Very quick check reveals referrals to news sites have indeed tumbled since Twitter ownership changed hands.

You wrote a novel using AI? Cool. It's like that time I ran a marathon using a Ford Focus.

Senators Penny Allman-Payne and David Pocock, and whistleblowers are among the few trying desperately to keep cruelty and incompetence out of decision-making and yet another Robodebt style disaster from eviscerating families and lives. Algorithms are never EVER objective. #auspol

It's all about the base.

As per the 2021 Census, the Aus Bureau of Statistics defines 'generations' as follows; Interwar - aged 75 and over Boomers - 55 to 74 GenX - 40 to 54 Millenials - 25 to 39 GenZ - 10 to 24 GenAlpha - 0 to 9 Please adjust your ageism accordingly. #auspol

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. dahdahnay-tleeyuhskuh-hee guhkaw-wah-duhdee gaysuh-hee A long time ago when the world was new,

Currently listening to Guy Standing's The Politics of Time: Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty. Interesting tidbit so far - The wording of the Lord's Prayer was originally 'forgive us our debts, as we also have also forgiven our debtors.'

Interesting as Bertelsmann has a contract with OpenAI. #booksky #AI Penguin to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT version of German children’s book www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

As a judge of the #QueenslandLiteraryAwards for 10 years (fiction, fellowships, new media, young writers and publishers categories), the only person vaguely updating former judges about the review and any subsequent decisions has been @mattdennien.bsky.social via the Brisbane Times. #auspol

Happy Trans Day of Visibility #transrightsarehumanrights

I did notice current State Library Chair George Brandis has an opinion piece titled 'Trump is being played for a sucker, just like he was by Putin' in the Brisbane Times today. It'll be interesting to see if the Arts Minister relieves him of the role for having an opinion on Israel. #auspol

"And if AI did become sophisticated enough to write genuinely engaging books, does that matter..." Yes. There's still the tiny matter of copyright which underpins the whole publishing industry. Good luck earning a wage in a post-copyright, totally monopolised and monopsonistic distribution world.

Moley.

Solidarity from Queensland with colleagues at the ABC across the country today using what is one of the biggest levers they have (protected strike action) to try and improve the public broadcaster now, for those who come after them, and ultimately our industry as a whole ✊

Painting, so currently listening to: m.youtube.com/watch?v=swDu...

I think it appropriate that government ministers appointed to human services portfolios not be permitted to listen to any other music other than helpline music and pre-recorded messages while in office - 24/7, 365 days a year.

When the pronunciation instructions are harder than the word: Rosmersholm - pronounced ˈrɔ̀sməʂˌhɔɫm

When your excellent printer accidentally staples your gated centrefold of wombat taxidermy incorrectly. It's back with them being fixed. Sometimes even the best folk make mistakes.

"Spring is here!" The little bird exclaimed to the Cherrywood Knight 🌸🌿

On the Mia Ballard issue. It'll be interesting to see whether the 'I reckon it's AI' allegations/opinions on Reddit and Goodreads will become a problem in any legal action she is taking. 1 of 2 🧵#booksky

That time this magnificent wee beastie landed on my car aerial.

Had a lovely time at 4MBS radio in Brissy yesterday, talking about my classical music education via 1950s music box-powder compact, films, ads, cartoons, siblings, 1980s popsynth and cafe playlists.

All booklovers looking at this chair, knowing it'll be books hanging off that rail.

On the desk. Testing her very unfinished legs. #sculpt

Testing, more tweaking, then painting.

ICYMI: #LBF heard that without small presses, the future of publishing would be “very depressing” 👇 #BookSky

Currently reading:

Back at the desk again.

Oh my godddddd A sloppelganger of bell hooks? However much I cursed Grammarly before, consider it quadrupled

New episode of Bite Sized Book History just dropped: woodblock printing! 🪵 (I promise the only bad pun is in the first few seconds lol) youtu.be/GDLoDjjCJY4?...

#editingtip An excellent example of the ‘unreliable narrator’ technique using the third-person point of view. #booksky

The US Supreme Court declined to hear computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s appeal on his years-long legal battle to secure copyright protections for an AI-generated “artwork,” leaving the AI art crusader out in the cold once again.

Don't forget to follow @workingclasshistory.com

This FOl enquiry for the Guardian has taken up a great deal of my life for the past 2 years. (1/3)

Print workshop done. Great fun. It's great being able to play on old galley presses. #typography #letterpress

Using the lasercutter to create a stamp for a print workshop with #moveabletypestudio Smoky aroma included.

Colonialism is when a library Board/CEO misinterprets a directive, damages the reputation of an Indigenous writer and the cultural institution and zilch happens except a poorly constructed 'review' that doesn't go into any of that stuff, but does say writers awards aren't library business. #auspol

Queensland’s State Library will no longer manage the state literary awards on behalf of the government, in response to a long-awaited review into the sinking of a fellowship last year. Who will is so-far unclear.

Reading the review commissioned by the State Library of Queensland Board. Key points so far: - The Minister didn’t direct the Board to rescind the Black&Write fellowship - The Board/CEO did, as they misinterpreted the directive which was also clearly stated in Hansard (see page 20). #auspol

'As AI-generated artwork becomes more commonplace, it still won't be able to be copyrighted, according to US courts.' I know this is the US, but the #BrisbanePortraitPrize is open and accepting partial AI works, but if you can't claim the work as your own how can prize organisers accept your work?

The incompetence in government policy and program management is staggering and obscenely costly. The NDIA said '...his inability to drive did not result from his low vision, but rather from Victorian road traffic legislation barring people with low vision from holding a driver's licence.'

Exhibition coming up April 10-19. The gallery is in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, so you can wander around the gallery then wander around the gardens. It's a lovely time of year for wandering.

Going to reprint. Museum taxidermy sketchbooks are in demand!

games joyce and he games instead of writing densely layered books

Short #AI 🧵 One of my brothers worked in the motorcycle industry for decades, designing jackets, gloves, boots, etc and managing clients like Arai. He sold millions of units, earned the companies millions of dollars. Knock offs were always a thing. His designs were stolen constantly. 1/5 #booksky

Who would have thought that the regulation already in place wouldn't work because governments would fail to hold tech companies and billionaires to account - in fact, fail to uphold the law. Either copyright law exists or it doesn't. Government upholds the law or leans further in to might is right.

I believe difficult women and girls make up 51% of the Australian population. And some 9,253,749 million women and 8,826,037 men voted in the Australian federal election in 2025 (the trend since 2010 apparently). #auspol

Some good thoughts. I would also not discount any state government seeing the establishment of Writing Australia and saying 'This is a federal responsibility now, pull the funding.' It happens so often with other programs.

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#editingtip If you're writing a Mad Max-post apocalypse kind of story, remember: The storage life of petrol is 1 year when stored under shelter in a sealed container. Once a seal is broken the fuel has a storage life of 6 months at 20°C or 3 months at 30°C. #booksky (Source BP.com)