Dan Metcalf
@danmetcalf.bsky.social
Writing Man. Bookish Boy. Husband/Dad/Geek/Neuroquirk. AKA DM James. Devon, UK. More info and free books at >>> http://danmetcalf.co.uk/
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Dan Metcalf
@danmetcalf.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Casual self promo skeet:
Oh, hey. Y'know, I write crime books under the name DM James. You can get a free ebook on m'website. If ya like.
danmetcalf.co.uk/dmjames/
#BookSky #Books #Authors #Fiction
Oh, hey. Y'know, I write crime books under the name DM James. You can get a free ebook on m'website. If ya like.
danmetcalf.co.uk/dmjames/
#BookSky #Books #Authors #Fiction
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Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
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Here the story starts with the king atop his hoard of wealth and debris. His subjects bring him offerings and treasures to add to his pile. Soon a missive arrives from the queen of bees. Is it war, marriage, or discussion of flight lanes?
#crow #queenbee #art #artsky #bskyart #crowking
#crow #queenbee #art #artsky #bskyart #crowking
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
Website of artist, cartoonist & tweeter Moose Allain
Welcome to the website of artist, cartoonist and prolific tweeter Moose Allain. Please fell free to have a poke about.
www.worldofmoose.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
Everything I want to say but more eloquently and with more gravitas: observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Why children’s books matter | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Everything I want to say but more eloquently and with more gravitas: observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Only one man for the job
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Only one man for the job
How long until there's a Labubu movie?
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
How long until there's a Labubu movie?
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Expect me to believe you can bake bread? Prove it.
November 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Expect me to believe you can bake bread? Prove it.
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Dutch libraries have invented an AI chatbot that can recommend books to you
You know what else can recommend books to you
~a fucking librarian~
You know what else can recommend books to you
~a fucking librarian~
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Dutch libraries have invented an AI chatbot that can recommend books to you
You know what else can recommend books to you
~a fucking librarian~
You know what else can recommend books to you
~a fucking librarian~
Finally looks like NYT are apologising to @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social for nicking the connections puzzle!
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Finally looks like NYT are apologising to @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social for nicking the connections puzzle!
"What we know is that if you A/B test a website enough times, it will turn into a porn site." -Seth Godin
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content
New version will allow users to customize AI assistant’s personality in what firm calls ‘treat adults users like adults’ policy
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"What we know is that if you A/B test a website enough times, it will turn into a porn site." -Seth Godin
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.
October 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.
Is the headline here 'Breaking: British man capable of emotion'?
October 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Is the headline here 'Breaking: British man capable of emotion'?
Getting pretty tired of the Shyamalan-ian twist of articles about AI revealing in the last paragraph that the whole thing was written by AI.
October 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Getting pretty tired of the Shyamalan-ian twist of articles about AI revealing in the last paragraph that the whole thing was written by AI.
Fuckin love RTD
Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)
October 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Fuckin love RTD
Worse. Puppet show. Ever.
October 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Worse. Puppet show. Ever.
Power cuts aren’t nearly as fun as they first seem. Once the novelty has passed (2-3mins) you slowly realise everything you do is electricity based. Yes, I have hundreds of books but no light to read them by. I have a couple of candles but I’m not fricken’ Dickens.
October 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Power cuts aren’t nearly as fun as they first seem. Once the novelty has passed (2-3mins) you slowly realise everything you do is electricity based. Yes, I have hundreds of books but no light to read them by. I have a couple of candles but I’m not fricken’ Dickens.
Digital IDs? What’s wrong with my National Insurance Card? It’s done me well for 30 years so far
September 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Digital IDs? What’s wrong with my National Insurance Card? It’s done me well for 30 years so far
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In case it needs restating, autism isn't caused by Tylenol, or vaccines, or woke parents or whatever. It's not a disease, and it doesn't need curing. Eugenicists and fascists love to think of ways to eradicate us because they are unwilling to understand us. But we will outlive them.
September 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In case it needs restating, autism isn't caused by Tylenol, or vaccines, or woke parents or whatever. It's not a disease, and it doesn't need curing. Eugenicists and fascists love to think of ways to eradicate us because they are unwilling to understand us. But we will outlive them.
Just waiting for the excuse 'Hey, paedophiles need friends too, y'know' to be wheeled out as a defense.
September 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Just waiting for the excuse 'Hey, paedophiles need friends too, y'know' to be wheeled out as a defense.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Getting a lot more AI generated spam emails sent to my various email addresses, giving spookily detailed summaries of my books and offering to publicise them. Easy to spot but annoying nonetheless
September 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Getting a lot more AI generated spam emails sent to my various email addresses, giving spookily detailed summaries of my books and offering to publicise them. Easy to spot but annoying nonetheless
Wasn't this announced months ago? I certainly knew. And I know nuffink. Anyhoo, she'll smash it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sophie Turner to play Lara Croft in new Tomb Raider series
The Game of Thrones actress will star in the new Prime Video show, helmed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Wasn't this announced months ago? I certainly knew. And I know nuffink. Anyhoo, she'll smash it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...