before I rest from the book shop stuff I should mention we have two things of mystery at the shop next week: Friday - Mystery talks - 2 speakers taking on subjects. Find out topic when they speak. Sunday - Movie Night ~ Find out the film showing on the night. My choice this month. It’s fab.

my partner got me cheese and biscuits for later. I will enjoy them if I don’t fall asleep on the sofa again. Book selling is tiring work. I was a teacher 32 years. different tiredness

got in from work 10 mins ago. looking forward to dinner

As its world book day and national year of reading im reposting this thread

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hello there! sometimes it just takes a couple of lean weeks and you can find yourself with your back to the wall scrabbling to raise money to pay a bill. we have the rent to pay and could do with your help so we can pay it. things are looking up at the shop but February is always a tricky month

ok. let’s cleanse the timeline. mention something good you did today or happened today. i read part of one of the books im reading and it was great fun to just take a moment out.

educators and publishers need to join forces to look into why this is the case. perhaps there is are a number of underlying structural causes in education and the publishing of books. just saying ‘boys don’t enjoy reading’ is not good enough without a fundamental mind shift.

I keep seeing posts about ai models like "actually they're good at this thing now!" but once you understand that ai tools are being built by fascists in service of attacks on humanity, whether or not they can generate useable code or do basic searches kind of stops being the main question

some writers should not read their own work for audio. there are people for that.

please remember this time of year is tough for physical bookshop. if you can spare some cash and buy a book please do rather than using an online biggie or large chain think small indy. #bookshops

the problem with monsters is that they hide in plain sight. they were suits or clothes similar to you. they go to the same shops as you do. they eat food like you do. they don’t have great twisting red horns or black leathery wings that scrape the ceiling like nails on a chalk board. they simply sit

Heard a new one in my field you're going to love. Promptstitutes (noun, slang, pejorative): used to describe people who rely heavily on AI tools like ChatGPT or image generators to create content, especially when they are substituting traditional creative skill, labor, or expertise with prompts.

second bash at reading ‘schattenfroh.’

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

this government continues to sell out different groups

‘sorry we don’t do something for that big an arsehole.’

‘sorry. we don’t untwist them. have you tried halfords?’

starmer completely missing the fact he got a bloody nose in the by-election precisely because he has pushed the labour messaging right re-iterating the same negatives as reform on election is not a good look and unlikely to win back his previous core support

I see a film coming

now I’ve accepted the end of days things are easier I no longer look for the red and orange sunrise in the morning breaking the back of the hills neither do I look for the morning dew glass diamond drops hanging on a spiders web in a bush Necklace like instead I embrace the realities

drones were the professors of class to be ignored disdained laughed at but here we lie in the snow hidden behind the skeleton trees blackened fearful of their voices #war

I wish i had Coordinated skills that I could use a typewriter without stabbing at the keys with two fingers or strum a guitar and play a tune or kick a ball in a goal but the discoordinated i clunks hands of clay feet of lead and we lump words on pages lacking coordination

This Saturday, the All Good Music Club brings you the February session of the Songwriting Circle at the @allgoodbookshop.co.uk We help each other with mutual feedback, ideas, suggestions, and insights on lyrics, technique, themes, etc. #MusicSky #LDN #bookshop #songwriting

trump is the aborted fart from a tandoori curry when you wished you hadn’t farted because consequences

they should retitle news the despair and play The mournful tones Of requiem mass by Mozart On loop that will match the mood I think

andrew and mandelson I predict a plea bargain in return for suspended sentence and disgrace mind you they are ‘people’ so will probably get a suspended sentence anyhow

want to another non all good writing group tonight just sat in a room everyone sat on laptops writing I went old skool A note book and pen greying hair needless to say i was the old skool there good for focus not for getting used to my age how did I get this old so quickly?

this is my foot this is my other foot end broadcast

the bfi south bank website was spawned in hell to frustrate cinema goers. trying to find out what film is on a particular day? we will provide menus none of which refer a particular day or films. the devil knows what he is doing.

One of the things They don't tell you is that a lot of being creative involves wondering whether or not you're screaming into the void. And a lot more of it is realising that as long as you're screaming, that's the point. And a lot of the rest of it is working out if you're singing or screaming

AI continues to impact publishing www.thebookseller.com/news/literar...

im sat watching sky news like a coke addict waiting for what else will drop

do uk creatives and #ukwriters need a UBI considering the inpact on the creative industry of tax changes? don’t we own something to creatives after the lockdown days? or like essential workers all are forgotten?

does suffering create great art or do you need a Victorian benefactor?

listen folks: I will murder a pretzel for everyone who doesn’t engage. i can eat a lot of pretzels.

Heee heee heee heee

im in my down phase at the moment because Christmas is over, my birthday is past, and I’m thinking was that really another year? was that it? is that all I’ve got to show for it? anyway. hope you’re enjoying your new year.

well I feel Andre is done and so now it’s just a duty of care issue if he goes down and doesn’t. what I hope will happen is he will be usual weak self and to save his skin will say all the details of Epstein island

what some people will do to get out of living in Norfolk

well did anything of interest happen today? been offline

resharing this book sample in view of today's news: 'Abolish the Monarch' by Graham Smith www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...

Now that's just rubbing salt into the wound isn't it?

‘cocaine bear’ was exactly about what the title says but something more. it was also about the individual character stories and how they deal with the situation they are in. a great fun movie.

Wednesday

did a bit of writing. had to stop for a bit of onsite research. need to venture out and check places out but work calls tomorrow.

my ark is developing. i have put the roof on and lowered the gang plank. i just need to load the animals 2 by 2. #ukweather

Heard an interview today where a guy said (and I'm paraphrasing) "LLMs have had years to train on every aspect of chess, read every book and article about it, review every match, but when they play, they STILL makes illegal moves. That tells you everything." And. Yup.