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sjmoore.bsky.social

Corgi wrangler. Writing & illustrating stuff. Judging books by their covers. Fabulist fiction enthusiast - I like the weird s*#%…

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NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:

submitted 100 days ago • 64 comments

One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/

submitted 122 days ago • 105 comments

A reminder of the ever growing list of Indie Publishers on Bluesky Add it to your feeds to see what they’re up to Give me a shout if you want added bsky.app/profile/did:...

submitted 157 days ago • 7 comments

People often ask me why I’m outspoken about trans rights. I’m not trans so “why do you care?”  I care because what the government is doing to trans people is wrong. I care because we are being conditioned to accept atrocities. 🧵

submitted 157 days ago • 17 comments

The percentage of children’s books with a racially minoritised main character has halved since 2022. A third of primary school children in the UK are Black and brown. The publishing industry needs to do so much better. It’s failing this generation of readers. Full report at clpe.org.uk

submitted 211 days ago • 0 comments

Faber has a new children's literature award for unpublished manuscripts #UKKidLit #UKKidLitNews www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...

submitted 219 days ago • 1 comment

👻🐻 bear woman

submitted 220 days ago • 2 comments

Start of a new Starter Pack, this time for literary events. If you are one or know of one on Bluesky, please let me know. 💙📚 #BookSky go.bsky.app/PHw99bS

submitted 219 days ago • 49 comments

If you see this, post a monster.

submitted 223 days ago • 8 comments

Great word, @susiedent.bsky.social! And, if you have the 'gwenders' you'll probably shiver, originally 'chiveren', from the Old English word for 'jaw' ... because the cold makes our teeth chatter!

submitted 220 days ago • 0 comments

Hmmmm. I should probably post something shouldn’t I? Here, have a corgi…

submitted 220 days ago • 1 comment

Something really telling about open ai calling artists “abusers” for trying to set up boundaries to protect our work.

submitted 225 days ago • 153 comments

I’m trying to make my first Starter Pack! Where are all my @write-mentor.bsky.social friends? Hub members/writers/anyone involved in any way. I’d love to find everyone on Bluesky. Please give me a wave if you want to be added go.bsky.app/4xu4cAe

submitted 222 days ago • 10 comments