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Why do people hate ai? It’s a mystery for the ages.

Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent

Including a cheeky shout for the new Aestred Thurga (very, very pretty) Limited Edition character novel. Still a couple of these left, so go grab 'em while you can!

Just going to leave this here...

**NEW BOOK DAY!** A quick'n'dirty #newsletter about Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith, up for pre-order his morning! ⚜️ danacea.ghost.io/n/ #warhammer #warhammercommunity

AND UP! Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith is available to pre-order! Had a fantastic time, exploring this character, the Auto-Tapestry and the world upon which she finds herself (which may genuinely be one of my faves). Can't wait for people to read it! www.warhammer.com/en-GB/black-... #warhammer

And there's the fear that Farage will ride the wave of that exact same rhetoric and hatred, and gain power in the UK. And if that happens, we'll be dealing with the same nightmares as the US, but over here. I'm going to make #tea, and keep working. But, more than anything, I'm afraid for my son.

Apologies for a long quiet, but am finding everything a bit much, at the minute. We all knew that Brexit, ad the sickening hatred of its rhetoric and culture war was orchestrated, but something about seeing it proven, wand where and by whom, has pulled the rug right out from under me. The fact...

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

greenlit.com/project/unfo... Well - this is scary stuff, but what's the BEST than can happen? Every little helps towards our budget for a two-week rehearsal and workshop leading up to a London industry sharing for www.unfoldingthemusical.com xx Your shares and comments keep this alive. Thank you!🎇

Still, blue passports, eh.

i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll xikipedia.org

Finding it very difficult (and kinda facile) to post about books, and tea, and gaming, and small life shenanigans, while a tiny cabal of the very worst people in existence get away with the kinds of abuse that make us gag. I understand that our little corners of light are more important than ever..

I am now the Co-Editor of the @bsfa.bsky.social fission anthology. We open for submissions midnight on 13th February, and now pay 3p (roughly 4c) a word. I hope to see lots of great stories. I am very excited about this! 😁 www.bsfa.co.uk/fission

Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.

Oh, that's heartbreaking. Love Ogri, very much an icon of my misspent youf :)

Still reeling from yesterday (you know what I'm talking about). I didn't look at the pictures, I didn't want or need to know any more. The whole thing's just made me feel angry, unwell, and more furiously helpless than ever. How the FUCK are these cunts still in power?

Right, I remember when we officially left the EU, it was the day before my 35th birthday, exactly six years ago and I assumed this was a vintage Express cover from 2020. No. This is today's. These cunts got EVERYTHING they want and they're STILL miserable because their insides are rotten.

'Merdas Touch'

Black Library's about to see two new books hit from @danacea.bsky.social and @mikebrooks668.bsky.social with Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith and Ghost Legion, seeing the Adepta Sororitas and Alpha Legion get up to their merry business. warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl... #WarhammerCommunity

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

So, Isaac's monster #Kickstarter Christmas present finally arrived yesterday. My son is a HUGE #Transformers fan, and this is the epic collection of every comic and story, all the way back to their very, very earliest days (when the lines between Licenses were still kinda blurred):

Let's hope that Musk's financial skill, savvy and acumen will do for the AI industry exactly what they did for both Tesla and Twitter 👍

Anyway, more words for me, and another day of watching the DPD delivery screen, biting my nails and PRAYING that the driver doesn't go astray* *The road numbering, up here, makes no sense whatsoever and we, and a lot of our neighbours, spend half our lives rescuing lost couriers and/or post... 🤞🤞🤞

Not remotely surprised to learn that AI start-ups smell exactly like Incel central...

Just registered on #upscrolled, more to park my username than anything more, at the minute. Am @Danacea, same as everywhere else.

The best thing you'll read today, and HT @purserhallard.com for the spot. Get some #tea, and settle in for the ride...

Binx, catching up on his reading

Burgh noodling. Big fan of nooks. And crannies.

You know who are doing great work in championing UK comics? The Comics Cultural Impact Collective. That's who! You can find out more about their work on their website here. www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org

Okay, day at home today and work time for me. Expecting Isaac's Christmas present today (Kickstarter, and running slightly late) and VERY EXCITED to see it when it finally arrives...

I think about this post a lot.

And a shout for @mikebrooks668.bsky.social, who's GHOST LEGION is also incoming! www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

Announced by @warhammer40k.bsky.social yesterday, the Aestred Thurga character novel is out very soon! Had a fantastic time researching and writing this one, discovering Thurga and the Auto-Tapestry, and exploring the world upon which she finds herself ⚜️ #warhammer #warhammercommunity

When my son's father and I parted company, he told everyone that he'd 'done all the housework'. Certainly, he'd done lot of cooking (not my forte and he liked doing it), but here was a man, well in his forties, who'd never used a washing machine and presumably felt the same about clean socks... 🤣

Can I just say something...? 🧣

Typo of the day: 'gestation' for 'hesitation'. That sentence now goes to a scary place.

1️⃣ Handelsblatt Exclusive: Finally, the @ec.europa.eu is set to launch proceedings against Elon Musk’s AI chatbot #Grok today, according to Handelsblatt. The aim is to force xAI to withdraw the bot from the European market under the Digital Services Act (DSA). 🇪🇺🚫

Ah, the classic narcissist. It can lie, steal, gaslight, treat people like dirt, ignore boundaries and spew damage in every direction... ...but then it'll play the victim, blame everyone else, and wonder why no-one loves it. 🤦‍♀️

Thought for the day. Morning. #Tea.

Two thousand words in an hour and a half. And FUCK is that better.

Hoofing giant cub out to work, and I have a supervisor today...

Latest newsletter, talking about why the techbros will NEVER sell us on fucking AI (and why companies keep getting it wrong): danacea.ghost.io #noAI

Little 'walk to work story'. Yesterday, as I was walking down Jermyn Street to the staff door at work, there was a completely random cucumber, still wrapped, just lying on the pavement. Someone's dropped it form their shopping, I thought, and went on my way. Behind me, two VERY well-dressed...

Binx has taken to sitting on my keyboard. I haven't managed to grab a picture of him yet, but if my next book is shit, blame the cat.

A man told me yesterday that it was important to "take emotion out of the equation“ when analysing the situation in the US, at which point I told him very calmly that "a woman who disagrees with you is not necessarily emotional". Ladies, it was a breakthrough. I should have done this years ago.

My son and I finished the from scratch #lego Star Wars Chess set we dreamed up. Pretty stoked. @mdaware.org @aspiringpeasant.com