Hayley Anderton
@desperatereader.bsky.social
Reads books, sell books, buys books, knits, grumbles a bit, cooks a bit.
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Murder in a West End boutique? 🛍️👠 Inspector Charlesworth’s on the case. This month’s Crime Classic, Death in High Heels, dives into fashion, ambition, and fatal secrets.
Available today: shop.bl.uk/products/death-in-high-heels
Ed: @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social
Available today: shop.bl.uk/products/death-in-high-heels
Ed: @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Murder in a West End boutique? 🛍️👠 Inspector Charlesworth’s on the case. This month’s Crime Classic, Death in High Heels, dives into fashion, ambition, and fatal secrets.
Available today: shop.bl.uk/products/death-in-high-heels
Ed: @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social
Available today: shop.bl.uk/products/death-in-high-heels
Ed: @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social
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George I need you to do to these companies what you could never do to your books and finish them.
Massive win and beginning of the end for generative ai
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
George I need you to do to these companies what you could never do to your books and finish them.
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That this exquisite chalk stream should be polluted with e-coli, pesticides, cleaning products, industrial chemicals, medicines + toiletries is a tragedy beyond words that could be prevented by improving sewage systems so wastewater is treated 3 times - enough to remove most chemicals + pathogens
September's RIVER OF THE MONTH is…… The River Itchen 🎉
Flowing through the heart of Hampshire, the River Itchen is one of the world’s rare chalk streams and is home to the endangered Atlantic Salmon. 🐟
But this iconic river is in trouble.... 🧵👇
🔗- kit.riveractionuk.com/rotm-the-riv...
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Flowing through the heart of Hampshire, the River Itchen is one of the world’s rare chalk streams and is home to the endangered Atlantic Salmon. 🐟
But this iconic river is in trouble.... 🧵👇
🔗- kit.riveractionuk.com/rotm-the-riv...
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River of the Month - The River Itchen - River Action: River Rescue Kit
Welcome to River of the Month! Every month, we spotlight a different river, sharing its wonders, its challenges, and the incredible people fighting to protect it. This month is…
The River Itchen
By ...
kit.riveractionuk.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
That this exquisite chalk stream should be polluted with e-coli, pesticides, cleaning products, industrial chemicals, medicines + toiletries is a tragedy beyond words that could be prevented by improving sewage systems so wastewater is treated 3 times - enough to remove most chemicals + pathogens
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Thanks to @adamjfarrer.bsky.social for this brilliant review of Saltburn @renardpress.com - ‘an English Vonnegut’ 😊
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Thanks to @adamjfarrer.bsky.social for this brilliant review of Saltburn @renardpress.com - ‘an English Vonnegut’ 😊
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No I don’t, you chucklefucks, I want Norma Jean to be able to rest in peace without a bunch of technoghouls turning her corpse into a marionette.
Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies
Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon
Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies
www.scientificamerican.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
No I don’t, you chucklefucks, I want Norma Jean to be able to rest in peace without a bunch of technoghouls turning her corpse into a marionette.
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In #JapaneseFolklore jubokko are #yokai trees often found on the sites of old battlefields. It is believed that because they absorbed the blood of slaughtered bodies through their roots, they developed supernatural powers, including a vampiric taste for blood. Considering...
#LegendaryWednesday
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October 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Endorsed happily. See the film, it is a delight. It *brings* delight.
I wasn’t sure about I Know Where I’m Going the first time I watched it. Now I am. It is perfect. boxd.it/bkJTol
A ★★★★★ review of I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
I remember watching this the first time and being a bit baffled by it. It seemed weirdly theatrical, the Scotland unconvincing and clichéd, and I didn’t pick up on any chemistry between Wendy Hillier ...
boxd.it
October 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Endorsed happily. See the film, it is a delight. It *brings* delight.
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once again, please hire historians
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September 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
once again, please hire historians
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Came back from Scotland today after 2 weeks away. Every bridge we passed had union or George cross flags on it as soon as we crossed the border. It wasn't like that going up. Depressing
August 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Came back from Scotland today after 2 weeks away. Every bridge we passed had union or George cross flags on it as soon as we crossed the border. It wasn't like that going up. Depressing
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Will talk more on this in the coming weeks. but I'll be back at the TALES OF THE WEIRD festival this November. Thrilled to have been asked back, and you'll be able to buy my 'lost' Christmas Ghost Stories anthology ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE and get them signed by me there.
August 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Will talk more on this in the coming weeks. but I'll be back at the TALES OF THE WEIRD festival this November. Thrilled to have been asked back, and you'll be able to buy my 'lost' Christmas Ghost Stories anthology ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE and get them signed by me there.
Absolutely loving the Shetland weather, and it smells incredible here - floral and salty
August 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Absolutely loving the Shetland weather, and it smells incredible here - floral and salty
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I mean, this bear has SEEN THINGS
August 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I mean, this bear has SEEN THINGS
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ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE has a cover!!
