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Writer. Actress. Potterer. https://www.berlinassociates.com/clients/wanda-opalinska/ https://engersportelli.com/
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all I see is this

He looks like a cormorant about to be cleaned by RSPB volunteers.

Blimey these are good!

Astérix et Ozempix

Dear Sir or Madam, I'm an author, see; Took me twenty minutes with CHATGPT It's made from other stuff I didn't write It's a load of shite, but I wanna be a Piggyback Writer...

Smoking and Drinking in the English music hall in 1872 - I wonder what the ladies are drinking? #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodAndDrink

Marvel: 'Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history' ITV:

Fantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright. Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."

A superb article by Wendy Webster - VE Day for the Poles, and what victory needs to look like for the Ukrainians. theconversation.com/by-ve-day-in...

Remembering Sidney James, born this day in 1913.

Very disappointing that the UK govt today rejected calls to make AI companies disclose their training data. Big opportunity right now for opposition parties to stand with artists & the general public. The UK should not be beholden to big tech. www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/nationa...

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Really looking forward to listening to this in the sunshine. An afternoon well spent, I think: @kenbentley.bsky.social such a fine director of voices

Flying saucers, invented by communion wafer manufacturers and containing a product brought back from the Crusades (sherbet), are surely the most intensely Tradcath sweets in existence

Here's what I include at the bottom of every freelance invoice I send - and I've cashed in on this! Know your rights as a freelancer! The full text is in the alt.

British Steel employs 3.6k people. Coventry Uni group, which auditors say may not survive, employs 7.7k. But there is an emergency debate in parliament for British Steel and nothing for the whole HE sector imploding

New issues of both Film Stories and Film Junior magazines have gone up for preorder on our shop. Details/covers incoming shortly. Please spread the word and help support independent publishing! Ta x buff.ly/3wkp8HR

Is this a photo of a woman and child in mourning and / or traditional dress? Any thoughts on what the item on the left is or signifies? Photographer George Tear lived on Loughborough Road. CDV photo c. 1870? #OnePlaceWednesday questions. 🙏 for any thoughts.

I aspire to this level of petty fuck-you response to corporate surveillance www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

We go now live to our economics editor who has broken out the good whiskey and seems to be playing with a revolver. How are the markets reacting Greg

@ScandiTina 😂

The full report by the Tony Blair Institute is out, in which they detail how copyright should be "rebooted" in the AI age. It reads like a big tech lobbying document. I hope they will be asked serious questions at its launch in London today. Some very brief highlights: 🧵 1/8

He drinks a whiskey drink He drinks a vodka drink He drinks a lager drink He drinks a cider drink He sends a text that remind him of the war plans He sends a text that reminds him of the war crimes #Hegseth

If you’re in the UK and have ever published anything, you really need to join ALCS!

21 across. Lovely stuff.

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

Went to see the absolutely stunning reconstructions of Nubian early and high medieval textiles at the Dress to Impress exhibition that is now visiting Bode Museum in Berlin. The Warsaw team has done a splendid job bringing one of the most impressive bits of medieval history to life.

Over on X, someone just referred to Musk as “Lex Loser” and I’m still chortling.

We're aware that some of our members have found that their work has been used without consent in LibGen, a pirated books database Meta has used to train AI We've put together advice for those affected + you can also find out about our campaigning work 🔽 writersguild.org.uk/libgen-datab...

UK folks, go check your NI contributions *before April* so that if you think you *might* do topups to previous years, you get in the queue to discuss if that's worthwhile; after April, the topup window gets many years smaller so doing the placeholder now is worth it

Good Morning.

If your business model doesn’t work without stealing other people’s work and violating copyright law on a massive scale, then you’re not in business. You’re in organized crime.

Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions. Authors, search your name here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

@hannahfearn.bsky.social Just wanted to say how much I admire your reporting. You bring so many important stories to light. Thank you