Abigayle Blood
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Abigayle Blood
@abigayleb.bsky.social
Crime writer. Tidy girl. Crazy cat lady!
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“We are a publishing platform. That’s a new concept.”

Dress it up as much as you like. This isn't publishing.

www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
www.thebookseller.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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I suspect we’ll all be using it a lot more in upcoming years, and I very much enjoyed this article on the etymology and history of the word “fuck”. lithub.com/a-brief-hist...
A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World
In all of English there are few words rich enough in their history and variety of use to warrant a dedicated dictionary that runs to hundreds of pages and multiple editions. That fuck is at the sam…
lithub.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Brilliant thread.
This is... profoundly revealing, not necessarily of the technical side, but of the culture in some of these companies. I incline to trace it all the way back to the early DARPA/tech/anarchy nexus, but I have a meeting now. More later.
OpenAI Describes Artists' Use of Glaze & Nightshade as "Abuse"
It's afraid.
80.lv
November 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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Hello from Harrogate International Festivals! Obligatory first post on Bluesky – please RT to let people know that we are here. Looking forward to finding friends and building networks!
November 20, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Well, here we are! Hello everybody, and anybody who manages to find me. Let’s hope this new platform heralds a positive new dawn for social media. Santé! 🥂 #newbeginnings
November 22, 2024 at 1:13 PM