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ericabuist.bsky.social
Writer. Journalist (Guardian). Author (THIS PARTY’S DEAD). Writing tutor (CityLit). Social media director Tupelo Press. Late diagnosed ADHD. Writing a novel but I’m ok.
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We turned 40.

The rules of the internet clearly state that when you see Tom Holland's Umbrella, you're required to share it.

We are in Crete, and we’ve been adopted by a cat. She sits on us for hours on end, follows us around, and miaows pitifully when we go inside. We named her Artemis (Artie) and she’s so smart she’s already answering to it. Guess I’m going to be bawling on the flight home then.

Today I went to a breast cancer clinic because my left boob was under investigation for attempted murder, but by 2pm it was cleared of all charges. No cancer for me today! Joy!

Oh.

The Economist cover 👀

My clipped imperative: read it.

If you know, you know

Hegseth hasn’t texted ME any classified info. Starting to take it personally tbh. I mean I have a phone

New episode with the great @iandunt.bsky.social youtu.be/upjwiQJ-Xh4?...

I just came back from a couple of days in a cabin in the woods of north Norfolk. I am now suffering from major post-cabin blues. I cannot remember the last time I was so far from light pollution it was possible to photograph the stars (you can see Orion in the fourth pic!)

It would be quicker to count the things Dan Hannan has been right about. You know what? I just did: 1. His name* (citation needed)

My book was among those pirated and used by Meta to train their AI models. Fuming. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

I bought Twitter for $44,000,000,000 and sold it back to myself for $33,000,000,000. I have 43 kids and no friends. Everything I make explodes

I often worry that I have time blindness, but after seeing a man last night get off the tube, go to the fence at the side of the platform, start pissing, then hear the BEEPBEEPBEEP of the doors closing and dash back onto the train *still pissing*, I’m feeling less concerned.

I will be joining some other weirdos this evening at Fabrica Brighton where we’ll be talking about death. Specifically I’ll be talking about my book, This Party’s Dead, the seven festivals for the dead I visited and how I got hit in the head by a dancing corpse. (Sold out, but there is a waitlist!)

Can he not just send Tesla thoughts and prayers? That system has been working for years.

Oh my god. Why why why must I always do an embarrassing typo. I meant pets. I MEANT PETS.

I was hoping this would happen. There are other countries, other labs, other sources of funding. Welcome back, science. (Cartoon: Brain Drain by Oliver Schoff.)

I had a chat with Nicola at @thelondonstandard.bsky.social about journalism, AI and being wrong open.spotify.com/episode/0VvQ...

It turns out “there’s a horse loose in the hospital” isn’t as alarming an image as a big white house with no adults in it.