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On vampires
Vampires are the only horror monster I have personally met. It happened when I was nine or ten. I was staying at a campsite in France for the summer with my parents and my brother. It was a dark, h…
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On vampires: a proposed afterword for my first novel, The Grave War.
#TheGraveWar #writing #writingcommunity
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I liked the part where the president suddenly sang, "Because I knew you...I have been changed for good."
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I liked the part where the president suddenly sang, "Because I knew you...I have been changed for good."
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If you want to see this harmful ideology set out in a single bit of pop-culture, Alec Baldwin's speech in Glengarry Glen Ross - treated as aspiration and inspiring in many online spaces - is pretty spot on: openly contemptuous of virtues (fatherhood!) that don't involve winning, ultra-competitive.
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
If you want to see this harmful ideology set out in a single bit of pop-culture, Alec Baldwin's speech in Glengarry Glen Ross - treated as aspiration and inspiring in many online spaces - is pretty spot on: openly contemptuous of virtues (fatherhood!) that don't involve winning, ultra-competitive.
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America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
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The thing about Trump saying it’s fine for Mamdani to call him a fascist is that he genuinely thinks all of this is kayfabe, just as he could insult Rubio or Cruz but still work with them. It’s not possible for him to imagine other people being sincere about anything.
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The thing about Trump saying it’s fine for Mamdani to call him a fascist is that he genuinely thinks all of this is kayfabe, just as he could insult Rubio or Cruz but still work with them. It’s not possible for him to imagine other people being sincere about anything.
Jesus, this is upsetting. Great journalism from Sirin Kale and Lucy Osbourne: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
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November 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Jesus, this is upsetting. Great journalism from Sirin Kale and Lucy Osbourne: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
You know those parody books whose main joke is how bad they are? Well...
It works better in a visual medium with the Darkplace tv series. In prose form it gets annoying after a while.
#GarthMarenghi
It works better in a visual medium with the Darkplace tv series. In prose form it gets annoying after a while.
#GarthMarenghi
When you see this beauty at the library, how can you not pick it up?
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
You know those parody books whose main joke is how bad they are? Well...
It works better in a visual medium with the Darkplace tv series. In prose form it gets annoying after a while.
#GarthMarenghi
It works better in a visual medium with the Darkplace tv series. In prose form it gets annoying after a while.
#GarthMarenghi
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The Covid enquiry has concluded that the reality we all witnessed *was* the actual reality, and the version which Johnson, Cummings et al insisted was happening was a total fabrication.
It’s incredible that we have to have lengthy enquiries after the event to establish consensus reality now.
It’s incredible that we have to have lengthy enquiries after the event to establish consensus reality now.
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The Covid enquiry has concluded that the reality we all witnessed *was* the actual reality, and the version which Johnson, Cummings et al insisted was happening was a total fabrication.
It’s incredible that we have to have lengthy enquiries after the event to establish consensus reality now.
It’s incredible that we have to have lengthy enquiries after the event to establish consensus reality now.
On vampires: a proposed afterword for my first novel, The Grave War.
#TheGraveWar #writing #writingcommunity
chrisbarkerauthor.co.uk/2025/11/21/a...
#TheGraveWar #writing #writingcommunity
chrisbarkerauthor.co.uk/2025/11/21/a...
On vampires
Vampires are the only horror monster I have personally met. It happened when I was nine or ten. I was staying at a campsite in France for the summer with my parents and my brother. It was a dark, h…
chrisbarkerauthor.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
On vampires: a proposed afterword for my first novel, The Grave War.
#TheGraveWar #writing #writingcommunity
chrisbarkerauthor.co.uk/2025/11/21/a...
#TheGraveWar #writing #writingcommunity
chrisbarkerauthor.co.uk/2025/11/21/a...
Terry Pratchett's A Stroke of the Pen is a cute short story collection- he was a solid writer pre-fame, although lacking the sophistication and depth of his later work.
#AStrokeofthePen #TerryPratchett
#AStrokeofthePen #TerryPratchett
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Terry Pratchett's A Stroke of the Pen is a cute short story collection- he was a solid writer pre-fame, although lacking the sophistication and depth of his later work.
#AStrokeofthePen #TerryPratchett
#AStrokeofthePen #TerryPratchett
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Margin Call is about the white-collar fantasy of having an actually interesting night at the office
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Margin Call is about the white-collar fantasy of having an actually interesting night at the office
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Thrilled to announce I'm teaming up with Nvidia to create a basket big enough to fit all of humanity's eggs in it
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Thrilled to announce I'm teaming up with Nvidia to create a basket big enough to fit all of humanity's eggs in it
When you see this beauty at the library, how can you not pick it up?
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
When you see this beauty at the library, how can you not pick it up?
The End of the World as we Know It is an uneven collection of stories.
I really liked a couple like 'Wrong Fucking Place, Wrong Fucking Time,' but you also have dreck like 'Across the Pond,' which is below the standards of most fanfiction.
Quality control wasn't great.
#TheEndofTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
I really liked a couple like 'Wrong Fucking Place, Wrong Fucking Time,' but you also have dreck like 'Across the Pond,' which is below the standards of most fanfiction.
Quality control wasn't great.
#TheEndofTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The End of the World as we Know It is an uneven collection of stories.
I really liked a couple like 'Wrong Fucking Place, Wrong Fucking Time,' but you also have dreck like 'Across the Pond,' which is below the standards of most fanfiction.
Quality control wasn't great.
#TheEndofTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
I really liked a couple like 'Wrong Fucking Place, Wrong Fucking Time,' but you also have dreck like 'Across the Pond,' which is below the standards of most fanfiction.
Quality control wasn't great.
#TheEndofTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
Working on a draft of a new book and finding that all my character names are things like 'victim 2' and 'old guy.'
Probably need to work on that before the final draft
#writing
Probably need to work on that before the final draft
#writing
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Working on a draft of a new book and finding that all my character names are things like 'victim 2' and 'old guy.'
Probably need to work on that before the final draft
#writing
Probably need to work on that before the final draft
#writing
This is just slap-drones from the Culture, but without the godlike technology which made them possible.
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is just slap-drones from the Culture, but without the godlike technology which made them possible.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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I haven't been on twitter in over a year but it seems like Musk has transformed it into a powerful platform devoted to proving he's the most embarrassing person who's ever lived.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I haven't been on twitter in over a year but it seems like Musk has transformed it into a powerful platform devoted to proving he's the most embarrassing person who's ever lived.
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
If OpenAI knew this could happen, they committed murder. End of story.
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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.
edition.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
If OpenAI knew this could happen, they committed murder. End of story.
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If a professional did this they would be arrested and I don't really understand why the answer box gets a break
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If a professional did this they would be arrested and I don't really understand why the answer box gets a break
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I seriously think this is correct. Companies should be required to ensure that to the best of their ability the bots frequently identify themselves as non-human. They should not attempt to be your friend.
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I seriously think this is correct. Companies should be required to ensure that to the best of their ability the bots frequently identify themselves as non-human. They should not attempt to be your friend.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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In particular a future where pro se litigants can generate mediocre complaints at close to zero cost does not seem to me like a future where billable hours are inevitably reduced
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In particular a future where pro se litigants can generate mediocre complaints at close to zero cost does not seem to me like a future where billable hours are inevitably reduced
Douglas Adams had a more realistic view of artificial intelligence than supposed futurists like Yudkowsky .
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Douglas Adams had a more realistic view of artificial intelligence than supposed futurists like Yudkowsky .