Isobel_Starling
@isobelstarling.bsky.social
✪Irish ✪ Novelist ✪ Artist ✪ #AmWriting
WIP: NEED TO KNOW -an M/M thriller
✪ 85 books in 5 languages ✪55 #Audiobooks
✪ Hell-NO to AI ✪No Crypto bros ✪ 18+Only
https://linktr.ee/Decentfellowspress
WIP: NEED TO KNOW -an M/M thriller
✪ 85 books in 5 languages ✪55 #Audiobooks
✪ Hell-NO to AI ✪No Crypto bros ✪ 18+Only
https://linktr.ee/Decentfellowspress
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The Shatterproof Bond series took 9 years to complete.
It's out in English & has translations in German & French. Buy on Amazon & other retailers in ebook, paperback, & audio 😍
amzn.to/3o6j84e
#lgbtqreads #thrillerbooks #BookBoost #Bookbluesky #readingcommunity #writerslife #mmromance #amazon
It's out in English & has translations in German & French. Buy on Amazon & other retailers in ebook, paperback, & audio 😍
amzn.to/3o6j84e
#lgbtqreads #thrillerbooks #BookBoost #Bookbluesky #readingcommunity #writerslife #mmromance #amazon
#Measure twice, cut once
Except when cutting cake
Fussy eaters at a party quake
Annabelle wants just a sliver
'I'm watching my figure'
Her partner wants more
The cake whore knows the score
Ignore the disdainful looks
Get in early, load your plate
If you're eating, no small talk to make
#VSS365 #Poem
Except when cutting cake
Fussy eaters at a party quake
Annabelle wants just a sliver
'I'm watching my figure'
Her partner wants more
The cake whore knows the score
Ignore the disdainful looks
Get in early, load your plate
If you're eating, no small talk to make
#VSS365 #Poem
a cartoon drawing of a person cutting a chocolate cake with a knife
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a person cutting a chocolate cake with a knife
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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Slowly getting there with this male nude dancer life sculpture. I was supposed to send it to the foundry yesterday, but I'll detail for another few days.
N.B Air pillow packaging is very handy! 😁 #art #sculpture #figurativeArt #MaleNude
N.B Air pillow packaging is very handy! 😁 #art #sculpture #figurativeArt #MaleNude
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Slowly getting there with this male nude dancer life sculpture. I was supposed to send it to the foundry yesterday, but I'll detail for another few days.
N.B Air pillow packaging is very handy! 😁 #art #sculpture #figurativeArt #MaleNude
N.B Air pillow packaging is very handy! 😁 #art #sculpture #figurativeArt #MaleNude
Slowly getting there with this male nude dancer life sculpture. I was supposed to send it to the foundry yesterday, but I'll detail for another few days.
N.B Air pillow packaging is very handy! 😁 #art #sculpture #figurativeArt #MaleNude
N.B Air pillow packaging is very handy! 😁 #art #sculpture #figurativeArt #MaleNude
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Slowly getting there with this male nude dancer life sculpture. I was supposed to send it to the foundry yesterday, but I'll detail for another few days.
N.B Air pillow packaging is very handy! 😁 #art #sculpture #figurativeArt #MaleNude
N.B Air pillow packaging is very handy! 😁 #art #sculpture #figurativeArt #MaleNude
Lewis Goodall spilling all the tea about the BBC.
This is excellent.
"The BBC lessens itself because it is afraid, hoping to be both ubiquitous and unnoticed- an impossibility and trend which will only get worse after all of this."
This is excellent.
"The BBC lessens itself because it is afraid, hoping to be both ubiquitous and unnoticed- an impossibility and trend which will only get worse after all of this."
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Lewis Goodall spilling all the tea about the BBC.
This is excellent.
"The BBC lessens itself because it is afraid, hoping to be both ubiquitous and unnoticed- an impossibility and trend which will only get worse after all of this."
This is excellent.
"The BBC lessens itself because it is afraid, hoping to be both ubiquitous and unnoticed- an impossibility and trend which will only get worse after all of this."
