Stephanie Merritt/SJ Parris
@stephmerritt.bsky.social
Author & journalist. Sunday Times #1 best-selling Giordano Bruno series. Reviews for The Observer. Sometimes on the radio. Rep’d by Jonny Geller/Curtis Brown 📚🗞️🎙️✍🏼
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Best birthday socks from @hannahcem.bsky.social and a beautiful pile of books from my Mum. I'm particularly excited to get cracking on the @stephmerritt.bsky.social ones!
August 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Best birthday socks from @hannahcem.bsky.social and a beautiful pile of books from my Mum. I'm particularly excited to get cracking on the @stephmerritt.bsky.social ones!
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Even during genocide, two brothers in Gaza bring reading to their community.
A book stall in central Gaza is keeping literature alive amidst genocide.
Photo by Esraa Abo Qamar A small bookstall in the central Gaza Strip is keeping reading alive amidst Israel’s unrelenting chaos and violence, The Electronic Intifada reports. The stall, called Eqra…
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July 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Even during genocide, two brothers in Gaza bring reading to their community.
The Art of a Lie is one of my books of the year, and it was a treat to interview Laura in this beautiful venue 🤩
Wonderful event at York’s STUNNING Merchant Venturer’s Hall last night with the brilliant @stephmerritt.bsky.social 😍
July 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The Art of a Lie is one of my books of the year, and it was a treat to interview Laura in this beautiful venue 🤩
What could possibly go wrong?
July 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What could possibly go wrong?
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“Since AFP was founded in 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, some have been injured, others taken prisoner.
But none of us remember witnessing colleagues die of hunger"
But none of us remember witnessing colleagues die of hunger"
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
July 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“Since AFP was founded in 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, some have been injured, others taken prisoner.
But none of us remember witnessing colleagues die of hunger"
But none of us remember witnessing colleagues die of hunger"
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For the love of humanity, stop asking this scam machine questions! Stop asking it for advice! I get it, it was an entertaining novelty for a hot second. But it's bad. Stop stop stop.
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
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ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
For the love of humanity, stop asking this scam machine questions! Stop asking it for advice! I get it, it was an entertaining novelty for a hot second. But it's bad. Stop stop stop.
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Women seeking asylum in Britain are sisters, not strangers.
If the government is serious about tackling violence against women, it should do more to protect refugee women.
Glad to sign this letter & grateful to all who signed @4refugeewomen.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If the government is serious about tackling violence against women, it should do more to protect refugee women.
Glad to sign this letter & grateful to all who signed @4refugeewomen.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Influential women urge Labour to include asylum seekers in plan to tackle violence
Exclusive: Letter warns of ‘two-tier’ system if asylum seekers are excluded from promise to halve violence against women and girls
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Women seeking asylum in Britain are sisters, not strangers.
If the government is serious about tackling violence against women, it should do more to protect refugee women.
Glad to sign this letter & grateful to all who signed @4refugeewomen.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If the government is serious about tackling violence against women, it should do more to protect refugee women.
Glad to sign this letter & grateful to all who signed @4refugeewomen.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Not the actual London Library as I first thought, which would have been amazing, but still a great story 🦊
July 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Not the actual London Library as I first thought, which would have been amazing, but still a great story 🦊
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A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
July 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
I bought an ice lolly this morning after swimming and it was so cold it froze to my lip and ripped off a big chunk of skin, and suddenly there was all this blood dripping down my lolly stick and my hand, and it just goes to show that summer is extremely dangerous, look after yourselves out there ⚠️
July 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I bought an ice lolly this morning after swimming and it was so cold it froze to my lip and ripped off a big chunk of skin, and suddenly there was all this blood dripping down my lolly stick and my hand, and it just goes to show that summer is extremely dangerous, look after yourselves out there ⚠️
My son just ran into the kitchen, skidded to a halt and said, ‘Raynor LOSE, am I right?’
July 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My son just ran into the kitchen, skidded to a halt and said, ‘Raynor LOSE, am I right?’
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Hollow laugh from every woman who dates left-leaning men
Starmer isn't the man he thinks he is. He believes he's righteous and fair-minded, but there's a cruel streak in him that power is exposing.
July 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hollow laugh from every woman who dates left-leaning men
Think this might become my equivalent of the Obama speech in Fleabag...
🇫🇷 President Macron: "But I have to say the European Union was stronger with you and you were stronger with the European Union."
July 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Think this might become my equivalent of the Obama speech in Fleabag...
Well worth a read (you can get it free but have to register) ⬇️
I've been writing in @thebookseller.com about how questions on the veracity of elements of The Salt Path highlight some of the serious issues associated with the prevalence of the 'nature cure' narrative.
