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Tom Lloyd
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That's still unusual sadly, and it won't be with PRH or HC who have group policies overriding things.
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Writer of Words. Bane of Editors. Eater of Contracts. Shambles of a Man.
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Tom Lloyd
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That's still unusual sadly, and it won't be with PRH or HC who have group policies overriding things.
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Wizard's Tower Press
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Our contracts are quite simple: we don’t use ‘AI’ and our writers, artists, etc. won’t either. Nor do we allow anyone to use our content to train AIs.
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Tom Lloyd
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But the boilerplate language is usually just for LLMs training.
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Tom Lloyd
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a small PSA - every author, when getting an offer, should be asking what the publisher's AI position is along with the deal terms. You may not be able to change things, but the publishers need to be made to state their LLM, narrator and artwork position ever time.
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KJ Charles
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This is a fantastic piece on the catastrophically wasteful bullshit bubble of AI.
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Tom Lloyd
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I'm not used to working in a near-full office these days. Apparently I'm sighing heavily as I read my emails, but in fairness several of them are from different divisions of HarperCollins.
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Tom Lloyd
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Highly recommended - One of the few series in recent years that have grabbed my attention and kept me going past the first 1 or 2 instalments. And no, that is not an opening for you to tell me to try Sanderson/Erikson/Rothfuss etc
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Meg Elison
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Never hand a cop your unlocked phone. If a cop with no warrant asks to see your phone, turn it off.
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Manisha Sinha
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For all those on the path of Hurricane Beryl, Project 2025 would eliminate the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Dave Hutchinson
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‘Unfortunately, we’ve made it much more difficult for you to move to France, Sweden and Italy, and Australia will be on fire by 2030 because we don’t believe in climate change. Still, you clicked on the article, didn’t you.’
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Tom Lloyd
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it's less on brand?
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Tom Lloyd
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Anyone know a coroner I could send a few questions to?
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Tom Lloyd
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Ugh, writing is harder than I remember.
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Hadespuppy
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I know the latest NZ election outcome was less than good, but jesus.
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Tom Lloyd
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Well thats good news I suppose, but taking them year round didn't stop me getting covid when I was exposed.
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KJ Charles
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Reupping this on the day! Will be updating on this thread, mute as desired
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PCFclub
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For the people who don’t have time, here’s your Readers Digest version. You’re welcome.
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Nikhil Shah
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I saw this was trending and had to google it "The post alleges that Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for this year's presidential election, "forced" young girls to "perform lesbian sex acts."
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phyphor
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If your area got a new Labour MP then it is your duty to email them and say that you are happy the Tories are out but that transphobia should have no place in the party. Make Starmer gently walk back his support for Rowling's position!
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John Bull
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This will be doubly awkward as the number of NOMINATIONS required for a candidate to make the Tory Leadership ballot ISN'T a percentage. It's a fixed number. 100 MPs. I'm sure it sounded reasonable at the time. Good luck getting 100 Tory MPs to agree on something when there are only 121 of them.
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John Bull
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So to confirm, now we have near-final numbers: Every time 19 Tory MPs get a bit grumpy this parliament and stick their letters into the 1922 Committee... ...it'll automatically trigger a leadership contest.
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John Bull
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...And on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Liz Truss! PORK MARKETS!' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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Tom Lloyd
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I want to start having a permanent auto-reply that says "has this in fact been answered by me in an email already? Have you checked?"
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Dave Hutchinson
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Too many Tories; they can come back from that. And _way_ too many fucking Reform.
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Tom Lloyd
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I'm reminded by today's conference that I'm deeply unusual among white men who went to public school in that I never wanted to wear a blazer again once I'd left.
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Matt Novak
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The reason the media couldn't really cover this lawsuit extensively is because she dropped her lawsuit on November 4, 2016, just four days before the election, and her real name was never revealed. She had received death threats, according to her lawyer, despite never being named publicly.
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Brooke Binkowski
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That's part of the attack. It's intended to destroy hope
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Tom Lloyd
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I should probably read book 1 at some pont then! This is the book you said you were particular proud of, no?
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Tom Lloyd
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We've decided bacon sarnies at 3am for an hour of enjoying results start to come in, then a bit more sleep. There may be breakfast whisky if the best things happen, Sunak and Farage both losing for example
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Tom Lloyd
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Honestly if I had my life more together I could have been planning to spend Friday morning watch election results half-drunk with the toasting of various ministers losing their seats, then sober up while binging an entire season of The Bear all afternoon.
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HappyToast
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Channel 5 just announced their Autumn line up
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Tom Lloyd
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Off to a conference tomorrow where one of the benefits, apparently, is to network with others from the industry. Oh how little they know me.
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Tom Irwin
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Someone shared this Google doc with me yesterday – it's pretty in-depth about timings and potential results.
**Warning: the comments column is very sweary!**
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Tom Lloyd
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Awesome, thanks both!
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Elizabeth Bear
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I kicked in a little. Because that's a long walk.
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Doctora Malka Older
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universal basic electricity minimum for every human on the planet before AI gets another milliwatt.
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Tom Lloyd
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ugh, "tomorrow night"... I may still be half asleep.
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Tom Lloyd
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not that anyone would pay more attention to my word than Tade's anyway, but - I absolutely second this!
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Tom Lloyd
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@chadbourn.bsky.social - I want to really savour results as they come in, but also need to get some sleep tonight. When should I be waking up to watch the news, bingo card in hand? www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
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Tom Lloyd
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I'm guessing the criteria is more rigorous than "is VERY keen to test any weapons the MoD have" but wow, are they going to get some weirdos for that one.
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Greg Pak
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I try to avoid talking about the specifics of other countries' politics when I don't know the issues, but this seems interesting and worth sharing.
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Matthew Sheffield
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Taraji P. Henson did a huge public service calling out Project 2025. Earlier today, Kevin Roberts, chair of Project 2025, threatened violence: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be." It's Christofascism. Make no mistake.
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Tom Lloyd
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Next week - that's when I'll start carving out a bit of time to work on book 2. I have to remind myself it doesn't matter if any publisher picks it up, I'd self-publish it anyway so that means book 2 needs more than the intro chapter I've done.
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Adrian Tchaikovsky
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The invulnerably powerful love to cosplay being the underdog.
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Dr Abeba Birhane
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companies and firms do not implement AI products to make work easier, better, or more enjoyable for the average worker but to cut labour costs and reduce staff
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
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Mark Chadbourn
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Morning, Bluesky. Two days and a wake-up until the start of much-needed change in the UK. As there’s some confusion, here’s a tactical voting guide from The Progressive Alliance. Everywhere not mentioned, it’s safe to vote Labour.
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Kandy
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bringing this here because i've had it
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Shiv Ramdas
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Incredible how all it took was a black guy winning 2 elections and they collectively decided that they didn't want to do democracy anymore
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Tom Lloyd
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I have to hope they've been instructed to avoid any culture war wedge issue that the media will jump on and policy in govt will be very different. Won't be holding my breath though
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Tom Lloyd
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they are generally sharper on stuff that jars, while I've been looking at the book so often it's impossible for me to discern
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