Reposted by Isobel_Starling
This is far beyond any measure of “somebody should’ve said something” - it has become a media and society-wide groupthink nightmare where ignorance and fantasy have melded into a “plan for the future” that was neither possible nor profitable, all because everybody craves to believe the status quo
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is far beyond any measure of “somebody should’ve said something” - it has become a media and society-wide groupthink nightmare where ignorance and fantasy have melded into a “plan for the future” that was neither possible nor profitable, all because everybody craves to believe the status quo
#Bluesky users. It's simple.
IF IN DOUBT...DON'T SHARE IT!
'I didn't know it was fake' isn't good enough anymore.
I'm sick of seeing AI gen propaganda that people auto-share because 'the political message aligns with my politics' or 'the Lolz'.
This shit is mentally exhausting.
IF IN DOUBT...DON'T SHARE IT!
'I didn't know it was fake' isn't good enough anymore.
I'm sick of seeing AI gen propaganda that people auto-share because 'the political message aligns with my politics' or 'the Lolz'.
This shit is mentally exhausting.
a woman in a plaid shirt is sitting on a couch with the words just stop below her
ALT: a woman in a plaid shirt is sitting on a couch with the words just stop below her
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#Bluesky users. It's simple.
IF IN DOUBT...DON'T SHARE IT!
'I didn't know it was fake' isn't good enough anymore.
I'm sick of seeing AI gen propaganda that people auto-share because 'the political message aligns with my politics' or 'the Lolz'.
This shit is mentally exhausting.
IF IN DOUBT...DON'T SHARE IT!
'I didn't know it was fake' isn't good enough anymore.
I'm sick of seeing AI gen propaganda that people auto-share because 'the political message aligns with my politics' or 'the Lolz'.
This shit is mentally exhausting.
I have a new release in French #mmromance #traductionfrançaise 🥰
#NouvelleVersion #traductionfrançaise
#Livre #Gay #Historique
Ma nouvelle traduction de romance historique M/M, « Les Démons de Wychwood », est désormais disponible sur Amazon. Elle devrait l'être sur d'autres plateformes d'ici la fin de la semaine. 🥰
www.amazon.fr/dp/B0G1HY3D4B
#Livre #Gay #Historique
Ma nouvelle traduction de romance historique M/M, « Les Démons de Wychwood », est désormais disponible sur Amazon. Elle devrait l'être sur d'autres plateformes d'ici la fin de la semaine. 🥰
www.amazon.fr/dp/B0G1HY3D4B
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I have a new release in French #mmromance #traductionfrançaise 🥰
#NouvelleVersion #traductionfrançaise
#Livre #Gay #Historique
Ma nouvelle traduction de romance historique M/M, « Les Démons de Wychwood », est désormais disponible sur Amazon. Elle devrait l'être sur d'autres plateformes d'ici la fin de la semaine. 🥰
www.amazon.fr/dp/B0G1HY3D4B
#Livre #Gay #Historique
Ma nouvelle traduction de romance historique M/M, « Les Démons de Wychwood », est désormais disponible sur Amazon. Elle devrait l'être sur d'autres plateformes d'ici la fin de la semaine. 🥰
www.amazon.fr/dp/B0G1HY3D4B
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#NouvelleVersion #traductionfrançaise
#Livre #Gay #Historique
Ma nouvelle traduction de romance historique M/M, « Les Démons de Wychwood », est désormais disponible sur Amazon. Elle devrait l'être sur d'autres plateformes d'ici la fin de la semaine. 🥰
www.amazon.fr/dp/B0G1HY3D4B
#Livre #Gay #Historique
Ma nouvelle traduction de romance historique M/M, « Les Démons de Wychwood », est désormais disponible sur Amazon. Elle devrait l'être sur d'autres plateformes d'ici la fin de la semaine. 🥰
www.amazon.fr/dp/B0G1HY3D4B
I don't use Chat GPT or any generative AI.
I've never considered using it.
I write because I WRITE.
Asking a bot for 'help' to expedite writing a book is ridiculous and an insult to the creative process. The fact it's trained on my, and millions of stolen books is disgraceful.
Burn it with 🔥
I've never considered using it.
I write because I WRITE.
Asking a bot for 'help' to expedite writing a book is ridiculous and an insult to the creative process. The fact it's trained on my, and millions of stolen books is disgraceful.
Burn it with 🔥
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I don't use Chat GPT or any generative AI.
