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Cats.

I read Shinobi Undercover, Vol. 1 by Ippon Takegushi & Santa Mitarashi. A fun start to a series about a socially awkward ninja going undercover in high school. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #manga #bookreview

Happy caturday!

The shapeshifting tanuki of Japanese folklore often disguises itself as a monk and can do calligraphy. In one tale, a visiting monk's writing was odd enough to raise suspicions, making his host think, this seems like the sort of thing a tanuki would write. #folklorethursday

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yeah so we're being asked to believe that computers can now write novels, diagnose diseases, design houses, etc, but I just looked at my 'recommendations for you' on a book website and the first one had cupcakes in the title. Explain THAT away, tech bros.

Here it is. The reason why AI “writing” is not real writing. The reason why AI “art” is not real art. AI “creativity” is just a parody of the real thing. Here’s why. 👇

I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1

Gorgeous light in Shinjuku this evening. The buildings looked like brass. Really nice walk with clients from the US. Some great photos were made.

Every day I check, and the #WIPSNIP of the day is STILL not "beef-witted," but hey, silent/silence will work too. From my historical fantasy piece set in medieval times, a Speaker Timeline book, "Amends to the Everlasting," coming soonlyish. #booksky

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The team.

I am so excited to share the beautiful North American cover of #Melting the Ice Queen! 😍 Cover Artist: @wingbuffet.bsky.social Designer: @lesleyaworrell.bsky.social (1/2)

Undercover shadow, lone boat in the cold, Drifting duckweed amidst turbulent times. With one heart, we guard our land, Together crossing this boat to safety. #TanJianci #檀健次 #谢却山 #DancingWithTheTide #何不同舟渡

I read Magical Girl Dandelion, Vol. 2 by Kaeru Mizuho. The series really gets going here, with character dynamics forming and solidifying. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #bookreview #manga

⛩️⛩️🦊TEN THOUSAND GATES🦊⛩️⛩️ faces of devils faces of foxes... spring breeze 鬼の面狐の面や春の風 -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶 1763-1828). Trans. David Lanoue. An afternoon hike amongst the foxes of Fushimi Inari (伏見稲荷大社). Kitsune (狐) are familiars to the 'rice god' Inari Ōkami (稲荷大神). #Kyoto #京都

Självservice!

Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer

I had a few manga ARCs that come out today. Some were good, some less so. 🧵 First up, Innocent Rouge Omnibus Volume 2 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto. A story of a family of executioners in 18th century France. More a graphic novel than manga, really. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #BookReview #manga

Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I., the first P.I. Tracy Hayes mystery, is only 0.99 everywhere until the end of May. Catch it while you can! AZ: www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU10OON Universal Link: books2read.com/u/bw9oOy #BookSale #CrimeFiction #Mystery #BookSky

As if I didn’t have too much to read as it was, I spotted Secrets of the Silent Witch light novel on Tapas, and since the first couple of chapters are free, I had to start reading it immediately. 😆

I read Magical Girl Dandelion, Vol. 2 by Kaeru Mizuho. The series really gets going here, with character dynamics forming and solidifying. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #bookreview #manga

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Noo, I'll miss Mr. Villain. He shows up so seldom as is. 😭 One of my feel-good reads.

Today's #Books recommendation is "The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet". This amazing book is not about plot, it's about character, and it's all the better for it. It's an especially good breath of fresh air for those tired of male-dominated sci-fi. The relationships and interactions sell this one.

Don't know what's happened here. 😆

Happy Friday, for some reason, I've grown self-conscious about putting my book out there, so I'm trying to be brave, here ya go, tricksters & time travel and I hope you give this non-binary Fox god and their potential new very-nice-but-kind-of-a-fuck-up acolyte a try <3 bookshop.org/p/books/audi...

It's day 5 of such heavy winds it feels like windows are being pushed in. And they're new windows that can usually handle it. And it's loud. Overall, I think this is year 3 or 4 of windy summers. I don't like this change.

Who made the levels and how are they determined? 🤔 You see reviewers giving 1-5 chillies to sex scenes from their own personal preferences, but this from an author is new. Why do you need it stated anyway? And if you think your book is level 3 and then reviewer says it's 1 or 5? Does this work?

i think about this all the time, but pratchett published 3 flops before he even /started/ discworld, the first two of which are considered a bit rough around the edges, and then (having been given time and money to hone his craft) he writes about 20 masterpieces in a row

Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I., the first P.I. Tracy Hayes mystery, is only 0.99 everywhere until the end of May. Catch it while you can! AZ: www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU10OON Universal Link: books2read.com/u/bw9oOy #BookSale #CrimeFiction #Mystery #BookSky

oh boy

I had to buy three birthday cards today and it took me forever to choose the ones I liked, and then my sister asked why I didn't buy the same card three times, and ma'am, I don't need that kind of hostility in my life. 😆

I witnessed two people in their early twenties in a bus bond over their shared fandom. Don’t know which; didn’t recognise the names—or the pins that got the one approach the other in the first place. But they were super enthusiastic about it. Contact info was exchanged even. 😀

‘Hello ladies and sons of ladies’: women are using ‘microfeminisms’ to flip the gender script

"Who wants to see me as Hamlet? Very few. But millions want to see me as Frankenstein so that's the one I do." ~ Happy Birthday, Peter Cushing!

A really strange turn of events. Thread

I saw someone posting about how some readers on TikTok only read dialogue and not description in books, so they can read them faster and I don’t understand this gamification of reading to the point where the number of books read is more important than enjoying and savouring them as works of art.

I also had two novel ARCs (fantasy romance and contemporary romance) that come out today, both of which I dropped for being poorly written. Bad on a sentence level, which made reading difficult, but also on a narrative level. Namely, the stories were only built on tropes. Or rather, for them. 🧵 1/4

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

Husband is away from home for three days, which I completely forgot when I was shopping for groceries the other day, so now I have a fridge full of perishables that'll spoil before he comes home. 😩

#Helsinki, May 25 Four #panoramic photos from today, shot with @heliographe.studio’s #65x24 app. 1. View of city from Suomenlinna ferry 2. Jetty Barracks, Suomenlinna 3. Kamppi 4. Kasarmitori with National Memorial to the Winter War #photography #streetphotography #finland @bskyphotos.bsky.social

I had a few manga ARCs that come out today. Some were good, some less so. 🧵 First up, Innocent Rouge Omnibus Volume 2 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto. A story of a family of executioners in 18th century France. More a graphic novel than manga, really. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #BookReview #manga

"even if it rains, or if spears fall" 雨が降ろうと, 槍が降ろうと come hell or high water🌊 "constant dripping wears away a stone" 雨垂れ石を穿つ slow but steady wins the race🐌 #Japan