Really happy with how this one has turned out, it's going to be *THE* book to get this Christmas!!
Links to order below! Please share this one far and wide!
#christmasghoststories #santasshinyshiny
Really happy with how this one has turned out, it's going to be *THE* book to get this Christmas!!
Links to order below! Please share this one far and wide!
#christmasghoststories #santasshinyshiny
August 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE has a cover!!
Really happy with how this one has turned out, it's going to be *THE* book to get this Christmas!!
Links to order below! Please share this one far and wide!
#christmasghoststories #santasshinyshiny
Really happy with how this one has turned out, it's going to be *THE* book to get this Christmas!!
Links to order below! Please share this one far and wide!
#christmasghoststories #santasshinyshiny
Been buying yarn, its so pretty
August 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Been buying yarn, its so pretty
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just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
August 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
Early morning Shetland behind those clouds
August 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Early morning Shetland behind those clouds
Leaving Aberdeen, heading for Shetland. Fine night for it
August 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Leaving Aberdeen, heading for Shetland. Fine night for it
If you ever wondered what difference booksellers make compared to algorithms this is it.
"One thing that does sell books? Being a Waterstones Book of the Month... find whoever is in charge of this choice & sleep with them"
This reflection on the state of publishing & publicity by the great @helenlewis.bsky.social should be required reading for writers.
open.substack.com/pub/helenlew...
This reflection on the state of publishing & publicity by the great @helenlewis.bsky.social should be required reading for writers.
open.substack.com/pub/helenlew...
The Bluestocking 379: The economics of writing a book
Infinite scroll means infinite ad inventory
open.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you ever wondered what difference booksellers make compared to algorithms this is it.
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"One thing that does sell books? Being a Waterstones Book of the Month... find whoever is in charge of this choice & sleep with them"
This reflection on the state of publishing & publicity by the great @helenlewis.bsky.social should be required reading for writers.
open.substack.com/pub/helenlew...
This reflection on the state of publishing & publicity by the great @helenlewis.bsky.social should be required reading for writers.
open.substack.com/pub/helenlew...
The Bluestocking 379: The economics of writing a book
Infinite scroll means infinite ad inventory
open.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"One thing that does sell books? Being a Waterstones Book of the Month... find whoever is in charge of this choice & sleep with them"
This reflection on the state of publishing & publicity by the great @helenlewis.bsky.social should be required reading for writers.
open.substack.com/pub/helenlew...
This reflection on the state of publishing & publicity by the great @helenlewis.bsky.social should be required reading for writers.
open.substack.com/pub/helenlew...
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The thing you should take away from that headline about how a huge proportion of these people already have convictions for violence is that the cops already know who most of them are, because they regularly arrest them in the town centre and they’re regularly called out to their houses.
I’ve mulled over posting this for months now. But yesterday it came to a head. And I’m aware that the people who need to see it will either not be here, or will suggest that I’m lying.
I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention
I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention
August 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The thing you should take away from that headline about how a huge proportion of these people already have convictions for violence is that the cops already know who most of them are, because they regularly arrest them in the town centre and they’re regularly called out to their houses.
It's a difficult time to not be that keen on pistachios
August 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It's a difficult time to not be that keen on pistachios
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I'm in a garage for a couple of hours and it's ceased to be fashionable, so one like = one higher education postcard
July 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I'm in a garage for a couple of hours and it's ceased to be fashionable, so one like = one higher education postcard
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If there’s one thing people need to understand about Ai it’s this 👇
It’s not a search engine. It’s (probably) not giving you an extract pulled directly from an existing page. It is INVENTING text based on training data.
You can trust it as much as you can trust any piece of fiction.
It’s not a search engine. It’s (probably) not giving you an extract pulled directly from an existing page. It is INVENTING text based on training data.
You can trust it as much as you can trust any piece of fiction.
That’s how it works, though. This is a feature, not a bug. Ai makes stuff up based on probabilities. That’s why it fails worst with out-of-the-ordinary situations: most of the data it has says no tsunami warning, so it’s sure there isn’t one.
July 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
If there’s one thing people need to understand about Ai it’s this 👇
It’s not a search engine. It’s (probably) not giving you an extract pulled directly from an existing page. It is INVENTING text based on training data.
You can trust it as much as you can trust any piece of fiction.
It’s not a search engine. It’s (probably) not giving you an extract pulled directly from an existing page. It is INVENTING text based on training data.
You can trust it as much as you can trust any piece of fiction.
Having such a middle aged week. Friend diagnosed with breast cancer, uncle died, work performance review, blood tests, mother not feeling very well and needing help, short-staffed at work so no wriggle room for dealing with any of this & lots of unexpected travel to cover in other places.
July 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Having such a middle aged week. Friend diagnosed with breast cancer, uncle died, work performance review, blood tests, mother not feeling very well and needing help, short-staffed at work so no wriggle room for dealing with any of this & lots of unexpected travel to cover in other places.