I've never considered using it.
I write because I WRITE.
Asking a bot for 'help' to expedite writing a book is ridiculous and an insult to the creative process. The fact it's trained on my, and millions of stolen books is disgraceful.
Burn it with 🔥
I've never considered using it.
I write because I WRITE.
Asking a bot for 'help' to expedite writing a book is ridiculous and an insult to the creative process. The fact it's trained on my, and millions of stolen books is disgraceful.
Burn it with 🔥
I've been having fun with this! 🤣
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I've been having fun with this! 🤣
Noodling away today. I want to get this wax figure finished by Monday & sent to the foundry. It takes 12 wks for the finished sculpture to be sent back to me as bronze. This wax sculpture will be destroyed in the process. #sculpture
#art #malenude #fcf
#art #malenude #fcf
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Noodling away today. I want to get this wax figure finished by Monday & sent to the foundry. It takes 12 wks for the finished sculpture to be sent back to me as bronze. This wax sculpture will be destroyed in the process. #sculpture
#art #malenude #fcf
#art #malenude #fcf
Reposted by Isobel_Starling
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
My French translator just delivered the translation of my #MM historical romance Les Demons de Wychwood.
I've formatted the manuscript. Just waiting for the blurb translation and I'm good to go!
It should be live by Monday in France and Canada on Amazon, Kobo etc
Cover art by M.Emityy (Instagram)
I've formatted the manuscript. Just waiting for the blurb translation and I'm good to go!
It should be live by Monday in France and Canada on Amazon, Kobo etc
Cover art by M.Emityy (Instagram)
November 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My French translator just delivered the translation of my #MM historical romance Les Demons de Wychwood.
I've formatted the manuscript. Just waiting for the blurb translation and I'm good to go!
It should be live by Monday in France and Canada on Amazon, Kobo etc
Cover art by M.Emityy (Instagram)
I've formatted the manuscript. Just waiting for the blurb translation and I'm good to go!
It should be live by Monday in France and Canada on Amazon, Kobo etc
Cover art by M.Emityy (Instagram)
#Writingcommunity This is awful. I didn't spend thousands of dollars on French, German, Italian and Spanish translations by wonderful human translators for them to have to compete with AI generated translations.
I feel so sorry for the translators who are going to lose work because of this. #FuckAI
I feel so sorry for the translators who are going to lose work because of this. #FuckAI
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) authors.
www.thebookseller.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#Writingcommunity This is awful. I didn't spend thousands of dollars on French, German, Italian and Spanish translations by wonderful human translators for them to have to compete with AI generated translations.
I feel so sorry for the translators who are going to lose work because of this. #FuckAI
I feel so sorry for the translators who are going to lose work because of this. #FuckAI
Reposted by Isobel_Starling
Just a reminder that writing a book, being creative, in the current state of the world is heroic.
Keep creating.
💜
Keep creating.
💜
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just a reminder that writing a book, being creative, in the current state of the world is heroic.
Keep creating.
💜
Keep creating.
💜
Reposted by Isobel_Starling
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
He can't even show basic human empathy when a person has a medical emergency in his presence. He hates that he's not center of attention.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
He can't even show basic human empathy when a person has a medical emergency in his presence. He hates that he's not center of attention.
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"It's part of a fascist project to offload the work of thinking... If we can offload that cognitive work, it's far too easy to become reflexive and hateful, while having a robot cheerleader telling you that you were right about everything all along.”
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"It's part of a fascist project to offload the work of thinking... If we can offload that cognitive work, it's far too easy to become reflexive and hateful, while having a robot cheerleader telling you that you were right about everything all along.”
Americans, Open AI wants a federal guarantee to cover the cost of data centers they can't afford. You happy to bail them out?
"Tell your congress person — today — that you don’t want your taxes used to bail out over-hyping and economically shaky AI companies that spend far more than they earn."
"Tell your congress person — today — that you don’t want your taxes used to bail out over-hyping and economically shaky AI companies that spend far more than they earn."
OpenAI probably can’t make ends meet. That’s where you come in.
If you thought the 2008 bank bailout was bad, wait til you see the 2026 AI bailout
garymarcus.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Americans, Open AI wants a federal guarantee to cover the cost of data centers they can't afford. You happy to bail them out?
