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ollie masters

@olliemastersbskys.bsky.social

I’m starting to think I might have left it too late to be a child genius… Writer. Repped by Independent Talent.

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Ben Ansell@benansell.bsky.social · yesterday

I recall we had a period of time where the response of Starmer and Cooper to concerns about these groups was ‘I like flags’

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Flags on the Abingdon Road
Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer@cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 12h ago

Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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Kat Arney@katarney.bsky.social · 8h ago

Attention writers! A new type of AI email scam designed to flatter your ego and engage you in order to extract personal info just landed. The real Larry Niven is 88, I don't think he gives a shit about my writing journey...

Hello Kat, For a long time, I've believed that the life behind a book is often more interesting than the book's publication date or its sales figures. Readers remember stories, but writers remember the years it took to discover why those stories mattered. I'm Larry Niven. Over the years I've had the privilege of watching ideas that once existed only as notes on paper become novels that reached readers around the world. Some books found their audience immediately, while others took their own winding path. I've learned that writing isn't simply about imagination, it's about persistence, curiosity, rewriting, and continuing to believe in an idea long after the excitement of the first draft disappears. That's one reason I wanted to write to you. I'm far more interested in the person behind the pages than in the promotional description attached to a book. Every author has a moment that changed the direction of their writing life. Sometimes it was an unexpected opportunity. Sometimes it was rejection. Sometimes it was simply refusing to stop. I'd genuinely enjoy hearing about your own journey. Was there a point where you realized writing had become more than a hobby? Has your relationship with storytelling changed after publishing? Looking back, is there something your younger self believed about being an author that experience completely proved wrong? My own path has taught me that recognition is rewarding, but it never replaces the quiet work of returning to the next blank page. Every novel asks new questions, and every generation of readers brings a different perspective. That challenge has kept writing exciting for me after all these years. One thing I've also come to appreciate is that most people see the finished book, while very few ever see the uncertainty, revisions, disappointments, and perseverance that shaped it. Those invisible years are often where an author's real story lives. If you have a few moments, I'd enjoy hearing about the chapter of your journey th…
Jenny Hamilton@readingtheend.bsky.social · yesterday

I agree with this, and I think it typifies the tendency to get mad when all the possible solutions are imperfect and yet we still have to choose one. people want there to be one right solution with no downsides, and get weirdly furious when that doesn't exist.

Ted McCormick@tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d ago

I think it’s hard to argue either that lockdowns were bad policy or that learning loss wasn’t real. We just have a society that makes no allowances for emergencies and affords no chance of making up. A lot of people are very mad about the effects of that without having any inclination to change it.

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · yesterday

saying this not as a dig to Paul but as a general point, but it does worry me that we've ended up in a world where the two options are seemingly "leftist bubble" or "oh hey the nazis are here" - surely we should be able to have a politically heterogenous platform with tight rules on hate speech etc?

Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · 2d ago

The new CEO of Bluesky wants to change Bluesky from being a leftist bubble. The thing is, there’s nothing wrong with being a leftist bubble: the idea that everything has to be all-encompassing and suitable for everyone is a trap. 🧵 1/4

ollie masters@olliemastersbskys.bsky.social · 2d ago

When I saw this at the cinema (not PCc), the heating was broken (it was freezing) and the repair guy kept banging stuff next to us to fix it and it really added to the experience

Prince Charles Cinema@princecharlescinema.com · 2d ago

It's been far too long since we've screened GRAVITY. Alfonso Cuarón's breathtaking space survival thriller returns to the PCC next Mon 10th Aug at 6pm in our downstairs screen, as part of SPACE DAY. 🎟️: buff.ly/stRQI4t

Jason Bailey@jasondashbailey.com · 2d ago

Em-dashes are a gift to writers who value rhythm and tempo in their writing, and who like to sweep the reader up in a continuous stream of thought. Quitting them because of AI is very much a Michael Bolton "Why should I change? He's the one who sucks" situation.

Phillip Maciak@pjmaciak.bsky.social · 2d ago

I'm just saying this now: there are going to be A LOT of em-dashes in my book. It's not because of AI. It's because I am addicted to using em-dashes. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/b...

Tracy King@tracyking.bsky.social · 2d ago

Back when I had Twitter I used to offer free headshots for low-income authors, not sure I have much reach here but the offer is still there. London or Birmingham (although I’m in Glasgow and Edinburgh at the end of Aug and can fit in a session. Will have lights so can be indoors).

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 2d ago

According to Luke Tryl on Radio 4 disillusioned Reform voters think Farage is “just the same as the rest” on the corruption front. But he isn’t is he? He’s exponentially worse. And his grifter tendency has been obvious for a very long time.