We’re streaming directly to our website for the next couple days, which is way better anyway because it doesn’t reek of Bezos! Catch our 24/7 feed and all our live events directly on the Dumb homepage. dumb-industries.com

"Fatuous popinjay" flatters him but it's a great insult

LIVING FOR THE DAY WHEN I HAVE AN #AI PHRENOLOGIST

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PATREONS! I've sent a newsletter. It's got news about 5 new SIGNED books. It also has a few bits and bobs about what we've been up to and also what we're planning! You can read it here. www.patreon.com/posts/big-gr...

Hello, all 🐱 I haven't been online for the past week or so...I had to focus on the store & on Ruby for a bit. But I'm BACK! News about our holiday schedule is coming soon. Right now: the lights are ON and the music is UP and we are HERE at 8275 John R in Detroit today until 6 PM. Hope to see you!

We have just a few signed, pitch-black sprayed edge editions of brand new Empire of the Dawn, Jay Kristoff's epic conclusion to his vampire trilogy. Grab them while you can! 💙📚🪐 #Spredges #Vampire

Ooh, writers who dream of having a gorgeous website - here are some lovely ones by @handpressed.net

Good haul at @redemmas.org

Great opportunity to recommend "Sparrow" by James Hynes. "In this unforgettable novel, James Hynes brings the ancient Roman city of Carthago Nova – its markets, temples, taverns of the lowly, and mansions of the rich – to vivid, brutal life."

Going to see the Viktor & Rolf exhibit at @highmuseumofart.bsky.social on Saturday! #fashion #art high.org/exhibition/v... The High is the exclusive US venue to present this exhibition, the first major retrospective of their work.

Example of one of the posts of this brilliant and witty philosopher: "F-k you and your dirty mouth you communist loving asshole." REPORT AND BLOCK @ brian-77.bsky.social!

Interested in art? Join @unirdg-artcol.bsky.social tonight for a free online talk! Print historian Martin Andrews will dive into the work of Allen W. Seaby (1867-1963), ornithological painter, printmaker, and former professor at the University of Reading. merl.reading.ac.uk/event/conver...

Are you a #bookseller or #bibiliphile? This is a great interview with an indie bookstore buyer. #BookSky 📚

From @motherjones.com "Another Big Reason to Worry About Bari Weiss’ Tenure at CBS News" #AI #Sora

#OpenAI is brainless mass plagiarism

Cambridge/Somerville/Boston folks 👇

PUBLICATION DAY! My new book, ‘Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, rebel, kingmaker’ is out today. “An epic journey”, “a powerful new biography”, “highly readable”, “vivid portrait”. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/margaret-... @headofzeus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #History #WomensHistory

AI always means Arseholes Involved at some point.

I regret to inform you that Lumi dropped one of his legs somewhere and I can't find it. I know they eventually grow them back like lizards but I'm devastated, I looked e v e r y w h e r e

#AI is not your friend. AI is your worst enemy because it commits crimes yet can never be punished.

#uglydogs You're invited to play a puzzle created by Mackaracka. www.nytimes.com/games/create...

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me: no, i never assume - it makes an ass out of u and me! prison guard: fine, *adopt* the position

@paulapoundstone.bsky.social on #WaitWaitDontTellMe on November 13th! In Atlanta, on @wabe.org at 10:00am et.

@fakehistoryhunter.net bwahahahhaha

Just added to my Etsy shop: 🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars 🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers) 🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos 💐tiny posy mental health kits Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

Happy 48th Anniversary to the greatest outtake in television history. Tim Conway's Elephant Story from The Carol Burnett Show.

I’m regrettably not reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula by lantern light in a lighthouse on the Irish coast during a full moon, so no, I’m afraid your email did not “find me well.”

LOVE. HER.

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. The best of all the days. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only

BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting. If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.

Note of caution of #Apple #FamilySharing: apple.news/A12ayTUInS3G... from @wired.com

@afroherper.bsky.social is incredibly awesome, and take a look at this #scholarship!

ONE WEEK TODAY! @burleyfisher.bsky.social 12 Nov, 6.30 pm Me & my giant face will be talking to Samuel Fisher about language, power, pencils, dragons, Ursula Le Guin & listening… Please join us to launch BAD LANGUAGE! burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...

@legroff.bsky.social — my hero yesterday, my hero today, my hero tomorrow.

David Bowie as Tilda Swinton, Tilda Swinton as David Bowie

#AI: promoting #malware since who knows when

Sadly , post lockdown - live shows are becoming less and less viable for so many performers - I have many friends , critically revered and fabulous , who are seeing huge drops in their ability to sell - the mainstream dominates - the arenas lap up money and numbers

Money is tight for many right now, so I was excited to see Book Outlet is having a Black Friday sale - $7.99 or less for fiction and 20% off everything else. I'm in no way affiliated or sponsored by them. Just took advantage of the great sale this morning and wanted to share the news! bookoutlet.ca

#AI is like Jeff Bezos. Incredibly evil, amoral, sucks in money like a gigantic vacuum, and doesn't give a shit about you in any way.

This post by @coreydanks.bsky.social 100 times! Please #ShopLocal for your holiday gifting. Why give loathsome billionaires more money when you could support your community?

@holgertiedemann.bsky.social Here's a good one to block. A real charmer. Check out his profile and postings. @ nomorebs3.bsky.social

If you're in #London on November 12th, see @nathenamin.bsky.social speak on Henry VII at @westminsterabbey.bsky.social!

An old friend of mine will be performing at the Brookhaven Splash Art Fest this weekend; can't wait to see him! November 8 & 9, 10AM to 5PM Saturday and Sunday. #Brookhaven #art #festival #Atlanta www.splashfestivals.com/events-festi...

If you would like a novel full of love, loss, bisexual longing and gorgeous settings (oh and amnesia) my new paperback PARADISE is available to pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/para...

Cracked lichen surface, Heil Valley Ranch today 🌿

Today's socks (courtesy BlueQ and my awesome friend)

#OTD 1930: "Sinclair Lewis becomes the first American writer to win the #NobelPrize for #Literature, “for his vigorous and graphic art of description and for his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters” From the always illuminating @literaryhub.bsky.social newsletter.

Find the @honestdogbooks.bsky.social #Holiday #gift guide here! honestdogbooks.com/holidays