"Tell your congress person — today — that you don’t want your taxes used to bail out over-hyping and economically shaky AI companies that spend far more than they earn."
"Tell your congress person — today — that you don’t want your taxes used to bail out over-hyping and economically shaky AI companies that spend far more than they earn."
This is disgusting. The US government expects soldiers to put their lives in danger for their country and yet they can't even ensure the military is paid and fed... while Trump brags about the new Whitehouse bathroom with gold taps. #cometherevolution
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This is disgusting. The US government expects soldiers to put their lives in danger for their country and yet they can't even ensure the military is paid and fed... while Trump brags about the new Whitehouse bathroom with gold taps. #cometherevolution
#writingcommunity The absolute cheek to rebrand an AI writing tool as 'Superhuman'.
"Superhuman (formerly #Grammarly) is the AI productivity platform on a mission to unlock the superhuman potential in everyone. The Superhuman suite of apps and agents brings AI wherever people work"
FUCK OFF!
"Superhuman (formerly #Grammarly) is the AI productivity platform on a mission to unlock the superhuman potential in everyone. The Superhuman suite of apps and agents brings AI wherever people work"
FUCK OFF!
HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
Grammarly Rebrands Company as Superhuman, Introduces Superhuman Suite and Superhuman Go
Superhuman Platform delivers proactive, context-aware AI agents that work in the flow of work, wherever people work Grammarly today announced it is changing its company…
www.grammarly.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#writingcommunity The absolute cheek to rebrand an AI writing tool as 'Superhuman'.
"Superhuman (formerly #Grammarly) is the AI productivity platform on a mission to unlock the superhuman potential in everyone. The Superhuman suite of apps and agents brings AI wherever people work"
FUCK OFF!
"Superhuman (formerly #Grammarly) is the AI productivity platform on a mission to unlock the superhuman potential in everyone. The Superhuman suite of apps and agents brings AI wherever people work"
FUCK OFF!
It's #fireworksnight tonight in the UK and I hate it. The 'meaning' was lost a long time ago! I was in the garden tonight and above the clouds, heard a flock of geese flying overhead. Usually they just call to one another but these ones were truly terrified. ☹️
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It's #fireworksnight tonight in the UK and I hate it. The 'meaning' was lost a long time ago! I was in the garden tonight and above the clouds, heard a flock of geese flying overhead. Usually they just call to one another but these ones were truly terrified. ☹️
#artistsofBluesky #lifesculpture #WIP
I love working with hot wax. This is my progress so far with this dancer figure. Shaping is slow work, holding a wax tool over a candle flame. I pondered on whether I should have his junk in pants or not. Rock out with your cock out for the win! 😂
I love working with hot wax. This is my progress so far with this dancer figure. Shaping is slow work, holding a wax tool over a candle flame. I pondered on whether I should have his junk in pants or not. Rock out with your cock out for the win! 😂
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#artistsofBluesky #lifesculpture #WIP
I love working with hot wax. This is my progress so far with this dancer figure. Shaping is slow work, holding a wax tool over a candle flame. I pondered on whether I should have his junk in pants or not. Rock out with your cock out for the win! 😂
I love working with hot wax. This is my progress so far with this dancer figure. Shaping is slow work, holding a wax tool over a candle flame. I pondered on whether I should have his junk in pants or not. Rock out with your cock out for the win! 😂
Fame is lame
It's never the same
As teenage dreams
Longing to be seen
As a queen on the scene
At the top of your game
Accolades & money stream
Now you're #famous
Do u work to live
Or live to work?
Don't be a jerk
Fame will spit you out
Leave you in doubt
The ladder suddenly out of reach
#VSS365
It's never the same
As teenage dreams
Longing to be seen
As a queen on the scene
At the top of your game
Accolades & money stream
Now you're #famous
Do u work to live
Or live to work?
Don't be a jerk
Fame will spit you out
Leave you in doubt
The ladder suddenly out of reach
#VSS365
a cartoon of squidward holding a cup of coffee with the words spare fame points i just need fame points below him
ALT: a cartoon of squidward holding a cup of coffee with the words spare fame points i just need fame points below him
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM