Anstey Harris
@anstey.bsky.social
Gnarly. She/her/they
#FreePalestine
Books. Teaching, writing, running a retreat (WriteSouthWestScotland). And a lot of cooking.
#FreePalestine
Books. Teaching, writing, running a retreat (WriteSouthWestScotland). And a lot of cooking.
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Anstey Harris
@anstey.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Ok, so what I did - because me - was completely forget that I’d joined this on day one & make another account. So please ignore that and let’s use this…
#FreePalestine
#FreePalestine
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"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?"
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
December 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM
"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?"
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
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I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it a thousand times more: We are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian. — Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.
December 10, 2024 at 9:05 PM
I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it a thousand times more: We are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian. — Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.
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The Metropolitan Police will tomorrow allow tractors to block Whitehall, then travel in convoy through Westminster. Disruption could last 6 hours.
In summer 2023, Netpol logged police arresting environmental campaigners for marching in the road on 274 occasions, often for as little as 3 minutes
In summer 2023, Netpol logged police arresting environmental campaigners for marching in the road on 274 occasions, often for as little as 3 minutes
December 10, 2024 at 11:54 PM
The Metropolitan Police will tomorrow allow tractors to block Whitehall, then travel in convoy through Westminster. Disruption could last 6 hours.
In summer 2023, Netpol logged police arresting environmental campaigners for marching in the road on 274 occasions, often for as little as 3 minutes
In summer 2023, Netpol logged police arresting environmental campaigners for marching in the road on 274 occasions, often for as little as 3 minutes
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Lovely to see Meet Me On The Bridge enter the top 100 Kindle books again!
Only 99p for the whole of December 🎉🎉
#MeetMeOnTheBridge
Only 99p for the whole of December 🎉🎉
#MeetMeOnTheBridge
December 4, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Lovely to see Meet Me On The Bridge enter the top 100 Kindle books again!
Only 99p for the whole of December 🎉🎉
#MeetMeOnTheBridge
Only 99p for the whole of December 🎉🎉
#MeetMeOnTheBridge
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1. Here's why I'll never use AI to assist my research or writing:
A. I don't want to know exactly what I'm looking for.
I mean that when I start researching a topic, I want to remain open to its contradictions and paradoxes, and to the unexpected paths that might lead off it. 🧵
A. I don't want to know exactly what I'm looking for.
I mean that when I start researching a topic, I want to remain open to its contradictions and paradoxes, and to the unexpected paths that might lead off it. 🧵
November 26, 2024 at 7:05 AM
1. Here's why I'll never use AI to assist my research or writing:
A. I don't want to know exactly what I'm looking for.
I mean that when I start researching a topic, I want to remain open to its contradictions and paradoxes, and to the unexpected paths that might lead off it. 🧵
A. I don't want to know exactly what I'm looking for.
I mean that when I start researching a topic, I want to remain open to its contradictions and paradoxes, and to the unexpected paths that might lead off it. 🧵
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Late Fragment by Raymond Carver.
November 17, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Late Fragment by Raymond Carver.
I lost a crown (to a bar of chocolate) but carried it faithfully home (on a train from Slovenia), got to the dentist & had LOST IT. £770 for a new one.
Readers, dear readers, prior to my appointment on Monday, I HAVE FOUND THE CROWN.
That’s the entire message. Best day ever.
Readers, dear readers, prior to my appointment on Monday, I HAVE FOUND THE CROWN.
That’s the entire message. Best day ever.
November 24, 2024 at 2:11 PM
I lost a crown (to a bar of chocolate) but carried it faithfully home (on a train from Slovenia), got to the dentist & had LOST IT. £770 for a new one.
Readers, dear readers, prior to my appointment on Monday, I HAVE FOUND THE CROWN.
That’s the entire message. Best day ever.
Readers, dear readers, prior to my appointment on Monday, I HAVE FOUND THE CROWN.
That’s the entire message. Best day ever.
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BBC and Create Central launch new writing scheme in Birmingham and the Black Country for aspiring sc...
Write Across Birmingham and the Black Country will provide up to 12 aspiring writers with a crucial insight into writing for TV
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2023 at 3:06 PM
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Just finished #AfterTheParty on @channel4tv.bsky.social. STELLAR.
November 23, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Just finished #AfterTheParty on @channel4tv.bsky.social. STELLAR.
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The Discoveries writing development programme and prize for unpublished women writers in the UK accepts novels in any genre of adult fiction, with entrants invited to submit the first 10,000 words of their novel and a synopsis
Discoveries 2025
Calling all unpublished women writers! The Women’s Prize Trust, Audible, the Curtis Brown literary agency and Curtis Brown Creative have partnered to run the Discoveries novel-writing development prog...
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 8:53 AM
The Discoveries writing development programme and prize for unpublished women writers in the UK accepts novels in any genre of adult fiction, with entrants invited to submit the first 10,000 words of their novel and a synopsis
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The next few years are going to be tough, but just remember what Anne Herbert said:
"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries."
The best time to join your local library is right now - if you have not already done so!
"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries."
The best time to join your local library is right now - if you have not already done so!
November 23, 2024 at 6:41 PM
The next few years are going to be tough, but just remember what Anne Herbert said:
"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries."
