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Sarah Drew

@sarah-drew.com

Writing about romance & red tape in 1819. Unbalanced accountant, voracious reader, few fixed opinions, slightly Scottish. https://sarah-drew.com Amazing cover art ©www.claremelinsky.co.uk

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Dr Vanessa@hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 3w ago

REALLY IMPORTANT: if you use ebay do NOT ignore the terms and conditions update. FFS (setting should be toggled off if you're in Europe but worth checking: click privacy notice link > section 9 Ebay & AI > expand AI model training > click 'right to object').

Scary Kate Griffowe'en 🎃@griffinkate.bsky.social · 3w ago

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

Screenshot from a section of eBay UK's r User Privacy Notice. It reads: AI model training When training, testing, and improving generative AI models, we rely primarily on publicly available data. Some public datasets may incidentally include personal data, and in some cases we may also use certain user personal data, such as information about your use of our Services, including the items you list, sell, view, or buy, where we determine it is necessary and proportionate for a specific use (for example, to train AI models that improve product recommendations). Prior to training, we take steps to mitigate potential privacy impacts, such as de-identifying the data or applying other privacy-preserving techniques. In some jurisdictions, the data used for training as described in this section is not considered personal data; where our AI training does involve personal data as defined under applicable law, including in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, the legal basis of our legitimate interest is set out in section 3.4. See section 6 for more details on your rights. To learn more about specific training use cases and our processing of your personal data for generative AI training purposes, including the right to object to such processing for certain users, visit our Artificial Intelligence at eBay page.
Jen Willis ✨☄️🌒🎃@jenwillis.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is a big reason I shouted so much about "The Shabti," which I read this week. I loved it! And I read it because someone else (probably @clairewillett.bsky.social) had done some shouting about it. Now, maybe someone else will pick it up and love it just as much because of what I posted. :)

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 3w ago

I cannot stress enough how helpful it is when you like a thing that someone created (like, say, a book they wrote) & you TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT. Word of mouth can be an incredible tool, yes, even if you don't think you're a fancy influencer with an incredible following. Your recommendations go places!

Sarah Drew@sarah-drew.com · last mo.

Wordle 1,936 5/6* 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 What are the odds? This is identical to the archive puzzle (163) I posted yesterday. I didn't think #Wordle ever repeated the words. Also, huh.

Sarah Drew@sarah-drew.com · last mo.

Truly excellent thread on #Romance and why narrative originality (often) is the result of working within genred tropes. Read it. #Romancelandia #Writing

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · last mo.

Having seen the Joyce Carol Oates very bad, not good tweet about romance and AI, I can't help thinking about the way that romance has been treated as a punching bag for so long and always by people who are completely unwilling to engage with the genre and know little about it.

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗@charlescmann.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lovely story in the NY Times today about a 92-year-old mathematician and a high-school kid working together to produce a major result in topology. This kind of working together is the best part of science, and frankly of being human.

The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice (Gift Article)

Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.

nytimes.com

We Own It@weownit.org.uk · 3mo ago

90% of countries in the world run their water in public ownership It is time England joined Scotland in taking water into public ownership Send your MP our briefing on how Thames Water can be taken into public ownership now: vist.ly/5funf

A graphic that shows the different models of water ownership in Britain, with private ownership in England, Not-for-profit in Wales and public ownership in Scotland