones', a thought-provoking thriller of AI rule in the near future. How would humanity react if the super intelligence that saved it became its oppressor? Now available via bookshops and online. See also my launch review piece "The machines that loved us to death" - https://simcomm.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-machines-that-loved-us-to-death.html

Challenging discussions on #BBC #Radio4 #Today around the future of AI from guest editor @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social - ties in beautifully with @authorbnugent.bsky.social newly released novel #TheSentientOnes about the rise of sentient #AI. Definitely a book to watch for 2026! #BookSky

Since when has one in three trumped two in three? More slanted reporting and headline writing to fit the anti-Government narrative.

‘Earthrise’ from lunar orbit, Christmas Eve 1968 - probably the most poignant and meaningful photo ever. Happy Christmas.

‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists Scientists say government must prepare for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels

Climate crisis for the UK ranging from 4C rise in temperatures to a 2-metre rise in sea levels.

Or a plunge of 6C after collapse of Atlantic Ocean currents.

#TheSentientOnes #climatechange
@cliftop.bsky.social #FloodWatersDown

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Captain’s Log, 20.12.25: “Trump presidency is on life support as the sordid black hole of the Epstein coverup grows ever deeper and more murky. Makes Nixon’s Watergate look like a picnic.”

War warning sparks UK space push Topical comment and travel writing

George Freeman MP says the UK must build a wartime space economy to stop Russia, stand up to Trump and keep billion-pound space firms from being seized by foreign powers.

simcomm.blogspot.com/2025/12/war-...

The Sentient Ones - cover and description of exciting new AI novel

Looking for a Christmas read that’s smart, unsettling and uncomfortably close to home?

The Sentient Ones by @authorbnugent.bsky.social - climate crisis, AI control and the thin line between protection and tyranny.

A perfect gift for the holidays!

#ChristmasReads #SpeculativeFiction #booksky

War warning sparks UK space push Topical comment and travel writing

George Freeman MP says the UK must build a wartime space economy to stop Russia, stand up to Trump and keep billion-pound space firms from being seized by foreign powers.

simcomm.blogspot.com/2025/12/war-...

With #AI making the news everyday now there's no better time to dip into authorbnugent.bsky.social challenging new novel #TheSentientOnes - a gripping thriller of AI rule in a near future Britain. The perfect Xmas gift too!
www.amazon.co.uk/Sentient-One...

Visited this independent bookshop gem in Holt, Norfolk, today - great selection of books and lovely, helpful staff.

‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itself Anthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control

Chief scientist says #AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control.

AI might accelerate biomedical research, improve health, boost productivity, give people more free time.

#TheSentientOnes

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Exactly the same at 10 pm. It’s Mason who should be sacked. Would save a few quid for licence payers too.