#booksky #naturewriting #lifewriting #memoir #chronicillness
#booksky #naturewriting #lifewriting #memoir #chronicillness
The Salt Path scandal: questions raised about the veracity of memoir
The Salt Path scandal shows how problematic "the nature cure" narrative can be.
www.thebookseller.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Well worth a read (you can get it free but have to register) ⬇️
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Thousands meet their MPs to show huge demand for climate action
- Mass lobby in Westminster is kicked off with giant image on cliffs of Dover stating ‘89% of people want climate action’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Mass lobby in Westminster is kicked off with giant image on cliffs of Dover stating ‘89% of people want climate action’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thousands meet their MPs to show huge demand for climate action
Mass lobby in Westminster kicked off with giant image on white cliffs of Dover stating ‘89% of people want climate action’
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Thousands meet their MPs to show huge demand for climate action
- Mass lobby in Westminster is kicked off with giant image on cliffs of Dover stating ‘89% of people want climate action’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Mass lobby in Westminster is kicked off with giant image on cliffs of Dover stating ‘89% of people want climate action’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This morning, once again, there’ll be a bunch of people and organisations wrestling with the issue of deleting their X accounts. “But what about our follower counts?” Doesn’t matter. “But the reach they represent?” It really doesn’t matter. You think it matters, it really doesn’t. 1/
July 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
This morning, once again, there’ll be a bunch of people and organisations wrestling with the issue of deleting their X accounts. “But what about our follower counts?” Doesn’t matter. “But the reach they represent?” It really doesn’t matter. You think it matters, it really doesn’t. 1/
She is indeed Outstanding!!! 🙌🏼🍾
I’m thrilled and very honoured…
We are thrilled to announce that Elly Griffiths has been awarded the Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution award in recognition of her exceptional contribution to crime fiction. Congratulations @ellygriffiths.bsky.social!
Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/EllyGriffithsOCAward
Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/EllyGriffithsOCAward
July 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
She is indeed Outstanding!!! 🙌🏼🍾
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Another day, another revelation…
July 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Another day, another revelation…
Sam has it bang to rights (excellent last line too, nicely done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻)
July 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Sam has it bang to rights (excellent last line too, nicely done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻)
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As I keep saying: if it's truth you want, read fiction, not 'true stories'. Fiction writers are honest liars. They're not out to con you. If you want to read a redemption narrative about going on a long walk, read The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
July 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As I keep saying: if it's truth you want, read fiction, not 'true stories'. Fiction writers are honest liars. They're not out to con you. If you want to read a redemption narrative about going on a long walk, read The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
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I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
Nature Beyond Cure: Disabled Perspectives
Books that explore nature and living with disability and illness from disability perspectives. No magical cures here!
uk.bookshop.org
July 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
Bloody hell. Impressive investigative work here. (Shades of James Frey…)
I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Bloody hell. Impressive investigative work here. (Shades of James Frey…)
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"England is heading for national shortfall of five billion litres of water a day by 2055."
Next time you hear about an explosion of AI usage, think about how wildly environmentally inefficient it is.
#PlanetaryBoundaries #WaterStress
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Next time you hear about an explosion of AI usage, think about how wildly environmentally inefficient it is.
#PlanetaryBoundaries #WaterStress
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Thirsty data centres are sucking up Britain’s scarce water supplies
The tech industry faces scrutiny as secrecy clouds the true cost of cooling servers and the country braces for shortages and hosepipe bans
www.thetimes.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"England is heading for national shortfall of five billion litres of water a day by 2055."
Next time you hear about an explosion of AI usage, think about how wildly environmentally inefficient it is.
#PlanetaryBoundaries #WaterStress
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Next time you hear about an explosion of AI usage, think about how wildly environmentally inefficient it is.
#PlanetaryBoundaries #WaterStress
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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🌳 Dame Judi Dench & @wildcard.land are calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign their petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🌳 Dame Judi Dench & @wildcard.land are calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign their petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
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AS EVER it REALLY helps if you pre-order so that bookshops and places know that there'll be demand
If you like reading me on here, trying to say some sensible and sane things about the internet, then you will like this book.
I'll be posting about it loads but I'll try to make it interesting!
If you like reading me on here, trying to say some sensible and sane things about the internet, then you will like this book.
I'll be posting about it loads but I'll try to make it interesting!
RIGHT. Time to make an announcement. I have a new book out in November!
It is non-fiction, nice and short, a book about the current information crisis and how to survive it. It's titled with my top piece of advice:
Don't Burn Anyone At The Stake Today
tinyurl.com/yvt495z7
tinyurl.com/ye773689
It is non-fiction, nice and short, a book about the current information crisis and how to survive it. It's titled with my top piece of advice:
Don't Burn Anyone At The Stake Today
tinyurl.com/yvt495z7
tinyurl.com/ye773689
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today: (and other lessons from history about living through an information crisis) a book by Naomi Alderman.
An electrifying, thought-provoking exploration of how the digital era is reshaping our world, by bestselling, Women's Prize-winning writer Naomi AldermanFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of T...
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July 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
AS EVER it REALLY helps if you pre-order so that bookshops and places know that there'll be demand
If you like reading me on here, trying to say some sensible and sane things about the internet, then you will like this book.
I'll be posting about it loads but I'll try to make it interesting!
If you like reading me on here, trying to say some sensible and sane things about the internet, then you will like this book.
I'll be posting about it loads but I'll try to make it interesting!