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Lisa Tirreno

@lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social

📚Australian YA fantasy author. PRINCE OF FORTUNE out with S&S now! Also chickens and cake. Rep: Jim McCarthy at @dystelgoderichandbourret

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot@leguinbot.bsky.social · 6h ago

Omelas already exists: no need to build it or choose it. We already live here –in the narrow, foul, dark prison we let our ignorance, fear, and hatred build for us and keep us in, here in the splendid, beautiful city of life...

Lisa Tirreno@lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social · 5d ago

I’m so glad to hear of all these bookstores refusing to sell to these vampires. It’s one thing to say that people are allowed to do whatever they want to things they’ve legally paid for but that treats books like any other commodity rather than precious repositories of human knowledge and wisdom.

Queen Olivia III@queenoliviaiii.com · 2w ago

Wellington book store cancels orders when they realize the books were destined for the AI training hopper www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/w...

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is the $300M mega yacht owned by billionaire Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg that didn't answer a distress call from a much smaller cruise ship that ran out of fuel in Alaska this week. Photo Credit: Arno Lippert.

LAUNCHPAD, a 387-foot FEADSHIP megayacht reportedly owned by Mark Zuckerberg is one of the largest private yachts in the world. Photo by Arno Lippert.
Alaska Beacon@alaskabeacon.com · 2w ago

Cruise ship helps stranded skiff and crew in Southeast Alaska as Zuckerberg yacht stands by, writes @alaska.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/cruis...

@gavreads@gavreads.co.uk · 3w ago

I will shout from the rooftops that AI can't create art. It just can't. It can make content, but content isn't art. And we’re in an age where we’re told we’re making content and not art - and I think part of the pushback is reminding everyone what ART is and saying you're MAKING ART & NOT CONTENT.

Dr Dean Burnett@drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 3w ago

Only just found out about this For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs' Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives #c4 #ADHD

New Channel 4 documentary, The Great ADHD Myth?, seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct
jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 3w ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 4w ago

150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.

Lisa Tirreno@lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social · 4w ago

Just a reminder that you can turn all this annoying AI nonsense off in Acrobat! Just go into your preferences and it will never again try to summarise, say, your own book for you. Or a contract you really do need to read every word of.

Image is a screen shot of the preferences menu in Adobe Acrobat, where you can go into "Generative AI" and turn off things like "enable generative AI features in Acrobat"
Abby@arobertswrites.com · last mo.

Tolkien: In my book, I invented the One Ring as a cautionary tale. Tech Company: At long last, we have created the One Ring from the classic fantasy novel Don't Create the One Ring.

Ren Wyld@wyld.bsky.social · last mo.

Link to paywalled article www.lamestream.com.au/can-attackin...

Can Attacking A Writers Festival Turn This Man Into A Right-Wing Star?

What do Mark Latham, Sam Bamford and even Hollywood actress Emily Blunt's sister have in common? All of them got caught up in one man's campaign against a writers festival in the last few weeks.

lamestream.com.au

Ren Wyld@wyld.bsky.social · last mo.

No matter what the proposed session, a speaker attempting to buy their way onto literary festival programs is a slippery slope ... a slap in the face for writers, disrespecting festival teams, and out-of-touch with audiences. (This is from a paywalled article published yesterday by Lamestreampod)

In February, Whitfird met with Byron Writers Festival to offer them $30,000 in sponsorship, in exchange for him to speak at his own event on the subject of "the feminisation of the Australian publishing industry" and declining reading rates among boys. The festival turned him down, citing the need to protect the independence and integrity of programming. Whitford has accused Byron Writers Festival of censoring him. His campaign has enlisted support from right-wing politicians and far-right podcasters.
Greg Pak@gregpak.net · last mo.

I do not believe democracy is compatible with billionaires being able to spend unlimited amounts of money on politics.