The best time to join your local library is right now - if you have not already done so!
"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries."
The best time to join your local library is right now - if you have not already done so!
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To be fair she does look like a chicken.
November 23, 2024 at 2:08 PM
To be fair she does look like a chicken.
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Video shows the moment an Israeli air attack hit and destroyed a residential building in Beirut’s Chiyah area.
The city’s southern suburbs have been struck repeatedly in recent months, but this is the first time this neighbourhood has been hit.
The city’s southern suburbs have been struck repeatedly in recent months, but this is the first time this neighbourhood has been hit.
November 22, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Video shows the moment an Israeli air attack hit and destroyed a residential building in Beirut’s Chiyah area.
The city’s southern suburbs have been struck repeatedly in recent months, but this is the first time this neighbourhood has been hit.
The city’s southern suburbs have been struck repeatedly in recent months, but this is the first time this neighbourhood has been hit.
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To clarify, no, Alison Hammond (lovely though she is) didn’t “write a book”.
Writing a publishable book requires 100s of hours of specialist, expert work. #Bombshell was written by professional author Lisa Bent (in consultation with Alison)
Not that you’d know it😕
#TheActualWriter
#CelebrityFiction
Writing a publishable book requires 100s of hours of specialist, expert work. #Bombshell was written by professional author Lisa Bent (in consultation with Alison)
Not that you’d know it😕
#TheActualWriter
#CelebrityFiction
November 23, 2024 at 9:23 AM
To clarify, no, Alison Hammond (lovely though she is) didn’t “write a book”.
Writing a publishable book requires 100s of hours of specialist, expert work. #Bombshell was written by professional author Lisa Bent (in consultation with Alison)
Not that you’d know it😕
#TheActualWriter
#CelebrityFiction
Writing a publishable book requires 100s of hours of specialist, expert work. #Bombshell was written by professional author Lisa Bent (in consultation with Alison)
Not that you’d know it😕
#TheActualWriter
#CelebrityFiction
A triumph. I highly recommend you read it. Thanks for the heads up, @jodierobins.bsky.social.
November 22, 2024 at 8:46 PM
A triumph. I highly recommend you read it. Thanks for the heads up, @jodierobins.bsky.social.
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If you grew up in a home with other people, you've been using gender neutral bathrooms your entire life.
See where I'm going with this?
See where I'm going with this?
November 21, 2024 at 4:12 PM
If you grew up in a home with other people, you've been using gender neutral bathrooms your entire life.
See where I'm going with this?
See where I'm going with this?
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A deer, posing on a crystal horizon, and some gorse.
November 21, 2024 at 3:28 PM
A deer, posing on a crystal horizon, and some gorse.
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The Onion. 👏😂
November 20, 2024 at 11:06 AM
The Onion. 👏😂
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You could utterly destroy the smugglers "business model" in one move, but making it safer and simpler for people to seek asylum. Anything less is already shown to be counterproductive. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We must chip away at people smuggler business models, says border chief
UK's first border security commander says there is no "simple answer" to stopping small boat crossings.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:13 AM
You could utterly destroy the smugglers "business model" in one move, but making it safer and simpler for people to seek asylum. Anything less is already shown to be counterproductive. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Can we stop framing Inheritance Tax as being something the person who leaves it pays?
You don’t pay it.
You are dead. That’s why it is available for someone to inherit.
Your beneficiaries pay it on the free money they have just received.
#inheritancetax
You don’t pay it.
You are dead. That’s why it is available for someone to inherit.
Your beneficiaries pay it on the free money they have just received.
#inheritancetax
November 20, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Can we stop framing Inheritance Tax as being something the person who leaves it pays?
You don’t pay it.
You are dead. That’s why it is available for someone to inherit.
Your beneficiaries pay it on the free money they have just received.
#inheritancetax
You don’t pay it.
You are dead. That’s why it is available for someone to inherit.
Your beneficiaries pay it on the free money they have just received.
#inheritancetax
Sound on (to hear the peace & solitude of the Scottish countryside).
If you need inspiration to write some Daphne du Maurier horror, we have some rooks who can help you. Twice a day, rain or shine.
Remember, a crow in a crowd is a rook: a rook on its own is a crow.
Remember, a crow in a crowd is a rook: a rook on its own is a crow.
November 20, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Sound on (to hear the peace & solitude of the Scottish countryside).
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So Linda McMahon is Betsy DeVos, and Nancy Mace is JK Rowling.
Got it. Just keeping it all in my head.
Got it. Just keeping it all in my head.
November 20, 2024 at 2:48 AM
So Linda McMahon is Betsy DeVos, and Nancy Mace is JK Rowling.
Got it. Just keeping it all in my head.
Got it. Just keeping it all in my head.
This. Perfection.
Goosebump inducingly brilliant article and excellent advice from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social - please read it, digest it and share it.
I heartily tip my hat.
🐻🎩
I heartily tip my hat.
🐻🎩
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 AM
This. Perfection.
@jamesaithie.bsky.social Great to see you! How’s the house & did you get a new dog yet?
November 20, 2024 at 6:51 AM
@jamesaithie.bsky.social Great to see you! How’s the house & did you get a new dog yet?